ash for hurleys

timex711

recently after being made unemployed, i am thinking of going into hurley making ( more of past time then profit making) to keep me going for a couple of years.

does any body know where i can get ask hurley planks around the leinster area?

Brendan97

On trees!

morcheen k

planks on trees,now that's handy
best to find your local makers and ask.get a few planks and see how they come out

stonetrower

Brendan97 wrote: »

On trees!

Plank

leroythelegend

I may be wrong but I think a lot of our hurls are now imported. I have heard that the brother of a famous kilkenny hurler is set up in slovakia or somewhere like that where there is a huge supply of ash available and manufacturing the hurleys there probably for quite cheap.

PaulKK

leroythelegend wrote: »

I may be wrong but I think a lot of our hurls are now imported. I have heard that the brother of a famous kilkenny hurler is set up in slovakia or somewhere like that where there is a huge supply of ash available and manufacturing the hurleys there probably for quite cheap.

You're on about Jack Carey yea?
He just imports the timber from there I thought..

I don't think he actually makes the hurls over there.

I thought the majority of the ash used for hurls was coming in from the UK/abroad because we couldn't supply enough.

leroythelegend

PaulKK wrote: »

You're on about Jack Carey yea?
He just imports the timber from there I thought..

I don't think he actually makes the hurls over there.

I thought the majority of the ash used for hurls was coming in from the UK/abroad because we couldn't supply enough.

Yeah, I wasn't too sure of the details just what I heard second hand.

Damokc

there was an ad on donedeal about two weeks ago. a guy selling actual planks of ash cut for hurleys! its gone now though. presume it cant be that hard. ring a hurley maker from far far away and just ask maybe?

GoldFour4

Yeah last time I was talking to a maker he said the ash is imported from eastern europe by nearly all hurley makers nowadays.

hisholinessnb

I work in the freight business and have seen containers of ash from Sweden being imported for hurley makers.

hooban123

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/othersports/2583783 even though its a pastime
u cud get big at it look at the likes of canning hurleys i heard they made over 60000 so there

hooban123

annings made all of that at the ploughing

InchicoreDude

Have seen a few programmes on this down through the years, and apparently a lot of it is imported from Russia & Norway. It seems quite bizarre as Ash can be grown in Ireland... Why cant we grow Ash and use it for hurleys as well as export it???? I am not a forestry expert i'm afraid!

Also, I read about the cannings in Galway going into the hurley making business recently; think they mentioned they had to import the ash too....

Powerhurl

Hi will be planking ash in the next few wks if youe interested

timex711

could be interested, could you send me your rates in pm if you do not wish to share here..

thanks

martin363

I sell ash planks for hurleys from Slovakia. So far hurley makers who bought from us were satisfied so it shows that Slovak Ash is good. If you are interested let me know.

hurlingmad

i met you and got a few plamks ..absolute rubbish..seen a lot of bad ash but yours was among the top of that list for not to touch

Clareman

I can't see the point in leaving this open