Ban on ye olde small balle in 16th century galway city

L'Enfer du Nord

Blog entry here about Hurling and Handball being banned in Galway city in 1527, foot ball still allowed tho:

...at no tyme the use ne ocupye the horlinge of the litill balle with hockie stickes or staves, nor use no hande ball to playe without the walles, but onely the great foote balle, on payn of the paynis above lymittid

I wonder was it ever banned in Kilkenny city.


http://nuigarchives.blogspot.ie/2012/10/a-ban-on-ye-small-ball.html

Don't Chute!

They've had a ban on winning All Irelands since 1988 down there too!

statesaver

Fcukin' knew the brits had something to do with our lack of success on the hurling pitch,

Youssef Chippo

black and amber wrote: »

They've had a ban on winning All Irelands since 1988 down there too!

They've banned Wicklow from winning All Irelands and Leinsters!

L'Enfer du Nord

L'Enfer du Nord wrote: »

Blog entry here about Hurling and Handball being banned in Galway city in 1527, foot ball still allowed tho:



I wonder was it ever banned in Kilkenny city.


http://nuigarchives.blogspot.ie/2012/10/a-ban-on-ye-small-ball.html

Other way round in Kilkenny

L'Enfer du Nord

Deleted User wrote: »

Other way round in Kilkenny

True, and more strictly enforced. Anyone caught with ye great foote balle placed in stocks.

Pride Fighter

black and amber wrote: »

They've had a ban on winning All Irelands since 1988 down there too!

They've won 2 since 1988 in Football.

Lapin

Galway City eh ?

That explains why the clubs out in the county have the best record in the country when it comes to winning All Ireland club titles.

And <in before someone mentions> Castlegar - That place was out in the sticks when they won it back in 1980.


GAILLIMH ABÚ

Don't Chute!

Pride Fighter wrote: »

They've won 2 since 1988 in Football.

i was talking about hurling, football doesn't matter.

jacool

black and amber wrote: »

i was talking about hurling, football doesn't matter.

Yeah, whatever.
Pick the sports you're good at and ignore the rest, is it?
Typical.

Don't Chute!

Why should somebody be forced to play a game they don't like? Hurling is the greatest sport in the world, football doesn't even come close. What you should be moaning about is why the likes of Kerry don't play more hurling.

tomasdubh

Lads, have you never heard of the Statutes of Kilkenny, a law passed in 1366 which attempted to stop Norman colonists in Ireland from adopting Irish ways, including the playing of hurling. Apparemtly hurling was regarded as strong in Kilkenny two centuries before anyone tried to ban it in Galway.