Hurl or Hurley

obi604

I'm from Galway and where I'm from we always call it a "Hurl"

But seems a lot of other places call it a "Hurley"

Where are you from?
And what do you call it?

P.S. I'm not looking for the correct grammatical name etc, don't need a lesson on that. I already know hurl is just a shortened version of it etc.

OffalyMedic

Hurl Offaly

v3ttel

obi604 wrote: »

I'm from Galway and where I'm from we always call it a "Hurl"

But seems a lot of other places call it a "Hurley"

Where are you from?
And what do you call it?

P.S. I'm not looking for the correct grammatical name etc, don't need a lesson on that. I already know hurl is just a shortened version of it etc.

I'm from Kilkenny, it's a hurl.

Hurley just sounds wrong to me.

rebel girl 15

No silly comments here please - already deleted some rubbish from the thread

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

In my corner of Mayo it's a hurl. Not that most of us have held one very often.

UncleAlbert00

Strange stick thing.

Kildare.

OldMrBrennan83

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Are Am Eye

Further south you go they say hurley.

Water John

Down south, it would always be hurley and hurling.

LeinsterDub

Interchangeable at least that's my experience in Dublin

patsy_mccabe

I like to hurl with my hurley, but I'm from Clare. :rolleyes:

jgbyr

North County Cork. Always been a hurley.

waxmelts2000

East Cork, Hurley!

Water John

Clare people must be X bred, Patsy. On the north south dividing line.

Lisha

North Cork- Hurley always

alias no.9

Just to mix it up a little, I'm a Corkman in exile in Dublin and for me it's always been a Hurley but my little lad calls his a Hurl but would call his buddys a Hurley, my Hurl, your Hurley!

Water John

Its just historical to diff parts of the country.

Realt Dearg Sec

Hurl in Leinster and Connacht, Hurley in Munster. It's just a regional variation, how it ever became an opportunity for knob heads to start getting on their high horse about it is beyond me. But at least it's a chance for lads to reveal themselves to be knob heads.

Akrasia

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Hurl in Leinster and Connacht, Hurley in Munster. It's just a regional variation, how it ever became an opportunity for knob heads to start getting on their high horse about it is beyond me. But at least it's a chance for lads to reveal themselves to be knob heads.

You're all wrong. It's a caman...

Nah, it's a hurley

Ultimate Seduction

You hurl with Hurley in Limerick

myshirt

Giant wooden spoon. South County Dublin.

Reputable Rog

Hurley in Clare, except for Marty Morrisey. I hate the label Hurl.

lertsnim

Always called it a hurley in Waterford.

Burial.

Hurley in Cork. Hurl would be used as a verb.

Avatar MIA

Players hit the sliotar with a hurley. The game is called hurling.

North Cork

Quick google, the GAA call the All Ireland the Hurling final.

Although in East Derry, I think the technical name for the Hurley is ... weapon.

Realt Dearg Sec

Avatar MIA wrote: »

Players hit the sliotar with a hurley. The game is called hurling.

North Cork

Quick google, the GAA call the All Ireland the Hurling final.

What else would they call it?

Mal-Adjusted

At home in Clare, it's always been hurley but I don't recall anyone ever getting a bee in their bonnet over it.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Seems to me like Hurley is a munster thing and Hurl is the rest of the country.

Avatar MIA

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Seems to me like Hurley is a munster thing and Hurl is the rest of the country.

Being Galway, Kilkenny, Offally, Wexford and a bit of Dublin

dxhound2005

Hurley stick. A rare item where I grew up, but that is what we called it. Like hockey stick, golf club, tennis racket, cricket bat etc. It's in the dictionary.

Road-Hog

Hurl is the verb....Hurley is the noun......'to hurl' of course has a number meanings such as 'to puke/vomit'......to throw.......and finally alot of Hurley/hurl fans on terraces engage in 'hurling abuse at opposition players'......