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Hurl or Hurley

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  • 09-09-2017 11:36am
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    obi604
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    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.


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    OffalyMedic
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    Hurl Offaly


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    v3ttel
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    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.


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    rebel girl 15
    Registered Users, Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 15,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


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


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


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    UncleAlbert00
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    Strange stick thing.

    Kildare.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #8
    Are Am Eye
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    Further south you go they say hurley.


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    Water John
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    Down south, it would always be hurley and hurling.


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    LeinsterDub
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    Interchangeable at least that's my experience in Dublin


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

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    jgbyr
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    North County Cork. Always been a hurley.


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    waxmelts2000
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    East Cork, Hurley!


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


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    Lisha
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    North Cork- Hurley always


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    alias no.9
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    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!


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    Water John
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    Its just historical to diff parts of the country.


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    Realt Dearg Sec
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    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.


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    Akrasia
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    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


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    Ultimate Seduction
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    You hurl with Hurley in Limerick


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    myshirt
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    Giant wooden spoon. South County Dublin.


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


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    lertsnim
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    Always called it a hurley in Waterford.


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


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    Avatar MIA
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    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.


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    Realt Dearg Sec
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    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?


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


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


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    Avatar MIA
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    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 ;)


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    dxhound2005
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    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.


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    Road-Hog
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    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'......


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