what is hurling? i know its some kind of sport irish people play HELP?
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HI THERE DEBORAH LOUISE, TAKE IT FROM AN IRISHMAN, ITS A GREAT GAME, ITS PLAYED WITH A HURLEY STICK(looks like a very large spoon ha ha made of ash wood). 15 players on each team, 14 outfield and a goalkeeper. the post or goal are like that in american football but the post come all the way to the ground and bleow the bar(crossbar) level you have a net like a soccer goal. If you get the ball(sliothar) into this its a goal(worth three points) or over the bar but between the posts its a point worth obviosly one point... and its played at a very fast pace..
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Curling is a game of skill, where the aim is to throw a stone close to a point. It is similar to bowls, but on ice.
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Challenge yourself and do something really different and unfamiliar to to a lot of people: Kabaddi, a sport popular in the Punjab region of India..\nhttp://www.kabaddi.org/c\n\nJai alai is another unusual one you might consider. It's a Basque game, but popular in Florida, especially with gamblers.\nhttp://www.hamiltonjaialai.com/
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Easy! Its foot ball with your hands, you have to bounce and pass the ball then hit it in the goal deffended by the keeper, I LOVE handball!!!
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Dodgeball is a game that is typically played in gym class in school. You have a bunch of people in a room like a gymnasium, and a bunch of balls (I really would recommend foam balls...but a lot of times, we would use rubber balls, that hurt really bad). How you play is to pick up a ball and throw it at someone. If you get hit by a ball, you're "out". The goal is to be the last one who isn't "out". You can either just try to avoid getting hit, or you can really actively throw the balls at people. Sometimes there are rules like you can't hit anyone in the head, and if you throw a ball and it hits someone in the head, then you (the thrower) are out. Also, if you throw a ball at someone, and they catch it, you (the thrower) are out.\n\nI always hated that game. I would try to find a ball that wasn't going too fast and stick an arm or hand out so I could get out.
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Baseball (or baseball players) is a very superstitious game. People do weird stuff in their believe that it will help their team win.
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Something about cheese?\n\nNo, I'm kidding. I think you mean "Erin Go Braugh", which means "Ireland Forever".
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i believe a pick up game refers to people sort of randomly gathering to play a game of basketball.  Somewhat of an unorganized meeting of people who may or may not know one another well.  Just some folks getting together and finding enough friends &#92; stragglers to put together a good fun game.\nArguements? possibly over the game, some stupid whiny losers
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Walk around where you live and look out for groups of people that are running, throwing things, hitting things or look like they're having fun. That is probably a sports group, then go and talk to them about joining them.\n\nDoes that help?
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Only when its played like it should be as with the Kerry 4 in a row team. Its fun to play but absolutley painful to watch though when played by amateurs and sissy boys.LOL Clare
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Its hard because both sides are playing a code they dont normally play so the skills are not there, I like it in the offseason its something different to watch, both teams have thier advantages for the australians its thier fitness and strength, the irish its the round ball and the more direct similairities to their natural game, eg. number of players on the field, pitch size and shape, having a goalkeeper etc..\n\nnot as exciting as afl given but good to watch in summer
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Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the center of the target than the closest of the other team's stones. The level of precision and complex nature of the strategic thinking required to win has led curling to be referred to as "chess on ice."\n\nCurling is played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice into which two round, painted, archery-like targets (called the house) have been embedded. The game involves two teams of four players. These teams are called rinks and named for the team’s captain, who is known as the “skip”. Each team has eight polished granite stones, called stones or rocks, with which they try to score.\n\nDuring each round of play, called an end, each player slides two stones along the surface of the ice. Play alternates between teams, each throwing one stone on their turn. The person throwing the stone influences where the stone stops by the amount of force used, called the weight, the spin (turn), and the direction of the throw. Additionally, the final position of the stone is changed by sweeping or brushing the path in front of the stone to reduce curl and increase distance. Once all the stones have been thrown during an end, the score is determined and the play reverses direction back to the other house.\n\nThe players are known as the lead, second, third and skip, and traditionally throw stones in that order . The skip acts as the team’s captain, determining the position played by each player, strategy during the game, holding the broom in the house as a target for the shooters, and representing the rink. However, there is nothing in the rules to say where in the order the skip plays and in recent years the skip has thrown second or third stones on some teams.\n\nThe basic goal of each end is to have your curling stones nearer to the center of the target once all the stones from both teams have been thrown for that end. Therefore, the maximum number of points a team can earn per end is eight, though this is extremely rare because only the closest stones belonging to one of the two teams are counted. Strategies used during play, such as blocking (guard) and hitting rocks to reposition them (bump) or remove them from play (take-out) lead to lower scores. The term draw is used to describe a shot that comes to rest in the house without making contact with another stone. To peel means to remove both the target stone and the shooter's stone from play. For more information, see Types of shots below.\n\nTo help ensure the stone lands where intended, the skip stands in the house and indicates to the player throwing where to aim given the desired effect of the shot. The other two players sweep in front of the rock. Once thrown, players may not touch a stone while it is moving, so sweeping is the only way to influence the stone once thrown. Games, called matches, usually last eight ends, though in competitive curling there are usually ten ends and some recreational games last six ends.\n\nA competitive game usually consists of ten ends. Recreational games are more commonly only eight or even six ends. An end consists of each player from both teams throwing two rocks with the players on each side alternating shots, for a total of sixteen rocks. If the teams are tied at the completion of ten ends an extra end is played to break the tie. If the match is still tied after the extra end, play continues for as many ends as may be required to break the tie. The winner is the team with the highest score after all ends have been completed.\n\nIt is not uncommon at any level for a losing team to terminate the match before all ends are completed if it believes it no longer has a realistic chance of winning. Most competitive
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Aye!\nhttp://www.torino2006.org/ENG/IDF/ATH/X01_IRL_1.html\n(The ENTIRE Irish Olympic team has only 4 members, certainly not enough to field a hockey team.  And they are all in downhill/crosscountry sports, 3 skiing and 1 skeleton.)\n\nhttp://www.olympic-council.ie/history.html
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emm throwin a ball around?? u must become the ball, get to know the ball, be its best friend, become on. or get lessons or something. sorry :( no one answered ur q so i thought id give it a go
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3 people. 1 ice rink. 2 brooms. 1 curling stone.\n1 person throws curling stone from starting line.\nOther 2 sweep in front of stone to make it go faster.\nTry to knock opponets stons out of ring that you are aiming from.\n\n\nyes, it`s a useless but highly entertaining game!
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Wakes are a very old tradition of the Irish/Celtic people.  \nWakes were customarily held the day before a funeral or burial of the\ndeceased.    It was actually a watch over the deceased to see if there\nwould be an awakening.   The time during the wake was for family and\nfriends to come and view the body and pay their respects to the\ndeceased as well as the family.   It was a process of cleaning and\nlaying out of the body for burial.   Women from the town who were\nexperienced in this process would come and assist the house.   Wakes\nwere held in the house of the deceased.  It has only been in recent\ntimes that the viewing or laying out of the body was held at a funeral\nhome.\n    It was not uncommon that a wake would turn rather festive and\nparty like during the midnight hour.   Common games were "riddle me\nree" and " Priest of Parish".   It seems that music and stage play\ngave the family some relieve from the all night watch and helped in\nthe grieving process.   Storiestellers were common as well.
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Curling is a very strategic sport. It's not like bowling where you can just wing the ball down and hope it hits something. If you throw it too hard it will go through and if you throw it too soft it will not make it. It's also a lot of work. It looks easy on TV, but sweeping a rock can make you very tired.