Hurling

Hello everyone, I'll talk about something that really cought my attention while I was doing my research of Irish sports, i found out that Ireland has many different kinds of sports and the most unique among them is hurling.

Hurling is a field sport with a Gaelic and Irish origin, this game has been played for at least 2.000 years and it's believed to be the world's oldest field game. This game was brought by the Celts when the ace age was receding. When they got to Ireland, they brought all their culture along with this sport and its said that this sport illustrates the deeds of ancient heroic mystical figures of Irish folklore.

In this sport, each team has a total of 15 players, and each player uses a long wooden stick named "Hurley" to hit a little ball called "Sliotar". The game is played in a huge field that can be up to 145m long and each side has a goal. The team that scores the most points hitting the sliotar through or over the enemy goal wins.

This game also has many different rules, and it's played most of the time in western European countries, but when it comes to Ireland, hurling is extremely important like it is soccer to many Chileans i believe, Also i found out that this game is really linked to the Irish identity, because Irish people dont get paid for playing hurling, their only reward is being proud of themselves.

I found this really interesting because I noticed that Ireland is one of the few countries that still have a really deep connection with its own roots.
I hope everyone liked this article and I encourage you to watch a hurling game, they are really amazing.