Hurling and poetry: Ó Bhéal’s word-clash of the ash

IF EVER there was a field sport so poetic that words can only but strive to do it justice, it is hurling and its proponents, the Cúchulains of Croker, modern representation of our mythical heroes.

Hurling and poetry: Ó Bhéal’s word-clash of the ash

By John Tynan

IF EVER there was a field sport so poetic that words can only but strive to do it justice, it is hurling and its proponents, the Cúchulains of Croker, modern representation of our mythical heroes.

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