Award to encourage clash of the native ash

FOREIGNERS might soon be giving GAA fans some stick about the origin of the hurley.

Award to encourage clash of the native ash

The clash of the ash that has thrilled sports lovers around the country all year long wasn’t as rooted in Ireland as some might have realised.

For the RDS has revealed that much of the timber used in the manufacture of hurleys in this country is imported from Wales and Scandinavia due to the lack of suitable ash here.

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