Hair balls combed from hurling’s ancient history

They say getting over a loss in sport requires perspective.

Although Cork’s minor hurlers are preparing for their first All-Ireland final since 2001, their senior counterparts’ recent defeat

to Waterford remains a fresh disappointment. 800 years is quite a chunk of perspective. Anyone wishing to acquire it need only visit a fascinating new exhibition in Cork City, one that contains a hurling ball eight centuries old.