Old Parish - Notes on Hurling

Old Parish is the club of Ciaran''s father, a club where relatives of his are still deeply involved, and possibly the only place brave (or stupid) enough to take on a forty-one-year-old newcomer to the game. Predictably (and at times hilariously), Ciaran finds out just how difficult a sport hurling is to pick up when you''re in your sporting dotage, up against men who''ve played it since childhood.

Ciaran also explores why hurling is played in only half the country; he investigates the origins of hurling clubs'' antipathy to football and the difficulties of establishing hurling in new areas; he looks into the mysteries of hurley-making; and he seeks to understand why, when a hurling legend refers to the sport as ''the greatest game ever played by any man'', he has to be taken seriously.

Anyone who has ever watched hurling knows that it is something unique and extraordinary. Old Parish explains why.<>

Info autore

Ciarán Murphy is a podcaster with Second Captains and a GAA columnist with the Irish Times. His first book, This is the Life: Days and Nights in the GAA, was shortlisted for Eason Sports Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ciaran Murphy, Ciarán Murphy
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.05.2026
• EAN: 9781405973526
• ISBN: 978-1-4059-7352-6
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport; Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, HISTORY / Social History, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Ireland, Autobiography: sport, history of sport, Sociology: sport and leisure, Social and cultural history, Autobiography: writers, Gaelic football, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Hurling, SPORTS & RECREATION / Field Hockey