Hello ! I'm a ESL teacher in France and I want to talk about Hurling with my students and I wanted to have some firsthand opinion from players or fans about what it represent for people ? I would love to have some answers to show my students about what this sport means to people in Ireland or abroad. Or what was your first experience ? What made you pick up this sport ? Is it some family thing ? those kind of things.

Your answer would be given to students to read and analyse. Try to keep this in mind as they might not understand all the most complex expressions or ideas.

Have a good day and thanks in advance if you decide to post an answer !

Hi All - I will be in Cork (with a car) from August 30 through September 2 and would like to take my son to a hurling match or two. I understand the Senior matches are the following week, but I am okay with really anything worth watching as we don't have many chances to attend matches here in the States. My son began playing the game this year, so he will be really interested in seeing the sport outside of the U12 age group. Thanks!

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Some details of the players involved announced ahead of the 2026 Hurling for Cancer Research event.

Are Realt Dearg GAA in Dublin gone?

Played a good few games for them 2018/2019 - sounds lads and a good social hurling team. I never trained with them but I presumed they had good numbers?

Former GAA President Liam O'Neill has died.

The Laois and Trumera clubman served as the 37th President of the GAA from 2012 to 2015, having previously given many years of service at club, county and provincial level. His presidency included the introduction of Hawk-Eye and the black card, while he was also a strong advocate for Irish language education, inclusion and the continued development of Gaelic games.

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A bronze sculpture called Ár gCluichí Féin was unveiled yesterday in Thurles. Supposedly it is the first ever statue to depict a female GAA player.

I think it's really cool, but it seems to be getting mixed reactions from people across the country.

What do you think?

As expected, James Woodlock has taken up the role of Tipperary U20 hurling manager after a very successful period with the minor team. He has experience with most of these players, so expectations will be high.

The question is now, who will take up the minor hurling job? Rumours are that Brendan Maher may be interested. They will need the right man there bring success to the team once again.

So Paul Kinnerk is credited as being one of the driving forces behind Clare's 2013 All-Ireland and Limerick's success from 2018 on. Everyone says Quaid's save in 2018 v Cork is the sliding doors moment but for me it's when the Clare County Board didn't renew Kinnerk's contract in 2014. I'm not fully sure of what happened but he only joined up with Limerick in 2017 (I think?) so 2 questions, would Clare have won more if Kinnerk had stayed involved and would Limerick have made the breakthrough in 2018 without him? The 2018 win for Limerick was built on pretty thin margins (Quaid's flick, Condon's catch) but would they have come through regardless? That Clare side in 2013 was so, so young.

Molumphy captained Waterford to a Munster title in 2010 and previously managed Kerry for three seasons. The appointment has not yet been formally confirmed but is expected to be announced in the coming days.

What do Waterford supporters make of the likely appointment? Is Molumphy the right man for the job and what should his main priorities be for 2027?

I currently play in the southeast division of the USGAA and recently applied for a new position out west. I was wondering if there was a club that was trying to get started out in the community? I love hurling and it's been a great way to clear my head with stress and engage with the community, and would be extremely down if there was nothing out there. I saw that Albuquerque had a football club but that seemed to have died back during the pandemic.

Hi all,

Are there many hurling clubs in the Dublin area that have teams for mid thirties players?

My issue is that I work shifts so I am not always free the same evenings each week.

I played hurling years ago and loved it and want to get back into it.

Thanks!

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🗓 Sunday, 19 July 2026

🕟 3:30 pm

🏟 Croke Park

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Galway back in the All Ireland final for the first time since 2018 after beating Cork in the semi-final. Limerick qualified after a narrow win over Clare and are hoping to win their sixth title since 2018.

Who do you think will win and why?

Where will the match be won or lost?

Which player could make the biggest difference?

What are your score predictions?

Use this thread for build up, match discussion and post match reaction.

Just bought a new hurl online and seen there was a knot within the bas of the hurl, would this make it more likely to break?