Gaelic Hurling

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Swat the ball with a wooden paddle. Miss the the ball with paddle.....smack the opponent with paddle.....What's not to like?

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is she wearing a short skirt and no panties? asking for a friend

Is this when Irish midgets dress up like Leprechauns, chug a half gallon of Guinness, then run around vomiting on each other?

Cool. Never heard of this, but from that video, it closely resembles lacrosse.

Hurling is pretty badass, and it moves fast. There's a huge Irish athletic and cultural center close to me with a regulation GAA field, so local hurling and Gaelic football clubs play out there during the summer.

This shite is sort of terrifying though...

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Hurling is a physical sport with a notable proportion of blunt scrotal trauma arising due to the sport. Prompt physical examination and diagnostic ultrasonography are essential in investigations of injuries, and surgical exploration should be considered in all cases with concerns of testicular survival. Groin protection should be recommended to all players and in particular to those at high risk such as single testis or prior injury.

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closely resembles lacrosse.

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...played with sticks with no pocket, but a ping pong paddle on the end and a ball that looks something like a baseball.

Looks pretty fun actually.

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Gaelic Hurling

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I did that after my first visit to an Irish pub.

No doubt you were offered a position after that experience :)

It's kinda like a gang fight with a ball.

Whole new meaning for targeting.