DjMagra’s stuff ‘n’ stuff

Heh, got a good email today which was an article taken from the Lonely Planet Guide to Ireland, in which they describe hurling. The full article is available here, but below is a quick excerpt from it.

A hurling match is perhaps the fastest spectator sport in the world (with only ice hockey matching it for up-close frenzy). From a distance it resembles a roaming pack-fight between men with thin pale legs and names like Liam and Sean. At ground level it’s much more frightening, a kind of 15-a-side escape from the asylum.