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Post by fjs64 on Oct 16, 2014 21:37:41 GMT -5
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Post by bartmitchell on Oct 17, 2014 8:09:29 GMT -5
Frank -
As a kid 40+ years ago I watched Hurley played many times at Gaelic Park in the Bronx (Broadway and 240th Street.) Never saw the helmets with bars in those days - consequently a lot of crooked noses out there. A lot of 'incidental' wacking of the arms and shins of opponents. Not a sport for the faint of heart. Wouldn't be surprised if they still play there. Some nice Irish establishments in the area for after the games too.
Pretty cool to drive around the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn and see sports like Hurley, and cricket (by Pakastanis and Indians, not Englishmen) and bocci Frank ! being played in the parks. The best central and south american food to be had in nyc comes off trucks and carts gathered around the parks in Queens and Brooklyn where soccer is played on weekends, and you can stuff yourself for $10.
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Post by firstdev on Oct 17, 2014 9:55:11 GMT -5
Both Hurling and Irish football continue to be played in Gaelic Park before crowds of several thousand spectators. In fact New York has a team that plays Irish Football in the County League in Ireland (London also has a team in the county league). As such New York is eligible to play in the All Ireland Championships for both Hurling and Irish Football. New York also has local leagues in each sport.
Helmets made their debut in hurling about 1990, prior to that time players played without head protection of any kind - numerous broken noses, concussions, broken shoulders, clavicles, etc were common in the sport - the hurley stick is equivalent to 40oz baseball bat so it can do damage.
Irish football is played with a soccer type ball (slightly heavier and less rounded) and features a combination of rugby and soccer skills - it is played without protective equipment, except for your cup. Scoring (like hurley) consists of one point for kicking, punching, or punting the ball between the uprights (like our field goal) or three points for scoring a soccer type goal. Contact is allowed, however it is mostly shoulder to shoulder contact, no tackling is permitted, but players can contest the ball by grabbing it away from the player with possession. Fifteen players on a team including the goalie (also without protective gear).
I have watched these Irish games in Hibernia and the U.S., its great crack as they say.
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Post by OceanStateBonnie on Oct 17, 2014 14:55:26 GMT -5
Properly spelled - craic.
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Post by sony on Oct 18, 2014 7:45:42 GMT -5
The games at Gaelic Park on Broadway, frequently "continued "in the bar in the front of the building! Always thought it amazing that these guys would literally beat the snot out of each other and then join their mates from their county of origin back home after the game in the gin mill. These too often ended in "dust ups"!
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