Hurling and other Murderous Activities

[Lamb, Mark]

The National Hurling League starts the weekend before you arrive. It is not
as big is as the Championship which is the main competition of the season
but that doesn't start until around May. There will probably not be a large
number of people at the game, but it will give you an idea of the sport.
Matches are usually played on a Sunday around 2.30 and there is a Hurling
match scheduled for Belfast for the weekend you arrive. It's a Division 2
game between Antrim and Roscommon in Casement Park. There's also a football
match ( murder sans sticks ) on the same weekend and it has not yet been
decided which will be played on the Saturday and which on the Sunday. I will
almost certainly be going to the Sunday game anyway and would be happy to go
along with you.

-----Original Message-----
From: schwern at pobox.com [mailto:schwern at pobox.com]
Sent: 16 February 2003 22:08
To: belfast-pm at pm.org
Subject: Hurling and other Murderous Activities


Hurling.  Simon Cozens sez "...it's basically a cross between rugby, 
hockey and murder."  This intrigues me, especially compared to the 
sedate American version of football we like to call "Let's Dress Up In 
Six Inches Of Foam Padding And Waddle Around The Field For Twenty Seconds
Before Taking A Breather".  If Hurling is out of season then the other
kind of football, without the sticks but with the murder, would be nice.

I'm in town from the 9th to the morning of the 13th (Sunday to Thursday).
I realize most people will probably be working or something crazy like
that, but if someone could point me off to a good match I'd like to go.
In general I'd like to do some touristy things while I'm up there.  I
didn't get outside the city much when I was in Belfast last.