Hurling and other Murderous Activities

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On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 02:59:17PM -0000, Lamb, Mark wrote:
> 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.

I'm arriving at about 10am on Sunday and I'd love to go.  I have no
idea where Casement Park is relative to either the airport or Karen's 
place so I'll have to figure out how to get there.