A man who found a Northern Ireland boy's sliotar (hurling ball) on the Scottish coastline - eight months after it went missing off the Donegal coast - has said he is amazed it travelled so far.

Carew in his Survey notes that goals were used in the east but in the Cornish speaking areas of the west the aim was to throw the ball 'to the country'. Hurling balls are the size of cricket balls ...

“I’ll watch it, yeah, yeah,” the three-time major winner said. “Watch it more for the cameos, I think, more than anything ...

Historian Barry West has traced the history of the ancient game, which is still played passionately between Townsmen and ...

Offaly’s other Leinster U20HC Tier 1 fixture is at home to Laois on Saturday, April 12. All three teams in the group will progress to the knockout stages, with the third-placed team having to settle ...