[HN Gopher] The surprising revival of road bowling, Ireland's an...
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       The surprising revival of road bowling, Ireland's ancient sport
        
       Author : austinallegro
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2025-09-23 20:53 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | Mistletoe wrote:
       | No disrespect to Ireland at all but this does not look like a
       | real game.
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       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyomkya9qG8
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       | It looks like something Michael Scott would have made up. And how
       | do you avoid getting run over?
        
         | clickety_clack wrote:
         | This is a more accurate depiction of throwing the bowl. It's a
         | bit more athletic than that guy made it look.
         | https://youtu.be/OwjNenO259Q
        
         | secondcoming wrote:
         | There are people ahead who warn/stop cars. It's only really
         | played on quieter country roads.
        
       | jmclnx wrote:
       | Sounds lots of fun, but I would not be able to play. Well I
       | probably could but I have always been an extremely slow runner.
       | 
       | Bicycling was different, but running, could never do :)
        
         | secondcoming wrote:
         | There's zero running involved in road bowls! It was commonly
         | played along the roads where I grew up.
         | 
         | You just need to be able to throw a heavy ball under-arm as far
         | as you can, and some extra people to stop traffic.
        
       | Molitor5901 wrote:
       | This sounds cool! I remember when I came upon HURLING (the sport)
       | late one evening and it was absolutely incredible. A bunch of
       | guys with no helmets running around bouncing a baseball on the
       | end of a short hockey stick, and then slamming that ball across
       | the field.. I thought surely someone was about to get beaned.
       | Incredible sport.
        
         | rgblambda wrote:
         | Hurling should be played with helmets. If it's just a group of
         | friends in a park casually passing the sliotar (ball) to each
         | other and taking practice shots then okay, but not if they were
         | playing a proper game.
        
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