MICHAEL COLLINS Irish Patriot image on Irish HURLEY - GAA Irish Souvenir Gift

Personalized Irish Hurley - Michael Collins

• Customized engraved hurling gift.
• Features a short biography about Michael Collins and the boss (base) of the hurl is engraved with an image of Collins.
• We can also replace this text with your own short text message for you on the hurley if required, example, name and birth date.
• As featured on Ireland's Dragon Den, we are delighted to present a great personalized hurling gift from Ireland.
• Made by hurley makers in Ireland
• No imported materials are used, 90% of the hurl is Irish grown wood
• Read about Ireland's national game of hurling below
• PLEASE NOTE - Made to Order, will ship about 1 week after purchase

Your own Inscription Text Message

• We can engrave your own text or short message on any hurley we make, just send us a message with your chosen text at eBay checkout or send us an eBay message

Dimensions

• 26" inches long, can also be made to 32" upon request
• The hurls we use are made in Ireland with 100% Irish sourced materials

The Obama Hurl

When US President Obama visited Ireland in May 2011 he was presented with a specially made customized hurley with the Presidents motto in Irish Is Feidir Linn (Yes We can), his family crest, and the inscription "Presented to Barack Obama, President of the United States of America, on the occasion of his first visit to Ireland, May 2011 by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD". It was a huge hit with President Obama !

The Game of Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor game, administered by the GAA. Versions of the game have been played for at least 3000 years. It is the world's fastest field game.

The game is played by two teams of fifteen players. The object of the game is to use a wooden stick called a hurley to hit a small ball called a sliotar between the opponents goalposts, either ove the bar (1 point) or under the bar (a goal = 3 points)

The sliotar can be caught in the hand and carried for not more than four steps. It can be struck either in the air, or on the ground with the hurley.

Hurling is played amongst the Irish Diaspora throughout the world.

It is organised at club level in parishes and villages all around Ireland. The best players in each county compete in the All Ireland Hurlnig Championships every summer, culminating in the All-Ireland Hurling final on the first Sunday in September which is every bit as important to Ireland as the Superbowl is to the USA.

The games strongest counties historically are Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary. Other hurling counties of note are Wexford, Limerick, Waterford, Clare, Galway, Offlay and Dublin.

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