Equipment:\n-- Hurley or camán - the stick used during play.\n-- Sliotar - ball used in hurling, traditionally made from the root of an Ash tree.
Gameplay: \n-- The game consists of 15 players on each team. Scoring works in goals and points. Each end of the field has "H"-styled goal posts. Under the crossbar of the goal posts is a net with a goalkeeper \nguarding it, similar to \nsoccer. If a player gets a sliotar past the goalkeeper, a goal is scored and his or her team is awarded three points. If a player gets a sliotar above the crossbar and through the goal posts, one point is awarded. Tackling is allowed in hurling but is done with skilled hurley work. Wrestling, pushing, \ntripping and grabbing an opponent's jersey is not \nallowed.
General Info/History: \n-- Game primarily played in Ireland. Shares some of the same features and rules as Gaelic football.\n-- Some accounts of hurling date back to as early as 400 A.D. Gained much more popularity and was widely played during the 12th century.\n--Hurling is similar to some other ancient sports, such as shinty, which is mostly played in Scotland, bandy, which was played in Wales and England and canmag, which was played on the Isle of Man.
