How Hurleys are made.

[@petedenton9434]

"I'd like to dedicate this video to my beloved mother who will discover some time today that two of her coffee mugs have made a high speed visit to the kitchen floor..." haha

[@HillHyker]

We need more info. One coffee mug speeding around the kitchen, well you could understand. Like, accidents do happen. But come on two crashing the one day. Now that needs explaining. Someone is under a heavy influence of caffeine.

[@eb_bird2472]

​@@HillHyker he was hitting the sliotar against the wall so it must have been the kitchen wall will a ledge with mugs on it.

[@macjameson1930]

A fine broth of a young man you are, you do your ma and da proud, a credit to your family.

[@randallthelovehandel]

I find myself in a bewilderment here’s Eion Reardon, paying for a nice piece of Ash , God bless granddad, and his coping saw. Gorgeous.

[@potteryjoe]

Love your commitment to making some projects purely with the hand tools. I do get quite lazy, & use about 75:25, power to hand.

[@danwittmayer6539]

I like your dog fur analogy to demonstrate tear-out. Great videos, as you do

[@unconfusedother4164]

Don't need the chisel. Just break them off with the mallet. Love this guy.

[@FountainCityFingerboards]

Just found your videos and they’re amazing! Love to see the old style of woodworking.

[@charlesmcdauel3799]

I love to watch the game of Hurling. I wish we played it here.

[@snupmadra3787]

I use a spud peeler for the internal curve of the handle. Right job.

[@triplefresh3339]

So happy I found your channel

[@spazzypengin]

The author Caimh McDonnell is why I ended up learning about hurling. Super cool!

[@daveyjones6148]

Feck it hanyway. Never change my man

[@bmo14lax]

Lacrosse would be a great sport for you guys, I bet you guys would kick ass at that.

[@michaelgarrison7604]

I just ran across a video of the 2024 all Ireland hurling championship. Being from the states it was my first exposure to the sport and I am quite intrigued by it. I hope to be able to find games to watch.

[@MySuperhappyfuntime]

Your videos are great man. Love watching them!

[@LoideainTheScribe]

Do you know if American ash trees are any good for making hurlies? We're losing ours too to emerald ash borer and if they can be cut down in a way that makes them suitable for hurlies maybe some can be made from ours before they're all gone.

[@justanothercaptain6566]

Hurley is one of the games that help influence Canada's National Game: Hockey

[@lpeterman]

Lacrosse = Hockey on grass. Hurley came along MUCH later; yet likely did contribute to codifying some of the "rules." Displaced Canuck now in the Willamette valley, Oregon.

[@dogrady100]

​@@lpetermanhurling is over 3000 years old. So it is unlikely that hurling came MUCH later than lacrosse.

[@lpeterman]

@@dogrady100 I stand corrected.

[@dddragthetans]

Hockey is more inspired by an old English and Scandinavian sport called bandy

[@dddragthetans]

It's a lot less popular than hockey but is still very interesting they play with a ball instead of a puck and have 11 man a side teams

[@magnusbruce4051]

Ash dieback is a real shame. Back in my days as a reenactor, we'd either make spears from ash or pine. Generally pine was cheap and easy to work with, but broke often and you'd maybe get one year of use from it. Ash was about twice the price but they'd last at least two or three times longer before they became too damaged to use. On the other hand, it took maybe ten times longer to plane it down to the desired thickness (which was a little bit thinner than pine, owing to the greater strength). And I was using a hand plane for that and I even went and bought a brand new one which I still have somewhere. Then someone bought an electric plane and took all the satisfaction out of it as they could do in ten minutes what would take me several hours by hand.

[@r8revolver773]

I have been tempted to try hurling before, but being from England the nearest club is in London and i'll be dead and burried before you catch me anywhere near London.

[@sandyj1561]

Love this

[@lisacronin9149]

I love ur hurley

[@clayaderhold]

id argue that the dog likes it when you pet against the grain but only for so long, now as for wood? it has a very specific taste

[@Pichouette]

I think the Bald Cypress in South Louisiana (or the rest of the Southeastern USA) would make exceptional hurlies (or carrach paddles). 🤪

[@yeslsaidthat]

We have bald cypress in Kansas as well. My brother is a landscape architect he says Bald cypress can grow most anywhere.

[@toast2437]

If he ever gets a son he schould name him ash

[@ThePmnorman]

Amazing!

[@mikestarup8853]

Gotta make me self a hurley😲🤭

[@cfwhitney]

Making a hurley in less than tree minutes… Fekk! :)

[@lochieaxon]

when you rub the shavings on the wood does this also help fill micro gaps in the fibres?

[@ivanstiles7030]

Although I'm American and I'm not familiar with a Hurley i can really appreciate the fine craftsmanship that you put in to making it. It looks great. Do these get any kind of finish or are they left as raw wood?

[@SUpahh100]

cool

[@yeslsaidthat]

You found a suitable piece of what...😊😊

[@fdort3971]

@EoinReardon that was interesting...never heard of it so the title peaked my interest. Can you please explain why it must come from the root area of the trunk? Is it to do with the density?

[@qwertyTRiG]

It's not density, but curve.

[@fdort3971]

@@qwertyTRiG do you mean the grain or the overall shape?

[@JackLove-w3k]

Hi Eoin. Just wanted to ask if you could carve the top of the handle? Would that be impractical?

[@karl-z1g]

my longest drive with a hurley was about 150m

[@James-k3z7f]

😊😊😊😊

[@chandlerbetts7672]

That's awesome! Ive never heard of hurling before. How do you play?

[@tee1up785]

Like field hockey.

[@philnolan9903]

Loadsa hurling footage on KZbin, prepare to have your mind blown

[@lpeterman]

A combo of: Field hockey/Lacrosse/Ice hockey/MMA and Full Contact Cricket. With sticks. And baseballs. And blood.

[@Kiltedwoodsmith]

can the Hurley be made from Hickory? Ta

[@alendonvaldor5808]

I mistakenly thought you were making the weapon XD

[@elcaponeholyemperorofnj1169]

Why does it have to be a flexible material like Ash?

[@KianSheehan]

Can you make a hand plane

[@peterosullivan3905]

Can you make a hurl for me please? A commission like? Agus a three legged stool??

[@Fruity-xj9ub]

How do you play Hurley ? Are they alot of rules to it

[@brilafable]

As far as I know the ref throws the ball in and they start swinging. Battering each other for 70 mins with sticks.. unbelievably skilful and fastest sport there is. It's war

[@timothymallon]

Explaining tear-out is always easiest with a drawing, I think. ---------------> /////////////// Good!

[@isaach1447]

I am loving your channel…but your usage of so much ash is making me cringe a bit😬….I am in the process of making a saw bench using only hand tools and decided to use ash😩 It is the most difficult wood I’ve ever worked by hand! I will rarely use ash with hand tools I. The future😂 edit:….second most difficult. American dogwood is also a beast to work by hand.

[@JustMeUpNorth]

Apologies for my CORCAIGH ABU. It happens every now and again. I blame my mammy 😂 Also, bamboo hurley??? That’s so wrong. Argh. Please no…

[@zeuqramjj2002]

Could have easily made 2 if you’d moved to the far end instead of just wasting so much in the middle. Such a shame.

[@jarethnoonan192]

it’s interesting how many native ancient sports were played across the world that are all basically lacrosse

[@lpeterman]

Sticks and a ball. And Blood, lots of blood.