An ancient Irish sport played with wooden sticks and a small ball, or the act of throwing something with great force.
From Old English 'hurl' meaning to throw forcefully, possibly related to 'whirl.' As an Irish sport, it's one of the oldest field sports in Europe, documented in medieval texts.
Hurling is so fast that modern scientists measured it as one of the quickest ball sports on Earth—faster than baseball—and players can hit the ball nearly 100 mph, making it the hidden athletic extreme sport most people have never heard of.
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