The traditional Irish sport of hurling is one of the fastest team sports in the world. Using long wooden sticks (hurls), the players pass a small leather ball (the sliothar) to each other and try to score as many goals as possible against the opposing team. The movements are reminiscent of field hockey and lacrosse and require skill, speed and creativity.
Since 2014, people from Ireland, Germany and all over the world have been playing hurling and Gaelic football together in the BerlinGAA club – whether they have been active since childhood or just picked it up. As well as enjoying the sport, the club understands itself as a social community.
As part of the »training session«, the members of BerlinGAA will tell anecdotes from the multifaceted history of the sport and demonstrate the rules and movements. Afterwards, spectators are invited to join in and try their hand at passes with Hurl and Sliothar.
