Ancient animal hair balls, part of the exhibition on the History of Hurling, Cork Public Museum
The history of hurling is long and often unclear, stretching back over three millennia. References to stick-and-ball games are found in Irish mythology. The game is thought to be related to the games of shinty that is played primarily in Scotland, cammag on the Isle of Man and bandy that was played formerly in England and Wales. There is evidence that in ancient times a similar game called Knattleikr was also played in Iceland, with the Icelandic sagas, "suggesting that it was something that was brought from the Gælic area to Iceland".[1]
^Gunnell, Terry. The Relationship Between Icelandic Knattleikur and Early Irish Hurling. Béaloideas 80 (2012): 52–69.
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