The ancient Irish sport of hurling is described by one American as a "sort of athletic manslaughter" in this hilarious video from the 1920s. The short video, shared on Twitter by the "We, The Irish" podcast, features black and white newsreel footage of old games of hurling. The American narrator describes the traditional Irish sport as a fast game of "skill and endurance". "In case you haven't heard, hurling is an old Irish game, a sort of athletic manslaughter," the video's narrator says. "The idea is to sock a ball with this pretty club, or bat, or shillelagh.

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