Dear Irish language people - why is iománaíocht known as hurling in English?
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So I'm not a language head. But there are multiple references to attempts to *ban* the sport of the "hurling of the little ball with sticks" - 14thC Kilkenny, 16thC Galway - by local town statute.
hurl(v.)
early 13c., hurlen, "to run against (each other), come into collision, etc