| Barryroe | 1-15 – 0-12 | Clonakilty |
Photos from last summer’s GAA contest in Kilbrittain Grounds. This was a hard-fought match that was very close throughout the game.
Very physical.
Barryroe prevailed at the end but both teams really leaned into it.
Last summer, happened upon some Irish road bowling. Been wanting to witness road bowling for some time, and as luck would have it, there was a practice competition last summer (2024) in Lislee, a village in the Barryroe parrish in West Cork, Ireland.
It is a very intense sport, whereby two participants throw a 28 ounce iron bowl down country roads from point to point.
As you can see, it is a very physical sport, and the spectacle draws crowds of folks wagering on the competitors. I recommend it even if I’m not quite certain what’s happening.
Going to step away from the Courtmacsherry pictures (for now) but wanted to share one last photo, taken from outside John Young’s famous Pier House.
I like this photo because, if you look at it right, you can smell the tide.
When we last spoke, we saw a picture of the set-up at the Strand Race in Courtmacsherry in County Cork, Ireland.
This photo was taken approximately 6 hours later of the same scene. Granted, this is from an elevated and drier vantage point, but roughly the same direction. Take a look at the dots floating in the water- those are the poles being driven into the strand by the farmers in last week’s post.
I love horse races, one unfortunate aspect to last summer was, any time I traveled, I had to leave the town the day before a major event occurred.
Consequently, I was not able to capture any of the action race day. No worries, my sensei was there to witness and capture the events as they unfolded.
There is a town in County Cork where everything is perfect.
If you stick around, I guarantee you will see more photos from Courtmac.
