Sliotar
A sliotar or sliothar (Irish pronunciation: [ʃlʲɪt̪ˠəɾˠ]) is a hard solid sphere slightly larger than a tennis ball, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together. Sometimes called a "dust" or "hurling ball", it resembles a baseball with more pronounced stitching. It is used in the Gaelic games of hurling, camogie, and rounders.
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An official Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sliotar, as used in top level hurling competitions such as the National Hurling League or the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships is subject to strict regulations as regards its size, mass and composition.
The following regulations apply:
Approved sliotars carry a GAA mark of approval. The GAA maintains a list of approved suppliers, based on manufacturers who pass their inspection. Women used to make sliotars for their sweethearts out of horsehair in the 19th century just in time for the May Day Contest.
Podcasts:
Sliotar
ALBUMS
- Cirque de Sliotar released: 2008
- Crew of three released: 2005
- The Porterhouse Sessions released:
- Crew of Three released:
The Porterhouse Sessions
- Inismór / Misty Morning
- Whistle Reels: Toss the Feathers
- A Man's in Love
- Pipe Jigs: Donybrook Fair / Rakes of Kildare / Sonny Condon's
- The Crow on the Cradle / Hingerty's Frolics / The Green Gate / The Mansons Apron
- Kerry Slides: Scattery Island / Miko Doyles / To the Well for Water
- A Thousand Miles
- Whistle Jigs: Parliament / Donegal Lass / Harvey's Hilarious Haircut
- Dear Old Dublin / Gan Ainm / The Dog Amongst the Bushes / High Reels
Crew of Three
- Dan O'Keeffe's / Sweet Marie / The Yellow Wattle
- Miss Monaghan's / Father Kelly's / Green Groves of Erin
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- When Caoimhin Met Naoise / Julia Delaney's
- Blow the Winds
- Eileen's Life
- Johnny Cope
- I'll Never Fight Again
- Chief O'Neill's Favourite / Cooley's Hornpipe
- If I Was a Blackbird
- Australian Waters / The Blackhorn Stick
- Paddy Fahy's / Dunmore Lasses
- Bi Liom Bi
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Cellador
by: CelladorWe're all off to meet our maker
And I know we won't go far
If there's a chance at life, it's not in sight
When you watch the world go dark
When you take a chance and you throw it up
If you watch to see where it falls
Even in the end it'll always end up small
So dont waste your time, just free your mind
Beyond this you can't look behind
Move on forth to a place above it all
Head up high into the sky
Just take a chance and try to fly
Leave it all and we will never fall
So ride on together til sunrise again
We ride on forever til the very end
We ride on together no matter the cost
No journey's too great and no chances are lost
Never hold back against a dream you wanted long
Keep on movin' on...
Look real hard into yourself and see if you can find
That burning light thats shining bright inside us all tonight
A wasted day to a wasted month to a wasted life you'll find
That without a dream you might as well be blind
Don't be left unsatisfied
Someday each of us will die
No turning back to see what's dead and gone
A challenge beard is a challenge shared
Just face your fear now, don't be scared
Hold your ground, no fate can hold us down
So ride on together til sunrise again
We ride on forever til the very end
So ride on together no matter the cost
No journey's too great and no chances are lost
Never hold back against a dream you wanted long
Keep on movin' on...
Each and all of us have time in their life
A self-realization that with all regret turns to light
So dont waste your time, just free your mind
Beyond this you can't look behind
Move on forth to a place above it all
No blessed truth can give you say
You alone decide the way
Hear the path from inside of your heart
So ride on together til sunrise again
We ride on forever til the very end
We ride on together no matter the cost
No journey's too great and no chances are lost
So ride on together til sunrise again
We ride on forever til the very end
We ride on together no matter the cost