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Road bowling

Also known as Bol Chumann na hÉireann · Bullets · Irish road bowling

Road bowling: photograph by Dennisleussink
Photo: Dennisleussink, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Throw a 28 oz iron ball along country roads in fewest throws; Cork and Armagh strongholds.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Ireland.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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