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sliotar

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sliotar [ˈʃlɪtər]
n
(Team Sports, other than specified) the ball used in hurling
[Irish Gaelic]


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Byline: MICHELLE O'KEEFFE THEY were forced to battle for every point and every loose sliotar, but Kilkenny made it four-in-a-row yesterday by a whisker.
Riders representing the counties of Clare and Limerick will pick up their hurleys in a bid to whack the sliotar - and, possibly, each other - under (three points for the uninitiated) or over (one point) the goalposts.
Played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar, it was the dominant game in Ireland when the GAA was formed in 1884.
 
 
 
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