Go raibh céad mile maith agaibh / thank you so, so much for your assistance with this short radio feature which is broadcasting tomorrow, Saturday evening at 10.10pm-10.30pm on BBC Radio 3!
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The Clash, Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09cz43q
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Thanks to both teams for letting us record but in particular to the following for their time, craic and generosity:
Hurlers Neil McManus, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall & Michael Ennis, St. Joseph’s Ballycran.
Hurley makers Barry Reynolds, Michael Scullion.
Managers Philip Campbell, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall & Terence Masterson, St. Joseph’s Ballycran.
Nurse Marion Carson, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Zippy, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Chairperson Aidan McAteer, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Secretary Martin Magee, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Paddy McAteer & Brendan McAlister, Grounds Committee, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Martin Allen, Cultural Officer, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Ladies’ Committee, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Anne Marie McNaughton, Ruairí Óg, Cushendall.
Thank you SO MUCH again,
Róisín Kelleher
The Clash
Between the Ears, @BBCRadio3
A hurley is the name given to the stick used to hit a leather ball - or sliotar - in the ancient Gaelic sport of hurling.
And the time-honoured tradition of the Irish hurley stick maker is where gentle craftsmanship and player's dreams collide.
Neil McManus hurls for Cushendall (Ruairí Óg G.A.A.) and is visiting local craftsman and hurley stick maker, Michael Scullion. Like his father before him, Michael carves only from ash, hand-picking the trees from which they're hewn.
Michael Ennis hurls for Ballycran and has gone to see his local hurley maker, Barry Reynolds. With ash become ever scarcer, Barry uses only modern materials in the sticks he lovingly fashions.
As Neil McManus and Michael Ennis opposing teams prepare to clash on impeccable playing fields in the village of Cushendall in the Glens of Antrim, we're immersed in a journey from stick to pitch.
But it's not just the hurley sticks that can break in what might just be the fastest - and most ferocious - field sport on earth.
Produced and narrated by Róisín Kelleher, BBC Northern Ireland
Sound Supervisor: John Simpson
Additional Sound Design: Jason Martin, Barney Smyth.