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half day saturdays
half day Saturdays and Sundays off from work were put into place during the 1850's because the owners of factories found that their employees would preform better the following week if they got a half day on the Saturday and got Sunday off. this led to a growth in sports as people had more time to make teams and play more games. this is one of the main reasons hurling games are mostly played on a Saturday night or during the day on a sunday -
the forming of the gaa
The Gaelic Athletic Association was founded at Hayes Hotel in Thurles County Tipperary. -
the first all ireland for hurling takes place
The first hurling all Ireland was played with the score of 1-1 to 0-0 with Tipperary beating Galway. This was the final of the 1887 Hurling Championship although it didn’t take place until 1888 -
the purchase of croke park
the GAA came into exclusive ownership of the plot when they purchased it from Dineen for £3,500. The ground was then renamed Croke Park in honour of Archbishop Thomas Croke, one of the GAA's first patrons Croke Park had only two stands on what is now known as the Hogan stand side and grassy banks all round -
introduction of penalties
this is the first time that the penalty puck was put into play -
first shown on television
the first ever game of hurling that was broadcasted on television was played between Leinster and Munster in the railway cup final. the game was broadcasted on what was then Telefís Éirean but what is now known as RTE -
helmets rule for players 21 years and yonger
a new rule stating that payers under the age of 21 years old are to at all times wear a helmet with a full face guard -
helmets for all players
at the start of 2010 the gaa made compulsory it that players of all ages are to wear helmets with full faces guards while training and during matches -
introduction of hawk eye
hawk eye was first introduced during the double header between Gaelic Dublin and Down and in hurling between Dublin and Kilkenny. over the past two seasons their have been calls for a change to the technology in the way that points are checked. This call has mostly been made by Kildare fans after 2 bad calls were made against them -
the suspenion of hawk eye part 1
due to human error during an Under-18 hurling game between Limerick and Galway where hawk eye ruled that a point for limerick was wide even thought the graphic showed the ball passing inside the posts, their was confusion, then the ref ultimately waved the valid point wide provoking anger from fans. Consequently, hawk eye was not used in the senior game that followed. Limerick, who were narrowly defeated after extra-time, announced they would be appealing over Hawk-Eye's costly failure -
the suspenion of hawk eye part 2
hawk eye later apologised for this and shortly after the gaa starting using hawk again, since then there have been no more errors when hawk eye