Irish Road Bowling
Schedule
Sat, 08 Mar, 2025 at 10:00 am
UTC-05:00Location
1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA, United States, Virginia 24401 | Staunton, VA
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Sign Up: https://frontiermuseum.org/event/irish-road-bowlingJoin the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia and Staunton Parks and Recreation this March 8th for Road Bowling.
Road Bowling is a traditional Irish game played with a road bowl and is on a long course. The object of the game is to get to the finish line in the least amount of throws, but be careful, if the bowl goes off course, you may lose it! One road bowl or team road bowl is included with the team registration fee.
Irish road bowling has been played in the Irish countryside since the 1600s. Its origins are unclear-perhaps it was brought to the Emerald Isle from England by weavers in the new textile industry, or perhaps from Holland by the troops of William of Orange, or maybe it began when Irish patriots robbed small English cannonballs and rolled them home by light of a full moon. Irish troops traditionally have played road bowling wherever they were stationed around the world. Road bowling has a passionate following primarily in County Armagh in the North, where it is called bullets or long bullets, and in the South, mostly in County Cork, where it is called road bowling. The two regions independently developed distinct and very different hurling styles.
– Information courtesy of Dave Powell with West Virginia Irish Road Bowling
**This event is sponsored in part by McDonough Toyota**
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Where is it happening?
1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA, United States, Virginia 24401Event Location & Nearby Stays:
