Just a heads up for anyone on bell and getting free Setanta (1414) until September 13th.
The All-Ireland hurling final will be screened at 6pm MT on Tuesday. If you like hockey you've gotta check this sport out. Forget soccer or Rugby, this is Irelands life or death sport and by far no 1 spectator sport.
Note the tv listing is wrong that lists the senior game at 8pm. It is the 6pm game you want to see. 8pm is the kids.
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In 2007, Forbes magazine described the media attention and population multiplication of Thurles town ahead of one of the game's annual provincial hurling finals as being "the rough equivalent of 30 million Americans watching a regional lacrosse game."[1] American soldiers have also expressed their love of the game's warrior ethos.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurling
To give you an idea of its popularity the game was a 82,300 sellout compared to the "national" stadium for rugby and soccer which holds 51k