For non-Irish following events in Belfast, just to show you what was used to save the victim. This is a hurley stick or hurl (not a hurley bat!). Itโs used in the Irish games of hurling & camogie to hit a small ball called a sliotar. Hurling is one of the most ancient games in the world & one of the fastest, requiring great skill. Itโs a game deeply embedded in our mythology & is central to the stories of one of our ancient heroes, Cรบ Chulainn, who used a hurl & sliotar to save himself from being attacked by a fierce hound. So even in Irish mythology, the hurl was used to save a life.
Please continue to pray for the victim of the attack in Belfast, for his family, & the people of the city.