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Hurling Returns to Fenway Park

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by 1 Comment

The sport of hurling will return to Fenway Park with a doubleheader in the AIG Fenway Hurling Classic and Irish Festival on November 19. The park last hosted a hurling event in 2015, bringing to an end its absence of 61 years. The match, which featured a full-team brawl on the pitch, attracted nearly 28,000 stateside GAA fans, a number which organizers expect will be matched or … [Read more...] about Hurling Returns to Fenway Park

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