Jack was captain of the Kilsallagh team of hurlers, Mike of the Clonegall.
"An Isle in the Water"
Katharine Tynan
At least seven babies were hurled at him, as well as the cup and the bathing-machine, and Bill was only saved by the seven mothers of the seven hurled babies, who rushed forward to grapple with the hurlers, and carried Bill and the babies out of their reach.
"Bill the Minder"
W. Heath Robinson
The three circles known as the hurlers lie close together with their centres nearly in a straight line in the direction N.N.E. by S.S.W. At Boscawen-un, near Penzance, is a circle called the Nine Maidens, and two circles near Tregeseal have the same name.
"Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders"
T. Eric Peet