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26th August 2015
08:08am BST

"Hurling — a fast-moving, physically demanding game — is best watched in the national stadium, with the semi-finals and final of the All-Ireland hurling championships played here in August and September. “Make sure you fit in by learning the local terminology: hurley for the wooden stick the players use to hit the sliotar, the baseball-like ball which is thwacked towards the opponents’ goal"Ireland is unique in that it is the only country in the Europe that has made the top ten and hurling is listed among such experiences as watching the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden or watching Carlos Tevez at La Bombonera with Boca Juniors which is rated as the number one. Croker Park has previously been rated among the top ten stadia in the world while National Geographic have also said that an All-Ireland final is the experience of a lifetime. The top ten is :
Football at La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Sumo wrestling at Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo
Cricket at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
AFL at the MCG, Melbourne
Ice hockey at Rogers Arena, Vancouver
Baseball at Fenway Park, Boston
Basketball at Madison Square Garden, New York
Hurling at Croke Park, Dublin
NFL at Sun Life Stadium, Miami
Rugby Union at Newlands, Cape Town
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