In Ballincurrig, East Cork, a 2km stretch of road becomes a stadium each October. For 40 years, locals and international players have competed in Ireland's little-known sport of road bowling, where 28oz (794g) iron balls skim bends, potholes and dips in pursuit of glory

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The 40th anniversary of the King and Queen of the Roads festival in Ballincurrig will welcome some of the best players from Ireland, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands

TV, radio, 4-5,000 spectators, and competitors from Munster, Ulster, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy will crowd around that same start line from the first bowl on Friday until the big prizes are decided on Sunday

Saturday 02nd & Sunday 03rd August WEST BEST STRIKE GOLD ON MAIN STAGE West Cork bowlers brought their A-game to the All-Ireland series in Armagh - and brought home the titles too. Schull's Shane Crowley, Drinagh's Emma Hurley, Laura Sexton from Timoleague, and Eoghan Kelly from Macroom performed outstanding performances on the Keady-Tassagh road to claim All-Ireland glory, each delivering on big stages when it mattered most. ​ Shane Crowley made amends for his defeat in las

Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th July Cork are finding it desperately difficult to win back the Hughie Trainor Senior Cup, as for the fourth year in succession it will head North after Ethan Rafferty beat Arthur McDonagh in a high-quality Senior final at Castletown. No lead for McDonagh in this score. Rafferty got one of the longest first shots ever thrown on the road, McDonagh beat it by fifty meters in two. McDonagh got a huge fourth to the sleepers and Rafferty throwing over 15

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Noted bowls player Murphy Bawn starts off his game with Conney Lucey outside Blarney, Co Cork in 1936. Read the article from RTÉ website...

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