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    “Un’intera cultura perduta”: l’irlandese fa rivivere lo sport dimenticato del sollevamento delle pietre


    “Un’intera cultura perduta”: l’irlandese fa rivivere lo sport dimenticato del sollevamento delle pietre

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/14/stone-lifting-sport-irish-culture-indiana-stones?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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    3. Subterraniate2 on

      I read that earlier, and I swear the small of my back is still aching. 😫 If this was a tradition to meld together a community, couldn’t they have just taken up competitive whittling instead?

    4. smashedspuds on

      I see them every now and then on TikTok and the like in their paddy caps, shouting at each other, sweating and lifting big stones. Very manly stuff altogether

    5. DesertRatboy on

      Back in my day there was no PlayStations, or Sky Sports, or Instagram. We used to gather together and lift stones for fun. No Hyrox or Crossfit. Just men lifting heavy stones. Kids these days wouldnt last 2 minutes with the traditional stone lifters. Gone soft.

    7. hcpanther on

      This is because Taylor Swift was carrying around a rock in her new video.

    9. Jacques-de-lad on

      Same with collar and elbow, so many more aspects of our culture than just football and hurling while they are interesting games are just a sliver of what we used to practice

    10. spacemansanjay on

      There’s a Latvian guy called Martins Licis who used to compete in strongman competitions. He has [a Youtube series](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMUasNu3_sY&list=PLRpuN4sizg_IRinmwgCdgO5shplEqMyyh) where he visits different countries and tries their traditional strength sports. Several countries have stone lifting traditions that go back a very long time.

      It’s easy to be a moany cunt and say it’s all dumb machismo but some of the culture around it is pretty interesting. And it’s a lot more inclusive and welcoming than you might think.

    11. TheGloriousNugget on

      I’ve spoken to that lad couple of times, he’s gas.

    12. brentspar on

      Blindboy did a great episode on this, he interviews yer man.

    13. Large-Run-3191 on

      Has he considered trying bricklaying? Turn that hobby into a career…

    14. TheBaggyDapper on

      Sometimes there are valid reasons things get forgotten. 

    15. ImprovementKnown2491 on

      We used to stand in a circle on a beach, find a mid sized rock, hold it with both hands and launch it directly up in the air then you would move so your mate could catch it – the technique was to reach high and guide it down into your hands and you dropped into a squat – then spring back up to launch and rinse and repeat until someone dropped it. The dropper was eliminated. Keep going until everyone is out.

      How nobody died is beyond me. All it took was one bad judgement.

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