I kid you not, Road Bowling or Long Bullets as it's often called, is one of the country's oldest games and one which involves a large amount of patience and skill. It's hard to say when exactly Road Bowling became an official sport, but it's safe enough to assume that it pre-dates many of the televised sports that we see today. One story says that workers at a rural linen factory developed it many centuries ago, another tells of the soldiers of William of Orange casting a weighted ball along the roads. The rules and objectives of the game are quite simple, but anyone who's tried it will tell you that it's not as easy as it sounds. The point of the game is to cast a ball a specified distance in the least number of throws.
Games usually pit two two-man teams against each other.
These games take place on regular roads, which in most cases are narrow rural roads. Each throw takes place from where the ball ends up from the previous throw. The specified distance is generally two miles and works on similar principles as golf. Today, Cork and Armagh are where Road Bowling is most popular. Through its history, this has been a great form of competition between neighbouring villages and individuals and has seen many wagers won and lost.