The Shillelagh Makers Handbook
John W. Hurley is an Irish-American writer, videographer and martial artist, and is the author of "Irish Gangs And Stick-Fighting," "Shillelagh: The Irish Fighting Stick," "The Shillelagh Makers Handbook," and "Fighting Irish: The Art Of Irish Stick-Fighting." Hurley is considered the world's foremost authority on the history, traditions and culture of traditional Irish martial arts, having researched the subject for over twenty years. He is also a practitioner of Irish stick/shillelagh-fighting, in both its researched form and under the instruction of Glen Doyle of Newfoundland, Canada. Hurley is a regular consultant to the media on the subject of Irish stick-fighting and martial arts.