‚Same Magic‘: Die alte irische Straße Bowling wurde von Tiktok, Drohnen und Bill Murray | wiederbelebt Irland

I was just reading that. Bill Murray notwithstanding, isn’t it a thing which has never really gone away? Around East Cork, anyway. Enjoyable article and very good to read about the great enthusiasts from other cultures.

I was wondering if it’s still pronounced round here as ‘boww!ling’, as in ‘I’ve just dropped this heavy metal ball on my toe’.
(There’s a charming painting of a road bowling scene in East Cork from the early 19th century in the Crawford Gallery’s domestic genre collection. Think the painter is Daniel MacDonald.
Shame the place is closed, as it’d be good timing to bring in some school kids armed with the Graun article. )