Geography
The Irish form of road bowling is concentrated in counties Cork (especially round Cork city) and Armagh (especially south Armagh). It is also played in Mayo (Castlebar), Limerick, Waterford and Louth, and more recently in Tyrone and Wexford.
Klootschieten is a similar game played in the Netherlands and north-east Germany (Friesland and Schleswig-Holstein) and international events have been staged between these regions and Ireland.
The Irish game also has players in Boston, Massachusetts; Cambridge, New York, and Bennington, Vermont, vicinity; Traverse City, Michigan; the Bronx, New York; New Zealand; Asheville, North Carolina; and is growing in the fairs and festivals of the state of West Virginia. The first contest in Colborne, Canada was held on May 26, 2007.
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