The 2011 GAA GPA All Stars Hurling Tour set off for San Francisco on Wednesday 30 November 2011.
The Irish huring party includes several hurlers who featured in the Senior and U21 Shinty / Hurling internationals against Scotland in recent years.
Those include Tipperaray quartet Tommy Walsh, Jackie Tyrerll, Brendan Maher and Eoin Kelly. Kilkenney's Michael Rice also makes the trip whilst the replacement list includes 2011 Ireland U21 star Declan Hannon from Limerick and Offlay's Shane Dooley, son of Ireland Shinty / Hurling boss Joe Dooley.
All in all, 33 hurlers from eight different counties will play in an exhibition game on Sunday 4 December 2011 at Treasurer Island, which is the same place Skye Camanachd graced in 2009 when they toured California.
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