John W. Hurley is considered the world's foremost authority on the history, traditions and culture of traditional Irish martial arts, having researched them for over twenty years. He is also a practitioner of Irish stick/shillelagh-fighting, in both it's researched form and under the instruction of Glen Doyle of Newfoundland, Canada. Mr. Doyle is the only person on earth currently teaching a living, hereditary style of Irish stick-fighting which has survived since atleast the early 19th century. Hurley is a regular consultant to the media on the subject of Irish stick-fighting and martial arts. For queries he can be reached at: [email protected]