For centuries in Ireland lifting huge boulders was a way to test strength and bond communities, says Instagram sensation Indiana Stones David Keohan surveyed the County Waterford beach and spotted a ...

NIAGARA FALLS, New York (WKBW) — John Johnson in Niagara Falls is a pioneer of a sport you’ve probably never heard of, Stone Lifting. Now, he’s seeking to get the word out for more people to get ...

For centuries, Ireland’s stones were more than just a feature of the rugged landscape: The ability to pick them up off of the ground had deep practical and spiritual meaning. Lifting stones were used ...

A Metropolitan Police Department officer won first place in a stone-lifting competition at a strength event in Norway last week. Officer James Rude lifted a 447-pound granite atlas stone during the ...

The Home Games, featuring various Celtic strength competitions, returns to Milford's Fino Field on June 21. More than 120 athletes will compete in events like stone lifting, Irish wrestling and ...

Prof Murray Gray on the origin of the boulders used in the sport of stone lifting, and Mo Heard on her great-great-great-grandfather’s work as a ‘ballast-getter’ Your article on the ancient sport of ...