Uses of Ash wood
Ash timber is hard, tough and very hard-wearing, with a coarse open grain. The light colour and attractive grain of ash wood make it popular in modern furniture such as chairs, dining tables, doors and flooring.
Ash is the only wood used for the manufacture of hurleys, used in hurling. Hurleys are manufactured from the butt log (the bottom 1.5m of the tree trunk). Unfortunately, due to the lack of available ash in Ireland, over 75% of the timber needed to produce the 350,000 hurleys required for the game annually must be imported, mostly from eastern European countries. Because of its high flexibility, shock-resistance and resistance to splitting, Ash wood is also used for tennis rackets and snooker cues, as well as being used in the handles of tools like hammers, and for making walking sticks.