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Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch.
May 10, 2024 · Gaelic football, Irish version of football (soccer), an offshoot of Britain’s medieval mêlée, in which entire parishes would compete in daylong matches covering miles of countryside. A code of rules slightly restricting the ferocity of the sport was adopted in 1884, and the Gaelic Athletic.
The public has voted Dean Healy this week’s GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. The Wicklow midfielder received 1,403 votes on the GAA's official Instagram page which put him ahead of Antrim’s Ruairí McCann (1,092) and Laois’ Mark Barry (1,083).
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Aug 22, 2010 · Gaelic football combines the suspense of soccer, the skills and scoring of basketball, and the speed of the fastest sports in the world in a...
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Nov 9, 2023 · Gaelic football is a team sport played between two sides, with each team consisting of fifteen players. The objective is simple: manoeuvre the ball into the opposing team’s goal, earning three points or over the crossbar for one point.
