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Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), [1] commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, [2] 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.
This is a list of clubs in Ireland that play Gaelic games categorised by their governing bodies (GAA provincial council and GAA county). Common abbreviations used in club names are: CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta; CLG: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Association) CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club)
The Dublin county football team represents Dublin in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association.The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
The Galway county football team (/ ˈ ɡ ɔː l w eɪ / GAWL-way) represents Galway in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Galway GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship , the Connacht Senior Football ...
The National Football League is the second most prestigious inter-county Gaelic Football competition after the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. [ 1 ] Unlike many league competitions in sport, each team plays the other teams in their division only once.
CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club) GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (now often used for individual clubs) GAC: Gaelic Athletic Club (often denotes that more than one sport is played) GFC: Gaelic Football Club; HC: Hurling Club; HCC: Hurling and Camogie Club; LGFC: Ladies' Gaelic Football Club
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠuːˌçlʲasˠ ˈɡeːlˠ]; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, [1] which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders.
The Donegal county football team represents Donegal in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Donegal GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association.The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Ulster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.