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Fans of Tyrone (red and white) and Meath (green and yellow) on Hill 16 in Croke Park watching the teams' 2007 All-Ireland football quarterfinal.. The county colours (Irish: dathanna na gcontaetha) [1] [2] of an Irish county are the colours of the kit worn by that county's representative team in the inter-county competitions of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the most important of which ...
The female version of the game is known as ladies' Gaelic football and is similar to the men's game with a few minor rule changes. [10] Other formats with teams of 7 to 11 players are played in Europe, [ 11 ] Middle East, Asia, Argentina and South Africa utilising smaller soccer or rugby pitches.
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and "the GAA" thereafter. This is to aid North American readers, who think the letters "GAA" represent "goals against average". Capitalised first G, uncapitalised second g in "Gaelic games". Not "gaelic games". Capitalised G and uncapitalised f in "Gaelic football". Not "gaelic football". Not "Gaelic Football".
Children participating in a game of Gaelic football. Gaelic sports at all levels are amateur, in the sense that the athletes, even those playing at an elite level, do not receive payment for their performance. The main competitions at all levels of Gaelic football are the League and the Championship. Of these, it is the Championship (a knock ...
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, [2] which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders.
International Rules Series – Annual two-game series played between Ireland and Australia using a combination of rules from Gaelic football and Australian rules football. Hurling/Shinty International Series – Annual competition played between Ireland and Scotland using a combination of rules from Hurling and Shinty.
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This is category for Gaelic games by county, i.e. the unit used within the sports. While the area under the administration of some of these county boards are similar to the areas of the counties of Ireland, others are dissimilar. Others still, e.g. London, may not be widely recognised as counties at all, being extraterritorial.