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Gaelic football is one of four sports (collectively referred to as the "Gaelic games") controlled by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the largest sporting organisation in Ireland. Along with hurling and camogie , Gaelic football is one of the few remaining strictly amateur sports in the world, with players, coaches, and managers ...
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.
Following its release, Gaelic Games: Football was the highest-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time in Ireland, but was infamous for its abysmal performance, lack of difficulty, and lazy game design. [1] Sequels followed with Gaelic Games: Hurling and Gaelic Games: Football 2 in November 2007 to marginally better reputation. [2]
The debate over the series of new playing rules devised by Jim Gavin's Football Review Committee dominated GAA circles in the closing months of 2024. And with the package of reforms, bar the four ...
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.
Most prestigious competition in Gaelic Football. Tailteann Cup – Tier 2 inter-county competition. For counties eliminated in the early stages of the All-Ireland Championship and/or unable to be promoted to Division 2 or above of the League.
The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 137th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-one of the thirty-two Irish counties took part – Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup.
The first Gaelic football and hurling rules were published by the fledgling Gaelic Athletic Association in 1885. These specified goalposts similar to soccer goals: for football 15 ft (4.6 m) wide and a crossbar 8 ft (2.4 m) high, while for hurling they were 20 ft (6.1 m) wide and a crossbar 10 ft (3.0 m) high.