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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.
Panel: The Gaelic games equivalent of a squad. Páirc: Irish for "park", this Irish word appears in the names of some sports grounds, e.g. Páirc Esler and Páirc Tailteann; Páirc an Chrócaigh: Irish for Croke Park. Park: (see also) Páirc, a common element in the names of GAA grounds. Peil: Irish word for football, i.e
Hurling (Irish: iománaíocht, iomáint) is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of players and much terminology.
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.
GAA Rounders is a bat-and-ball game governed by the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is one of the four official GAA sports [2], alongside Gaelic football, hurling, and handball. The game shares similarities with other bat-and-ball sports such as baseball and softball. [3] Another form of rounders is played in England.
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.
Caid (Irish pronunciation:, meaning "stuffed ball") is a collective name used in reference to various ancient and traditional Irish mob football games. Caid is frequently used by people in Gaeltacht areas of Ireland to refer to modern Gaelic football. [citation needed] The word "caid" originally referred to the ball which was used. It was made ...
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