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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaelic football</span> Irish team sport, form of football

Gaelic football, 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. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goal or between two upright posts above the goal and over a crossbar 2.5 metres above the ground.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaelic Athletic Association</span> Irish amateur sporting and cultural organisation

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gaelic games</span> Set of sports originating, and mainly played in Ireland

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The following is an alphabetical list of terms and jargon used in relation to Gaelic games. See also list of Irish county nicknames, and these are very interesting.

GAA Handball Ireland is the governing body for the sport of Gaelic handball in all of its codes in Ireland. Handball is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association.

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