Giles O'Grady

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Giles O'Grady
Personal information
Sport Hurling & Football
Position Back
Born Ballyduff, County Kerry
Club(s)
YearsClub
1992-2008
2008-present
Ballyduff
Kerins O'Rahilly's
Club titles
Kerry titles 0
Munster titles 0
All-Ireland Titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
2000's 2000's

Kerry (F)

Kerry (H)

Giles O'Grady is a Gaelic footballer and hurler [1] from Ballyduff in County Kerry, Ireland.

Gaelic football Irish team sport, form of football derived from traditional Irish ball games

Gaelic football, commonly referred to as football or Gaelic, is an Irish team sport. 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 goals or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) above the ground.

Hurling outdoor team game

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin. It is administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The game has prehistoric origins, and has been played for 4,000 years. 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. There is a similar game for women called camogie. It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty, which is played predominantly in Scotland.

Ballyduff, County Kerry Village in Munster, Ireland

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References

  1. "Understrength Kerry hurlers defeat Wicklow". Ireland On-line. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2011.