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GAELIC FOOTBALL Gaelic football is the most popular of the gaelic games and is played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by driving the ball through the goals. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. It combines the skills of soccer and basketball in a fast-paced, high-scoring contact sport. HURLING Hurling is a stick and ball game played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by driving the ball through the goals. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. It is over three-thousand years old, and is said to be the world's fastest field game, combining skills from lacrosse, field hockey, and baseball in a hard-hitting, highly skilled game. ROUNDERS Rounders is a bat and ball game which is played in Ireland; a similar version is played in England. Rounders is the least popular of the GAA gaelic games and is organised by a sub division of the GAA known as the Rounders Council of Ireland. GAELIC HANDBALL Gaelic Handball is a game where two players use their hands to return a ball against a wall. The game is similar to American Handball ; Gaelic handballers play against their US counterparts. OTHER GAELIC GAMES Other Gaelic Games such as gaelic athletics have nearly or completely died out. Pastimes such as Road Bowling , a sport played in Ireland for a long time, could be considered Gaelic games. SEE ALSO D.P. Moran REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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