The Global Game
Overview
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The game originated in Ireland
And became popular in the 16th century. Originally, all the able-bodied men of a town or parish participated with 25 to 100 players per side The game would start midway between two towns or parishes and ended when the ball
About
History
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Football resources from the GAA: ground specifications and rules
Support for coaching, referees and players, history of the games and the GAA, including profiles of personalities.
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Ladies Gaelic Football
Official site; news, player information, colleges, forum (need to register), history# , honours, all stars, links
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Link Directories from GAA
The Shamrocks
Play/Watch
Organisational bodies
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GAA
The Gaelic Athletic Association. Covers all the Gaelic sports, not just football. For football, it covers news and archived news, fixtures, resultsand results archive, links to county and club sites, team of the millennium, all stars, links to GAAactivities abroad
Competitions
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The Sam Maguire Cup
For the All Ireland Championship is held in September each year, between the winners of the provisional championships, attracting crowds of 35,00-60,00 .The semi-finals and finals are played in Croke Park ,the GAA headquarters in Dublin which is the fifth largest largest stadium in Europe, and was host to the Special Olympics in 2004. World Cup Both male and female teams from Australasia, London, Europe, North America, Canada and the Rest of Britain participated in 2000 at Pormarnock
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Europe
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