Gaelic Football
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Gaelic FootballGaelic Football 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 kicking or striking the ball with the hand and getting it through the goals. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. Players advance the ball up the field with a combination of carrying, soloing (dropping and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands), kicking, and hand-passing to their team-mates. See Wikipedia for more detail.
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What is Gaelic Football
Gaelic Football HistoryThe 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 crossed on of the town boundaries.
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