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Gaelic football, commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today.
Gaelic 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/striking the ball with your 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.
Football is one of four Gaelic games run by the Gaelic Athletic Association, the largest sporting organisation in Ireland. It has strict rules on player amateurism and the pinnacle of the sport is the inter-county All-Ireland Football Final.
The game is believed to have descended from ancient Irish football known as caid which dates back to medieval times, although the modern rules were not set down until 1887.
Latest GAA News
- Kernan disappointed with Mayo reverse
Galway boss Joe Kernan was disappointed by the manner of his team's defeat to Mayo in the opening round of the Allianz League in Castlebar. - Dublin 1-12 Kerry 1-10
Paul Flynn hit 1-02 as a fired-up Dublin beat defending National League champions Kerry in an action-packed Division One opener at Killarney. - Mayo 2-14 Galway 1-10
Mayo captain Trevor Mortimer scored a goal and was sent-off as his side comfortably beat Galway in a one-sided NFL opener in Castlebar this afternoon. - Kildare 0-08 Down 1-16
Former Aussie Rules star Martin Clarke made an impressive National League debut as he helped Down overcome Kildare in Newbridge. - Westmeath 0-09 Donegal 1-13
Denis Glennon carried the fight for Westmeath with five points but Donegal's greater firepower saw them win out at Cusack Park this afternoon. - Monaghan 3-12 Cork 3-13
Cork won this meeting of the two promoted teams from last year thanks to a trio of late points. - NFL Division 3 round-up
Cavan, Antrim, Louth and Offaly all got their National Football League Division 3 campaigns off to a winning start today. - NFL Division 4 round-up
Carlow beat Longford by a goal in their opening Allianz National Football League Division 4 clash, winning 1-10 to 0-10. - Sunday's Ladies Football round-up
Defending champions Cork lost out to Dublin in the Bord Gáis Energy Ladies National Football League for a third successive season. - Weekend Camogie round-up
UCD advanced to the semi-finals of the Ashbourne Cup with a convincing 5-12 to 1-8 win over NUI, Galway at Belfield. - Derry 1-18 Tyrone 1-12
Derry opened their NFL Division 1 campaign with an eye-catching win over Ulster rivals Tyrone at Celtic Park tonight. - Meath 2-08 Armagh 0-13
Armagh staged a valiant second half fightback but two-goal Meath prevailed in this NFL Division 2 opener in Navan. - Laois 1-13 Tipperary 1-11
A late brace of points earned Laois victory against a determined Tipperary in tonight's NFL Division 2 encounter at O'Moore Park. - Allianz NFL Division 1 previews
RTÉ.ie's Séamus Leonard previews this weekend's opening Allianz National Football League action in the top flight. - Allianz NFL Division 2 previews
RTÉ.ie's Séamus Leonard previews this weekend's opening Allianz National Football League action in Division 2. - Kerry name team for Dublin clash
Kerry manager Jack O'Connor has named a young looking team for Sunday’s Allianz National Football League Division One clash with Dublin. - Tyrone make changes for Derry
Tyrone manager Mickey Harte will ring the changes for his side's Saturday's National Football League opener against Derry on Saturday evening. - Dublin name team for NFL opener
Dublin manager Pat Gilroy has named an experimental Dublin side to face Kerry in Sunday’s Allianz National Football League clash in Killarney, throw-in 2pm. - GAA deny Limerick interference
GAA Director General Paraic Duffy has strenuously denied reports that they are set to mediate the Limerick hurling row. - Louth make one change
Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick has named his side for the Allianz National Football League clash with Wexford in Drogheda on Sunday. - Weekend Handball preview
The GAA Handball 40x20 All-Ireland Colleges finals take place this weekend at venues across the midlands where 60 of the country’s brightest underage stars will fight it out for national glory. - O'Rourke the new Kildare assisant
Kieran McGeeney has recruited former Armagh colleague Aidan O’Rourke as the new assistant manager of Kildare. - Ranahan set for Limerick debut
Conor Ranahan will make his Limerick senior debut on Sunday when they face London in the Allianz National Football League on Sunday in Ruislip. - Mullin to leave RTÉ post
RTÉ Television Gaelic Games Correspondent Jonathan Mullin is leaving his post in Donnybrook to become editor of the Irish Racing Post. - Nallen & Heaney call it a day
Mayo footballers James Nallen and David Heaney have both announced their retirement from inter-county football.