Gaelic Football is a distinctly Irish field invasion game played with a round football which can be caught, kicked and hand passed. Equipment. The ball used in Gaelic Football is round, slightly smaller than a soccer ball. Playing Rules

By John Harrington We don’t quite know what the 2025 inter-county Gaelic football will spring on us, and perhaps the Kerry footballers are the biggest imponderable of all. In fairness, trying to gauge their true worth has been challenging for a few years now.

The modern game of Gaelic football has evolved to a great degree from the games first codified by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The original core concept of man-on man contests for the ball within the defined framework of a positional game has been added to and eroded to varying degrees over time.

Dec 5, 2024 · The GAA has published its Master Fixtures schedule for 2025. Round One of the Allianz League in both codes take place on January 25/26. The Allianz Football League Finals will take place on March 29/30 with Division Two, Three, and …

Venue: Kinawley Brian Borus GAA Club, Kinawley, Fermanagh. Referee: Aidan Mc Aleer. Longford

Sep 28, 2023 · The GAA today published a comprehensive statistical analysis report that provides a very revealing insight into how Gaelic football has evolved as a sport over the course of the last 13 years.

The foundation of the GAA Michael Cusack When Michael Cusack moved to Dublin, in 1877, to open his academy preparing Irish students for the Civil Service examinations, sport throughout Ireland was the preserve of the middle and ascended classes.

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Sep 10, 2024 · Chairperson of the Football Review Committee, Jim Gavin, today gave a presentation in Croke Park to update GAA media on the proposed rule enhancements his committee are considering.

Jul 28, 2024 · Read back over our GAA.ie LIVE match blog updates of the 2024 GAA All-Ireland Football Senior Championship Final between Armagh and Galway, including all the pre-match analysis, stats, match footage, news of the game AS IT HAPPENED and much more on All-Ireland Football Final day!