football or Gaelic ball (Irish: liathróid peile) is the spherical leather football used in the sports of Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football and...
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crossbar into the net (the ball cannot be hand-passed into the goal), signalled by the umpire raising a green flag. Positions in Gaelic football are similar...
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(ball) Cricket ball, the physical object Ball (cricket) or delivery, a single action of bowling Football (ball) Ball (association football) Gaelic ball...
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Gaelic handball (known in Ireland simply as handball; Irish: liathróid láimhe) is a sport where players hit a ball with a hand or fist against a wall in...
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include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the most popular of the sports, are both organised by the Gaelic Athletic...
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Goidelic languages (redirect from Gaelic languages)
The Goidelic (/ɡɔɪˈdɛlɪk/ goy-DEL-ik) or Gaelic languages (Irish: teangacha Gaelacha; Scottish Gaelic: cànanan Goidhealach; Manx: çhengaghyn Gaelgagh)...
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This is a list of ball games and ball sports that include a ball as a key element in the activity, usually for scoring points. Ball sports fall within...
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Scottish Gaelic (/ˈɡælɪk/, GAL-ik; endonym: Gàidhlig [ˈkaːlɪkʲ] ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic...
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football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a round ball towards goals at each end of a grass...
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the ball (a sliotar or Gaelic ball, depending on the game) between the posts and below the crossbar scores a goal (Irish: cúl), while playing the ball between...
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(ball), any of several types of balls used to play the football sports Ball (association football) Gaelic ball Ball (gridiron football) Rugby ball Football...
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Australian rules football and Gaelic football are codes of football, from Australia and Ireland respectively, which have similar styles and features of...
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Member of the Scottish Parliament (redirect from Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba)
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP; Scottish Gaelic: Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba, BPA; Scots: Memmer o the Scots Pairliament, MSP) is the title given...
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A football is a ball inflated with air that is used to play one of the various sports known as football. In these games, with some exceptions, goals or...
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Irish language (redirect from Irish Gaelic)
media help. Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic (/ˈɡeɪlɪk/ GAY-lik), is a Celtic language of the Indo-European...
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Hurling (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women (camogie for women). One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football...
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Sliotar (redirect from Hurling ball)
- hurling ball". focloir.ie. Foras na Gaeilge. Retrieved 29 July 2020. "Gaelic Athletic Association Official Guide - Part 2" (PDF). Gaelic Athletic Association...
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Shinty (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among...
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Middle Irish (redirect from Middle Gaelic language)
Middle Irish, also called Middle Gaelic (Irish: An Mheán-Ghaeilge, Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan-Ghàidhlig), is the Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland...
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range of kicking styles. Gaelic football uses a round ball similar to a football (i.e., soccer ball) or volleyball. The round ball can be kicked anyway you...
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International rules football (category Comparison of Gaelic football and Australian rules football)
in Gaelic football, the ball may be lifted directly off the ground, without putting a foot underneath it first. Players however cannot scoop the ball off...
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balls include the baseball, basketball, Gaelic ball, cricket ball, golf ball, lacrosse ball, tennis ball, and the ball used in association football. Spheroid...
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and "Panthu" (ball). Manx: bluckan coshey Norwegian: fotball Polish: piłka nożna, from piłka (ball) and noga (leg). Scottish Gaelic: ball-coise Sinhala:...
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Football in Scotland (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
Association football (Scots: fitbaa, Scottish Gaelic: ball-coise) is one of the national sports of Scotland and the most popular sport in the country....
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number 1 jersey in Gaelic games, is similar to other codes: to prevent the ball from entering the goal. The goalkeeper in Gaelic football and hurling...
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following is an alphabetical list of terms and jargon used in relation to Gaelic games. See also list of Irish county nicknames, and these are very interesting...
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Manx language (redirect from Manx Gaelic)
Gailck, pronounced [ɡilɡ, geːlɡ] or [gilk]), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family...
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Pictou County. The Canadian Gaelic poet Iain mac Ailein's 1826 poem Òran a' Bhàil Ghàidhealaich ("The Song of the Gaelic Ball"), was composed for and first...
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Camogie (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
kə-MOH-ghee; Irish: camógaíocht [kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ]) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland...
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