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Gaelic football

noun

  1. an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This season Charlie Smyth, born in Northern Ireland, made the switch from Gaelic football to being a place-kicker for the New Orleans Saints.

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There was also a debut for former Gaelic football goalkeeper Charlie Smyth.

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Ulster's domination of men's Gaelic football culminated on 28 July as Armagh clinched the All-Ireland in a tightly contested final against Galway.

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He credits the work of grassroots coaches and volunteers for the dominance men's Gaelic football has seen from Ulster this year.

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Earlier in the month, Down had won the GAA's second-tier Gaelic football competition for county teams, the Tailteann Cup.

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