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Gaelic Football
Popular Irish sport that is more physical than soccer but less so than rugby
500 Questions
What day is the GAA senior football final?
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The last time Limerick and Kilkenny met in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Semi-final was on Sunday the 10th of August 2014 .
The first person to get the Sam Maguire cup?
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The Sam Maguire Cup was first presented to Larry Stanley, captain of the All-Ireland Champions of 1928, which were Kildare. That was not the first All-Ireland, which was actually the 1887 final, which was won by Limerick, but the Sam Maguire Cup was not around then.
Who won the Ireland Football Championship games today?
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If you go to the GAA website or the RTE website, both below, or any of the Irish newspaper websites, you will find results for recent matches.
Who won the 1910 gaa leinster football final?
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Carlow. It was the only time they have won it.
Who played on the Galway All Ireland football team of 1956?
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A. Brennan.
B. Silke.
F. McWalter.
G. Farrell.
P. Fallon.
A. Mulholland.
M. Tarpey.
J. Joyce.
K. Walsh.
T. Kilcommins.
F. O'Neill.
M. McDonagh.
T. Mannion.
P. Maher.
T. Finnerty.
Subs:
B. Walsh.
N. Costello.
J. Mitchell.
In what year did Sligo win their first Sam Maguire?
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Sligo has never won the Sam Maguire, which is for the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They have only ever won the Connacht Championship, which they have done on 3 occasions: 1928, 1975 and 2007.
Where is Gaelic football played?
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Gaelic Football is one of Ireland's two main national sports, the other being a sport called Hurling. At a first glance by the uneducated eye, it could look like a cross between soccer and rugby, but there is a lot more to it than that.
It is 15 players a side. The goals resemble a soccer goal and rugby goal stuck together. Getting the ball into the net is called a goal and gets 3 points. Get the ball over the crossbar and between the posts gets 1 point and is known as a point. There is no score for just reaching the endline like a try in rugby or a touchdown in American Football. It is played with a round ball. Players can touch it, but not run while just holding it. They also cannot touch it with their hands while it is in contact with the ground, but have to hook it up with their foot. It is a fast moving game when played at its best. Players can pass by punching or kicking the ball, but not by throwing it. A game is normally played over two 35 minutes halves.
The game is played by everyone from children to adults, with competitions at different grades, like by age or through schools and colleges. Nearly every small town or parish in Ireland has a GAA club. The GAA is the Gaelic Athletic Association, the governing body of Gaelic Football and Hurling, as well as some other sports. It is a social, sporting and cultural organisation, which is why clubs are so widespread, about 2500 in Ireland alone. There are also some where large amounts of Irish people have gathered around the world. New York has teams for example. Any club can have lots of teams of the different categories, from children upwards.
Ireland has 32 counties and the best players from the clubs in each county can get selected to play for their county team. The biggest competitions are the inter-county ones, with the All-Ireland Championship being the main competition. The final, which is played every September, is the single largest sporting event in the entire Irish sporting calendar. It is played in Croke Park in Dublin, the largest stadium in Ireland. It is one of the top 5 largest sporting stadiums in Europe in fact.
Gaelic Football is amateur, which is a very significant and a surprise to many who see it. Although the biggest match of the year will fill Croke Park's 82,300 capacity and have millions of people tuned in on radio, TV and the internet, in Ireland and anywhere in the world where you will find Irish people, the players don't get paid a single cent. They are playing for the love of the game, and many have day jobs or are students. They actually play more passionately, much as people do when they play sport for fun, before money starts to interfere.
There are matches all year round, but the main season stars around February with the league. The All-Ireland Championship starts in May, after the League finishes.
See the related question below where you will find links to video of Gaelic Football.
Gaelic football is an Irish game that bears some similarities to soccer and Australian rules football. Two sides play with a round ball, which the players are allowed to either kick or carry, and they score either by propelling the ball into a net guarded by a goalie or kicking the ball between a pair of uprights that extend above the net. A kick into the net is worth 3 points, and a kick between the posts counts for 1 point.
Who did Cork beat to win the 2010 All Ireland Football Final?
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Cork beat Down in the 2010 All-Ireland Football Final.
When did kildare win the all ireland?
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As of the end of the 2011 championships, Kildare last won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 1928 and they have never won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling championship.
How many people play GAA?
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You cannot play GAA. The GAA is an organisation, not a sport. It governs a number of sports including Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie, Handball and Rounders. The rules of those sports are all different.
The 1st All Ireland football final?
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Commericals, from Limerick, beat Young Irelands, from Louth, in the first All-Ireland Senior Football Final.
Thurles, from Tipperary, beat Meelick, from Galway, in the first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final.
How many All-Irelands do Dublin have?
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They have 36 All-Ireland titles in senior hurling.
Their first was in 1904 against Cork,
Their last was in 2015 against Galway.
They won 10 all Ireland under 21 hurling titles
They won 9 all Ireland junior hurling titles
They won 18 all Ireland minor hurling titles
They have won none in Gaelic Football.
They won 1 all Ireland ladies junior football title.
Who is alive from the 1951 Mayo team?
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As of the 31st of January 2016, Paddy Prendergast and Padraig Carney are the only remaining players alive.
Why is strength important in Gaelic football?
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Gaelic Football is a fast and physical field sport. As such the players need to be very strong and fit to play it at the top level.
How much is Croke Park?
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There is no simple answer to that. There are a lot of days that there are matches there during the year. On most of those days there are 2 matches, and sometimes even 3. Different matches have different amounts of people at them and different matches have different prices for the tickets. So the amount earned would change every time there are matches there.
Which county have won both the hurling and Gaelic football championships in the same year?
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Cork who achieved the feat of winning both the All-Ireland Senior Football Final and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final in 1890 and again in 1990.
What are the most common injuries in Gaelic football?
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1.Elbow Bursitis
2.Knee Bursitis
3.Cramp
4.Leg Broken
5.Arm Broken
Who won 1960 All Ireland?
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Down won the 1960 All-Ireland Football Final. Wexford won the 1960 All-Ireland Hurling Final.
How many Leinster titles have Kildare?
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They have won 52, up to and including the 2013 championship.
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What was the Offaly football team in the 1982 All Ireland final?
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1 Martin Furlong
2 Mick Lowry
3 Liam Connor
4 Mick FitzGerald
5 Pat FitzGerald
6 Seán Lowry
7 Liam Currams
8 Tomás Connor
9 Padraig Dunne
10 John Guinan
11 Richie Connor (c)
12 Gerry Carroll
13 Johnny Mooney
14 Matt Connor
15 Brendan Lowry
Subs used: Stephen Darby for Michael Lowry; Séamus Darby for John Guinan.
Have ashford ever won the wicklow county championship?
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Yes, often. As it happens, I was at a match that they won yesterday (Sunday 11th of January 2009). They have won trophies. For example, they won the All-Ireland Junior Football title in 1936 and their seniors won the Tommy Murphy Cup Final in 2007. They have never won a Leinster Senior Football title, the only Leinster county that hasn't, but they have won a lot of matches.
Who invented girls Gaelic football?
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There is no patron saint of Ladies Gaelic Football, or any of the other Gaelic games.
