Gaelic football

British  

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

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Gaelic football

It was in Ballina where, almost 100 years after Biden's ancestors had fled the devastating Irish potato famine, a supposed curse was placed on the Mayo Gaelic football team.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mescal was an athlete, competing in Gaelic football, but transitioned to acting and later graduated from the drama school at Trinity College Dublin in 2017.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026

That’s when Giants kicker Jude McAtamney, who’s from Northern Ireland and grew up playing the entirely different sport of Gaelic football, missed his second extra point of the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Another wrote on X: "I've seen B*Witched live and have watched a couple of Gaelic football games, which I think gives me an even more legitimate claim to be culturally Irish than Ed Sheeran."

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025

I did manage to get my wash done and gathered up in time to see the last ten minutes of 46 a Gaelic football game over on the parade grounds.

From Conscript 2989 Experiences of a Drafted Man by Irving Crump

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