Gaelic football is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today.
Gaelic football is played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by kicking or striking the ball with the hand and getting it through the goals. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. Players advance the ball up the field with a combination of carrying, soloing (dropping and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands), kicking, and hand-passing to their team-mates.
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Gaelic football," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed March 1, 2009).
