Irish Sports


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Gaelic Football - Ronnie Macdonald - cc

Gaelic Football

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Not far ahead of the Hurling, Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland. Each major team plays...

Du Hurling - Irish Philadelphia Photo Essays - cc

Hurling

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A national sport of reference, hurling is a very widely practised activity and has long been one of the...

The Irish rugby team - © Faiz Azizan

Rugby

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Ireland is a country that lives to the rhythm of the rugby seasons: Limerick is the spiritual capital of...

A Gaelic handball match - www.bodengaa.ie

Gaelic Handball

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Gaelic Handball is a sport with Irish origins, very close to squash. The game is played with a glove...

Hurling equipment - © revelpix

The GAA

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The GAA (Athletic Association Gaelic) is a sporting organisation aiming to preserve Gaelic sport and to spread Irish Gaelic...

A Camogie player - Derek Sigler - cc

Camogie

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Camogie is to hurling what softball is to baseball. That is, it is the female version of hurling. Stemming...


What to expect?

Sport in Ireland is more than an institution: it is a sacred activity, practiced since the dawn of time in the name of Gaelic tradition! Among the most famous national sports are Hurling, Gaelic Football and Rugby, where Ireland excels at a high level! The GAA (Gaelic Sports League), enthusiastically controls it all, in the name of the beauty of the sport, and the traditions!

Sports in Ireland

Fun through fair play and adrenalin-rich sports!

It can sometimes be disconcerting to discover some Irish sports. These are sometimes complex to understand, and are a mixture of other existing sports, often more well-known. For example, you can easily find out that hurling is a sport close to hockey and baseball… Gaelic football, on the other hand, is a kind of fusion between classical football and rugby…

In short, it’s not easy to find your way around, not to mention the rules that vary easily from one sport to another!

Nevertheless, the Irish are particularly attached to their sports. They symbolize Irish culture and history!