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Gaelic Football

Gaelic-Football

 

 

Gaelic football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch.

It was first played in 1835 in Ireland. It has a duration Of 60 minutes, divided into two halves of 30 minutes,

A Gaelic Football Teams consist of fifteen players plus up to
fifteen substitutes, of which six may be used.

A player can be cautioned (shown a yellow card ), ordered off the pitch without a substitute ( red card ), ordered off the pitch with a substitution ( black card).


There are 8,000 people playing Gaelic Games across Europe.

Former Liverpool And Real Madrid Midfielder Xabi Alonso, is a graduate of Gaelic football.

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