#gaelic games

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It’s always fun watching foreign reactions to hurling and camogie because the general consensus seems to be ‘wtf? This is a sport? What’s wrong with you?’

And then they find out that it’s all at ‘amateur’ level i.e. the players all have other jobs and do not get paid for playing.

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Kilkenny v Tipperary 2019 All Ireland Hurling Final | Croke Park, 3.30pm

Kilkenny v Tipperary 2019 All Ireland Hurling Final | Croke Park, 3.30pm

Hurling is believed to be the world’s oldest field game. It features in Irish folklore to illustrate the deeds of heroic mystical figures and it is chronicled as a distinct Irish pastime for at least 2,000 years.

The Celtic legal system, the Brehon Laws, provided for compensation for hurling accidents and provisions were also made for cases of deliberate injury, or even death, as a result of…

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Gaelic Sunday: A National Day of Defiance

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Mark Shields: Armagh All-Ireland winner says coming out as gay inter-county player was 'daunting'

Armagh's Mark Shields admits coming out as a gay inter-county footballer was "daunting", but says it is "important to tell my own story".

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Antrim Hurling

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Peter Healy, Antrim Gaelic Football

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Shane Fives, Waterford Hurling

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Gaelic Football Players, Foam Roller Exercises