2. INTRODUCTION
In Ireland many sports, such as boxing, hockey, rowing, cricket,
rugby union, Gaelic football and hurling, are organised in an all-
island basis, with a single team representing the whole of Ireland
in international competitions.
The most practiced and followed are Gaelic football and hurling.
3. GAELIC FOOTBALL
Is a sport played between two teams of 15 players on a
rectangular grass pitch.The objective of the sport is to score
points by passing the ball through the other team's goals, a
set of two upright posts separated by a crossbar 2.5 metres
above the ground.
4. HURLING
Hurling is an outdoor team game of 15 players for team. The
object of the game is for players to use a wooden stick called
hurley to hit a small ball between the opponents' goalposts
either over the crossbar for one point, or under the crossbar
into a net guarded by a goalkeeper for one goal, which is
equivalent to three points.
