Gaelic football

It's faster and more exciting — and that's just for starters.

Four goals from Andrea Trill saw Galway recover from last weekend’s loss to neighbours Mayo as they powered to a convincing 6-13 to 2-7 win over Westmeath in their Lidl National Football League Division 1A clash in Pearse Stadium.

It’s a big night in Castlebar.

The main reason why International Rules Football Test matches came about was due to the similarities of Australian Rules Football and Gaelic Football to one another, certainly related to kicking goals, etc. So this was launched in the late 1990s, with Test Matches played in Ireland one year, Australia the next year, vice versa. Here we see a Test Match being played in Melbourne between Australia and Ireland.

Action from Dublin v Louth in Leinster football championship which Dublin won by 2..22 to 0..12. The game was played in Croke Park Dublin before a crowd of 32,000 on a cold wet day. Croke Park is is the biggest stadium in Ireland and one of the biggest in the world. It is the HQ of the G.A.A. and games have been played at the venue since 1890s The ground has a capacity of 82,500 but the record at a game was 92,000 for the 1961 All-Ireland final between Kerry and Down when there was a lot of…

Johnny Buckley (K 8), Eoin Joy (L 6), Ian Somers (K). Pairc na nGael, Munster Minor Football semi-final, 9 May 2007: Limerick v Kerry.