Gaelic football

 

David Walsh of the Donegal county football team (left) being tackled by Francis McEldowney of the Derry county football team during the 2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship, a Gaelic football tournament.

 

Children playing a game of Gaelic football.

From Gaelic (adjective) +‎ football.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔːl/, /ˌɡæ-/, [-ˈfʊʔ-]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔl/, [-ˈfʊʔ-]

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• Hyphenation: Gael‧ic foot‧ball

Gaelic football (uncountable)

1. An Irish form of football played by two teams of 15 players each, who score by kicking or punching a ball into the opposing team's goal or over a crossbar and between two upright posts above the goal.
   • 2001, Brian Cosgrove, “Sport, Politics and the ‘Other Side’”, in The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, pages 143–144:

     Armagh (and it is one of the most memorable chapters in the history of Gaelic football) were fated to fall at the last hurdle when they were beaten by Kerry in the All-Ireland decider.

• Gaelic games

• camogie
• Gaelic handball
• hurling
• rounders

•   Gaelic football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Gaelic football, n.” under “Gaelic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022.
• “Gaelic football, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.