American reacts to GAELIC FOOTBALL for the FIRST TIME

[@gerryward9272]

Irish game but there are clubs in america, biggest club new York plays in the all Ireland championship Over the bar is a point white flag is raised 3 points for a goal ,in the net. Can only carry ball in hand for 4 steps, then you must release one solo it from for to hand, Cannot throw the ball, closed fist or open palm, Cannot pick up ball off the ground, boot must be underneath ball,cannot play ball on the ground if player loses it all must be hand to play if player has fallen while in possession, two competitions league and all Ireland All Ireland has the 32 counties playing in a provincial competition, connaught, west of Ireland, lenister east.munster south and Ulster in the north,each county in the province plays each other, top two teams play each other in that provincial final,then winners go straight to semi finals and runners up play in qualifers,winner of these matches player in the quarter finals with winners progressing to the other semi final places, matches from quarter finals if end a draw ,replays come into effect, if final is drawn replay will be played week later, these players are amateurs ,dont get paid ,all Ireland Ireland semifinals and final have an 82500 Spectator attendance, There is a ladies equivalent with same rules except they can pick the ball of the ground,, shoulder to shoulder tackle is allowed

[@christophercasey3530]

Good answer mate you done well

[@timfitzmaurice537]

If you back far enough what became association football (football/soccer) stemmed from a series of games that existed around with various rules including some that allowed handling of this kind. In the 1600s and 1700s there were lots of local variants and in the mid 1800s people started to codify more - rugby came from one variant set (why its called rugby football), soccer another, American football via early rugby has the same root. Gaelic football is just another and Id argue it is an older ruleset variant than soccer despite the Governing body being younger than the Association Football one, especially since the FA when it set up settled for a purely kicking game…

[@tomjohnston1220]

Gaelic is a word meaning Celtic, it has older origins than Celtic. Celts once occupied most of Europe and as far as the Middle East, but it wasn't an Empire. The Celts never united to take over other countries. They lived very much like Native Americans, they never had large cities, they were tribal, their religion was the worship of Nature, they painted their bodies to go into battle and lost their lands to the Romans, the same way the Native Americans lost their's to the invading Europeans. It seems the only difference between them was that women could become Chief of the Tribe and women often fought alongside their husbands in battle. The Roman soldiers were actually warned about this and told that if they killed a man, they would immediately be set on by his wife, who could fight as well as him and was now also very furious. The Romans called the Celts of France, the Gauls, their version of Gaels. Their culture is still found in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall in England, France and Spain, along the extreme west coast of Europe. By the way, Hurling has been played for thousands of years and appears in very ancient Irish stories, the game was used to get young people in shape for combat training, which was as intensive as some of the Martial Arts.

[@t.a.yeah.]

This looks pretty cool, haha.

[@gallowglass2630]

its the most popular sport in ireland,though arguments can be made for soccer and the sister sport hurling is not far behind .

[@cianoaichir2725]

Sister sport bro .....the code that's 10 times harder,more skillfull and better on the eye .......Gaelic football has become boring,the same oul same oul year in year out.. Dublin... Kerry....Tyrone ...there's 32 counties..... football has become boring for the rest of us...... Hurling on the other hand,way more entertaining,way more skillfull,way more GAELIC

[@mcnally145]

It’s football mate soccer isn’t more popular

[@Barry0154]

Septic tank Yank

[@GAA4Life]

* galic football * 💀

[@ruairisemple9159]

Everyone on the pitch is the same

[@Anonymous-ht5hn]

Ionadaí do chontae Mhaigh Eo