[I've searched and can't find a thread dedicated to Gaelic football, so I made one]

Anyone ever played it/heard of it? It's an unprofessional sport and it's mainly played here in Ireland. It's a bit like Aussie Rules in a way. It's played 2 teams of 15. The formation of both teams is always the same - 1 goalkeeper, 3 full backs, 3 half backs, 2 midfielders, 3 half forwards and 3 full forwards.

Just to explain:
To pick the ball up, you have to put your foot under it, and basically kick it into your hands.
You can run with the ball, but every 4 steps you either have to bounce it or solo it.(i.e. drop it from your hands onto your foot, and flick it back into your hands.)
You can't throw the ball, you can either kick-pass or hand-pass. A hand pass must be with a closed fist and with a striking action.
You can score goals or points. A goal is kicking the ball into the net, a point is kicking the ball over the crossbar (between 2 top-posts) A point is worth 1 point, and a goal is worth 3.
You cannot score goals with your hand, but can hand-pass the ball over the crossbar to score a point.
It's somewhere between a contact and a no-contact game. The referee will let some things slide and it can get very rough.

It's hard to find a video of it, because it doesn't get alot of publicity, but here's the best I can find:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAbWrdB9XU

So what do you guys think?

Oh wow. I've never heard of this sport, but I just saw that Youtube video, and that looks pretty fun to play. I like how the game is mixed with soccer and even has some aspects of American football and contact also. Too bad they don't play it here in the US, but if they did, it'd be a big hit.

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There's a team for everyone of the 32 counties in Ireland, but London and New York both have a team too. The thing I love about it is it's an unprofessional sport, you don't need a gumshield or shin-guards or anything really. You just gtfo and play It's hard to play at first but you get the hang of it.

Soloing while running is hard to master, haha.

In Gaelic football? Australia don't have a team..
But every year/few years, Irelands best Gaelic footballers and Australians best Aussie rules players compete against eachother in a game which is basically a mixture of both sports.

Ah, the international Rules . Several years ago when I first saw Australia play Ireland in the International rules I looked it up on Youtube and was amazed. Since we've played it at school once or twice and I've thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Damn that looks tough tbh lol. But I think I would have fun with it if I ever got to learn how to actually play.

International rules can get really rough, haha. Infact that time of the year is coming up soon.
And what did you play in school, Gaelic or Internation rules?

I think it was more international. We had the four goalposts so yeah.

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Some of my freinds used to play it sorry can't watch the video cause that horrible dreamscape shit came on.

This sport is a very minority I used to piss my mate of cause he pronounces it gay-lick

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That IS how you pronounce it