Gaelic Football and Hurling don't need much equipment. They would have used footballs and sliothars (the balls used for Hurling) and hurleys, much as they do now. The style of clothing would have changed, but players would have worn shirts and shorts and boots, much as they do now. Helmets would be newer. All equipment would be more modern, better made and specifically designed, but they basic set of equipment would be the same.
Michael Gilsenan has written: 'Hills of Magheracloone, 1884-1984' -- subject(s): Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaelic Athletic Association. Magheracloone Gaelic Athletic Association, Social life and customs
The Gaelic Athletic Association or GAA for short includes, Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, ladies Gaelic football, handball and rounders.
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Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.Michael Cusack did not invent Gaelic Football. It existed long before him. He was one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association on the 1st of November 1884. It is the organisation that runs Gaelic Football.
Philip Fogarty has written: 'Tipperary's G.A.A. story' -- subject(s): Gaelic Athletic Association, Gaelic Athletic Association (Tipperary), Gaelic Games, Gaelic Games to 1956, History, Tipperary 'Matthew' -- subject(s): Commentaries, Bible
The governing body for Gaelic Football, the Gaelic Athletic Association, was founded on November 1st 1884, but the game itself long pre-dates that. Gaelic football can trace its origins back centuries, so it is not known who were the first people to play it.
The GAA was founded in Thurles in 1884 to promote Ireland's national sports (especially hurling and Gaelic football). They succeeded so well that these quickly became the most popular sports as they had been before British influence in the late 19th century, and remain the most popular ahead of horse-racing, soccer, rugby, coursing etc.
Gaelic Athletic Association. See the related question below.
The Gaelic Athletic Association was founded on the 1st of November, 1884. In 2009 it is celebrated its 125th anniversary. The sports it governs all predate it by centuries.
The Gaelic Athletic Association, or GAA, was founded in the Davin Room of the Hayes Hotel in Thurles, Co. Tipperary. The founding was part of a greater cultural movement to preserve and expand Gaelic culture in Ireland to combat the effects of the Penal Laws and other repressive policies of the English oppressors.