Ladies'_Gaelic_Football

Ladies' Gaelic football

Ladies' Gaelic football

Women's team sport


Ladies' Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach na mBan) is an Irish team sport for women. It is the women's equivalent of Gaelic football.[1] Ladies' football is organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Two teams of 15 players kick or hand-pass a round ball towards goals at each end of a grass pitch. The sport is mainly played in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, where the two main competitions are the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship and the Ladies' National Football League. Both competitions feature teams representing the traditional Gaelic games counties.[2][3] The 2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the best attended women's sports final of 2017.[4][5] The 2019 final, after the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, was the second largest attendance at any women's sporting final during 2019.[6][7][8][9] Historically Cork and Kerry have been the sport's most successful counties. Waterford, Monaghan and Mayo have also experienced spells of success.[3][10] In more recent years, 2017 to 2020, Dublin have been the dominant team.[8][9][11][12][13]

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Ladies' Gaelic football is also played in Africa, Asia, Great Britain, Canada, Europe, South America, the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Outside of Ireland it is mainly, although not exclusively, played by members of the Irish diaspora.[2][3][14] There is also a seven-a-side version of the sport.

Timeline

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Most successful counties

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Differences from men's football

Goalposts and scoring system used in ladies' football

Most of the rules of ladies' Gaelic football are the same as those for the men's game. The main differences are:

  • A player may pick the ball up directly from the ground, so long as she is standing.
  • Most matches last 60 minutes; in men's senior inter-county football, games last 70 minutes.
  • Kickouts may be taken from the hand.
  • Changing hands: throwing the ball from your right hand to left or vice versa.
  • A countdown clock with siren is used if available; in the men's game, the referee decides the end of the game.
  • All deliberate bodily contact is forbidden except when "shadowing" an opponent, competing to catch the ball, or blocking the delivery of the ball.
  • A smaller size 4 Gaelic ball is used compared to the size 5 ball used in the men's game.
  • Since 2020 a '45 has been worth 2 points if it goes straight over without a deflection, otherwise it is worth 1 point.[38]

References

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  4. "Ladies football final shatters attendance records". www.rte.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. "Attendance at Ladies All-Ireland final in Croke Park shatters previous record". www.the42.ie. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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  8. "Dublin grind down Galway to seal three-in-a-row". www.rte.ie. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  9. "Dublin secure the three-in-a-row in front of a record crowd". www.irishtimes.com. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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  11. "History made as Dublin seal third All-Ireland title in-a-row after dogged battle". www.the42.ie. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  12. "Dublin women see off Mayo to earn maiden league title". www.irishtimes.com. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  13. "Brave Aussie ladies like ewes to the slaughter in Ireland". www.worldfootynews.com. 14 November 2006. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  14. "Ladies NFL Division 1". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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  18. "HEC Roll of Honour". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  19. "Roll of Honour – O'Connor Cup". www.helgfa.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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  22. "Ireland v Australia – Ladies International Rules Series 1st Test Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  23. "Ireland v Australia – Ladies International Rules Series 2nd Test Photos". www.sportsfile.com. 4 November 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  24. "Cork Claim RTE Sports Team of the Year Accolade". ladiesgaelic.ie. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  25. "10 key moments in Irish women's sport since rugby history 12 months ago". www.breakingnews.ie. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  26. "Rena Buckley and Briege Corkery the first among equals". www.irishtimes.com. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  27. "Yesterday's Ladies Final Set A Major European Attendance Record". www.balls.ie. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  28. "Ladies Gaelic football on top of the world". www.bbc.co.uk. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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  31. "History – The Beginning". ladiesgaelic.ie. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  32. "LGFA delegates pass new two-point rule for '45s". RTE. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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