| Belfast Belfast () is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of devolved government and legislative assembly in Northern Ireland. It is the largest urban area in the province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of Ireland. The city of Belfast has a population of 267,500, Belfast
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| County Fermanagh County_Fermanagh
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| Enniskillen Enniskillen () is the county town (and largest town) in County Fermanagh. It is located almost exactly in the centre of the county between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 13,599 in the 2001 Census. It is also the seat of local government for Fermanagh District Council. Enniskillen
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| Republic of Ireland Republic_of_Ireland
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| Irish Republican Army Talk:Irish_Republican_Army
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| Gaelic football Gaelic football (Irish:Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid), commonly referred to as "Football" , "Gaelic" or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, currently one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland. Statistics show the game drawing significantly more spectators than any other sport in Ireland; 2005 ESRI figures indicate that it draws 34% of total attendances at sports events in Ireland, with the closest rival, hurling drawing 23%. Gaelic_football
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| Rounders Rounders () is a game played between two teams, each alternating between batting and fielding. The game originates in England and has been played there since Tudor Times, with the earliest reference being in 1744 in "A Little Pretty Pocketbook" where it is called Baseball. Rounders
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| Hurling Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team sport of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the GAA, and played with sticks called hurls and a ball called a sliotar. The game, played primarily in Ireland, has prehistoric origins and is thought to be the world's fastest field team sport in terms of game play. Hurling
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| Lisnaskea Lisnaskea () is a village and the second largest settlement in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 2,739 people in the 2001 Census. The town is built around the long main street, which bends at almost 90 degrees along its course. It lies within the Fermanagh District Council area and within the Fermanagh and South Tyrone area and the MP for the area is Michelle Gildernew of Sinn Féin. Lisnaskea
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| Cú Chulainn Cú Chulainn (Irish "Hound of Culann, "; also spelled Cú Chulaind, Cúchulainn, Cúchulain, Cuchullain) is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. The son of the god Lugh and Deichtine, sister of the king of Ulster, he was originally named Sétanta Cú_Chulainn
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| County Kerry County_Kerry
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| County Limerick County_Limerick
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| Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. With a population of 80,268 at the 2000 census, it is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 288,818 residents which encompasses the Arkansas counties of Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian in Arkansas, and the Oklahoma counties Le Flore and Sequoyah. Fort_Smith,_Arkansas
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| Ireland Ireland
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| Athlone Athlone
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| County Carlow County_Carlow
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| Wexford Wexford (Irish:Loch Garman, Old Norse:Veisafjǫrðr or Waes Fiord, Yola:Weisforthe) is the county town of County Wexford in Ireland. It is situated near the south-eastern tip of Ireland, close to Rosslare Europort. The town is connected to the capital Dublin via the M11/N11 National Primary Route (European route E1), and the national rail network. Recently Wexford enjoyed a building boom resulting in new developments across the county and town. Wexford
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| Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish:Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ) is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders. The GAA also promotes Irish music and dance, and the Irish language. It is the largest organisation in Ireland with some 800,000 members from the island's population of six million. Gaelic_Athletic_Association
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| Gaelic Athletic Association Talk:Gaelic_Athletic_Association
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| Dingle Dingle
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| Croke Park Croke Park () in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports stadium in Ireland and the principal stadium and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), Ireland's biggest sporting organisation. The stadium is in the heart of the city, a 15 minute walk from the main thoroughfare O'Connell Street.Since 1884 the site has been used primarily by the GAA to host Gaelic games, most notably the annual finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and Senior Hurling Championship. Croke_Park
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| Goal (sport) Goal refers to a method of scoring in many sports. It can also refer to the physical structure or area of the playing surface in which a score is made.The structure of a goal can vary widely from sport to sport. In sports where goals are the sole method of scoring, the goal is often a rectangle structure set in the center of each end of the playing surface. Frequently, there is a net to catch the ball or puck as it is sent into the goal. Some sports do not require the net within their rules while others do. Goal_(sport)
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| Dungiven Dungiven () is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on the main Belfast to Derry road. It is situated where the rivers Roe, Owenreagh and Owenbeg converge at the foot of the 1,525ft Benbradagh mountain, next to the Glenshane Pass where the road rises to over 1,000ft. It had a population of 2,993 people in the 2001 Census, an increase of 6% over 1991. Dungiven
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| Rounders Talk:Rounders
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| Polo Grounds The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City used by baseball's New York Metropolitans from 1880 until 1885, New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in their first two seasons of 1962 and 1963. Polo_Grounds
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| Carrick-on-Shannon Carrick-on-Shannon
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| Templemore Templemore
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| Croke Park Talk:Croke_Park
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| Windgap, County Kilkenny Windgap,_County_Kilkenny
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| Lifford Lifford
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| All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in Ireland. The series of games are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland final being played on the second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship
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| International rules football International rules football (; also known as inter rules in Australia and compromise rules in Ireland) is a hybrid code of football, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players. International_rules_football
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| Semple Stadium Semple_Stadium
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| D. J. Carey Denis Joseph Carey (born 11 November, 1970 in Gowran, County Kilkenny), better known as D.J. Carey (IrishDonncha Seosamh Ó Ciara), is a retired Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Young Irelands from 1988 until 2007 and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1990 until 2005. Carey is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his generation, while some commentators rate him as one of the greatest of all-time. D._J._Carey
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| Oranmore Oranmore
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| Western Division Board Western Divisional Board of the North American GAA colloquially San Francisco GAA is the governing body of hurling, camogie, and Gaelic football in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is affiliated to the North American Board. Since its inception, its games have been played at various venues throughout the city of San Francisco on municipal fields rented from the city, such as Beach Chalet playing fields in Golden Gate Park, and Boxer Stadium at Balboa Park. Western_Division_Board
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| Gaelic games Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Other games organised by the association include Rounders and Gaelic handball.Women's versions of Hurling and football are also played, Camogie organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland and Ladies' Gaelic football organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association. Gaelic_games
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| All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The series of games are organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Football Final being played on the third or fourth Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The prize for the winning team is the Sam Maguire Cup. The competition is currently sponsored jointly by Ulster Bank, Toyota and Vodafone. All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship
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| International rules football Talk:International_rules_football
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| Rochfortbridge Rochfortbridge () is a village in County Westmeath, Ireland with a population of 1,382 in 2002. It is located at the intersection of the R400 and the N6 national primary route, which recently bypassed the village). The electoral district of Castlelost in Rochfortbridge had 1,473 inhabitants as of the 2006 census this was a roise in population of 6.6% from 2002, and estimates for the Rochfortbridge area place the total population at approximately 3,000. Rochfortbridge
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| Carrick-on-Suir Carrick-on-Suir
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| Banagher Banagher (Beannchar na Sionna in Irish) is a town in Ireland, located in the midlands on the western edge of County Offaly in the province of Leinster, on the banks of the River Shannon. The name Banagher comes from its Irish name which translates to English as "the place of the pointed rocks on the Shannon". Banagher was a town of 3,000 people at the height of its economic growth in the mid-19th century. The current population is just over half of that figure, at about 1,600. Banagher
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| Manorhamilton Manorhamilton
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| Thomastown Thomastown, historically known as Ballymacandan (), is a town in County Kilkenny in the province of Leinster in the south-east of Ireland. It is situated at a bridging point on the River Nore from the city of Kilkenny. It has a population of 1,837 (2006 Census) making the town the biggest in the county outside of Kilkenny. The N9 Dublin–Waterford road passes through Thomastown, the town is serviced by buses and has a railway station. Thomastown
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| Headford Headford
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| Athea Athea
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| Seán Boylan Seán_Boylan
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| Páidí Ó Sé Páidí Ó Sé (born 16 May, 1955 in Ceann Trá, County Kerry) is a retired Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He played football with his local club An Ghaeltacht and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1975 until 1987. Ó Sé later served as manager of the Kerry, Westmeath, and Clare senior football teams. Páidí_Ó_Sé
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| Sport in Ireland Sport in Ireland is popular and widespread. Levels of participation and spectating are high on the island of Ireland, but as in other western regions, participation has been dropping due to the increasing popularity of other activities such as watching television and playing computer games. Sport_in_Ireland
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| Dan O'Keeffe Daniel "Danno" O'Keeffe (born 1907) was an All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer for Kerry and for the Kerins O'Rahillys club.Although born in Fermoy, County Cork, Dan O'Keefe came to prominence as a goalkeeper on the Kerry senior football team in the 1930s and 1940s. Dan_O'Keeffe
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