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  2. County colours (Gaelic games) - Wikipedia

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    Fans of Tyrone (red and white) and Meath (green and yellow) on Hill 16 in Croke Park watching the teams' 2007 All-Ireland football quarterfinal.. The county colours (Irish: dathanna na gcontaetha) [1] [2] of an Irish county are the colours of the kit worn by that county's representative team in the inter-county competitions of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the most important of which ...

  3. Gaelic football, hurling and camogie positions - Wikipedia

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    The following are the positions in the Gaelic sports of Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. Each team consists of one goalkeeper (who wears a different colour jersey), six backs, two midfielders, and six forwards: 15 players in all. Some under-age games are played 13-a-side (in which case the full-back and full-forward positions are removed ...

  4. Cork GAA - Wikipedia

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    Cork went on to win the game, ending a sixteen-year spell without a trophy. Following this win Cork decided to wear the 'lucky' red jerseys in their future games. [4] This red and white colour scheme has led to the Cork strip being nicknamed the blood and bandage.

  5. Gaelic football - Wikipedia

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    Children participating in a game of Gaelic football. Gaelic sports at all levels are amateur, in the sense that the athletes, even those playing at an elite level, do not receive payment for their performance. The main competitions at all levels of Gaelic football are the League and the Championship. Of these, it is the Championship (a knock ...

  6. Kilrossanty GAA - Wikipedia

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    In the early days of the GAA, Kerry GAA wore red and green as their colours. In 1903, they travelled east to play a tournament in Dungarvan and accidentally left the green and red jerseys at home. Percy Kirwan borrowed the green and gold kit off local club Kilrossanty and following a strong performance, they decided to adopt the colours. [5]

  7. 1984 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final - Wikipedia

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    Cork's opening game of the championship was a Munster semi-final meeting with Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds. In a game billed as the potential game of the year, 'the Rebels' went in as underdogs against the recently crowned National Hurling League champions. The title of underdogs seemed accurate as Limerick had a half-time lead of 1–10 to 1 ...

  8. John Barry-Murphy - Wikipedia

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    This was also the first occasion that Cork wore their distinctive red jerseys. The old saffron and blue jerseys had been seized by the British before the game so alternative arrangements had to be made. [citation needed] In 1920 Barry-Murphy won a second and final Munster title following another victory over Limerick.

  9. Hamburg GAA - Wikipedia

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    On Saturday 11 March 2017 the chairman of Hamburg GAA Stephen O'Rourke presented a signed Hamburg GAA jersey to the EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.The jersey is intended to be displayed in the museum's Gaelic Games Gallery, which acknowledges the work done by GAA clubs around the globe.