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The following is an alphabetical '''list of terms and jargon used in relation to [[Gaelic games]]'''. See also [[list of Irish county nicknames]], and these are very interesting.
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==Abbreviations==
Competitions usually have long names, so an abbreviation system is used:
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! style="background:yellow;" | Level
! style="background:lightgreen;" | Sport
! style="background:yellow;" | Tournament type
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* '''M''': Minor
* '''U-20''' or '''U20''': Under-20
* '''U-21''' or '''U21''': Under-21
* '''J''': Junior
* '''I''': Intermediate
* '''S''': Senior
* '''N''': National
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* '''C''': Camogie
* '''F''': Gaelic football
* '''H''': Hurling
* '''LF''': Ladies' Gaelic football
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* '''L''': League
* '''C''': Championship
* '''S''': Shield
|}
For example:
* ''Leinster MHC'': [[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/news/electric-ireland-leinster-mhc-offaly-bridge-a-22-year-gap/|title=Electric Ireland Leinster MHC: Offaly bridge a 22-year gap|date=16 May 2022 }}</ref>
* ''U20 FL Div 2'': Under-20 Football League, Division 2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://antrim.gaa.ie/fixtures/u20-fl-div-2|title=u20 FL Div 2 Fixtures & Results - Antrim GAA|website=antrim.gaa.ie}}</ref>
* ''Westmeath JBHC'': Westmeath Junior "B" Hurling Championship<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://westmeathgaa.ie/jbhc-section-a/|title=JBHC Section A – Official Westmeath GAA website &#124; GAA News & Results}}</ref>
*''Cork SCC'': [[Cork Senior Camogie Championship]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40710659.html|title=Cork camogie championship: Killeagh through as game cut short|first=Therese|last=O’Callaghan|date=30 September 2021|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref>
*''AI JLFC'': [[All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finalwhistle.ie/ladiesfootball/event/jfc-2022-final-replay-antrim-v-fermanagh/|title=Antrim v Fermanagh – Ladies Football|date=31 July 2022 }}</ref>
The term "GAA" is not normally used in competition names, particularly in GAA-only sports.
Other abbreviations include:
* '''ACL''' = All-County League, sometimes used in counties that also have regional leagues
* '''AI''' = All-Ireland
* '''CLG''' = ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael'', [[Irish language|Irish]] for "[[Gaelic Athletic Association]]" or "Gaelic Athletic Club", e.g. [[CLG Naomh Anna, Leitir Móir]]
* '''CPG''' = ''Cumann Peil Gaelach'', [[Irish language|Irish]] for "Gaelic Football Club"
* '''GAA''' = [[Gaelic Athletic Association]]
* '''GAC''' = Gaelic Athletic Club, e.g. [[Kilcoo GAC]]
* '''GF''' = [[Gaelic football]]
* '''GFC''' = Gaelic Football Club, e.g. [[St Grellan's GFC]]
* '''GH''' = [[Gaelic handball]]
* '''HC''' = [[Hurling]] Club
* '''IAHA''' = Irish Amateur Handball Association
* '''ICHA''' = [[Irish Collegiate Handball Association]]
* '''LGFC''' = [[Ladies' Gaelic football|Ladies' Gaelic Football]] Club
* '''Pk''' = Park
==A==
[[File:handballcourt.jpg|thumb|upright|A typical handball "alley"]]
*''A chara'': [[Irish language|Irish]] meaning literally "Dear friend". Often used to start official communications, even in English.
*Alley: the court in [[Gaelic handball]], often measuring 12.2 m by 6.1 m (40 feet by 20 feet).
*All-Ireland: Adjective describing a competition, such as the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]], run by the GAA and whose winners become national champions at the grade of that competition. ''The All-Ireland'' can refer to an already mentioned All-Ireland championship; more generally it can refer to the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|All-Ireland Senior Football]] or [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|Hurling Championship]].
*[[GAA All Stars Awards|All Star]]: An annual award, one of which is given to the best player in each of the fifteen positions in [[Gaelic football]], [[hurling]], [[Ladies' Gaelic football|ladies' football]], and [[camogie]].
*Áras: Irish, meaning a sports centre, or club (i.e. building).
==B==
*''Bainisteoir'': [[Irish language|Irish]] word meaning ''manager''.
*Backdoor: Adjective describing a "knockout" championship in which defeated teams are not immediately eliminated from the competition, and remain eligible to win (e.g. Offaly in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1998|1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]). Such teams are said to re-enter the championship ''through the back door''.
*Barracks games: (derogatory) nickname for "foreign sports" (see below) from their supposed connection with the British military. Also "the barracks" as in "go to the barracks" (i.e. watch one of the foreign sports).
*''Bas'': The flattened, curved end head of a hurley, or ''camán''.
*Big Alley: the 60x30 foot court, the indigenous handball alley.<ref name=4codes/>
*Black card: Card shown to a player who has committed a "cynical" foul. The player is sent off to a sin bin for 10 minutes and can return to the field after that.
*Block: where one player prevents an opponent's strike by trapping the ball between his hurley and the opponent's swinging hurley.
*Book: See [[List of Gaelic games terminology#T|tick]]. Where the referee notes the name of a player, without giving a black, yellow, or red card. Akin to a warning.
==C==
[[File:Hurling Ball and Hurley.JPG|thumb|right|Camán ([[Hurley (stick)|hurley]]), with [[sliotar]] (ball)]]
*Caid: Another name for Gaelic football, usually referring to precodified varieties in the south west of Ireland.
*Camán: [[Hurley (stick)|Hurley]] or hurling stick.
*Camóg: Hurley or stick as used in [[camogie]]. Shorter than male hurley.
*[[Camogie]] (''camógaíocht''): Women's hurling. A GAA coinage, from the Irish.
*Central Appeals Committee (CAC): Committee to which a unit or individual may bring their case if they are unsuccessful at the first hearing by the Central Hearings Committee (CHC).
*Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC): Committee which organises fixtures for competitions above provincial level and proposes suspensions, fines, etc. on units and individuals who, in their view, have broken the rules.
*Central Hearings Committee (CHC): Committee to which a unit or individual first bring their case if they do not accept a penalty proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC).
*Challenge match: A type of game, usually played independent of any organised tournament.
*[[All-Ireland Cic Fada Championship|Cic Fada]]: A competition for Gaelic footballers based on accuracy of long kicking.
*[[List of Gaelic games clubs in Ireland|Club]]: the basic organisational unit of the GAA, at least one of which exists in most parishes throughout Ireland. Clubs are commonly named after either the home district, or a saint or national hero associated with that district. If the club fields teams only in Gaelic football, that name is followed by GFC (Gaelic Football Club); for hurling-only clubs it is HC (Hurling Club), but for clubs involved in two or more Gaelic sports the usual term is GAC (Gaelic Athletic Club). All clubs are controlled by locally elected volunteer committees.
*''Cluiche corr'': [[rounders]], the one Gaelic game widely adopted outside Ireland.
* ''An Coiste Náisiunta'': The National Executive.
*''Comhairle Cluiche Corr na hÉireann'': Rounders Council of Ireland.
*''An Comhdháil Náisiúnta'': The National Council.
*[[Composite rules shinty–hurling|Compromise rules/Composite rules]]: Games held between hurlers, and [[shinty]] players under modified rules. Not to be confused with "international rules".
*Corner back: Players who stand on either side of the full back, and who are defenders.
*[[County (Gaelic games)|County]]: a geographic region within the GAA, controlled by a County Board (sometimes called County Committee). In Ireland, there are 32 of these, corresponding closely to the boundaries of [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] currently or formerly used for administrative purposes (but not the newer administrative counties in the Republic). However, counties as used in Gaelic games sometimes admit into their competitions clubs from neighbouring administrative counties, so that the [[County (Gaelic games)|Gaelic games county]] boundaries are more fluid than those used for government purposes. Most Gaelic games county names in Ireland are shared with current or former administrative counties, the sole exception at present being County [[Derry GAA|Derry]] (the largely coterminous administrative county, abolished in 1973, was [[County Londonderry]]). Outside Ireland, for GAA purposes "county" often refers to places which are not otherwise termed counties, e.g. entire countries such as [[Scotland GAA|Scotland]] or American states such as [[New York GAA|New York]]. Many county boards have subsidiary boards or committees for different regions within the Gaelic games county.
*[[County colours (Gaelic games)|County colours]]: the colours of the kit worn by that county's representative team in [[inter-county]] competition.
*County championship: A championship in football or hurling in a specific grade contested by clubs within a [[County (Gaelic games)|county]].
*[[Croke Park]] (in Irish ''Páirc an Chrócaigh''; colloquially "Croker" or "Headquarters"): The principal stadium and headquarters of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]].
*''Cúige'': Irish for a province, plural ''cúigí''.
*''Cumann'': Irish for club, society or association, can be found in various compounds.
*''Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael'': Irish for [[Camogie Association of Ireland]].
*''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael'': the [[Irish language]] name of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] as a whole; also means "Gaelic Athletic Club".
*''Cumann na mBunscol'': the voluntary organisation of primary school teachers who coach [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]].
*''Cumann Peil Gael na mBan'': Irish for the [[Ladies' Gaelic Football Association]]
==D==
[[File:Gaelic Games County Map.svg|upright|thumb|Counties contesting the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] (yellow), [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] (blue), or both (green)]]
*Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA): An external independent quasi-legal body which is the final arbiter in GAA disputes.
*[[The Double (Gaelic games)|The Double]]: When a county wins the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] and the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] in the same year. It is rare.
*[[Dual county]]: A [[County (Gaelic games)|county]] which plays both football and hurling at a similar level. Most counties specialise in one sport or the other.
*[[Dual player]]: A person who plays both football and hurling at a high level.
==E==
*End line: The two shorter sides  - the ends - of a football or hurling pitch, at the centre of which the goalposts are situated.
*Extra time: If the score is level in a match after normal time, extra time may be played. Initially two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way. If the score is still level, a further two five minute periods of extra time may be played each way.
==F==
*''[[Féile na nGael]]'': literally "Festival of the Gaels", an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball.
*''Féile Peile na nÓg'': literally Festival of Youth Football, national festival of football for boys and girls under 14 years of age and is based on the GAA club unit.
*Fetch: To catch the ball above one's head.
*Football: Always Gaelic football. Association football is referred to as "[[soccer]]" in GAA terms - see foreign sports.
*Foreign sports: A phrase in common usage used to describe non-gaelic field games such as [[association football]], [[rugby union]], [[rugby league]], [[field hockey]] and [[cricket]], particularly in the sense that they rivalled Gaelic games for popularity in Ireland during the formative years of the GAA. Officially, the GAA does not use this phrase - specific sports (such as association football and horse racing) are banned from GAA grounds.
*Forty-five: Kick awarded in football to the attacking side 45 metres from the defending side's goal when a player for the defending side last touches the ball before it goes over that side's end line. Formerly known as a ''fifty'' (45 metres is roughly equivalent to 50 yards). A 45-metre puck is used in camogie.
*40x20: The international code of handball, introduced from the USA.<ref name=4codes>[http://www.handball.ie/four_codes]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Four Codes: the four types of handball administered by the GAA, aka 40x20, 60x30, One Wall and Hardball.<ref name=4codes/>
*Free, Free-in ''or'' Free-out: normal means of restarting play by the non-offending team after a foul.
*Free Taking Competition: If the score is level in a match after the two normal halves, two ten minute periods of extra time played each way may be played (depending on the rules for the relevant competition). If the score is still level after the first two halves of extra time, a further two five minute periods of extra time may be played. If the winner has not been determined by extra time, a free-taking competition may be held. Each team will nominate five players to take frees from their chosen position in front of the posts and with no defenders – on the forty five metre line in football and from the hands or from the ground, on the sixty five metre line in hurling. If the teams score an equal number of points from their five frees, the outcome of the match is decided by sudden death frees using the same nominated players in the same order.
*Full Back: Number 3. A very important defender as they normally play directly in front of the goal and are the last line of defence in front of the goalkeeper.
==G==
*[[Gaelic games]]: The sports of Gaelic football, hurling, camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders.
*Goal: A score in football, hurling and camogie – worth three points, awarded when the ball legally crosses the goal line under the bar and between the posts.
*[[Goalkeeper (Gaelic games)|Goalkeeper]]: No. 1, player in football and hurling whose job it is to prevent goals being scored.
*Golden score: A tie-breaking mechanism used in some knockout competitions. After a drawn game, play continues until one team scores a goal or a point; that team is the winner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40774425.html|title=Penalty shoot-outs in the GAA: High drama or awful end?|first=Christy|last=O’Connor|date=December 28, 2021|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/0829/1162091-are-we-better-served-by-penalties-or-a-golden-score/|title=Are we better served by penalties or a golden score?|first=James|last=McMahon|date=August 29, 2020|via=www.rte.ie}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.leitrimgaa.ie/2006/01/connacht-introduce-golden-scoire-rule/|title=Connacht introduce Golden score rule – » Leitrim GAA – CLG Liatroma}}</ref>
*Grade: A level at which a game or competition is played, based on age (e.g., Senior, Minor), ability (e.g. Senior, Junior), gender, etc. See Senior, Under-21 and Minor. A grade can also be split further, e.g. Senior A, Senior B.
==H==
[[File:Croke park all ireland.jpg|right|thumb|"HQ" aka [[Croke Park]]]]
*Hand-pass: In hurling, football and camogie, when a ball is slapped with the palm of the hand, rather than throwing (which is illegal). Hand-passing may not be used to score goals, but may be used to score points.
*Hardball: the most ancient form of handball.<ref name=4codes/> It is also the fastest of the Four Codes.
*Headquarters/HQ: Colloquial term for [[Croke Park]], also known as "Croker".
*Home final: In competitions in which an overseas team gets a bye to the final, a final played between two teams from the island of Ireland. The winning team then plays the overseas team in the final proper. For example, the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1908|1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] saw Dublin beat Kerry in the home final, before becoming All-Ireland champions by beating London in the actual final, which was London's only game in that year's championship.
*Hook: where a player approaches another player from a rear angle and attempts to catch the opponent's hurley with his own at the top of the swing.
*[[Hurley (stick)|Hurley]]: The stick or bat used in [[hurling]], also known as a ''camán''.
==I==
[[File:Irish possession (2), Aus v Ire 2005 (59309368) (cropped).jpg|thumb|A game of international rules football in [[Melbourne]], between [[Australia international rules football team|Australia]] and [[Ireland international rules football team|Ireland]]]]
*Intermediate: A grade, higher than junior, of competition for players not quite good enough to play at [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#S|senior]] level. Some championships have senior and junior, but no intermediate, equivalents, for example the All-Ireland Football Championships.
*[[Inter-county]]: Inter-county<ref name="Inter-County Transfer Form">{{cite web|url=http://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/club_transfers_and_sanctions/Inter_County_Transfer_Form_new_Jan2012.pdf|title=Inter-County Transfer Form|access-date=2012-04-15|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606231703/http://www.gaa.ie/content/documents/publications/club_transfers_and_sanctions/Inter_County_Transfer_Form_new_Jan2012.pdf|archive-date=2012-06-06}}</ref> is [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] terminology which refers to competitions or matches between two [[County (Gaelic games)|county team]]s. The term can also be used to describe the players on the teams.
*[[International rules football|International rules]]: Games played between Gaelic footballers, and [[Australian rules football]]ers under modified rules. Not to be confused with "compromise rules".
*Intervarsity: [[portmanteau]] of "Inter-university".<ref>[http://www.ichahandball.com/aboutus.html]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Irish experiment (Australian rules football)|Irish experiment]]: efforts by the [[Australian Football League]] to entice Gaelic footballers to Australia to play [[Australian rules football]] professionally.
*Irish handball: another name for [[Gaelic handball]].
*Irish Handball Union or IHU: the ''non'' GAA handball body.
==J==
*Junior: A grade of competition for players not quite good enough to play at [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#S|senior]] level, or at [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#I|intermediate]] level where the three levels exist.
==K==
*[[All-Ireland Cic Fada Championship|Kick Fada]] (from Irish Cic Fada): A kicking competition for Gaelic footballers.
*Kickout: The kick, usually taken by the goalkeeper, which restarts a football match after the opposition has scored a goal or point or kicked a wide.
==L==
[[File:Gaelic football ball.jpg|upright|thumb|A ''liathróid'' being used for a Gaelic football match]]
*''Liathróid'': [[Irish language|Irish]] word for ''football'', or ''handball'', i.e. the ball itself. See also ''peil'' (below). A hurling ball is a ''sliotar''.
*''Liathróid láimhe'': Irish for [[Gaelic handball]].
==M==
*Mark: A free-kick designed to encourage kicking in Gaelic football. It is available to a player who catches a ball cleanly which has travelled 20m without touching the ground in two circumstances –<br />Kickout Mark: when the kickout travels beyond the 45m line<br />Advanced Mark: when an attacking player in play (ie. not from a free-kick) on or beyond the opposition's 45m line kicks a ball over the opposition's 45m line<br />The player who catches the ball, either an attacker or defender, can signal his intent to stop and take the free-kick resulting from the mark by raising an arm or playing on immediately.
*Minor: A grade for under 17 or under 18 players (depending on the competition rules); also, a player who qualifies to play in the minor grade.
==O==
*Official Guide (''Treoraí Oifigiúil''): The playing and organisational rules of the GAA. Part 1 contains the Association's constitution and rules, while Part 2 contains the playing rules of hurling and football.
*One Wall: the most basic form of handball.<ref name=4codes/>
*Overhand stroke: A stroke in handball, similar to pitching in [[baseball]].<ref name=handplay>[http://www.handball.ie/how_to_play]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*Overseas unit: GAA bodies outside Ireland.
==P==
*Panel: The Gaelic games equivalent of a [[squad]].
*''Páirc'': Irish for "[[park]]", this Irish word appears in the names of some sports grounds, e.g. [[Páirc Esler]] and [[Páirc Tailteann]]
*''Páirc an Chrócaigh'': Irish for [[Croke Park]].
*Park: (see also) ''Páirc'', a common element in the names of GAA grounds.
*''Peil'': [[Irish language|Irish]] word for ''football'', i.e. the game of Gaelic football. See also ''liathróid'' (above).
*''Peil (Ghaelach) na mBan'': [[Ladies' Gaelic football]].
*[[Penalty shoot-out]]: Penalties may be taken in order to determine the winners if a game is level at the end of normal or extra time. Only goals count. Initially up to five penalties are taken by each team. If the number of goals scored from the five penalties are equal, sudden-death penalties are taken. A penalty shoot-out is sometimes used instead of a ''free-taking competition'' to determine the winners on the day.
*[[Poc Fada]]: A national [[All-Ireland Poc Fada Championship|competition]] in hurling and camogie, won by striking (pucking) the ball the fewest times to cover a set distance.
*Point: A score in football, camogie, ladies' football and hurling, awarded when the ball legally passes over the bar, between the posts. See also ''goal'' (above).
*Pre-shoot position: In handball, this is a position six foot deeper into the court than where the ball was contacted.<ref name=handplay/>
*Province: run by a [[GAA provincial council|Provincial council]], these are collections of counties. They correspond to the [[provinces of Ireland]] with the addition of Britain. [[Provincial championships]] are the next level below All-Ireland.
*Puck, puckout: in hurling and camogie "puck" is an anglicisation of the [[onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]] Irish word ''poc'', meaning striking the ball with the stick. A puckout is when a goalkeeper pucks the ball back into play.
==Q==
*Qualifiers: Name given to a separate system from the main competition in a double-elimination tournament where beaten teams are given another chance.
==R==
*[[Red card (sport)|Red card]]: Card shown to a player who has been sent off for committing a serious foul, or who has been shown two yellow cards or a yellow card followed by a black card.
*Right Corner Back: no. 2, a defender.
*[[Rule 21]]: A former rule in the GAA's Official Guide which forbade members of the British military or [[Royal Ulster Constabulary|RUC]] from participation; abolished in 2001.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2001/1117/gaa.html | work=RTÉ News | title=GAA Rule 21 decision welcomed | date=17 November 2001}}</ref>
*[[Rule 27]]: A former rule in the GAA's Official Guide which forbade members from playing or attending [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#F|foreign sports]]; abolished in 1971.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/roscommonherald/2005/04/20/story1002.asp |title=True GAA voice wins the day |work=Roscommon Herald |publisher=Thomas Crosbie Holdings |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808104838/http://archives.tcm.ie/roscommonherald/2005/04/20/story1002.asp |archive-date=8 August 2007 |date=20 April 2005}}</ref>
*[[Rule 42]]: A rule in the GAA's Official Guide which prevents [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#F|foreign sports]] being played on GAA-controlled property. See [[List of non-Gaelic games played in Croke Park]] for exceptions to this rule (as from 2005).
==S==
[[File:Healy-alvarado.png|right|thumb|Tony Healy attempts a sidearm stroke]]
*Sam: The [[Sam Maguire Cup]], awarded to the winning team in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].
*[[Scór]]: a division of the GAA charged with promotion of cultural activities, and the name of a series of annual competitions in such activities.
*[[Selector (sport)|Selector]]: A person who helps pick a team. Usually a team has two of these, as well as a manager.
*Senior: The highest grade which a player can play at, not limited by age or ability.
*Shinty-hurling: [[Composite rules shinty-hurling|composite rules]]
*Shot anticipation: in handball, this is where you work out where the ball will bounce back to.<ref name=handplay/>
*Sidearm stroke: A stroke in handball, where the ball is hit from around waist level.<ref name=handplay/>
*Sideline: The two longer sides of a football or hurling pitch.
*Sideline ball: A kick (football) or puck (hurling) awarded when the ball passes over the sideline. It is awarded to the opposite team to that of the player who last touched the ball.
*Sidepull/Side-pull: where two players running together for the sliotar will collide at the shoulders and swing together to win the tackle and "pull" (name given to swing the hurley) with extreme force.
*Sixty-five: Puck awarded in hurling to the attacking side 65 metres from the defending side's goal when a player for the defending side last touches the ball before it goes over that side's end line. Formerly known as a ''seventy'' (65 metres is roughly equivalent to 70 yards).
*60x30: the "Big Alley" court form of handball indigenous to Ireland.<ref name=4codes/>
*''[[Sliotar]]'': the hard leather ball used in hurling; slightly larger than a tennis ball, it has a cork core and a stitched rib. A football or handball is known as ''liathróid'' in Irish.
*Solo: In hurling, to run with the sliotar balanced or bouncing on the end of the hurley (also known as a solo run). In football, to drop the ball onto the toe and kick it back into the hands.
*Square: usually "the square", the small rectangle surrounding the goal in hurling, camogie and football.
*Square ball: A type of foul in hurling and football -
**In football
***For an attacking player to enter opponents' small rectangle during play before the final play of the ball into the small rectangle
***For an attacking player to enter opponents' small rectangle during set play (free kicks) before the ball enters the small rectangle
**In hurling
***For an attacking player to enter opponents' small rectangle before the ball enters the small rectangle
*Stroke: a method of hitting the ball with the hand in handball.
*''[[The Sunday Game]]'': RTÉ's main Gaelic games television programme, on air since 1979.
*Super 8s: Common term used to describe the two four-team groups introduced in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2018 to replace the previous knock-out quarter-finals. Officially they are known as the All-Ireland Quarter-Final Groups.
==T==
*Tailteann Games: Both [[Tailteann Games (ancient)|a pre-Norman Gaelic sports and religious festival]] and [[Tailteann Games (Irish Free State)|a modern sports and cultural revival]] held 1924–32.
*Throw-in: the starting of a game, or restarting after half-time, by the referee throwing the ball between two players from each team.
*Tick: a mark made by the referee in their notebook against a player who has committed a certain type of foul, but not so serious as to warrant a yellow card (see below). If a player who is ticked in a match commits a second similar foul, they are shown a yellow card.
*''Treoraí Oifigiúil'': Official Guide.
==U==
*Umpire: One of four officials in a game of football or hurling, identifiable by their white coat, whose responsibilities include to signal a point by waving a white flag, to signal a goal by waving a green flag, to indicate which side last touched the ball before it crossed the end-line, and to alert the referee to certain foul play.
*Underhand stroke: A stroke in handball, where the hand hits the ball from below the waist.<ref name=handplay/>
*Under-21: A grade of competition for players under 21 years of age.
*''[[Up for the Match]]'': [[RTÉ One]] programme shown broadcast twice a year on the eve of the All-Ireland hurling and All-Ireland football finals respectively.
==W==
[[File:International rules football field (metric).svg|upright|thumb|[[International rules football]] field]]
*Weak hand: In handball, this is the left hand for right-handed people (and right for left-handers). It is often exploited by opponents.<ref name=handplay/>
*Wide: When the ball passes over the end line having last been touched by a player on the attacking side. The defending side is awarded a kickout (football) or puckout (hurling).
*Winner on the day: If the score is level at the end of a match, the competition rules may require that a winner is determined on the day. Extra time may be played though the match could still be level at the end of this extra time. A tie-breaker in the form of a ''free-taking competition'' or ''penalty shoot-out'' will then be held.
==Y==
*[[Yellow card (sport)|Yellow card]]: Card shown to a player who has been cautioned ("booked") for committing certain types of fouls, or who has been ticked twice (see Tick above). A player who is cautioned twice in a match (either two yellows or a yellow followed by a black) is immediately also shown a red card, sent off and cannot be replaced.
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