Word: gaelicism
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...their neighbors took sides. There was hurling in Ireland a thousand years ago and it has been played ever since. Until fairly recently, the whole male population of a town or a village might take part in a game. A few rules and regulations were introduced when the Gaelic Athletic Association was formed in 1884, but not so many as to infringe upon its original character. Sides are now limited to 15 (six forwards, six backs, 2 centre fielders, a goal guard); no substitutions are permitted except when a player is severely injured...
...play for love of the game. In the U. S., in cities where there is a large Irish population, the game is similarly played by teams of hurlers who represent the counties where they or their forbears were born. Hurling games in the U. S. are often preceded by Gaelic football, followed by social festivities. Since all kinds of Irishmen play hurling, all kinds of Irishmen watch them play. In the crowd at a hurling game, as in the personnel of a hurling team (see cut), it is possible to see every kind of Irish face, hear every kind...
Things looked so serious to Dublin that a detachment of grey-green Free State troops was sent to Cootehill. Speaking nothing but Gaelic, they were considered safe from the propaganda of Orangemen and Republicans both. General Owen O'Duffy, head of the Irish Army and Chief Commissioner of the Civic Guard, rushed north to take charge at Cootehill in person...
...long with a crossbarred goal at each end. A shot over the bar counts 1 point or A of a goal. A goal is a shot beneath the bar. An official game consists of two periods of 30 minutes each. Of hurling says W. P. Clifford, President of the Gaelic Athletic Association...
...editorial "Welsh Rarebit" in yesterday's CRIMSON seems to be under the impression that the Celtic culture and languages are dead, for he says: "A purely academic and scholastic survival of dialects and traditions is worth little." I can not speak from personal experience as to the Gaelic of the Scottish Highlands but I do know that Welsh is very much alive. I know two proofs of this: first, there is a Welsh newspaper the "Baner ar Amseran Cymon" of which I have a copy and, second, the children talk Welsh. As long as the children talk a language, that...