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  1. A team game played with 15 a side. It is a
  2. stick-and-ball game, popular in Ireland.
  3. First played over 3,000 years ago, at one
  4. time it was outlawed. The rules were
  5. standardized 1884, and are now under the
  6. control of the Gaelic Athletic Association.
  7.