GAA		Gaelic Athletic Association, the governing body of
			the indigenous sports; also used informally to
			refer to Gaelic football or Gaelic games in
			general (sometimes pronounced as if it were a
			word when used like this)

	Hurling		Irish game played with sticks, like shinty

	Football	Can refer to either soccer or Gaelic football

	Camogie		The female version of hurling

	Croke Park	The main GAA stadium, in Dublin; known in Irish
			as Páirc Uí Chrocaigh

	Hill 16		Stand at Croke Park

	Rule 21		The GAA rule that denies membership to people in
			British armed forces and RUC

	FAI		The governing body of soccer in the South

	IFA		The governing body of soccer in the North

	Landsdowne Rd.	The stadium in Dublin where the all-Ireland rugby
			team and ROI soccer team play internationals

	Windsor Park	Stadium in Belfast where NI soccer team plays
			internationals

	IRFU		Irish Rugby Football Union - all Ireland rugby body

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