Gaeilge Vocabulary Mat — Sports & Physical Activities
A bilingual Irish/English vocabulary mat for 3rd–6th Class: sports (spóirt), GAA games, swimming, and physical activities in Irish. Linked to PE and Wellbeing curriculum — Irish sport vocabulary for the Irish curriculum context.
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Spóirt — Sports
- 1 peil / peil Ghaelach football / Gaelic football e.g. PEL / PEL GAY-lukh
- 2 iománaíocht / hurling hurling (the ancient Irish stick-and-ball game) e.g. ih-MAWN-ee-ukht
- 3 camógaíocht camogie (women's hurling) e.g. KAM-oh-gee-ukht
- 4 liathróid láimhe handball (Irish handball — a GAA sport) e.g. lee-uh-ROHL LAWV-eh
- 5 sacar soccer / association football e.g. SAK-ur
- 6 snámh swimming e.g. SNAHV
- 7 rith running e.g. rih
- 8 rothaíocht cycling e.g. RUH-hee-ukht
- 9 lúthchleas gael Gaelic games / GAA sports e.g. LOO-khlyas GAYL
Na CLG — The GAA
Cumann Lúthchleas Gael — Ireland's national games organisation
- ▶ The GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael) was founded in 1884 to preserve and promote Irish sports and culture.
- ▶ THE FOUR GAA SPORTS: Peil Ghaelach (Gaelic football), Iománaíocht (hurling), Camógaíocht (camogie), Liathróid Láimhe (handball)
- ▶ Hurling is the world's fastest field sport and one of the oldest — played in Ireland for over 3,000 years.
- ▶ GAA COUNTIES: each county has a team. All-Ireland Championships are the pinnacle — Croke Park, Dublin holds 82,000 spectators.
- ▶ AMATEURISM: all GAA players are amateur — they play for love of the game, not pay. This is central to GAA culture.
- ▶ Tá an CLG tábhachtach d'Éirinn — The GAA is important to Ireland
Learning objective
Name Irish sports and GAA games in Irish; understand the cultural significance of the GAA; use sports vocabulary in Gaeilge conversations about leisure and activity.
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GAA and sports in Irish
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