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Gaelic footballers from Counties Kerry and Cork leave a playing field in Glen Flesk, County Kerry, following a match. Rules of the game, a cross between soccer and rugby, dictate that both players and referees speak Irish. Games have been sponsored since the late 1800s by the Gaelic Athletic Association, a organization with roots in Irish nationalism. Matches were seen as a means to preserve Irish language and culture while keeping young Irish men fita boon for those planning to battle English colonial rule.
—Photograph copyright Sean Markey
 

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