Gaelic handball

Gaelic handball

Two men playing handball
Highest governing body	Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
Nicknames	handball, GAA handball
First played	medieval period or earlier, Ireland
Clubs	180[1]
Characteristics
Contact	Limited
Team members	Singles or doubles
Mixed-sex	No; some mixed doubles played in juvenile grades[2]
Type	Hand and ball-striking games
Equipment	Gaelic handball ball, goggles, non-marking gum soled shoes
Venue	Indoor or outdoor (with glass court)
Presence
Country or region	Ireland and Irish diaspora
Olympic	No
Paralympic	No
World Games	One-wall handball was included as a Demonstration sport at 2013 World Games, Colombia[3]

Gaelic handball (known in Ireland simply as handball;^[4][5][6][7] Irish: liathróid láimhe) is a sport where players hit a ball with a hand or fist against a wall in such a way as to make a shot the opposition cannot return,^[8] and that may be played with two (singles) or four players (doubles). The sport, popular in Ireland, is similar to American handball, Welsh handball, fives, Basque pelota, Valencian frontó, and more remotely to racquetball or squash. It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).^[9] GAA Handball, a subsidiary organisation of the GAA, governs and promotes the sport.