A football or Gaelic ball (Irish: liathróid peile)[1] is the spherical leather football used in the sports of Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football and international rules football.
The pattern of panels consists of six groups perpendicular to each other, each group being composed of two trapezoidal panels and one rectangular panel; 18 panels in all.[2]
^"Scéal liathróid peile i dTír Chonaill". Gaelic Athletic Association (in Irish). 13 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
^Grasso, John (13 June 2013). Historical Dictionary of Football. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810878570. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2020 – via Google Books.
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