Scoring in Gaelic games
[5][6][7] In international rules football there are further posts 6.5 m (21 ft) either side of the goalposts.
The Irish term for goal is cúl, cognate with Latin cūlus, "rear.
Forfeit points rarely made any difference, although one game in 1887 ended North Tipperary 0-0 (1), Holycross 0-0 (0).
[20] In the 2005 National Hurling League two points were awarded for a point scored from a sideline cut in hurling, in recognition of the difficulty of this skill (typically only about one-fifth of such efforts are successful).
Umpires waved a red flag to indicate the 2-pointer, similar to international rules football.
"[27][28] The new Football Review Committee (FRC) rule changes were adopted in 2024, including 2 points when the ball is kicked over the crossbar and between the posts from outside the 20-metre line and outside a 40-metre arc (whose centre is at the middle of the goal-line).
Martin Breheny observed "Improved fitness levels, more mobile defenders, and better defensive techniques have combined to seal off attackers' approach routes, making the goal an endangered species."
[33][34] A particular notation has been developed over the years by journalists and statisticians to record scoring in Gaelic games.
A team's score is given in the form goals-points, separated by either a hyphen ( - ) or en dash ( – ), for example Cork 1-14 Kerry 2-10.
In newspaper and other written accounts of games, the score of each individual player is given in abbreviated format.
If all scores were of one type, the brackets may be omitted, reading: Síle Harrington 0-5f (indicating five points, all of which were frees) or J. J. Maguire 1-0pen (one goal, a penalty) or sometimes Sarah Moore 0-4(fs).
