Gaelic handball
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Gaelic handball 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, and that may be played with two or four players. Th
Boys playing handball at a handball court in Ireland in the 1930s
A typical Handball court
Open-ended school handball courts at Gort Na Móna Secondary School
Fives
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Fives is an English handball sport derived from jeu de paume, similar to the games of Gaelic handball, Basque pelota, and squash. The game is played in both singles and doubles teams, in an either thr
Gaelic handball
…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…
A game of Rugby fives in progress
Fives wall in South Petherton, Somerset
Fives courts at Eton
Fives court at Abingdon School