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Ulster ( or " Cúige Uladh " , Ulster Scots : " Ulstèr " or " Ulster ") is a ___MASK81___ in the north of the island of Ireland . In ancient Ireland , it was one of the fifths ruled by a " rí ruirech ", or " king of over - kings ". An ___MASK77___ or isle is any piece of sub - continental land that is surrounded by ___MASK63___ . Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets , skerries , cays or keys . An ___MASK77___ in a ___MASK6___ or a lake ___MASK77___ may be called an eyot or ait , and a small ___MASK77___ off the coast may be called a holm . A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago , e . g . the Philippines . Camogie ( formerly spelled " camoguidheacht ") is an Irish stick - and - ___MASK52___ ___MASK88___ played by women ; it is almost identical to the ___MASK22___ of hurling played by men . Camogie is played by 100 , 000 women in Ireland and worldwide , largely among Irish communities . It is organised by the Dublin - based Camogie Association or An Cumann Camógaíochta . Great Britain , also known as Britain , is a large ___MASK77___ in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe . With an area of , Great Britain is the largest European ___MASK77___ and the ninth - largest in the world . In 2011 the ___MASK77___ had a population of about 61 million people , making it the world ' s third - most populous ___MASK77___ after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan . The ___MASK77___ of Ireland is situated to the west of it , and together these islands , along with over ___MASK50___ , 000 smaller surrounding islands , comprise the British Isles archipelago . Europe is a ___MASK9___ that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . Europe is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , Europe is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of Europe  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " ___MASK9___ " as applied to Europe also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the ___MASK9___ ' s current overland boundaries . Shinty is a ___MASK76___ ___MASK22___ played with sticks and a ball . Shinty is now played mainly in the ___MASK93___ Highlands , and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland , but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland , and was even played for a considerable ___MASK39___ in England and other areas in the world where ___MASK93___ Highlanders migrated . A ___MASK88___ includes any sport which involves two or more players working together towards a shared objective . A ___MASK88___ is an activity in which individuals are organized into opposing teams which compete to win . Examples are basketball , volleyball , ___MASK63___ polo , handball , lacrosse , cricket , baseball , and the various forms of football and hockey . The Irish ___MASK30___ (, , , Ulster - Scots : " Airish ___MASK30___ "), separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain . It is connected to the Celtic ___MASK30___ in the south by St George ' s Channel , and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Channel . Anglesey is the largest island within the Irish ___MASK30___ , followed by the Isle of Man . The ___MASK30___ is occasionally , but rarely , referred to as the Manx ___MASK30___ . Racquetball is a racquet ___MASK92___ played with a hollow rubber ___MASK52___ in an indoor or outdoor ___MASK57___ . Joseph Sobek is credited with inventing the modern ___MASK92___ of racquetball in 1950 , adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in ___MASK91___ to increase velocity and control . Unlike most racquet sports , such as tennis and ___MASK47___ , there is no net to hit the ___MASK52___ over , and , unlike squash , no tin ( out of bounds area at the bottom of ___MASK67___ wall ) to hit the ___MASK52___ above . Also , the ___MASK57___ ' s walls , floor , and ceiling are legal playing surfaces , with the exception of ___MASK57___ - specific designated hinders being out - of - bounds . Irish , also referred to as Gaelic or Irish Gaelic , is a Goidelic ___MASK26___ of the Indo - European ___MASK26___ ___MASK4___ originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people . Irish is spoken as a first ___MASK26___ by a small minority of Irish people , and as a second ___MASK26___ by a rather larger ___MASK17___ of non - native speakers . Irish enjoys constitutional status as the national and first official ___MASK26___ of the Republic of Ireland , and is an officially recognised minority ___MASK26___ in Northern Ireland . It is also among the official languages of the European Union . The public body Foras na Gaeilge is responsible for the promotion of the ___MASK26___ throughout the island of Ireland . Gaelic ___MASK54___ ( known in Ireland simply as ___MASK54___ ) is a sport played in Ireland where players hit a ball with a hand or fist against a ___MASK69___ in such a way as to make a shot the opposition cannot return , and that may be played with two ( singles ) or four players ( doubles ). The sport is similar to American ___MASK54___ ( a related and almost identical game ), Basque pelota , Pêl - Law ( Welsh ___MASK54___ ), racquetball and squash . It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ). In 2009 , Irish Handball was rebranded as GAA Handball . American ___MASK54___ is a sport in which players use their hands to hit a small rubber ball against a ___MASK69___ such that their opponent cannot do the same without it touching the ground twice . The three versions are four - ___MASK69___ , three - ___MASK69___ and one - ___MASK69___ . Each version can be played either by two players ( singles ), three players ( cutthroat ) or four players ( doubles ). Ireland ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an ___MASK77___ in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish ___MASK30___ , and St George ' s Channel . Ireland is the second - largest ___MASK77___ of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . Gaelic ___MASK3___ ( Irish : " Peil Ghaelach "; short name " Peil " or " Caid "), commonly referred to as ___MASK3___ or Gaelic , is an Irish ___MASK88___ . It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch . The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team ' s goals ( 3 points ) or between two upright posts above the goals and over a crossbar above the ground ( ___MASK50___ point ). Gaelic Games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic ___MASK97___ ( GAA ) . Gaelic football and hurling are the two main games . Other games organised by the GAA include Gaelic handball and rounders . Women ' s versions of hurling and football are also played : camogie , organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland , and ladies ' Gaelic football , organised by the Ladies ' Gaelic Football Association . While women ' s versions are not organised by the GAA , they are closely associated with it . Today , Gaelic games are the most popular games in Ireland in terms of supporter attendances at senior games . Despite an economic downturn , attendances in 2009 were up 11 % on 2008 . The British Isles are a ___MASK17___ of islands off the north - western coast of continental Europe that consist of the islands of Great Britain , Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles . Situated in the North Atlantic , the islands have a total area of approximately 315 , 159 km , and a combined population of just under 70 million . Two sovereign states are located on the islands : Ireland ( which covers roughly five - sixths of the island with the same name ) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . The British Isles also include three Crown Dependencies : the Isle of Man and , by tradition , the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands , although the latter are not physically a part of the archipelago . The Gaelic ___MASK97___ ( GAA ) ((" CLG ")) is an Irish and international amateur sporting and cultural organisation , focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games , which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling , camogie , Gaelic football , handball and rounders . The Association also promotes Irish music and dance , and the Irish language . St George ' s ___MASK35___ is a ___MASK30___ channel connecting the Irish ___MASK30___ to the north and the Celtic ___MASK30___ to the southwest . Rounders is a bat - and - ___MASK29___ played between two teams . Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small , hard , leather - cased ball with a rounded end wooden , plastic or metal bat . The players score by running around the four bases on the field . Hurling is an outdoor ___MASK76___ ___MASK22___ of ancient Gaelic and Irish origin , administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ). The ___MASK22___ has prehistoric origins , and has been played for 3 , 000 years . One of Ireland ' s native Gaelic games , it shares a number of features with Gaelic football , such as the ___MASK8___ and goals , the number of players , and much terminology . There is a similar ___MASK22___ for women called camogie (" camógaíocht "). It shares a common Gaelic root with the sport of shinty (" camanachd "), which is played predominantly in Scotland . Basque pelota ("" in the original Basque ___MASK26___ also "" in Spanish , "" in French ) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one ' s hand , a racket , a wooden bat or a basket , against a ___MASK69___ (" frontis or Fronton ") or , more traditionally , with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net . The roots of this class of games can be traced to the Greek and other ancient cultures . Earth , otherwise known as the world , is the third ___MASK82___ from the Sun and the only object in the Universe known to ___MASK11___ life . It is the densest ___MASK82___ in the Solar ___MASK7___ and the largest of the four terrestrial planets .