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In this concluding chapter, various contemporary issues and developments concerning gender relations, inter-organisational cooperation and intra-organisational tensions are considered from a figurational perspective. The chapter emphasises the importance of a long-term developmental approach in helping to better comprehend and explain contemporary issues.
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It should also be borne in mind that although comprising part of the ‘family of Gaelic games’, women’s Gaelic football and hurling (known as camogie) are governed by separate sporting organisations—the Camogie Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association. The on-field games while very similar in structure are different and there are distinct sets of rules for women’s Gaelic games. In 2018 senior officials representing the GAA, the Camoige Association and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association signed a memorandum of understanding but they remain separate organisations with no overlap in administration.
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The game was later permitted to go ahead.
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Exceptions have been made (which we documented in Chap. 7) but are subject to a process involving central decision-making bodies of the GAA.
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Rugby’s status is amplified by the media coverage it attracts in Ireland partly due to the internationalisation of the sport and the position of Irish teams within this. This masks the level of player numbers relative to Gaelic games and soccer as well as spectator interest beyond the international setting. By international here we are also referring to the four provincial teams’ participation in inter-country competitions.
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Connolly, J., Dolan, P. (2020). Conclusion: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Developments. In: Gaelic Games in Society. Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31699-0_9
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