Tir Eoghain!

I know it must seem like "Annual Obscure Sports Weekend" here at Route 1, but I can't help it. Once again it is raining today, so I made the best of being cooped up inside by following today's All-Ireland Gaelic Football Final live online. Tyrone (Tir Eoghain) defeated defending champions Kerry (Ciarrai), 1-16 to 2-10.
Let's see here... goals are worth three points and points are worth, well, a point, so Tyrone's 1-16 equals 19 points and Kerry's 2-10 equals 16 points. Paul Canavan scored the decisive goal for Tyrone.
Gaelic Football is a bit of a strange beast, with a ball that looks like a small soccer ball, goals that look like a cross between soccer goals and rugby posts and loads of fisticuffs. While it might lack the blood-letting of hurling (players swing heavy wooden sticks at each other while trying to strike a ball called a "sliothar"), Gaelic football does have its charm. For example, players can run down the field with the ball only if they bounce it every four steps or if they "solo" it, which means dropping it onto their foot, then kicking it back up into their hands. Nifty, eh?