What do you know about the sports and recreation in Ireland?

What do you know about the sports and recreation in Ireland?
【正确答案】：The Irish are avid sports fans, especially of their native games of Gaelic football— a cross between football and rugby —and hurling, which resembles a rough-and-tumble version of field hockey. Football and rugby are widely popular, often played in sold-out stadiums in Dublin. In 1990 the national football team reached the quarterfinals in the World Cup, and Irish players are prominent on the rosters of professional teams throughout the world.
【题目解析】：
参见教材P342－343。