Time for a new word game in Gaelic football

The time comes in every columnist’s life when he is forced to offer a glossary, and for me that time is now.

Time for a new word game in Gaelic football

No, I don’t see it as an admission that the well of inspiration has run dry; neither does it indicate a fatal cynicism entering my soul (diplacing the non-fatal variety lurking there these many years, says you).

But the recent kerfuffle over the attractiveness of Gaelic football has forced me to take a leaf from the book of Lizzie Skurnick, specifically her new book, That Should Be A Word.

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