In the mid-19th century, various traditional football games, referred to collectively as caid,
remained popular in Ireland, especially in County Kerry. One observer, Father W. Ferris, described two
main forms of caid during this period: the "field game" in which the object was to put the ball through
arch-like goals, formed from the boughs of two trees; and the epic "cross-country game" which took up most of
the daylight hours of a Sunday on which it was played, and was won by one team taking the ball across a
parish boundary. "Wrestling", "holding" opposing players, and carrying the ball were all allowed.
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