Gaelic handball (known in Ireland simply as
handball; ) is a sport played in Ireland where players hit a ball with a hand or fist against a wall in such a way as to make a shot the opposition cannot return, and that may be played with two (singles) or four players (doubles). The sport is similar to
American handball (a related and almost identical game),
Basque pelota,
racquetball and
squash. It is one of the four
Gaelic games organised by the
Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). In 2009, Irish Handball was rebranded as
GAA Handball.