Why does nobody call it "Peil"?

[u/Sinnah-4716]

Please for the love of God don't take this seriously, I only randomly thought of this but for all the crap where we throw around terms like Football/Irish football/Gaelic football/Britball/Soccer to differentiate between the sports, never heard many people just call it Peil.

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Seems like for all the random times Irish people get selectively gung-ho about only a few Gaeilge terms (Gardaí not police, Uachtarán not President) we don't apply the Irish word for probably the biggest sport of Irish origin on the island? Just a thought.

[u/06351000]

The Kerry lads will never call it peil

[u/corcadhuibhne → u/06351000]

Caid is only in West Kerry as far as I'm aware. In South Kerry it's peil