It depends on what you understand to be middle class. GAA is typically played by Gardai, teachers, civil servants, people from a farming background, the odd lad with a trade.
Since these people work for a living then you could say it's a working class sport.
But most people would describe these people as lower middle class.
Compare this to people living in council estates in the towns and cities - certainly working class, even if many of them are 'not' working these days - but certainly not middle class. GAA is far less popular than soccer. In other words, the lower down the social scale in Ireland you go, the more soccer is played and the less GAA has roots.
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