GAA county
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A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884, and administered by a county board. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties remain unchanged. Each county board is responsible for organising GAA club fixtures within the county and the promotion and development of Gaelic games.Image:Countieshf.GIF
The counties of Ireland, coloured by which gaelic game is popular. Yellow indicates a football county, blue a hurling county and green a "dual county", where both sports have considerable support.
The GAA county can also refer to the inter-county team fielded by each county board.
Since the inception of the county system, there have been changes to the region of control of the overseas units. In Ireland the concept of the county is very strong and changing the county boundary is extremely controversal. A proposal to divide Dublin in two was quickly and strongly opposed. [1]
[edit] GAA Counties oversea
GAA Counties outside Ireland large geographic non traditional areas may be considered as counties such as Scotland is a county for GAA purposes, while the remaining counties of Britain cover wider areas than their names suggest. For example the Hertfordshire County Board oversees clubs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire.
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- ^ Whelan slams Dublin split (english). Retrieved on 2006-12-22.
Gaelic Athletic Association governing bodies | |
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| Irish Provincial councils | Connacht Council • Leinster Council • Munster Council • Ulster Council |
| Counties of Connacht | Galway • Leitrim • Mayo • Roscommon • Sligo |
| Counties of Leinster | Carlow • Dublin • Kildare • Kilkenny • Laois • Longford • Louth • Meath • Offaly • Westmeath • Wexford • Wicklow |
| Counties of Munster | Clare • Cork • Kerry • Limerick • Tipperary • Waterford |
| Counties of Ulster | Antrim • Armagh • Cavan • Derry • Donegal • Down • Fermanagh • Monaghan • Tyrone |
| Counties of the British Provincial council | Gloucestershire • Hertfordshire • Lancashire • London • Scotland • Warwickshire • Yorkshire |
| Counties of Other regions | Canada • Europe • New York • USA (excluding New York) |
| Non county bodies | Camogie Association of Ireland • Higher Education GAA • Ladies' Gaelic Football Association |
