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The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠuːˌçlʲasˠ ˈɡeːlˠ]; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, [1] which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and rounders.
Gaelic games (Irish: Cluichí Gaelacha) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland, where they originated. They include Gaelic football, hurling, Gaelic handball and rounders. Football and hurling, the most popular of the sports, are both organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) (Irish: Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), the championship has been contested every year ...
2025 →. The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 137th edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association 's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887. Thirty-one of the thirty-two Irish counties took part – Kilkenny did not compete, while London and New York completed the lineup.
Baseball, which has some similarities to the Gaelic version of rounders, is an emerging sport in Ireland, [citation needed] The Irish National Baseball Team won the bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Germany and followed up that performance with a silver medal in the 2006 European Championships in Belgium. In 2018, the team won ...
Gaelic football (Irish: Peil Ghaelach; short name Peil), [ 1 ] commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA[ 2 ] or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kicking or punching the ball into the other team's goal (3 points ...
The championship ran from 21 October 2023 to 21 January 2024. Kilmacud Crokes were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Glen in the All-Ireland semi-final. [2][3][4] The All-Ireland final was played on 21 January 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Glen of Derry and St Brigid's of Roscommon, in what was their first ever ...
Timeline of the GAA. 1884: The Gaelic Athletic Association was founded on 1 November (Samhain: according to legend the day the Fianna fell from power) at Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. 1886: Wexford County Board became the first GAA county organisation in the country.