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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.
The Gaelic Athletic Association's successful North American tour had a notable effect on the growth of hurling in New York and North America in general by the end of the 19th century. [6] At this time, the Keane Gaelic Hurling Trophy began to be awarded to the club which won the New York senior championship. [6]
Gaelic games clubs exist on every continent (except Antarctica). [1] Common abbreviations used in club names are: CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta; CLG: Cumann Lútchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club, or Gaelic Athletic Association) CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club)
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. 1887: Tipperary and Limerick won the first All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals ...
The following article provides a list of Gaelic games governing bodies, county boards and associations around the world. The principal governing body is the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The two dominant sports of the Gaelic games are traditionally played in separate regions of Ireland .
The United States County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or USGAA, is one of the 3 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in North America, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the United States (except for the New York metropolitan area, which is administrated by the New York GAA). The county board is also ...
In Ireland there are 32 county boards, and again there are overseas units that fit into this level, such as the New York Board and the Canadian Board. Except for Central Council, all of these councils, boards, and committees are elected at an annual meeting at which the outgoing board reports on its year's activities before stepping down and ...
A county is a geographic region within Gaelic games, controlled by a county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and originally based on the 32 counties of Ireland as they were in 1884.