Hertfordshire GAA

The Hertfordshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Hertfordshire. The county board is also responsible for the Hertfordshire county teams.

Hertfordshire GAA
Irish:
Nickname(s):Herts
Province:Britain
Dominant sport:Gaelic football
County colours:Green and yellow
Regular kit
Hertfordshire within England

Clubs
  • Cambridge Parnells - Ladies and Mens Gaelic Football
  • Claddagh Gaels (Luton) - Ladies Gaelic Football
  • Éire Óg (Oxford) - Ladies and Mens Gaelic Football
  • Glen Rovers (Watford) - Mens Gaelic Football
  • St Josephs (Waltham Cross) - Mens Gaelic Football
  • St Colmcilles (St Albans) - Ladies and Mens Gaelic Football
  • St Vincents (Luton) - Mens Gaelic Football
  • St Dympnas (Luton) - Mens Gaelic Football
  • St Declan's (Watford) - competes in Warwickshire GAA region in Hurling

Additionally, there are two University teams in the region:

History

The County board was created in 1960 when it was deemed that the number of clubs in the region north of London supported a separate league. The area is not in fact just Hertfordshire but encompasses Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.

Present Day

Hertfordshire is probably among the weakest of the British counties as a result of the small number of large population centres in the region it serves. It has further been affected by the general trend of reduced emigration from Ireland to the UK since the 1980s. As a result, a number of the original clubs have folded – including the Milton Keynes-based team Erin Go Bragh in 2005. However, a resurgence may be underway. The youth sections of the county have proven to be very promising and in 2018 the Hertfordshire u14's won the Féile Peile na nÓg in Meath, following up the year after winning a shield competition in Connacht.

Senior Football Championship
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
1965 St Colmcilles
1991 Éire Óg 1-10 Dr Crokes 2-06
1998 St Colmcilles
1999 St Colmcilles
2000 St Colmcilles
2002 St Colmcilles
2003 St Colmcilles
2004 St Colmcilles
2005 St Dympnas St Colmcilles
2006 St Colmcilles
2007 Cambridge Parnells 2-9 St. Colmcilles 0-6
2008 St Dympnas
2009 Cambridge Parnells
2010 Glen Rovers 1-08, 3-07 (R) St Dympnas 1-08, 2-09 (R)
2011 Glen Rovers
2012 Glen Rovers
2013 Glen Rovers St Dympnas
2014 Éire Óg Glen Rovers
2015 Glen Rovers 4-10 St Dympnas 1-05
2016 St Colmcilles 2-12 St Dympnas 2-04
2017 St Colmcilles 2-08 Éire Óg 1-06
2018 Éire Óg 1-11 St Colmcilles 0-08
2019 Éire Óg 4-07 St Colmcilles 1-08
2020 Éire Óg 2-07 St Dympnas 1-06
2021 St Josephs 2-06 Éire Óg 1-05
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.