Connacht GAA
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The Connacht Council are a Provincial council
of the Gaelic Athletic Association
sports of hurling
, Gaelic football
, camogie
, rounders
and handball
in the province of Connacht
.
championship but the Connacht GAA board has had Senior and Junior hurling championships in the past. The game is very strong in Galway but much weaker in the other four counties of the province. The Connact inter-provincial team usually consists of 14 or 15 Galway players and perhaps one or two from the other counties.
Provincial council
Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. The provincial council is responsible for the organisation of club and inter-county competitions such as the provincial championships, and the promotion of Gaelic games within...
of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
sports of hurling
Hurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
, Gaelic football
Gaelic football
Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
, camogie
Camogie
Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....
, rounders
Rounders
Rounders is a game played between two teams of either gender. The game originated in England where it was played in Tudor times. Rounders is a striking and fielding team game that involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round wooden, plastic or metal bat. The players score by...
and handball
Gaelic handball
Gaelic handball is a sport similar to Basque pelota, racquetball, squash and American handball . It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association...
in the province of Connacht
Connacht
Connacht , formerly anglicised as Connaught, is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the west of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for...
.
Constituent counties
- GalwayGalway GAAThe Galway County Boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Galway GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Galway. The county boards are also responsible for the Galway inter-county teams.Unlike all other counties in Ireland,...
- LeitrimLeitrim GAAThe Leitrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Leitrim GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Leitrim. The county board is also responsible for the Leitrim inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:In the 1924 Connacht...
- MayoMayo GAAThe Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.-History:...
- RoscommonRoscommon GAAFor more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...
- SligoSligo GAAThe Sligo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Sligo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Sligo...
Special counties
The following while not administrated by Connacht Council play in the Senior Connacht Football Championship- LondonLondon GAAThe London County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or London GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in London...
- New YorkNew York GAAThe New York County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or New York GAA, is one of the county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the New York metropolitan area...
Hurling
There is currently no Connacht hurlingHurling
Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...
championship but the Connacht GAA board has had Senior and Junior hurling championships in the past. The game is very strong in Galway but much weaker in the other four counties of the province. The Connact inter-provincial team usually consists of 14 or 15 Galway players and perhaps one or two from the other counties.
- Connacht Senior Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Senior Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Senior Hurling Championship was the premier "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games were organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and were played during the summer months.Over the last number of years the...
- Connacht Junior Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Junior Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland...
- Connacht Minor Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Minor Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Minor Hurling Championship was a Minor "knockout" competition in the game of hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games were organised by the Connacht Council. The competition began in 1931, with Galway winning during the inaugural year...
- Connacht Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship is an inter county competition between the Intermediate Hurling county teams in the province of Connacht in Ireland...
Gaelic football
- Connacht Senior Football ChampionshipConnacht Senior Football ChampionshipThe Bank of Ireland Connacht Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition for the senior county teams of Connacht GAA. A series of games are played during the summer months and the final is played in July....
- Connacht Minor Football ChampionshipConnacht Minor Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. Mayo won the inaugural Connacht minor football championship in 1930. Mayo have won...
- Connacht Under-21 Football ChampionshipConnacht Under-21 Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Under-21 Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for players aged between 18 and 21 in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht, in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and are...
- Connacht Junior Football ChampionshipConnacht Junior Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Junior Football Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Connacht in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council. The competition began in 1906, with Mayo winning during the inaugural year. The most...
Club Competitions
- Connacht Senior Club Football ChampionshipConnacht Senior Club Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the seventy-two senior football clubs in Connacht, with one qualifying from each of the five respective county championships...
- Connacht Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Senior Club Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship was an annual hurling tournament played between the senior hurling clubs in Connacht contested from 1970 until it became defunct after the conclusion of the 2007/08 season due to the predominance of the Galway champions coupled with a lack of meaningful...
- Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Intermediate Club Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship is a Hurling competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Connacht...
- Connacht Intermediate Club Football ChampionshipConnacht Intermediate Club Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition played between the Intermediate Championship winner from each county in Connacht...
- Connacht Junior Club Hurling ChampionshipConnacht Junior Club Hurling ChampionshipThe Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship is a hurling competition between the winners of the junior hurling competitions organized by the five counties that comprise Connacht...
- Connacht Junior Club Football ChampionshipConnacht Junior Club Football ChampionshipThe Connacht Junior Club Football Championship is a Gaelic football competition between the winners of the junior football competitions. It is organized by the five counties that comprise Connacht...