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. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae 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. Gaelic games are the traditional sports played in Ireland. The two main Gaelic games are Gaelic football and Hurling, both of which are organised by the

The counties of Ireland, coloured by which gaelic game is popular. Since the late 16th century the Island of Ireland has been divided into 32 counties ( Irish language contae or condae Yellow indicates a football county, blue a hurling county and green a "dual county", where both sports have considerable support. Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic Dual county is a term used in Gaelic games to describe a GAA county that competes at a similar level in both Hurling and Gaelic football

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 controversial. A proposal to divide Dublin in two was quickly and strongly opposed. The Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Ath Cliath or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of ^[1]

GAA Counties overseas

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. The Scotland Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA or Scotland GAA ( Irish; Cumann Luthchleas Gael na hAlba) is one of the county boards The British Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael An Breataine or British GAA is the only provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic For example the Hertfordshire County Board oversees clubs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire. The Hertfordshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste ?)--> or Hertfordshire GAA is one of

See also

• GAA county colours and flags
• List of GAA county nicknames

References