| Ulster GAA | |||||||||||||||||
| Irish: | Cúige Uladh | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | North | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of counties: | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Province Colours: | Gold and black | ||||||||||||||||
| Major Grounds: | Casement Park, Belfast St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
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| Most All-Ireland titles: -Hurling: -Football: |
none Down and Cavan (5 each) |
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| Most provincial titles: -Hurling: -Football: |
{{{pro hurling}}} Cavan (39) |
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| Interprovincial Championship wins: -Hurling: -Football: |
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The Ulster Council (Irish: Comhairle Uladh) is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Casement Park ( Páirc Mhic Asmaint) is the principal Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Belfast, Northern Ireland, home to the Antrim Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. St Tiernach's Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Clones, Ireland. This page refers to the Irish town For other uses see Clones (disambiguation, or Clone Clones (Cluain Eois &ndash ˈkloʊnɪs The GAA All-Ireland Hurling Senior Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in Ireland. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in Ireland. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in See also Cavan Senior Club Football Championship or Cavan Senior Club Hurling Championship. See also Cavan Senior Club Football Championship or Cavan Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Interprovincial Championship (An Corn Idir-Chúigeach or Railway Cup ( Corn an Iarnróid) is the name of two annual Gaelic football and Hurling Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Provincial councils are organisational bodies within the Gaelic Athletic Association, each made up of several GAA counties. The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic Gaelic football ( Irish: Peil, Peil Ghaelach, or Caid) commonly referred to as " football " is a form of Football Camogie (in Irish, camógaíocht) is a Celtic team Sport, organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland, the women's variant of For more information on this topic see Senior Hardball Singles or Senior Softball Singles. Ulster ( Ulaidh ˈkwɪɟɪ ˈʌlˠu / ˈʌlˠi is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in Armagh City. The City of Armagh ( is an ancient religious site of worship of both celtic paganism and Christianity and the oldest of the five cities in Northern Ireland,
The first Ulster GAA Convention was held on the 22nd March 1903 in Armagh. Belfast solicitor George Martin was elected as first President with L. Belfast ( is the capital city of Northern Ireland and the seat of government in Northern Ireland. F. O’Kane (Derry) as first Secretary. For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. Victor O’Nolan (Tyrone), the father of writer Flann O'Brien was elected Vice-President. The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Tír Eoghain or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the Brian O'Nolan (Brian Ó Nualláin (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966 was an Irish novelist and satirist best known for his novels An Béal Bocht, At [1]
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The following, while not administrated by the Ulster Council, play in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship:
Competitions
Ulster has always been the weakest of the provinces in hurling terms, possible due to the difference between the hurling promulgated by the early Gaelic Athletic Association showing many differences to the "commons" game played in Ulster. For more details on Antrim GAA see Antrim Senior Football Championship or Antrim Senior Hurling Championship. The Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Ard Mhacha or Armagh GAA is one of the 32 county boards See also Cavan Senior Club Football Championship or Cavan Senior Club Hurling Championship. For more information on Derry GAA see Derry Senior Football Championship and Derry Senior Hurling Championship. For more details of Donegal GAA see Donegal Senior Football Championship or Donegal Senior Hurling Championship. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste An Dún or Down GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in For more information on Fermanagh GAA see Fermanagh Senior Club Football Championship or Fermanagh Senior Club Hurling Championship. The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Muineachán or Monaghan GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The Tyrone County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Tír Eoghain or Tyrone GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the The Ulster Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Guinness Ulster Championship) is the premier intercounty "knockout" competition For more details see the London Senior Hurling Championship and the London Senior Football Championship The London County Board of the The New York County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA (Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Contae Nua Eabhrac, or New York GAA, is one of the county boards The Ulster Senior Football Championship is the premier Gaelic football "knockout" competition played in the province of Ulster in Ireland The Ulster Minor Football Championship is the Minor "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland For the Senior equivalent see Ulster Senior Football Championship The Ulster Under-21 Football Championship known for sponsorship reasons as the Cadbury The Ulster Junior Football Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Gaelic football played in the province of Ulster in Ireland. The Dr McKenna cup is a Gaelic football competition played between counties and universities in the province of Ulster. For information on the latest tournament see Ulster Senior Club Football Championship 2008 The Ulster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic The Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of intermediate football clubs in Ulster. The Ulster Junior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played between the hundreds of junior football clubs in Ulster. The Dr Lagan Cup was inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of Ulster. Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA) ( Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael /'kʊmˠən̪ˠ 'l̪ˠuh There have been some successes over the years, mostly by Antrim teams:
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