British GAA

The British Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael na Breataine)^[1] or Britain GAA is the only provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association outside the island of Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Great Britain. The board is also responsible for the British Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football inter-county teams.

Britain GAA

Irish:	Breataine
Location:	Britain
Major grounds:	McGovern Park Páirc na hÉireann Old Bedians
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:	London (1)
Football:	None
Most provincial titles
Hurling:	No Championship
Football:	Lancashire and Warwickshire (5 each)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:	0
Football:	0
Standard kit
Regular kit

London compete in the National Football League, and in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (as part of Connacht). In the National Hurling League, London play in the tier 3 Christy Ring Cup while Warwickshire and Lancashire play in the tier 5 Lory Meagher Cup.

The British Council is responsible for the seven GAA counties of Britain: Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, London, Scotland, Warwickshire and Yorkshire. The GAA counties cover wider areas than their names suggest; the Hertfordshire County Board, for example, oversees clubs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire; Gloucestershire GAA reaches into South Wales, Warwickshire GAA includes Staffordshire and Birmingham, and so on. The most popular sport is Gaelic football and some clubs are dedicated only to that sport.

County boards

Further information: County board (Gaelic games)

• Gloucestershire
• Hertfordshire
• Lancashire
• London
• Scotland
• Warwickshire
• Yorkshire

History

The history of the London branch of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) dates back to the 19th century. Sam Maguire started his career here.

The old Wembley Stadium has played host to a number of Gaelic football and hurling games, the first taking place in 1958.

Facilities

Many British GAA games are played on council fields, there are some dedicated GAA grounds in Britain. The two main grounds are the Emerald GAA Grounds, in Ruislip, London, and Páirc na hÉireann, in Solihull, near Birmingham.

Hurling

Current Hurling County Teams

County	Grounds	League		Championship
		Grade	Lvl	Grade	Lvl
Lancashire	Old Bedians	Division 3B	6	Lory Meagher Cup	5
London	McGovern Park	Division 2B	4	Christy Ring Cup	3
Warwickshire	Páirc na hÉireann	Division 3B	6	Lory Meagher Cup	5

Football

Competitions

Inter-county

• All-Britain Junior Football Championship

London compete in the Connacht championship and their 2nd team competes in the Britain championship.

Club

• All-Britain Junior Club Football Championship

The winners qualify for the All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship.

Current Football County Teams

County	Grounds	Championship			League
		Grade	Lvl		Grade
Gloucestershire		All-Ireland Junior Football Championship	3		N / A
Hertfordshire		All-Ireland Junior Football Championship	3		N / A
Lancashire	Old Bedians	All-Ireland Junior Football Championship	3		N / A
London	McGovern Park	Tailteann Cup	2		Division 4
Scotland		All-Ireland Junior Football Championship	3		N / A
Warwickshire	Páirc na hÉireann	All-Ireland Junior Football Championship	3		N / A
Yorkshire		All-Ireland Junior Football Championship	3		N / A

Competitions

Competition		Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up		Next edition
All-Britain Junior Football Championship		2022	London		Warwickshire		2023
All-Britain Junior Club Football Championship		2022	Glasgow Gaels		St Brendan’s		2023

All-Britain Club Junior Football Championship

List of finals

Year	Winners			Runners-up			Venue
	County	Club	Score	County	Club	Score
2022	SCO	Glasgow Gaels	1-09		St Brendan’s	0-07
2021	LAN	St Brendans (Manchester)	2-10	WAR	Sean McDermotts	2-08	McGovern Park
2020	No championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland
2019	LON	Thomas McCurtains (London)	1-11	SCO	Glasgow Gaels	0-07	Beeston Rd, Leeds
2018	SCO	Dunedin Connollys	3-12		Neasden Gaels	2-12
2017	SCO	Dunedin Connollys	1-17	WAR	Sean McDermotts	1-12
2016	SCO	Dunedin Connollys	1-19 (aet)	LAN	John Mitchels (Liverpool)	2-14
2015	LAN	John Mitchels (Liverpool)	2-08	WAR	Sean McDermotts	0-08
2014	LAN	John Mitchels (Liverpool)	4-12	LON	North London Shamrocks	3-11
2013	LAN	John Mitchels (Liverpool)	2-15	SCO	Dunedin Connollys	1-11
2012	LAN	St Peter's Manchester	2-17		St. Colmcille's, Cardiff	1-03
2011	YOR	Cuchullains (Newcastle)	1-06	LAN	John Mitchel’s (Liverpool)	0-06
2010	LAN	St Peter's Manchester	3-12	WAR	Sean McDermotts	2-04
2009	SCO	Dunedin Connollys	1-08	LAN	John Mitchel’s (Liverpool)	2-04
2008	LAN	John Mitchel’s (Liverpool)	1-09		Tara	1-04
2007	LAN	John Mitchel’s (Liverpool)	2-10	LON	Thomas McCurtains (Lon)	0-07
2006	LON	Fulham Irish	1-11	LAN	Oisins	0-11
2005	LON	Harlesden Harps	1-11	SCO	Dunedin Connollys	0-11	Old Bedians
2004	LAN	St Peter's Manchester
2003				WAR	Sean McDermotts
2002				WAR	Sean McDermotts
2000				WAR	Sean McDermotts
1999	YOR	Hugh O'Neills	1–11	WAR	Sean McDermotts	0–04
1997					Southern Gaels, Bournemouth
1995				WAR	Sean McDermotts
1994	LAN	Oisins
1989	LON	Kingdom	1–12		St. Vincent's, Luton	0–04
1988	WAR	John Mitchel's
1982	YOR	Hugh O'Neills	1–06	LON	Parnells, London	0–08
1980		Tara	1–08	YOR	Hugh O'Neills	2–02

Note: this championship does not include London's senior champions since 2002^[2]

All-Britain Junior Football Championship

Main article: All-Britain Junior Football Championship

All-Britain Junior Football Championship
Current season or competition:   2023
Code	Gaelic Football
Region	Britain (GAA)
No. of teams	7
Title holders	London (4th title)
Most titles	Lancashire,   Warwickshire (5 titles)

Roll of honour

#	Team	Titles	Runners-Up	Years won	Years runners-up
1	Warwickshire	5	7	1968, 1969, 1973, 2006, 2021	2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
	Lancashire	5	2	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016	2007, 2009
3	London	3	4	2007, 2009, 2022	2010, 2012, 2016, 2021
	Kilkenny	3	0	2015, 2017, 2018	-
5	Scotland	2	2	2014, 2019	2006, 2015
6	Gloucestershire	1	0	2008	-
7	Hertfordshire	0	1	-	2013

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-Up		Venue
	County	Score	County	Score
2023	Warwickshire	1-18 (21) AET	London	1-15 (18)	Pairc na h'Eireann
2022	London	3-14 (23)	Warwickshire	3-08 (17)	McGovern Park, Pairc na h'Eireann
2021	Warwickshire	1-10, 2–13 (19)	London	0-13, 0-08 (8)	McGovern Park (Pairc na h'Eireann)
2020	No Championship
2019	Scotland	3–12 (21)	Warwickshire	3–11 (20)	Pairc na h'Eireann
2018	Kilkenny	6–12 (30)	Warwickshire	0–09 (9)	Pairc na h'Eireann
2017	Kilkenny	3–15 (24)	Warwickshire	1–06 (9)	Pairc na h'Eireann
2016	Lancashire	1–10 (13)	London	2–06 (12)
2015	Kilkenny	2-07 (13)	Scotland	0-08 (8)	Edinburgh
2014	Scotland	3–10 (19)	Warwickshire	2–07 (13)	Pairc na h'Eireann
2013	Lancashire	2-12 (18)	Hertfordshire	1-11 (14)
2012	Lancashire	2–10 (16)	London	0–10 (10)
2011	Lancashire	1–11 (14)	Warwickshire	0–04 (4)
2010	Lancashire	0-16 (16)	London	1-06 (9)
2009	London	2-06 (12)	Lancashire	0-10 (10)
2008	Gloucestershire	1-12 (15)	Warwickshire	0-06 (6)
2007	London	0-11 (11)	Lancashire	0-09 (9)
2006	Warwickshire		Scotland		Pairc na h'Eireann
1973	Warwickshire
1969	Warwickshire
1968	Warwickshire

References

1. "CLG na Breataine - súil siar agus ar aghaidh". Beo!. 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
2. "The All-Britain junior title race is on". 16 October 2019.

External links

• Britain.gaa.ie
• British GAA on Hoganstand.com
• London GAA site
• (archived 2015)
• (archived 2006)
• (archived 2016)