London GAA

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For more details see the London Senior Hurling Championship and the London Senior Football Championship

London GAA

Irish:

Londain

Province:

N/A Special County

Nickname:

The Exiles

County Colours:

Green, navy and white

Grounds:

Emerald GAA Grounds, Ruislip

Dominant Sport:

Dual County

NFL:

Division 2

NHL:

Division 2

Football Championship:

Sam Maguire Cup

Hurling Championship:

Christy Ring Cup

Ladies' Gaelic football:

Brendan Martin Cup

Camogie:

O'Duffy Cup





Standard colours

The London County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Londáin) or London GAA is responsible for Gaelic Games in London. The county board is also responsible for the London inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.

1 History
2 Gaelic football
- 2.1 Honours
3 Notable former players
4 Hurling
- 4.1 Honours
5 Ladies' Gaelic football
- 5.1 Honours
6 External links

[edit] History

London played in three hurling and five football All Ireland finals in the early 1900s when the All-Ireland and All-Britain champions were paired in the final. London won the hurling All-Ireland in 1901, defeating Cork by 1-5 to 0-4. The experiment was abandoned after 1908. The early London teams of that era drew strongly on immigrants from the Cork area in particular. Sam Maguire, who captained many of the teams, came from Dunmanway. The GAA later dedicated the All-Ireland football cup to his honour.

[edit] Gaelic football

London entered the National Football League in 1993 and was initially fairly successful with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses in their first campaign and the renewed effort coincided with a drive to establish the games in schools. London now fields its second team in the British Junior football and hurling Championships. Their first football team have competed in the Connacht Championship since 1975, but claim only one win in 21 years: a 0-9 to 0-6 defeat of Leitrim in 1977. After going down by 9-19 to 1-10 against Roscommon in 1980 they staged matches at home in Ruislip and came close to victory against Leitrim in 1987, Sligo in 1988 and Roscommon in 2005. Among their footballers was Brian Grealish, whose brother Tony played soccer for the Republic of Ireland.

[edit] Honours

All-Ireland Intermediate Football Championships: 2
- 1967, 1968

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Hurling

London have a strong hurling tradition, and besides their All-Ireland win in 1901 they also won three B All-Irelands in the last twenty years, and claim consistently good results in the National Hurling League. As a mid-table Division 2 side, London are actually placed above half the counties of Ireland, in strong contrast to their role as "whipping boys" in football. The Exiles also won the inaugural Nicky Rackard Cup in 2005, defeating Louth's hurlers by 15 points in the final.

In the 1973 All-Ireland hurling championship a London team that included six Galwaymen beat Galway by 4-7 to 3-5 in the All-Ireland quarter-final at Ballinasloe. Galwaymen Frank Canning and Lennie Burke scored three of the goals against their old county!

[edit] Honours

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships: 1
- 1901
All-Ireland Senior "B" Hurling Championships: 3
- 1987, 1990, 1995
All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 6
- 1986
All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championships: 5
- 1963

[edit] Ladies' Gaelic football

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[edit] Honours

All-Ireland Ladies' Junior Football Championships: 1
- 1993

[edit] External links

Gaelic Athletic Association (2006)
National Football League
Division 1	A	Cork \| Dublin \| Fermanagh \| Kerry \| Mayo \| Monaghan \| Offaly \| Tyrone
Division 1	B	Armagh \| Derry \| Down \| Galway \| Kildare \| Laois \| Meath \| Wexford
Division 2	A	Carlow \| Clare \| Donegal \| Leitrim \| London \| Longford \| Roscommon \| Westmeath
Division 2	B	Antrim \| Cavan \| Limerick \| Louth \| Sligo \| Tipperary \| Waterford \| Wicklow
National Hurling League
Division 1	A	Clare \| Cork \| Down \| Offaly \| Waterford \| Wexford
Division 1	B	Antrim \| Galway \| Kilkenny \| Laois \| Limerick \| Tipperary
Division 2	A	Carlow \| Derry \| Dublin \| Meath \| Roscommon \| Wicklow
Division 2	B	Kerry \| Kildare \| London \| Mayo \| Westmeath
Division 3	A	Donegal \| Leitrim \| Louth \| Monaghan \| Sligo
Division 3	B	Armagh \| Cavan \| Fermanagh \| Longford \| Tyrone
Connacht \| Leinster \| Munster \| Ulster \| Third level

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship - Christy Ring Cup (2006)
Antrim \| Carlow \| Down \| Kerry \| Kildare \| London \| Mayo \| Meath \| Roscommon \| Wicklow
Liam McCarthy Cup (Tier 1) - Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2) - Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)