British GAA
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The British Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael An Breataine, thus including the genetice case) or British GAA is one of the provincial councils of the Gaelic Athletic Association outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in Great Britain. The board is also responsible for the British Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.
London compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (as part of Ulster) and NHL in hurling, and in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (as part of Connacht) and NFL in Gaelic football. Since the reorganisation of the hurling championships into 3 tiers, London now play in the tier 2 Christy Ring Cup, while Warwickshire enter the tier 3 Nicky Rackard Cup.
The British Council is a provincial council and is responsible for the 7 counties of Britain
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
| British Gaelic Athletic Association counties and Provincial council | ||
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| Provincial council
British Provincial council |
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| Counties
Gloucestershire- Hertfordshire- Lancashire- London- Scotland- Warwickshire- Yorkshire |
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| Gaelic Athletic Association | ||
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| National Football League | ||
| Division 1 | A |
Cork | Donegal | Dublin | Fermanagh | Kerry | Limerick| Mayo | Tyrone |
| B |
Armagh | Derry | Down | Galway | Kildare | Laois | Louth | Westmeath |
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| Division 2 | A |
Carlow | Clare | Leitrim | London | Longford | Monaghan| Offaly | Roscommon |
| B |
Antrim | Cavan | Meath | Sligo | Tipperary | Wexford| Waterford | Wicklow |
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| National Hurling League | ||
| Division 1 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 2 | A | |
| B | ||
| Division 3 | A | |
| B | ||
| Connacht | Leinster | Munster | Ulster | Third level | ||
