Hertfordshire GAA

Province:

Britain

Nickname(s):

Herts

County colours:

Green and Yellow

Dominant sport:

Gaelic football

Standard kit

Regular kit

Hertfordshire within England

The Hertfordshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Hertfordshire. The county board is also responsible for the Hertfordshire inter-county teams.

Clubs

Cambridge Parnells
St Joseph's (Waltham Cross)
St Colmcilles (St. Albans)
St. Vincent's (Luton)
Erin Gaels (Luton)
St Dympnas (Luton)
Éire Óg (Oxford)
Glen Rovers (Watford)
Eoghan Ruadh (Luton) - competes in London GAA region in Hurling
Luton Shamrocks - underage

Additionally there are three University teams in the region:

History

The County board was created in 1960 when it was deemed that the number of clubs in the region north of London supported a separate league. The area is not in fact just Hertfordshire but encompasses Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.

Present Day

Hertfordshire is probably among the weakest of the British counties as a result of the small number of large population centres in the region it serves. It has further been affected by the general trend of reduced emigration from Ireland to the UK since the 1980s. As a result, a number of the original clubs have folded – including the Milton Keynes-based team Erin Go Bragh in 2005. However, a resurgence may be under way. The youth sections of all clubs are very healthy while in 2006 a new Cambridge-based team joined the league.

County Board 2010

The current County Board is as follows:

Hon. President: Bob Canty, St. Colmcilles GFC
Chairperson: John Gormley, Glen Rovers GFC
Secretary:Aaron O'Byrne, St. Colmcilles GFC
Treasurer:Greg Treanor, Cambridge Paranells GFC
Development: Martin McManamon, Glen Rovers GFC
Youth Officer: Diarmuid Walsh, Glen Rovers GFC
Provincial Council Delegates: Willie Joyce and Bob Canty
P.R.O.: Damien Maloney

External links

Hertfordshire GAA Website

Counties of the British GAA

Counties	Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire

Higher Education	British Universities

Governing bodies of the Gaelic Athletic Association

GAA Provinces and Counties

Provincial councils	Connacht Council Leinster Council Munster Council Ulster Council British Council

Counties of Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo

Counties of Leinster	Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Counties of Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford

Counties of Ulster	Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone

Counties of Britain	Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire

Other counties	Asian Australasia Canadian Europe New York North American (USA excluding New York)

Non-county bodies	Annual Congress Féile na nGael Higher Education Games Administration Committee Scór

Associated bodies	GAA Handball Camogie Association Ladies' Gaelic Football Association Irish Collegiate Handball Association

Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association

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