Hertfordshire GAA


The Hertfordshire County Board or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the seven county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association in Great Britain, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Hertfordshire, England.

Clubs

Football
  • Cambridge Parnells - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football
  • Claddagh Gaels - Ladies' Gaelic football
  • Éire Óg - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football
  • Glen Rovers - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football
  • St Joseph's - Ladies' Men's Gaelic football
  • St Colmcille's - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football
  • St Vincent's - Men's Gaelic football
  • St Dympna's - Men's Gaelic football
  • St Anthony's - Men's Gaelic Football
Hurling
  • St Declan's - competes at hurling in the Warwickshire 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.
Hertfordshire is among the weakest of the British GAA counties, and has been affected by the general trend of reduced emigration from Ireland to the UK since the 1980s. A number of Hertfordshire's original clubs have folded – including the Milton Keynes-based team, Erin Go Bragh, in 2005. However, the youth sections of the county have proven to be promising and, in 2018, the Hertfordshire under-14s won the Féile Peile na nÓg in County Meath, and followed this by winning a shield competition in Connacht in 2019.

Football

Clubs

Clubs contest the Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship. St Joseph’s are the current title holders. Each year the winners represent the county in the All-Britain Junior Club Football Championship.

County Team

Hertfordshire county football team currently competes in the All-Britain Junior Football Championship which is part of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.

Honours

All-Britain Junior Football Championship
  • * Runners-Up : 2013

Hurling

Clubs

Hertfordshire has no hurling championship and currently only has one hurling club, St. Declan’s. They compete in the Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship.

County Team

Hertfordshire currently does not field a county hurling team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Honours

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
  • * Runners-Up : 1970, 1971