Hertfordshire GAA
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{{Short description|Gaelic games governing body in the UK}}
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{{Infobox Gaelic games county board
| name = Hertfordshire GAA
| province = Britain
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| dominant sport = Gaelic football
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|founded=1960|football champ=All-Ireland Junior Football Championship}}
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The Hertfordshire County Board or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the seven county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Great Britain, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Hertfordshire, England.
Clubs
File:Glen Rovers Hurling & Football Club, Watford 1.jpg, part of Hertfordshire GAA]]
Football
- Cambridge Parnells (Cambridge) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football{{cite web|url=http://cambridge.herts.gaa.ie/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710050737/http://cambridge.herts.gaa.ie/ |archive-date=2009-07-10 |title=Cambridge Parnells}}
- Claddagh Gaels (Luton) - Ladies' Gaelic football{{cite web|url=https://www.glohertslgfa.com/clubs/claddagh-gaels-luton/|title=Claddagh Gaels}}
- Éire Óg (Oxford) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football{{cite web|url=https://www.eireogoxford.co.uk/|title=Éire Óg}}
- Glen Rovers (Watford) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football{{cite web|url=https://glenroversgaa.co.uk/history/|title=Glen Rovers}}
- St Joseph's (Waltham Cross) - Ladies' Men's Gaelic football{{cite web|url=https://www.stjosephshertsgaa.com/|title=St Joseph's}}
- St Colmcille's (St Albans) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football
- St Vincent's (Luton) - Men's Gaelic football{{cite news|url=http://www.hertfordshiregaa.co.uk/news/st-vincents-gaa-luton-to-re-launch-underage-in-tim-24863/|title=Exciting times lie ahead|first=Ailish|last=Gaughan}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hertfordshiregaa.co.uk/news/st-vincents-gaelic-football-club-luton-are-launchi-25586/|title=St Vincent's Gaelic Football Club, Luton Are Launching Youth Teams|first=Ailish|last=Gaughan}}
- St Dympna's (Luton) - Men's Gaelic football{{cite web | url=http://www.hertfordshiregaa.co.uk/page/club--community/our-clubs/st-dympnas-luton-4602/ | title=Club & Community - Our Clubs - St Dympnas Luton }}
Hurling
- St Declan's (amalgamation of all clubs) - competes at hurling in the Warwickshire region{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Frank |date=22 November 2014 |title=Hertfordshire hurling team St Declans hoping to end great first year with national title |work=Watford Observer |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/11616621.hertfordshire-hurling-team-st-declans-hoping-to-end-great-first-year-with-national-title/}}
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.{{fact|date=July 2025}} 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,{{fact|date=July 2025}} 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.{{fact|date=July 2025}}
Football
=Clubs=
{{further|List of Gaelic games clubs outside Ireland#Hertfordshire}}
Clubs contest the Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship. Éire Óg 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 (Tier 3 of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship).
==Honours==
- All-Britain Junior Football Championship
- Runners-Up (1): 2013
Hurling
=Clubs=
{{further|List of Gaelic games clubs outside Ireland#Hertfordshire}}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 (2): 1970, 1971
Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="background:green;color:yellow" | Year
! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Winner ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Score ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Opponent ! style="background:green;color:yellow" | Score |
|---|
| 2022
|Éire Óg |1-11 |St Joseph’s |0-08 |
| 2021
| St Joseph's | 2-06 | Éire Óg | 1-05 |
| 2020
| Éire Óg | 2-07 | St Dympna's | 1-06 |
| 2019
| Éire Óg | 4-07 | St Colmcille's | 1-08 |
| 2018
| Éire Óg | 1-11 | St Colmcille's | 0-08 |
| 2017
| St Colmcille's | 2-08 | Éire Óg | 1-06 |
| 2016
| St Colmcille's | 2-12 | St Dympna's | 2-04 |
| 2015
| Glen Rovers | 4-10 | St Dympna's | 1-05 |
| 2014
| Éire Óg | | Glen Rovers | |
| 2013
| Glen Rovers | | St Dympna's | |
| 2012
| Not played. | | | |
| 2011
| Glen Rovers | | | |
| 2010
| Glen Rovers | 1-08, 3-07 (R) | St Dympna's | 1-08, 2-09 (R) |
| 2009
| Cambridge Parnells | | | |
| 2008
| St Dympna's | | | |
| 2007
| Cambridge Parnells | 2-9 | St Colmcille's | 0-6 |
| 2006
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 2005
| St Dympna's | | St Colmcille's | |
| 2004
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 2003
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 2002
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 2000
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 1999
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 1998
| St Colmcille's | | | |
| 1991
| Éire Óg | 1-10 | Dr Crokes | 2-06 |
| 1965
| St Colmcille's | | | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.hertfordshiregaa.co.uk/ Hertfordshire GAA Website]
{{Gaelic games in Britain}}
{{GAA bodies}}
Category:Gaelic games governing bodies in the United Kingdom