GAA county

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A GAA county or County board is a geographic region of control within the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884, and administered by a county board. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties remain unchanged. Each county board is responsible for organising GAA club fixtures within the county and the promotion and development of Gaelic games.

The counties of Ireland, coloured by which gaelic game is popular. Yellow indicates a football county, blue a hurling county and green a "dual county", where both sports have considerable support.

The GAA county can also refer to the inter-county team fielded by each county board.

Since the inception of the county system, there have been changes to the region of control of the overseas units. In Ireland the concept of the county is very strong and changing the county boundary is extremely controversial. A proposal to divide Dublin in two was quickly and strongly opposed. ^[1]

[edit] GAA Counties overseas

GAA Counties outside Ireland large geographic non traditional areas may be considered as counties such as Scotland is a county for GAA purposes, while the remaining counties of Britain cover wider areas than their names suggest. For example the Hertfordshire County Board oversees clubs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire.

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^ Whelan slams Dublin split (english). Retrieved on 2006-12-22.

v • d • e Gaelic Athletic Association governing bodies

Irish Provincial councils	Connacht Council • Leinster Council • Munster Council • Ulster 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 the British Provincial council	Gloucestershire • Hertfordshire • Lancashire • London • Scotland • Warwickshire • Yorkshire

Counties of other regions	Australasia • Canada • Europe • New York • North America (USA excluding New York)

Non county bodies	Camogie Association of Ireland • Féile na nGael • Higher Education GAA • Irish Collegiate Handball Association • Games Administration Committee • Ladies' Gaelic Football Association