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The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael [ˈkʊmˠən̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠuːˌçlʲasˠ ˈɡeːlˠ]; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, [1] which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and GAA rounders.
1884: The Gaelic Athletic Association was founded on 1 November (Samhain: according to legend the day the Fianna fell from power) at Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary. 1886: Wexford County Board became the first GAA county organisation in the country. 1887: Tipperary and Limerick won the first All-Ireland Hurling and Football Finals ...
Michael Cusacks's Sydney GAA Club was founded in 1988 by a group of Clare men and was named in honour of the man from Carran. [19] Chicago Michael Cusack Hurling Club is a GAA club consisting entirely of American-born players founded in 2008. [20]
The GAA was established in Hayes Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary on 1 November 1884 to foster and preserve Ireland's unique games and athletic pastimes. [1] In an address to the Association, Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald stated "During this hundred years, the association has made a profound contribution to Ireland.
The Continental Youth Championship (CYC) began in 2004, hosted by the New York GAA. This is an annual weekend tournament that takes place in various cities from year to year. The most recent CYC was held in August 2018, contested in Canton, Massachusetts, and hosted by the Boston GAA. [6]
Páirc na nGael was opened on Sunday, December 7, 2008 by GAA President Nickey Brennan prior to the Vodafone GAA All-Star football game starring the top inter-county Gaelic footballers in Ireland. It contains three regulation sized Gaelic fields for hurling and football spanning 13 acres (53,000 m 2 ) covering the space of three city blocks.
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In endorsing the 1884 founding of the GAA, its patron Michael Davitt called for a modern revival of the ancient Tailteann Games. [1] In January 1888 the annual GAA Congress was held in an atmosphere of optimism after the successful organisation of the 1887 All-Ireland Hurling and All-Ireland Football Championships and a détente between factions for and against the Irish Republican Brotherhood ...