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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.
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 respectively. 1892: The rules of hurling and football were altered: Goals were made equal to five points and teams were reduced from 21 to 17-a-side.
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.
Each year on Labor Day weekend, the USGAA holds a championship between the clubs in all U.S. cities where there are GAA-affiliated clubs (except for New York city). Playoffs are held between the Gaelic football, hurling and camogie champions of the different regions in the United States, to determine the USGAA champions. Play off locations:
[1] Common abbreviations used in club names are: CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta; CLG: Cumann Lútchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club, or Gaelic Athletic Association) CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club) GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (now often used for individual clubs)
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.
Davin was born in Carrick-on-Suir, the son of John Davin and Bridget Davin [1] and the eldest of 4 athlete brothers [2] He became an extremely talented athlete and achieved international fame in the 1870s when he held numerous world records for running, hurdling, jumping and weight-throwing.