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Pages in category "Lists related to counties of Ireland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Counties as used in Gaelic games outside Ireland cover large geographic non-traditional areas which are not considered as counties in any other context. For example, Scotland is a county for GAA purposes, as is London , while the remaining counties of Great Britain cover wider areas than their names suggest.
This is category for Gaelic games by county, i.e. the unit used within the sports. While the area under the administration of some of these county boards are similar to the areas of the counties of Ireland, others are dissimilar. Others still, e.g. London, may not be widely recognised as counties at all, being extraterritorial.
The following article provides a list of Gaelic games governing bodies, county boards and associations around the world. The principal governing body is the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The two dominant sports of the Gaelic games are traditionally played in separate regions of Ireland .
The counties of Ireland (Irish: Contaetha na hÉireann) are historic administrative divisions of the island.They began as Norman structures, and as the powers exercised by the Cambro-Norman barons and the Old English nobility waned over time, new offices of political control came to be established at a county level.
All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship (defunct) - Knockout competition for second teams of senior counties; Munster Senior Hurling League – Preseason competition for Munster counties. Walsh Cup – Preseason competition for tier 1 Leinster counties plus Galway and Antrim. Kehoe Cup – Preseason competition for tier 2 Leinster counties.
This is a list of nicknames for the traditional counties of Ireland and their inhabitants. The nicknames are mainly used with reference to the county's representative team in gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). A few of the names are quite old and well-known; most are recent coinages mainly used by journalists.
This is a list of the counties of Ireland ordered by area. Counties in the Republic of Ireland are shown in normal type, while those in Northern Ireland are listed in italic type. The 32 traditional counties of Ireland