Britain GAA
| Formation | 1898 |
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| Type | Sports Organisation |
| Headquarters |
Páirc na hÉireann Catherine De Barnes Lane Solihull West Midlands United Kingdom B92 0DB Emerald GAA Grounds West End Road South Ruislip HA4 6QX London |
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Membership
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Assorted governing bodies and clubs |
| Website | http://britain.gaa.co.uk |
The British Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael na Breataine) or British GAA is the only provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Great Britain. The board is also responsible for the British Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football inter-county teams.
London compete in the National Hurling League in hurling, and in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (as part of Connacht) and National Football League in Gaelic football. Since the reorganisation of the hurling championships into 3 tiers, London now play in the tier 2 Christy Ring Cup while Warwickshire and Lancashire play in the tier 4 Lory Meagher Cup.
The British Council is responsible for the seven GAA counties of Britain: Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, London, Scotland, Warwickshire and Yorkshire. The GAA counties cover wider areas than their names suggest; the Hertfordshire County Board, for example, oversees clubs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire; Gloucestershire GAA reaches into South Wales, Warwickshire GAA includes Staffordshire and Birmingham, and so on. The most popular sport is Gaelic football and some clubs are dedicated only to that sport.
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