London senior football team
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| Irish: | Londain | |
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| Province: | Britain | |
| Nickname(s): | The Exiles | |
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| Ground(s): |
McGovern Park, Ruislip, Oxley Park, Watford |
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| Dominant sport: | Dual county | |
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| NFL: | Division 4 | |
| NHL: | Division 2A | |
| Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup | |
| Hurling Championship: | Christy Ring Cup | |
| Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup | |
| Camogie: | Máire Ní Chinnéide Cup | |
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The London County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Londain) or London GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in London. The county board is also responsible for the London inter-county teams.
London compete in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship on an annual basis, the only English based team to do so. They play in the Connacht provincial championship.
In hurling, London have competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, but having been relegated during the preliminary group stage of the Leinster Championship in the 2014 season, they currently play in the second tier Christy Ring Cup.
London played in three hurling and five football All Ireland finals in the early 1900s when the All-Ireland and All-Britain champions were paired in the final. London won the hurling All-Ireland in 1901, defeating Cork by 1-5 to 0-4. The experiment was abandoned after 1908. Tim Doody, a native of Tournafulla Co Limerick, played in both All Ireland Finals, with London, on the same day in 1901, a record unlikely to be broken anytime soon. The early London teams of that era drew strongly on immigrants from the Cork area in particular. Sam Maguire, who captained many of the teams, came from Dunmanway. The GAA later named the All-Ireland Football Championship's trophy in his honour.
London played the first ever recorded composite rules shinty–hurling match with London Camanachd in 1896.
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