Hertfordshire GAA

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Gaelic games governing body in the UK

Hertfordshire GAAFounded:| 1960

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Province:| Britain
Dominant sport:| Gaelic football
County colours:|   Green   Yellow
County teams
Football Championship:| All-Ireland Junior Football Championship

Regular kit

Hertfordshire within England

The Hertfordshire County Board or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the seven county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Great Britain, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Hertfordshire, England.

## Clubs

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Glen Rovers Hurling & Football Club, Watford, part of Hertfordshire GAA

Football

* Cambridge Parnells (Cambridge) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football[1]
* Claddagh Gaels (Luton) - Ladies' Gaelic football[2]
* Éire Óg (Oxford) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football[3]
* Glen Rovers (Watford) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football[4]
* St Joseph's (Waltham Cross) - Ladies' Men's Gaelic football[5]
* St Colmcille's (St Albans) - Ladies' and Men's Gaelic football
* St Vincent's (Luton) - Men's Gaelic football[6][7]
* St Dympna's (Luton) - Men's Gaelic football[8]

Hurling

* St Declan's (amalgamation of all clubs) - competes at hurling in the Warwickshire region[9]

## History

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The county board was created in 1960 when it was deemed that the number of clubs in the region north of London supported a separate league. The area is not in fact just Hertfordshire but encompasses Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.

Hertfordshire is among the weakest of the British GAA counties, and has been affected by the general trend of reduced emigration from Ireland to the UK since the 1980s.[citation needed] A number of Hertfordshire's original clubs have folded – including the Milton Keynes-based team, Erin Go Bragh, in 2005. However, the youth sections of the county have proven to be promising and,[citation needed] in 2018, the Hertfordshire under-14s won the Féile Peile na nÓg in County Meath, and followed this by winning a shield competition in Connacht in 2019.[citation needed]

## Football

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### Clubs

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Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs outside Ireland § Hertfordshire

Clubs contest the Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship. Éire Óg are the current title holders. Each year the winners represent the county in the All-Britain Junior Club Football Championship.

### County Team

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Hertfordshire county football team currently competes in the All-Britain Junior Football Championship which is part of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3 of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship).

#### Honours

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* All-Britain Junior Football Championship
* Runners-Up (1): 2013

## Hurling

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### Clubs

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Further information: List of Gaelic games clubs outside Ireland § Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire has no hurling championship and currently only has one hurling club, St. Declan’s. They compete in the Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship.

### County Team

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Hertfordshire currently does not field a county hurling team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

#### Honours

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* All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
* Runners-Up (2): 1970, 1971

## Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship

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Year  | Winner  | Score  | Opponent  | Score

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2022  | Éire Óg  | 1-11  | St Joseph’s  | 0-08
2021  | St Joseph's  | 2-06  | Éire Óg  | 1-05
2020  | Éire Óg  | 2-07  | St Dympna's  | 1-06
2019  | Éire Óg  | 4-07  | St Colmcille's  | 1-08
2018  | Éire Óg  | 1-11  | St Colmcille's  | 0-08
2017  | St Colmcille's  | 2-08  | Éire Óg  | 1-06
2016  | St Colmcille's  | 2-12  | St Dympna's  | 2-04
2015  | Glen Rovers  | 4-10  | St Dympna's  | 1-05
2014  | Éire Óg  |  | Glen Rovers  |
2013  | Glen Rovers  |  | St Dympna's  |
2012  | Not played.  |  |  |
2011  | Glen Rovers  |  |  |
2010  | Glen Rovers  | 1-08, 3-07 (R)  | St Dympna's  | 1-08, 2-09 (R)
2009  | Cambridge Parnells  |  |  |
2008  | St Dympna's  |  |  |
2007  | Cambridge Parnells  | 2-9  | St Colmcille's  | 0-6
2006  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
2005  | St Dympna's  |  | St Colmcille's  |
2004  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
2003  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
2002  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
2000  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
1999  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
1998  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |
1991  | Éire Óg  | 1-10  | Dr Crokes  | 2-06
1965  | St Colmcille's  |  |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Cambridge Parnells". Archived from the original on 10 July 2009.
2. ^ "Claddagh Gaels".
3. ^ "Éire Óg".
4. ^ "Glen Rovers".
5. ^ "St Joseph's".
6. ^ Gaughan, Ailish. "Exciting times lie ahead".
7. ^ Gaughan, Ailish. "St Vincent's Gaelic Football Club, Luton Are Launching Youth Teams".
8. ^ "Club & Community - Our Clubs - St Dympnas Luton".
9. ^ Smith, Frank (22 November 2014). "Hertfordshire hurling team St Declans hoping to end great first year with national title". Watford Observer.

## External links

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* Hertfordshire GAA Website

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