Hertfordshire GAA
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| Irish: | Contae Hertford |
|---|---|
| Founded: | 1960 |
| Province: | Britain |
| Ground(s): | Radlett Road Playing Fields, Watford |
| County colours: | Gold Green |
| County teams | |
| Football Championship: | All-Ireland Junior Football Championship |
The Hertfordshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), known as Hertfordshire GAA, is one of the seven county boards outside of Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in South East England outside of London. The county board is also responsible for the Hertfordshire county teams. With Gloucestershire, Lancashire, London, Scotland, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire, the board makes up the British Provincial Board.
History
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. 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, 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.
Football
Clubs
Clubs contest the Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship. St Joseph’s are the current title holders. Each year the winners represent the county in the All-Britain Junior Club Football Championship.
| Club name | Teams | Location | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cambridge Parnells |
Men's - Senior
Ladies' - Senior |
Cambridge | Coldhams Common |
 Claddagh Gaels |
Ladies' - Senior | Luton | Sundon Park |
 Éire Óg |
Men's - Senior
Ladies' - Senior |
Oxford | Horspath Sports Ground |
 Glen Rovers |
Men's - Senior
Ladies' - Senior |
Watford | Radlett Road Playing Fields |
 St Anthonys |
Men's - Senior | Reading | Kingsmeadow |
 St Cedds |
Men's - Training | Chelmsford | - |
 St Colmcilles |
Men's - Senior
Ladies' - Senior |
St Albans | Shenley Lane Playing Fields |
| St Dympnas |
Men's - Senior | Luton | Sundon Park |
| St Josephs |
Men's - Senior
Ladies' - Senior |
Waltham Cross | Capel Manor Gardens |
| St Vincents |
Men's - Senior | Luton | Stockwood Park |
Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship winners
- 1998 St Colmcilles
- 1999 St Colmcilles
- 2000
- 2001 St Colmcilles
- 2002 St Colmcilles
- 2003 St Colmcilles
- 2004 St Colmcilles
- 2005 St Dympnas
- 2006 St Colmcilles
- 2007 Cambridge Parnells
- 2008 St Dympnas
- 2009 Cambridge Parnells
- 2010 Glen Rovers
- 2011 Glen Rovers
- 2012 not played
- 2013 Glen Rovers
- 2014 Éire Óg
- 2015 Glen Rovers
- 2016 St Colmcilles
- 2017 St Colmcilles
- 2018 Éire Óg
- 2019 Éire Óg
- 2020 Éire Óg
- 2021 St Josephs
- 2022 Éire Óg
- 2023 Éire Óg
- 2024 St Josephs
- 2025 St Josephs
Roll of honour
- 9 - St Colmcilles
- 6 - Éire Óg
- 4 - Glen Rovers
- 3 - St Josephs
- 2 - St Dympnas, Cambridge Parnells
County team
Hertfordshire fields a men's county team in the All-Britain Junior Football Championship and a ladies' county team in the Britain LGFA Junior Championship. The Hertfordshire men have not won the All-Britain since the tournament was restructured in 2022, and so have not yet competed in the new format of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship.
Honours
- Men's
- All-Britain Junior Football Championship
Winners (3): 1965, 1972, 2000
Runners-Up: 2013
- All-Britain Junior Football Championship
Hurling and camogie
Clubs
Hertfordshire currently only has one hurling club, St Declans, which competes in the Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship.[1]
| Club name | Teams | Location |
|---|---|---|
| St Declans |
Hurling - Senior | Various - countywide |
County team
Hertfordshire currently does not field a county hurling team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Honours
- Hurling
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
- Runners-Up (2): 1970, 1971
- All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
References
- ↑ Smith, Frank (22 November 2014). "Hertfordshire hurling team St Declans hoping to end great first year with national title". Watford Observer.