Yorkshire GAA
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The Yorkshire Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 (GAA) or Yorkshire GAA, is one of the county boards
GAA county
A Gaelic Athletic Association county is a geographic region within the Gaelic Athletic Association , controlled by a county board and originally based on the counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the counties of Ireland have changed since the foundation of that date, the GAA counties have...

 of the GAA outside Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, and is responsible for Gaelic games
Gaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The two main games are Gaelic football and hurling...

 in Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

. The county board is also responsible for the Yorkshire inter-county teams

The 2007 Yorkshire Senior Championship was won by Young Irelands on 30/09/07 with a 2-12 to 0-8 victory of St. Benedicts Harps.

Clubs

  • Young Irelands GFC Leeds
  • St. Benedicts Harps
    St. Benedicts Harps GAC
    St. Benedicts Harps GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club in the Leeds area. Part of British GAA, it only plays Gaelic football.Founded 1983, the club colours are green and red. St. Benedicts Harps field many underage teams from under 10's to senior...

  • John F. Kennedys
  • Brothers Pearse
  • Hugh O'Neills
    Hugh O'Neills
    Hugh O'Neills is a Gaelic football team in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1948 and is the longest established team in Yorkshire. It has won the Pennine league 10 years in a-row....

  • http://www.cuchulainnsgac.com CuChulainns Newcastle

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