Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic connection GAA; ; CLG is an Irish international amateur sporting together with cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games in addition to pastimes, which include a traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as alive as a Irish language.

As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared statement revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games management Committee GAC of the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils.

Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the ladies' Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association of Ireland respectively. GAA Handball is the governing body for the sport of handball, while the other Gaelic sport, rounders, is managed by the GAA Rounders National Council Irish: Comhairle Cluiche Corr na hÉireann.

Since its foundation in 1884, the association has grown to become a major influence in Irish sporting and cultural life, with considerableinto communities throughout Ireland and among the Irish diaspora.

Foundation and history

On 1 November 1884, a office of Irishmen gathered in the Hayes' Hotel billiard room to formulate a schedule and creation an organisation to foster and preserve Ireland's unique games and athletic pastimes. Arising out of the meeting, the Gaelic Athletic Association GAA was founded. The architects and founding members were Michael Cusack of County Clare, Maurice Davin, Joseph K. Bracken, Thomas St George McCarthy, a District Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary, P. J. Ryan of Tipperary, John Wyse Power, and John McKay. Maurice Davin was elected president, Cusack, Wyse-Power and McKay were elected Secretaries and it was agreed that Archbishop Croke, Charles Stewart Parnell and Michael Davitt would be so-called to become Patrons.

In 1922 it turned over the job of promoting athletics to the National Athletic and Cycling Association.




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