The Gloucestershire County 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) (Irish: Cummann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Gloucester) or Gloucester GAA, is one of the county boards 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 the running of 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 the South West of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and South Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. With Scotland

Scotland GAA

The Scotland Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Scotland GAA is one of the county boards of the GAA outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Scotland. The county board is also responsible for the Scottish inter-county teams...

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire GAA

The Warwickshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Warwickshire. The county board is also responsible for the Warwickshire inter-county teams-Hurling:In 2005 Warwickshire fielded a hurling team in...

, Lancashire

Lancashire GAA

The Lancashire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Lancashire GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland and is responsible for the running of Gaelic Games in the North West of England and the Isle of Man. With Scotland, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, London and...

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire GAA

The Hertfordshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Hertfordshire...

, London

London GAA

The London County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or London GAA is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in London...

 and Yorkshire

Yorkshire GAA

The Yorkshire Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Yorkshire GAA, is one of the county boards of the GAA outside Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Yorkshire. The county board is also responsible for the Yorkshire inter-county teams...

, the board makes up the British Provincial Board.

The Gloucestershire board oversees the Gaelic Football League and Championship of Gloucestershire. The County Board has been in existence since 1959 and in 2008 Gloucestershire won the British Junior Football Championship for the first time defeating Warwickshire in the final in Cardiff on a scoreline of 1-12 (15) to 0-06.