The Lancashire 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) or Lancashire 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...

 outside Ireland 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 North West of England

England

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 and the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

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. 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...

, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire GAA

The Gloucestershire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Gloucester GAA, is one of the county boards outside Ireland and is responsible for the running of Gaelic Games in the South West of England and South Wales...

, 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 Lancashire board oversees the Lancashire Junior Championship, The Lancashire Junior League, and the first and second division of the Pennine League.

Clubs

There are currently ten different clubs, a majority of which are based in Manchester

Manchester

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 and Liverpool

Liverpool

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. As of 2010, the nine clubs
participating are:

Name	Dominant Sport	Location	Pitch
Ellan Vannin Gaels	Football	Isle of Man	G.A.A Grounds, Douglas Douglas, Isle of Man right|thumb|250px|Douglas Promenade, which runs nearly the entire length of beachfront in Douglasright|thumb|250px|Sea terminal in DouglasDouglas is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Man, with a population of 26,218 people . It is located at the mouth of the River Douglas, and a sweeping...
Fullen Gaels Hurling	Hurling	Manchester	Hough Grounds
Cummann Lúthchleas Gael Séan Mistéid	Football	Liverpool	Greenbank
Oísín Cummann Lúthchleas Gael	Football	Manchester	Old Bedians
Naomh Ánna	Football	Manchester	Turn Moss
Naomh Bréanainn	Football	Manchester	Hough Grounds
Naomh Lawrence Na Piarsaigh	Football	Manchester	Turn Moss
Naomh Pádraig	Football	Chester Chester Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...	Blacon Avenue
Naomh Peader Cummann Lúthchleas Gael	Football	Manchester	Hough Grouds
Cumman Peile Uilf Toin Learpholl	Football	Liverpool	Wavertree Park

Executive Comitte

The Current Executive Committee consist of:

• Chairman - Paul Tolan
• Secretary - Peter Scanlon
• Treasurer - Sean Hopkins

The County have two representatives on the British Provincial Council Executive Committee, Tadhg Meehan (full time Secretary) and Damien Kerr (Treasurer) both of who are from the St Brendan's club.

Crest

The County Crest depicts amongst the religious signs of the Celtic Cross and Shamrock, the Red Rose of Lancashire and the Ship representing the voyage taken by all of those who have left Ireland to make Lancashire their home or place they are passing through. The Crest was designed by former County Secretary Seán Hackett in 2007.

Pitches

There are seven pitches in Lancashire:

• Chester University - St Patrick's
• Smithdown Road, Liverpool
  Smithdown Road, Liverpool
  Smithdown Road is a street in Liverpool, England, which forms part of the A562. It is the location of Toxteth Park Cemetery and Wavertree Playground. Penny Lane junction, the subject of The Beatles song Penny Lane, is situated at the junction of Smithdown Road, Smithdown Place and Penny Lane...
  
  - John Mitchell's
• Isle of Mann - Ellan Vanin Gaels
• Hough End - St Brendan's, St Peter's, Fullen Gaels
• Old Bedian's - Oisin's
• Turn Moss - St Ann's, St Lawrences
• Wavertree Park, Liverpool - Liverpool Wolfe Tones

Recent Results

Lancashire 0:16 --- London 1:6 (Junior Provincial)
Scotland 0:10 --- 4:12 Lancashire (Junior Provincial)