Founded: 1920s Nickname: Lancs | County: Britain Colours: Yellow, blue and white | |
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Grounds: Old Bedians, East Didsbury | ||
The Lancashire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Lancasír), 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 on the Isle of Man. With Scotland, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, London and Yorkshire, 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.
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The current Executive Committee consists of a chair, secretary and treasurer, and the County has two representatives on the British Provincial Council Executive Committee.
The County crest depicts the Celtic cross and shamrock, the red rose of Lancashire and a ship representing the voyage taken by all of those who have left Ireland to make Lancashire their home or the place they are passing through. The crest was designed by former County Secretary Seán Hackett in 2007.
Clubs
There are ten affiliated clubs, a majority of which are based in Manchester and Liverpool. As of 2010, the clubs participating were:
Gaelic football
Football is the dominant sport in Lancashire GAA. The county featured in four successive All-Britain Junior Football Championships, losing the 2009 final but winning in 2010, 2011 (Lancashire 1-11, Warwickshire 0-04) and 2012 (Lancashire 2-10, London 0-10). In 2010 and 2011 Lancashire reached the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship, losing to Kerry GAA in 2010 and to Kildare in 2011.
Honours
Hurling
Lancashire competed in the Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 4 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship) for the first time in 2015.
Facilities
There are seven pitches in Lancashire:
Two clubs from outside Lancashire play in Lancashire competitions also: