Irish Cúige Uladh Number of counties 9 Hurling none | Location North Province colours Gold and black | |
Major grounds Casement Park, BelfastSt. Tiernach's Park, Clones | ||
The Ulster Council (Irish: Comhairle Uladh) is a Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, and handball in the province of Ulster. The headquarters of the Ulster GAA is based in Armagh City.
Contents
- County teams
- Gaelic football
- All time top Ulster scorers
- All time top Ulster goalscorers
- Hurling
- Camogie Gael Linn Cup
- Camogie Gael Linn Trophy
- References
The first Ulster GAA Convention was held on 22 March 1903 in Armagh. Belfast solicitor George Martin was elected as first President with L.F. O’Kane (Derry) as first Secretary. Victor O’Nolan (Tyrone), the father of writer Flann O'Brien was elected Vice-President. Danny Murphy (Down) has been Ulster Council Secretary and Chief Executive Office since 1998. Danny is a former Vice President of the GAA and President of Ulster GAA. On 4 July 2012 Danny was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Services to Sport and Community Relations.
County teams
Gaelic football
Competitions
All-time top Ulster scorers
As of 3 June 2008 according to the BBC.
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All-time top Ulster goalscorers
As of 15 June 2008 according to the Sunday Tribune.
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Hurling
Ulster has always been the weakest of the provinces in hurling terms, possibly due to the difference between the hurling promulgated by the early Gaelic Athletic Association and the "commons" game played in Ulster. The Ulster hurling team have only won four Railway Cup semi-final games in their history (1945, 1992, 1993 and 1995), they however lost in each of those Railway Cup deciders.
There have been some successes over the years, mostly by Antrim teams:
Competitions
Camogie Gael Linn Cup
The Ulster camogie team won the premier representative competition in the women’s team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup on two occasions (click on year for teams) in.1967 and 2007,
Camogie Gael Linn Trophy
The Ulster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on eight occasions (click on year for teams) in 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000 and 2002,