Gaelic Football in London

Gaelic Football in London

Playing gaelic football in London has been around since the inception of the GAA itself, and although the London Gaelic Football team has never won an All-Ireland title, the sport itself is alive and well in the English capital. As you can imagine the London Gaelic football team is made up of players from all over Ireland who base themselves in London and the players selected for the London Gaelic football squad are chosen from the many clubs right across London - there are approximately 26 Gaelic Football clubs in London at the present time, although there were many more in years gone by.

London Gaelic Football clubs are divided into 3 league divisions and into 3 championship groups; Senior, Intermediate, and Junior. Usually one or two teams get relegated or promoted from each group/division each year.

Below is a list of some of the better Gaelic football clubs in London:

Cuchulainns Gaelic Football & Hurling Club
Harlesdon Harps Gaelic Football Club
St Brendan's Gaelic Football Club
Tir Conaill Gaels Gaelic Football Club

If you need information on joining the Cuchulainns London Gaelic Football club just click through the link above.

The top London Gaelic Football clubs have given some of the top clubs back home a run for their money in the All-Ireland club championships over the years and the future of Gaelic Football clubs in London is therefore still very solid, despite the decline in the number of actual gaelic football clubs in London as a whole. This just means that the London gaelic football clubs that remain are even stronger than before due to the amalgamation of clubs in recent years.

So if you're looking to play gaelic football in London, I think you'll have plenty of choice and enjoyment as well as competition for the duration of your stay here. And the Cuchulainns Gaelic Football & Hurling club are one that will always make you feel welcome, no matter what part of Ireland you're from. So come and join us at the Cuchulainns!

All Ireland Hurling Roll of Honour

The All-Ireland hurling championships have been running since 1887 when Tipperary became the first winners of the All-Ireland Hurling title beating Galway by 1-1 to no score. As you can gather from that scoreline, high scoring was not a regular occurence in the early days of the GAA, neither in hurling nor gaelic football.

Since the inception of the All-Ireland Hurling championships there have been three counties that have dominated and, therefore, have many more All-Ireland Hurling titles to their name than the rest of Ireland - these three counties are commonly referred to as the 3 traditional hurling counties and they are Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary.

In the early days from 1887 to 1900, Cork and Tipperary dominated to a large extent winning several titles between them with other counties like Dublin and Limerick getting in on the action with one or two titles of their own. Although Kilkenny are a dominant force in hurling these days it wasn't until 1904 that they won their very first All-Ireland Hurling title, by which time Cork and Tipperary had already amassed 6 titles each - but obviously the Kilkenny Cats have caught up since then.

The current All-Ireland Hurling Roll of Honour (as of season end 2005) shows Cork on top with 30 All-Irelands, Kilkenny in second on 28 All-Irelands, and Tipperary in third on 25 All-Ireland Hurling titles. The next best is Limerick with 7 hurling titles - indicating just how much these 3 "Traditional" hurling counties have dominated hurling since the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) began.

To give a further indication of how these 3 counties still dominate hurling to this very day you just have to look at the winners of the last 7 All-Ireland Hurling titles - Cork (3), Kilkenny (3), Tipperary (1) - the last non-traditional county to win the All-Ireland Hurling title was Offaly in 1998. However, that's not to say that hurling is not strong enough in other counties - it's just that the traditional counties will always have a good team and will be difficult to beat - but far from impossible - in fact, Clare were very unlucky this year (2005) to lose to Cork in the semi final, losing by just one point having missed several chances that could have sealed victory for them - and Cork then went on to win the final beating Galway.

There have been many individual stars over the years also who have amassed several All-Ireland titles. Players like former Kilkenny goalkeeper Noel Skehan has 9 All-Ireland winners medals to his name which I think is still the individual record to this day. Probably the most famous player of all time was Christy Ring of Cork, who was part of the great 4-in-a-row Cork team of the 1940's. Then there's DJ Carey of Kilkenny who is widely regarded as the greatest modern day hurler and is still playing today (he's been in 9 All-Ireland Finals and won 5 of them).

To find out more about which counties have won what in terms of All-Ireland Hurling success and more besides go to the Cuchulainns GAA website.

London GAA Clubs

London GAA Clubs

Are you Irish or of Irish descent and have you just moved to London? And are you looking to play Gaelic football or hurling in London? Then you've come to the right place.

Cuchulainns GAA club is one the best London GAA Clubs and has both Gaelic Football and Hurling teams - so come along and join us whether you're just over for the summer or the longterm. We can help find you some work while you're over as well.

So what do you need to know about London GAA Clubs? How many London GAA Clubs are there? How many Gaelic football clubs are there? How many Hurling Clubs are there in London? How competitive are London GAA clubs in general? Where do most of the London GAA players come from?

Where do Cuchulainns players come from? (simple answer, everywhere in Ireland, as well as quite a few London born players of Irish descent).

These are some of the questions that we will help you answer at the Cuchulainns as well as giving you details about how you can contact us so you can join and take part in the London GAA Clubs Championship.

For more information visit the Cuchulainns ...