CLUBS AND COMPETITIONS

GAA is not played and located in Ireland alone, there are indeed many clubs across the country and also over the border up north, but there are also many clubs internationally too. Many Irish have emigrated and brought GAA with them allowing clubs to be set up in foreign countries across the world. There are GAA clubs in every county in Ireland and also many outside of Ireland in places like England, Germany, Scotland, Wales, Netherlands, France, Finland, Luxemburg, Spain, Denmark, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, Sweden, Taiwan, Canada, Japan, USA and Hong Kong!

The GAA and its clubs operate many matches and competitions throughout the year. Many of the competitions are held within the counties, where clubs play each other to become to 'best' in their county. Matches are also played between counties in the Allianz Leagues and All-Ireland Championships. Clubs from different counties can also play against each other. International teams can too be arranged to play GAA in a modified version. This happens annually when Ireland play Scotland in a game with a mix of shinty and hurling. Ireland also play Australia in a  match of Gaelic Football and Australian Rules Football. The largest and most popular competition in the GAA is the All-Ireland Championships. this competition is held for Gaelic Football (both men and ladies), hurling and camogie each year. The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship is the most popular one and can sometimes be considered the most competitive too. The current title holders are Dublin who have won twenty-six times but Kerry have won the most championships with an outstanding thirty-seven titles. Kilkenny (36) are theall time record-holders of the Hurling, Cork and Kerry are tied both with eleven titles for the Ladies Football and Cork and Dublin are tied for the Camogie with twenty-six titles each.

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