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| Founded: | 1960 |
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| Province: | Britain |
| Dominant sport: | Gaelic football |
| County colours: | Green Yellow |
| County teams | |
| Football Championship: | All-Ireland Junior Football Championship |
The Hertfordshire County Board or Hertfordshire GAA is one of the seven county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Great Britain, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in Hertfordshire, England.
Football
Hurling
The county board was created in 1960 when it was deemed that the number of clubs in the region north of London supported a separate league. The area is not in fact just Hertfordshire but encompasses Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.
Hertfordshire is among the weakest of the British GAA counties, and has been affected by the general trend of reduced emigration from Ireland to the UK since the 1980s.[ citation needed ] A number of Hertfordshire's original clubs have folded – including the Milton Keynes-based team, Erin Go Bragh, in 2005. However, the youth sections of the county have proven to be promising and,[ citation needed ] in 2018, the Hertfordshire under-14s won the Féile Peile na nÓg in County Meath, and followed this by winning a shield competition in Connacht in 2019.[ citation needed ]
Clubs contest the Hertfordshire Senior Football Championship. Éire Óg are the current title holders. Each year the winners represent the county in the All-Britain Junior Club Football Championship.
Hertfordshire county football team currently competes in the All-Britain Junior Football Championship which is part of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship (Tier 3 of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship).
Hertfordshire has no hurling championship and currently only has one hurling club, St. Declan’s. They compete in the Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship.
Hertfordshire currently does not field a county hurling team in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Éire Óg | 1-11 | St Joseph’s | 0-08 |
| 2021 | St Joseph's | 2-06 | Éire Óg | 1-05 |
| 2020 | Éire Óg | 2-07 | St Dympna's | 1-06 |
| 2019 | Éire Óg | 4-07 | St Colmcille's | 1-08 |
| 2018 | Éire Óg | 1-11 | St Colmcille's | 0-08 |
| 2017 | St Colmcille's | 2-08 | Éire Óg | 1-06 |
| 2016 | St Colmcille's | 2-12 | St Dympna's | 2-04 |
| 2015 | Glen Rovers | 4-10 | St Dympna's | 1-05 |
| 2014 | Éire Óg | Glen Rovers | ||
| 2013 | Glen Rovers | St Dympna's | ||
| 2012 | Not played. | |||
| 2011 | Glen Rovers | |||
| 2010 | Glen Rovers | 1-08, 3-07 (R) | St Dympna's | 1-08, 2-09 (R) |
| 2009 | Cambridge Parnells | |||
| 2008 | St Dympna's | |||
| 2007 | Cambridge Parnells | 2-9 | St Colmcille's | 0-6 |
| 2006 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 2005 | St Dympna's | St Colmcille's | ||
| 2004 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 2003 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 2002 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 2000 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 1999 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 1998 | St Colmcille's | |||
| 1991 | Éire Óg | 1-10 | Dr Crokes | 2-06 |
| 1965 | St Colmcille's |