Other interesting GAA Sites

GAA The official GAA website. This site gives an excellent overview of how the games are run in the country along with a complete history of the Gaelic Athletic Association. Full results and honour rolls are also available along with fixtures, news and information for the current and coming seasons. Ticket information for major fixtures is also available.
Wexford The website of the Wexford County Board of the GAA. This is where you will find ews and updates on our county teams, local and county wide fixtures and results. Ticket information for the high profile matches involving the county teams and other useful relevant local GAA information.
Camogie This is the Official Camogie website of the GAA. It has an enormous amount of information on the sport from the history of the game, which celebrated it's centenary in 2004, through to the rules, tips for playing and the main differences between camogie and hurling. This site is a must for all aspiring players and anyone interested in the game, either as a spectator, administrator or if you are interested in introducing the sport in your club. This is the place to get any information you need.
Club Gaa Site This site is dedicated to Ireland and the world's GAA clubs. GAA clubs are the grassroots of the GAA, It is thanks to the hard work and dedication of thousands of individuals at club level nationwide that the GAA is Ireland's premium sporting organization. Wherever Irish people have gone Gaelic Football and Hurling have gone with them, so now there are GAA clubs spread around the four corners of the world. Hurling in particular is growing in popularity outside Ireland with plenty of non Irish players getting involved, particularly in America. Long may it continue!
GAA

Kilanerin-Ballyfad GAA Club has it's playing grounds in the village of Kilanerin, just five miles (8 km) away from Gorey in North County Wexford. The second smallest rural parish in County Wexford, Kilanerin once boasted three football clubs. Kilanerin, Ballyfad and Pallas Parnells went out of existence in the early 1950s from whence they eventually amalgamted with Tara Rocks to form the present Kilanerin-Ballyfad GAA Club

Taghmon Camross Taghmon/Camross GAA club is located in the parish of Taghmon in South Central County Wexford. The club in its present form is the result of a merger of the Taghmon Gaelic Football club and Camross Hurling Club in the late 60's. The club grounds are on the edge of the village in the townland of Poulmarl on the Old Wexford Road.
St Johns / Volunteers

The St John's Volunteers GAA club of Wexford town was founded by Robert Hassey, Nick Reid and Richard Goodison and became affiliated to the G.A.A. in the year 1893. The club was in existence around 1886 but were not allowed to partake in the championship because of a rule prohibiting no more than three clubs' within a three-mile radius (Wexford already had in the area, The Blues and Whites, The Mulgannon Harriers and The Selskar Young Irelands).

Cloughbawn GAA A fascinating site kept very well up to date by an impressive and enthusiastic club. Cloughbawn's site is full of information about the club, their parish and the general comings and goings of the area. They have a fine tradition in GAA and have numerous titles over the years.
Gusserane

It was in 1910 that the trio of Tom O' Hanlon, Martin Fowler and Jim Colfer got together to form the Gusserane Shamrocks. The club had immediate success, winning the county junior football championship in 1911. Two members of that team, Jim Colfer and Tom O' Hanlon, went on to be the first of a long proud line of players from the parish who represented their county. They lined out in 1912 with the Wexford junior team.

Our Lady's Island GAA Club

Our Lady's Island/Tacumshane G.A.A. Club was founded in 1886 and the club took part in the first County Football Championship in that year which was played at Mayglass. The club lost in the first round to St. Mary's, Rosslare who were the eventual winners.

Faythe Harriers

The history of the Faythe Harriers stretches back to the early 1940s, although the hurling club wasn't formed until 1949. In the late 1930s, the Mulgannon Harriers were the G.A.A. standard-bearers in the south end of Wexford town before they disbanded.

Sarsfields Sarsfields G.F.C. was founded in November, 1907, and immediately won the following year's county Junior football title - beating Davidstown by 1-4 to 0-5 in the replayed final which was played in Barrett's Park, New Ross, in February, 1909. The club entered Senior ranks and contested the 1909 decider, losing to the Red Rapparees from Enniscorthy who were in the middle of completing a three in a row. However, in 1910 the club structure in Wexford town was completely changed and Sarsfields went out of existence -thus ending their first brief phase on the Wexford G.A.A. scene.
Rapps

Bellefield G.A.A. grounds, Enniscorthy, is the home of the Rapparees/Starlights Club, formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the Starlights and Emmets Football Clubs and the St. Aidan's and Shamrocks Hurling Clubs. It was agreed that the club teams would field as the Starlights in football and the Rapparees in hurling. The name Rapparees was borrowed from the legendary Enniscorthy side the Red Rapparees.

Gaelic Gazette By definition The Gaelic Gazette may be considered an e-zine. The main reason behind the creation of any web site is a selfish one. On a daily basis the author found himself trawling the Internet for GAA news. So he thought; what about creating a centralised resource of information -- a GAA news digest. Informing the fan of all they need to know on a regular basis. This site is his valiant effort.

Cul 4 Kidz This fun GAA website is a mine of information for children and parents alike. It features profiles on star inter county players, coaching tips for football, hurling and camogie. The official GAA site for boys and girls, it's packed with loads of cool stuff like CúlStars interviews, CúlBytes, CúlStats and GAA History.
Hogan Stand This informative and very up to date magazine site is a must for every GAA surfer. All the latest news and gossip along with fixtures, reports and up to the minute columnists makes it a great read.
   
   
   
   

 

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