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Ulster GAA

Ulster GAA

Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association

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 the city of Armagh.

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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 officer since 1998. Murphy is a former vice president of the GAA and president of Ulster GAA. On 4 July 2012, Murphy was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Services to Sport and Community Relations.[1]

County boards

Further information: County board (Gaelic games)

Football

Provincial team

The Ulster provincial football team represents the province of Ulster in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

For individual player details, see Category:Ulster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers.

Players from the following county teams represent Ulster: Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan and Tyrone.

Competitions

Inter-county

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Club

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All-time top scorers from Ulster county teams

As of 3 June 2008 according to the BBC.[2]

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  • Includes Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers.

All-time top goalscorers from Ulster county teams

As of 15 June 2008, according to the Sunday Tribune.[3]

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  • Includes Ulster Championship, All-Ireland Championship and Qualifiers.

Hurling

Provincial team

The Ulster provincial hurling team represents the province of Ulster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

For individual player details, see Category:Ulster inter-provincial hurlers.

Competitions

Inter-county

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Antrim's Arron Graffin (right) representing Ulster in the 2008 Railway Cup hurling semi-final against Munster

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),[4] it, however, lost in each of those Railway Cup deciders.[4]

There have been some successes over the years, mostly by Antrim teams:

Club

"Team Ulster" in the Liam MacCarthy Cup

In 2020, a concept was discussed among players and managers, with a proposal that a combined "Team Ulster" would compete in the Liam MacCarthy Cup.[5][6][7][8]

Grades

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Camogie

Gael Linn Cup

The Ulster camogie team has twice won the premier representative competition in the women's team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup, in 1967 and 2007.

Gael Linn Trophy

The Ulster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on eight occasions: 1979, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 2000 and 2002.

Honours

  • Disability Sport NI's Inclusive Sport Award: 2021[9]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ulster GAA Milestones". Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
  2. [2]
    "Ulster's hot-shots". BBC Online. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  3. [3]
    Shannon, Kieran; Leo McGeough (15 June 2008). "When Sunday Comes - Stevie from Killeavy: Ulster's top predator". Sunday Tribune.
  4. [4]
    Martin, John (24 October 2008). "Ulster up against it". Gaelic Life. p. 43.
  5. [5]
    "Down manager calls for a combined Ulster hurling team". RTÉ Sport. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Video: eleven top hurling people discuss the Team Ulster proposal". Hogan Stand. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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    "'We have to do something - we're standing still' - Players and managers support idea of Ulster hurling team". RTÉ Sport. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. [8]
    "Video: Highlighting the merits or otherwise of a 'Team Ulster' hurling initiative". The Irish News. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Ulster GAA awarded Disability Sport NI's Inclusive Sport Award". Hogan Stand. 26 January 2021.
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