The Warwickshire County Board of the

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(GAA) (or Warwickshire GAA) is one of the county boards outside Ireland, and is responsible for

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Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avo ...

. The county board is also responsible for the Warwickshire county teams. Warwickshire have won the

Lory Meagher Cup The Lory Meagher Cup (; often referred to as the Meagher Cup) is the fifth-highest inter-county senior championship in hurling. Each year, the champion team in the Lory Meagher Cup is promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The Lory Meagher Cup, w ...

two times. The first victory was in 2013 beating

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in the hurling final on 8 June 2013 at

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, 2-16 to 0-10. The second in 2017 beating Leitrim on the 10 June 2017 at

, 0-17 to 0-11. Warwickshire again beat Longford to win the Allianz NHL Div 3B hurling final on 4 April 2015 in Ratoath, Meath. Final score: Warwickshire 1-15, Longford 2-10.

Club roll of honour

Hurling

Clubs

Clubs contest the Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship.

County team

In 2005 Warwickshire fielded a hurling team in the

Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is the fourth tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Each year, the champion team in the Nicky Rackard Cup is promoted to the Christy Ring Cup, and the lowest finishing ...

for the first time. The team was quite successful in 2006, winning one game against

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and losing to

and narrowly to

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who won the competition. In 2007 Warwickshire played in the

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Junior Shield and Nicky Rackard Cup ending a good year for the county with wins against Leitrim and

Cavan Cavan ( ; ) is the county town of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed by the main N3 road that links Dublin (to the south) with Enniskillen, Bal ...

. In 1970 Warwickshire lost the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling final to Antrim. Tony Joyce (Antrim) scored probably the most important goal in Warwickshire's history v

in 2006 to secure their biggest win in the history of the county. Eamon Mahoney is still the most successful manager in the county's history. Warwickshire won their last Provincial All-Britain Championship in 2006 beating Gloucestershire, London en route to beating Scotland in the final. As a result, they faced Roscommon at Pairc Na h'Éireann on Friday 14 July 2006 when they were soundly beaten. The Warwickshire squad was: Dave Tierney, Ian Dooley, Eamonn Hanlon, Michael Hayden, Joseph Dowling (Sean McDermotts), Gavin Farrell, Bobby Scully, Damian Cassidy, David Cunningham, Paul Houston, Michael Hegarty, Kieran Boyle, Eamonn Fallon, Joe Bergin, Brian Higgins, Mel Guinan (Roger Casements), James O'Hara, Alan Armstrong (St. Barnabas), Brian Cuffe, Mark Ryan (Four Masters), Neil Corrigan, Johnny Connaire, Tommy Mooney, Paul Troupe(Various), Mark McLoughlin, Steve McGeer(Various), Peter Healy (John Mitchels).

Honours

Hurling *

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...

s: 3 ** 1968, 1969, 1973 *

s: 2 **

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* National Hurling League Division 3A: 1 **

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* National Hurling League Division 3B: 1 **

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Football * All-Britain Junior Football Championships: 5 ** 1968, 1969, 1973, 2006, 2021

Schools

Warwickshire Schools GAA Board was originally set up in September 2000. It has grown at a very healthy rate such that as of May 2007 WSGAA now work in partnership with 28 primary schools, 15 Secondary schools, 2 HE/FE Colleges and 5 local GAA clubs and in total an estimated 2385 young people. The aims of the WSGAA include competition by their elite team in the All-Ireland underage championships. This initiative is a remarkable departure from the traditional way in which

British GAA The British Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael na Breataine) or Britain GAA is the only provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association outside the island of Ireland (however, the Headquarters of Uls ...

clubs have been organised.

Headquarters

Páirc na hÉireann is the name of the headquarters of Gaelic games in the Birmingham area and more specifically within the remit of the Warwickshire County Board. It is located on the east side of the city close to the Birmingham International Airport.

Notable former players

* Miah Dennehy * Paddy Grimes * Dr John McAndrew * Liam Watson * Shane "The Horse"Morrissey *

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Clubs

FOOTBALL
Sean McDermott's GFC
Birmingham * St Finbarrs, Coventry * Naomh Pádraig GAC, Leicester
Roger Casements GAA
Coventry * John Mitchells Football Club, Birmingham * St Barnabas GAA Club, Nottingham * Erin go Bragh, Birmingham
St Brendan's GAA Club
Birmingham * Four Masters, Coventry * St. Marys GAA Club, Wolverhampton * St Josephs, Derby * Sons of Erin, Northampton * Rugby Gaels, Rugby * O'Rahillys GAA, Corby HURLING * John Mitchel's * St Finbarrs (

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed b ...

) * Erin go Bragh (

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

) *

St. Barnabas Barnabas (; arc, ܒܪܢܒܐ; grc, Βαρνάβας), born Joseph () or Joses (), was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Nam ...

(

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

) * St Declan’s (

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) LADIES FOOTBALL * John Mitchells Football Club, Birmingham * Sean McDermotts GFC Birmingham * St Barnabas GAA Club, Nottingham * Erin go Bragh, Birmingham * St Finbarrs Coventry
Roger Casements GAA
Coventry CAMOGIE * John Mitchel’s * Erin go Bragh, Birmingham

External links

Sean McDermotts (birmingham) Warwickshire

Official Website

John Mitchels Hurling Club Birmingham

Naomh Padraig GAA Leicester

Four Masters GAA Coventry

St. Barnabas GAC Nottingham

St. Mary's GAA Club Wolverhampton

James Connollys GFC

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