Tyrone GAA

The Tyrone County Board (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael, Coiste Chontae Tír Eoghain), or Tyrone GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland, and is responsible for the administration of Gaelic games in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Tyrone GAA
Irish:Cumann Lúthchleas
Gael Thír Eoghain
Nickname(s):The O'Neill County
The Red Hands
The Red Hand County
Province:Ulster
Dominant sport:Gaelic football
Ground(s):Healy Park, Omagh
County colours:  White   Red
Website:County board website
County teams
NFL:Division 1
NHL:Division 3B
Football Championship:Sam Maguire Cup
Hurling Championship:Nicky Rackard Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football:Brendan Martin Cup
Camogie:Nancy Murray Cup

The county board is responsible for preparing the Tyrone county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball.

The county football team was the sixth from the province of Ulster to win the Sam Maguire Cup, leaving only Antrim, Fermanagh and Monaghan to still win the trophy and become All-Ireland champions.

According to a 2015 TUD study by Shane Mangan, Tyrone had 10,500 players. They were fined €600 for attempting all 10,500 of them in one game against Wicklow in 2017.

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