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.
Irish: | Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Thír Eoghain |
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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.