18-1169: Ulster Championship may refer to a number of Gaelic games competitions in Ulster : Inter-county Gaelic football competitions: Ulster Senior Football Championship Ulster Under-21 Football Championship Ulster Minor Football Championship Ulster Junior Football Championship Club Gaelic football competitions: Ulster Senior Club Football Championship Ulster Intermediate Club Football Championship Ulster Junior Club Football Championship Ulster Minor Club Football Championship Inter-county hurling competitions: Ulster Senior Hurling Championship Ulster Under-21 Hurling Championship Ulster Minor Hurling Championship Ulster Intermediate Hurling Championship Ulster Junior Hurling Championship Club hurling competitions: Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship Ulster Minor Club Hurling Championship See also [ edit ] Ulster GAA Topics referred to by
36-507: A decade later. A new constitution in 2010 shortened the name to An Cumann Camogaíochta and accepted the English title "Camogie Association" on official documents for the first time, reflecting the increased presence of the game in Europe, North America, Asia and Australasia. The game's National Development Plan 2010–2015, entitled Our Game, Our Passion , aims to increase the club base of
54-402: A series of disputes, largely over whether male officials should be allowed to hold office and whether players of ladies' hockey should be allowed to play camogie. The last of these disputes was not resolved until 1951. The decision to change the playing rules from 12-a-side to 15-a-side teams and to use the larger GAA-style field led to an increase of affiliations after 1999 from 400 clubs to 540
72-399: Is a game in which two players use their hands to return a ball against a wall. The game is similar to American handball . There are four codes of handball: Softball (also known as '60x30' or 'big alley' due to the playing court dimensions), 4-Wall (also known as '40x20' or 'small alley'), 1-Wall and Hardball (can also be known as '60x30'; played in the same court as Softball). 1-Wall handball
90-400: Is a stick and ball game played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by driving the ball through the goals or putting the ball over the bar and thereby scoring a point. Three points is the equivalent of a goal. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. It is over three thousand years old, and is said to be
108-401: Is an All Ireland Club Championship at senior, intermediate and junior level, a National League an inter-provincial Gael Linn Cup at senior and junior level, inter-collegiate Ashbourne and Purcell cups and a programme of All-Ireland championships at secondary schools senior and junior levels . The president of the association is elected by the sport's annual congress, in modern times for
126-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Gaelic games Gaelic games ( Irish : Cluichí Gaelacha ) are a set of sports played worldwide, though they are particularly popular in Ireland , where they originated. They include Gaelic football , hurling , Gaelic handball and rounders . Football and hurling, the most popular of
144-792: Is the most popular international version of handball, played in over 30 countries. The sport's governing body, GAA Handball , oversees and promotes the game in Ireland. Rounders is a bat-and-ball game which is played in Ireland; a similar version is played in Britain. Rounders is organised by a subdivision of the GAA known as the Rounders Council of Ireland. It is similar to the American game softball . Other Gaelic games such as Gaelic athletics have nearly or completely died out. When founded
162-598: The GAA Handball organisation), they are closely associated with it but are still separate organisations. Gaelic games clubs exist all over the world. They are Ireland's most popular sports, ahead of rugby union and association football . Almost a million people (977,723) attended 45 GAA senior championships games in 2017 (up 29% in hurling and 22% in football on 2016 figures) combined with attendances at other championship and league games generating gate receipts of €34,391,635. Gaelic games are designated within
180-465: The primary school curriculum as requiring "particular consideration." They were showcased at the Château de Vincennes during the 2024 Paris Olympics , the first time Gaelic football and hurling had featured at an Olympics since 1904 . Gaelic football is played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by driving the ball through
198-505: The GAA organised a number of Gaelic athletics competitions but passed the responsibility to the National Athletic and Cycling Association in 1922. Tailteann Games with Gaelic athletics were held until 1932. Camogie Association of Ireland The Camogie Association ( Irish : An Cumann Camógaíochta , formerly Irish : Cumann Camógaíochta na nGael ) organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and around
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#1732787402951216-700: The association from 540 clubs to 750 by 2015. Targets include: An international games development strategy was commenced in 2010, with camogie established as part of the Continental Youth Games in the United States and a target of three teams from Great Britain participating in Féile na nGael by 2015. The Camogie Association organises All-Ireland Championships at Senior , Intermediate , "Premier Junior" , Junior A, Junior B, Minor A , Minor B, and Minor C, and Under-16 A, B and C level. There
234-502: The goals, which is known as a goal (worth 3 points), or by kicking the ball over the bar, which is known as a point (worth 1 point). The team with the highest point score at the end of the match wins. The female version of the game is known as ladies' Gaelic football and is similar to the men's game with a few minor rule changes. Other formats with teams of 7 to 11 players are played in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Argentina and South Africa utilising smaller soccer or rugby pitches. Hurling
252-434: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ulster Championship . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ulster_Championship&oldid=711843942 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
270-636: The sports, are both organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Women's versions of hurling and football are also played: camogie , organised by the Camogie Association of Ireland , and ladies' Gaelic football , organised by the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association . While women's versions are not organised by the GAA (with the exception of handball, where men's and women's handball competitions are both organised by
288-421: The world's fastest field game, combining skills from lacrosse, field hockey, and baseball in a hard-hitting, highly skilled game. The female version of the game is known as camogie and is very similar to hurling with a few minor rule changes. Other formats with teams of 7 to 11 players are played in Europe, Middle East, Asia, Argentina and South Africa utilising smaller soccer or rugby pitches. Gaelic handball
306-466: The world. The association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association , but is still a separate organisation. The Camogie Association was founded in 8 North Frederick St, Dublin on 25 February 1904, with Máire Ní Chinnéide as President. In 1911, it was reconstituted as Cualacht Luithchleas na mBan Gaedheal ("Gaelic Athletic Company of Women") at a meeting organised by Seaghán Ua Dúbhtaigh at 25 Rutland Square (now Parnell Square ), Dublin. It
324-533: Was revived in 1923 and the first congress held on 25 April 1925, when over 100 delegates gathered in Conarchy's Hotel, Parnell Square. It was reconstituted again in 1939 as Cumann Camogaiochta na nGael. For a period in the 1930s it organised women's athletics events. A breakaway Cualacht Luithchleas na mBan Gaedheal continued in existence during 1939–51 as clubs in Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow disaffiliated in
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