GAA Championship

Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (CLG) (Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language.

As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the CLG governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a CLG county or provincial councils.

Caid and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Ireland in terms of attendances. Caid is also the 2nd most popular participation sport in Ireland. The women's version of these games, ladies' Gaelic football and camogie, are organised by the independent but closely linked Ladies' Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association of Ireland respectively. GAA Handball is the Irish governing body for the sport of handball, while the other Gaelic sport, rounders, is managed by the GAA Rounders National Council (Irish: Comhairle Cluiche Corr na hÉireann).

Since its foundation in 1884, the association has grown to become a major influence in Irish sporting and cultural life, with considerable reach into communities throughout Ireland and among the Irish diaspora.

## **Caid**

In Tier 1, the All Ireland Championship is an annual top-tier inter-county competition. 12 county teams play in the Provincial Championships, Lenister and Munster which features a 6-team round-robin group in both championships. A team plays a total of 5 games for 5 consecutive weekends. It’s 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. The top 2 teams contest in the Provincial Championship Final with the winner advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the loser advancing to the All-Ireland quarter-finals who host the 3rd placed team. If teams are level on points then it will be decided by points difference, points for, and then head-to-head record. If still identical, a play-off at Croke Park commences.

It starts on the 24 October (hurling matches). Relegation is determined by the All Ireland Intermediate Championship provisional allegiance of the winner. If the winner is a Munster team then the bottom-placed team in the Munster Senior Championship is relegated, otherwise the bottom-placed team in the Lenister Senior Championship is relegated

The Leinster Provincial Championship Final is held at Croke Park in Dublin, whilst the Munster Provincial Championship Final is played at a stadium that is to be halfway between the 2 participants. Both Provincial Championship Finals are played on the 28 November for hurling, 29 November for Gaelic football.

5 November for quarter-final hurling matches, 6 November for quarter-final Gaelic football matches. 12 December for semi-final Hurling matches, 13 November for semi-final Gaelic football matches

The Sam Maguire Cup final is held on a Sunday before Christmas, the Liam McCarthy Cup final is held the day before Sam Maguire Cup final. Both Semi-Finals and Final are both played at Croke Park in Dublin.