Irish: | An Cabhán |
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Nickname(s): | The Breifne County |
Province: | Ulster |
Dominant sport: | Gaelic football |
Ground(s): | Breffni Park |
County colours: | Blue White |
Website: | County board website |
Clubs | |
SFC champions: | Crosserlough |
SFC year: | 2024 |
SHC champions: | East Cavan Gaels |
SHC year: | 2024 |
County teams | |
NFL: | Division 2 |
NHL: | Division 3 |
Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup |
Hurling Championship: | Lory Meagher Cup |
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup |
Camogie: | Nancy Murray Cup |
The Cavan County Board (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae an Chabháin) or Cavan 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 Cavan.[1]
The County Board is responsible for preparing the Cavan county teams in the various Gaelic sporting codes; football, hurling, camogie and handball.
The county football team won 5 All-Ireland Senior Football Championships before going into decline after 1970. The team won its 39th and 40th Ulster Senior Football Championships after gaps of 28 and 23 years, in 1997 and 2020 respectively.