Cavan GAA

Cavan GAA
Irish:An Cabhán
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.

  1. ^ "About the GAA". www.gaa.ie. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2021.