Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Dublin GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the Dublin Region and the Dublin county teams.
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18 Facts About Dublin GAA
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Dublin GAA has jurisdiction over the area that is associated with the traditional county of Dublin.
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In October 2013, Dublin GAA signed a new sponsorship deal with insurance firm AIG in excess of €4m over a five-year period.
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Dublin GAA Senior Football Championship is an annual club competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs.
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Dublin GAA set new records for both the county and on national levels.
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Dublin GAA had the longest run unbeaten in the All Ireland Championship stretching from 31 August 2014 all the way up until 14 August 2021 spanning 2,541 days and winning an incredible 42 games plus 3 draws for a total of 45 games unbeaten.
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Dublin GAA Senior Hurling Championship is an annual club competition between the top Dublin GAA clubs.
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Dublin GAA's hurlers have failed to replicate the success of the county's football side, having won the Senior All-Ireland Hurling final on 6 occasions, most recently in 1938.
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Dublin GAA has won the Leinster Championship on 24 occasions, the second most Leinster titles of any side, although they remain well behind Kilkenny, who have won the Leinster Championship 70 times.
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Dublin GAA have won the National Hurling League three times: in 1929,1939 and 2011.
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Under his management, Dublin GAA contested the Leinster Final, but lost by 2 goals to Kilkenny.
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Dublin GAA has won the Senior hardball singles All-Ireland title on 15 occasions, two more than their nearest rivals Kilkenny.
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Dublin GAA has won the Senior softball singles on nine occasions, more than any county other than Kilkenny.
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The former winners for Dublin include M Joyce 1925, W McGuire 1927, L Rowe 1947,1949 and 1951, P Ryan 1980 and E Kennedy 2004,2005 and 2006.
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Dublin GAA is the 2nd most successful county in the women's field sport of camogie, During the period from 1932 to 1966, they had nearly one-third of the affiliated clubs in the Association and won all but eight of the championships they contested, winning a ten consecutively and an eight consecutively in a period interrupted only by a controversial 1956 All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Antrim.
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Three Dublin GAA clubs have won the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship, Austin Stacks, Eoghan Ruadh, and Crumlin.
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Camogie structure in Dublin GAA was arguably the most successful in the country and differed from its provincial counterparts.
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