County (Gaelic games)

Since the inception of the county system, there have been changes to the respective regions of control of the overseas units.

Listed below are the 32 county boards based in Ireland and the provincial council to which each is affiliated to.

Also provided is a map showing the location of the province, i.e. north, south, east, west.

40 of the 46 national and overseas county teams currently compete in the Hurling and Football Championships.

The Hertfordshire County Board, for example, oversees clubs in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire; Gloucestershire GAA reaches into South Wales, Warwickshire GAA includes Staffordshire and Birmingham, and so on.

[3] There are also "county boards" for Australasia, Canada, New York, the rest of United States, Europe and Asia, while other overseas GAA regions such as the Cayman Islands operate with their own structures not including county boards.

Gloucestershire, Hertfordshire, Scotland and Yorkshire compete in the All-Britain Junior Football Championship.

As of 2023, no team from continental Europe, Canada, the rest of the United States, Middle East, Asia or Australasia competes against the counties of Ireland in any of the Gaelic games.