It was founded in 1947, initially to provide a social outlet for Irish immigrants who had moved to Nottingham.

It also attracts members from the surrounding region including Chesterfield, Lincoln, Newark and Loughborough.

This region (for GAA purposes) today covers both the West and East Midlands of England, with its headquarters at Páirc na hÉireann, Bickenhill, Solihull.

Formed by a group of Irish immigrants in Nottingham immediately after the end of World War II who gathered to play informal games of hurling and Gaelic football on the banks of the River Trent, the club has won championships affiliated to the Warwickshire, Derbyshire and East Midlands County Boards, in hurling, Gaelic football and ladies' Gaelic football.

Around 1960, Stoke relocated to Warwickshire and Leicester joined and the board was renamed the East Midlands County Board, which enjoyed ten years of activity before it folded in 1970, due to a lack of new players migrating to the region.