The GAA was founded in November 1884. You may be referring to the famine, which began 39 years before that in 1845.
The GAA was founded to promote Irish sports and culture. So along with sport, many cultural things like dancing and music have been continually promoted, and would also happen in general at social occasions in the GAA.
Some see it as representing Irish culture which they do not want to be part of, mainly in Northern Ireland. However, many Protestants do play GAA and there has even been a President of the GAA who was a Protestant. Also, the Sam Maguire trophy, the most important trophy in Gaelic Football is named after a Protestant. He was very much involved in the GAA.
The GAA is the Gaelic Athletic Association. It was founded on the 1st of November, 1884, in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland. The GAA oversees the running of Gaelic Games in Ireland and in some other parts of the world. Gaelic Games themselves have been around for many centuries, but would not have been around in the Stone Age.
The rules would have been formalised when the GAA was formed in 1884. The sport existed long before that though.
Helping the lowest levels of the GAA in terms of the clubs and their facilities. This is the base of the GAA. The network of clubs, over 2500 in Ireland alone, are where the GAA derives its strength. It is built on the clubs. They are the root of the organisation. The ordinary people that run these are what make the GAA what it is, so it is important to support them. So a lot of investment goes into the clubs to help them as they are the grassroots of the GAA. Without the clubs the GAA would not exist, so money earned within the GAA is needed to keep them going.
Feohanagh-Castlemahon GAA was created in 1890.
Miltown Malbay GAA Club was created in 1892.
Four laps around a standard GAA pitch is equal to one Mile.
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On the 14th of April 2012, Liam O'Neill became the GAA president for a 3 year term.