Warwickshire GAA

Hurling has been played in the Birmingham area since 1907 when the Erin's Hope team arranged games against teams from Liverpool, Manchester and London. A period of decline followed and, in spite of various clubs forming from time to time, there were no organised competitions. In 1935, the British GAA Council arranged a meeting with the intention of forming a county board. A committee was established and some progress was made before the outbreak of World War II made it difficult to continue. Due to efforts of the John Mitchel's Hurling Club, and in response to a request from the Lancashire County Board, the Warwickshire County Board was formed in 1941. Clubs were subsequently formed in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry and Redditch and by 1959 there were 40 teams playing hurling and Gaelic football in Warwickshire. Between 1946 and 1990 the Warwickshire inter-county teams reached 18 All-Ireland junior finals, divided equally amongst both Gaelic football and hurling. All-Ireland JHC titles were won in 1968, 1969 and 1973. There was also a defeat by Antrim in the 1970 All-Ireland IHC final. A restructuring of the entire hurling championship system in 2005 resulted in Warwickshire fielding a team in the third tier Nicky Rackard Cup. The team later dropped down to the fourth tier and won Lory Meagher Cup titles in 2013 and 2017. == Football ==

Clubs Warwickshire Men's Senior Football Championship winners • 1938 St Patricks • 1939 Granuaile • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 St Thomas More • 1943 Granuaile • 1944 St Thomas More • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 Taras • 1951 John Mitchels • 1952 Shannon Rangers • 1953 Shannon Rangers • 1954 Shannon Rangers • 1955 Taras • 1956 St Pauls • 1957 • 1958 St Pauls • 1959 Shamrocks • 1960 St Pauls • 1961 Taras • 1962 John Mitchels • 1963 St Finbarrs • 1964 John Mitchels • 1965 St Finbarrs • 1966 John Mitchels • 1967 John Mitchels • 1968 St Pauls • 1969 John Mitchels • 1970 Sean McDermotts • 1971 Sean McDermotts • 1972 Sean McDermotts • 1973 Sean McDermotts • 1974 Sean McDermotts • 1975 Sean McDermotts • 1976 Sean McDermotts • 1977 St Brendans • 1978 Roger Casements • 1979 Sean McDermotts • 1980 St Edwards / St Chads / Erin go Bragh • 1981 Sean McDermotts • 1982 Sean McDermotts • 1983 St Brendans • 1984 Sons of Erin / O’Rahillys • 1985 St Brendans • 1986 St Brendans • 1987 Erin go Bragh • 1988 John Mitchels • 1989 St Barnabas • 1990 Erin go Bragh • 1991 John Mitchels • 1992 St Brendans • 1993 St Brendans • 1994 Erin go Bragh • 1995 Sean McDermotts • 1996 St Brendans • 1997 Sean McDermotts • 1998 Sean McDermotts • 1999 Sean McDermotts • 2000 Sean McDermotts • 2001 Sean McDermotts • 2002 Sean McDermotts • 2003 Sean McDermotts • 2004 Roger Casements • 2005 Roger Casements • 2006 Sean McDermotts • 2007 Sean McDermotts • 2008 Sean McDermotts • 2009 Sean McDermotts • 2010 Sean McDermotts • 2011 St Barnabas • 2012 Sean McDermotts • 2013 John Mitchels • 2014 Sean McDermotts • 2015 Sean McDermotts • 2016 Sean McDermotts • 2017 Sean McDermotts • 2018 Sean McDermotts • 2019 Sean McDermotts • 2020 Sean McDermotts • 2021 Sean McDermotts • 2022 Roger Casements • 2023 Sean McDermotts • 2024 Sean McDermotts • 2025 Sean McDermotts Roll of honour • 35 - Sean McDermotts • 9 - John Mitchels • 7 - St Brendans • 4 - St Pauls, Roger Casements, Erin go Bragh • 3 - Taras, Shannon Rangers • 2 - Granuaile, St Thomas More, St Finbarrs, St Barnabas • 1 - St Patricks, Shamrocks, St Chads, St Edwards, O'Rahillys, Sons of Erin County team Warwickshire fields a men's county team in the All-Britain Junior Football Championship and a ladies' county team in the Britain LGFA Junior Championship. The Warwickshire men have also competed in the new format of the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship. Honours • '''Men's''' • All-Ireland Junior Football Championship • Runners-Up (9): 1946, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990 • All-Britain Junior Football Championship • Winners (16): 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2021, 2023 • Runners-Up (9): 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025 == Hurling and camogie ==

Clubs County team in 2024The Warwickshire men's hurling team compete in the Lory Meagher Cup, the fifth tier of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, and Divison 4 of the National Hurling League. Honours • Nicky Rackard Cup • Runners-Up: 2018 • Lory Meagher Cup: • Winners (3): 2013, 2017 • All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship: • Runners-Up: 1970 • All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship: • Winners (3): 1968, 1969, 1973 • Runners-Up (6): 1953, 1955, 1958, 1965, 1966, 1972 • National Hurling League Division 3A: • Winners: 2018 • National Hurling League Division 3B: • Winners (2): 2015, 2024 ==Notable players==

• Liam Watson: Lory Meagher Cup-winner (2017) ==References==