Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg Explained

Club Gaa:Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg
Irish:Keltish Spiller Lëtzebuerg
Crest:Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg Crest.jpg
Founded:1978
County:Europe
Division:Benelux
Colours:Bright Blue, White and Red
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Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg is a GAA club in Luxembourg. The club caters for Gaelic football, hurling and camogie.[1]

History

Hurling, football and camogie have been played by the Irish community in Luxembourg since the accession of Ireland to the European Economic Community in the early 1970s.[2] The club was formally established in 1978.[3] It is registered as an Association sans but lucratif with the Luxembourbourgish authorities.

The club became a founding member of the European County Board of the GAA in 1999 and has participated in European competitions ever since.

The club has won four Women's football Championships, two Camogie Championships, one Gaelic Football Championship and four Hurling Championship.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg . Luxgaa.lu . 2015-12-23 . 22 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322095213/http://www.luxgaa.lu/ . dead .
  2. Ó hAnnracháin, Eoghan and Davey, Cathal. More than a Sporting Experience, 30 years of Gaelic Games in Luxembourg. Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg asbl, 2008, p. 15.
  3. Ó hAnnracháin, Eoghan and Davey, Cathal. More than a Sporting Experience, 30 years of Gaelic Games in Luxembourg. Gaelic Sports Club Luxembourg asbl, 2008, p. 16.
  4. https://www.wort.lu/en/sport/gaelic-football-luxembourg-crowned-men-s-senior-football-european-champions-57e91c51ac730ff4e7f66fa0 Luxembourg crowned Men's Senior Football European Champions