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The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)

Gaelic sports have a very long tradition in New South Wales. During the 1920s, friendly games were organised within Sydney and matches played between NSW and Victoria. In 1974 a meeting in Sydney with other states got together to form the GAA of Australia, this formed the core movement towards the Central Council of the GAA of Australia.

Having formed this executive committee they all sanctioned to have a festival of Gaelic Games on a yearly basis which is known as the All-Australian State Games. based on a criteria set out by the Central Council Committee. These games are planned for late September or early October.

Click here to go to the Gaelic Athletic Association of NSW.

Penrith Gaels Cultural and Sporting Association

Penrith Gaels began in the early 1970s with the formation of a Gaelic football team. A few dedicated people decided to run dances to fund this team. From then it has gone from strength to strength with the establishment of a hurling side and by the early 1980s they had formed a very successful school of Irish Dancing, social Golf Club, Soccer teams and a Drama School. Penrith Gaels also boasted a travel club, which helped their members save for a trip home to Ireland. The popular clubhouse is in Kingswood, in Sydney’s far west.

Michael Cusack’s Gaelic Football Club

Named after the GAA’s founder, Michael Cusack's is Sydney's largest GAA club with teams across the codes - Hurling, Camogie, Men's and Ladies football. It is based in Bondi Junction and Pyrmont/Sydney City. There is also a ladies' AFL team - the Bondi Shamrocks.

Central Coast Gaelic Athletic Club

The Central Coast Gaelic Athletic Club consists of successful Hurling, Ladies Football and Camogie teams. The club's proud origins are from the New South Wales Central Coast region. Today however, the club is based in Bondi.

Clan na Gael Gaelic Athletic Club

Clan na Gael Gaelic Athletic Club is based in Bondi Junction. The club offers the opportunity to play Gaelic football (Men’s & Ladies’) and camogie, meet new people, have loads of craic and still allow you time to stretch out on one of Australia's most famous beaches.

Cormac McAnallens Gaelic Athletic Club

Cormac McAnallen's Gaelic Athletic Club, founded in 2005, is based in Sydney's Bondi Beach with football and camogie teams.

Cumann Baire Craobh Phadraigh (Pat's Hurling Club)

Cumann Baire Craobh Phadraigh (or Pat's) has both a hurling and camogie team. Pat's is based in the inner west but to facilitate all players train at Ashfield and Croydon in the inner west and Centennial Park in the inner east.

Sydney Shamrocks GAA Hurling Club

Founded by Kilkenny’s All Ireland star, Bill Hennessy, in 1997, Sydney Shamrocks GAA Hurling Club is based in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and is run entirely by young people.

Young Ireland Gaelic Football Club

Young Ireland Gaelic Club is Sydney's oldest and most successful football club with both men's and ladies teams. Based in the Bondi area, the club is much more than just football with a close knit club and many social outings during the year.

University of Wollongong Fighting Leprechauns

The University of Wollongong Fighting Leprechauns, established in 2007, is Wollongong’s first Gaelic Football team in the Sydney competition.

Setanta sports

Cable television station, Setanta Sports, broadcasts exclusively live coverage of the best European and South American football including World Cup 2010 Qualifiers, the FA Cup, five top European leagues including the Scottish Premier League, Italian Serie A, the German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1 and the Dutch Eredivisie; as well as European rugby, International cricket and boxing.

Australian Rules football

Developed from rugby union and Gaelic football, the Australian Football League is the home of Australian Rules football, played throughout the country.

Rugby League

NSW Rugby League developed from rugby union in 1908. Today it is played throughout NSW, Queensland, the ACT and much of Victoria and New Zealand.

Soccer

The A-league and the W-league are Australia’s national men’s and women’s soccer competition run by the Football Federation of Australia (formerly the Australian Soccer Association, which grew out of the National Soccer League in the 1970s).

Horse racing

Modern horse racing was developed in Britain in the third century, and all modern-day thoroughbreds can be traced to one of three great English sires. Australia’s first organised race meeting was held in Hyde Park, Sydney, in 1810. In May 1840, the Australian Racing Committee was formed to establish a system of racing worthy of the growing importance of the colony. By January 1842 this Committee had resolved itself into the Australian Jockey Club.