Trying to settle an argument here on the amount of GAA players in Ireland. Both hurling and football, and both male and female.
(Administrators/ coaches excluded) Actual players


We are getting varying numbers

So, two questions

1. How many adult GAA players in Ireland?

2. How many underage/ juvenile players in Ireland?


Any help is a much obliged

manonthemoon (USA) - Posts: 43 - 22/10/2010 14:18:14    801798

must be at least 100 adult and 200 juvenile. at least

goalpost (Armagh) - Posts: 215 - 22/10/2010 15:26:12    801857

Well I play....so that's one in anyways.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 22/10/2010 16:02:20    801900

haven't a clue. At a wild guess I'd say 750000.

Floops (Dublin) - Posts: 1623 - 22/10/2010 16:11:31    801908

Very hard to put a figure on that.

men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 1987 - 22/10/2010 16:17:42    801914

The figures are in here but this is the 2008 report and not sure if there is a later one:

link

Puddersthecat (Kilkenny) - Posts: 1692 - 22/10/2010 16:25:27    801919

only 1 way to find out

1...2...3...4...5...6

pidge (Cork) - Posts: 543 - 22/10/2010 16:25:42    801920

the Tipp senior and u 21 and under16 panels
that makes about 80 players in total
thats about it!

thurlesblues (Tipperary) - Posts: 4475 - 22/10/2010 16:37:15    801936

why do you care

flame09 (Longford) - Posts: 246 - 22/10/2010 16:47:21    801941

I'm not much good at estimating crowds but there must be about 17,000,000 out there!

pressup (USA) - Posts: 72 - 22/10/2010 16:50:42    801946

42,124

hogoboss (Monaghan) - Posts: 617 - 22/10/2010 17:17:18    801977

Puddersthecat

I cant seam to pull the numbers out of that ESRI report

Can you?

manonthemoon (USA) - Posts: 43 - 22/10/2010 17:41:12    801993

I know there's around 7,000 clubs registered with the GAA but not sure how many of them would be in Ireland itself.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 22/10/2010 17:55:11    802005

i play but what happens when you play for different teams do i count as 6 players

dubs4eva (Dublin) - Posts: 484 - 23/10/2010 15:55:46    802349

120,000 players in Ulster alone according to the Ulster Council's current development strategy. I assume the equivalent strategies for the other provinces will include their figures.

pg 15 link

Benandonner (Antrim) - Posts: 459 - 23/10/2010 16:51:35    802368

had an argument with a fella recently about whether there are more gaa clubs or soccer clubs in Ireland. He thinks theres more soccer clubs. Idiot.

RandyDupree (USA) - Posts: 38 - 23/10/2010 18:13:57    802397

Asked the GPA they say there going to look after these boys he he .....

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 23/10/2010 20:59:57    802490