The Canadian County Board Convention was recently held in Ajax, Ontario on Dec. 7, 2014 with the election of officers by delegates for 2015 and for the passing of motions presented by clubs.The name of the Gaelic Athletic Association, as it applies to Canada, is the Canadian County Board, Incorporated (CCB). The basic aim of the CCB is to preserve and promote Gaelic Games and pastimes in Canada. In seven provinces (five time zones) of the Maple Leaf County are 15 cities with 21 affiliated GAA clubs with over 700 playing participants.
Going from West to East (7,349 km in total), the Western Divisional Board (Founded in 1994) consists of British Columbia's Vancouver Irish Sporting and Social Club; Alberta's Calgary Chieftains, Red Deer Eire Ogs (Mens), Edmonton Wolfe Tones, Fort McMurrayShamrocks (Mens); Saskatchewan's Regina Gaels (Mens), and Saskatoon's Clann na nGael (Mens).
The Toronto Divisional Board (Founded in 1947) consists of Ontario's Toronto Hurling Club, St. Mikes, St. Pats, St. Vincents (Mens), Gaels (Mens), Camogie Club; Durham Robert Emmets, andBrampton Roger Casements.
The Eastern Divisional Board (Founded in 2014) consists of Ontario's Ottawa Gaels and the Eire Og Ottawa Hurling Club, Quebec's Montreal Shamrocks, Quebec City's Les Patriotes, Nova Scotia's Halifax Gaels and Newfoundland and Labrador's St. John's Avalon Harps.
The founding of the Canadian County Board took place in Toronto, Ontario on Sunday, November 15th 1987. GAA President Dr. Mick Loftus of Crossmolina, County Mayo, chaired the meeting. Among those in attendance were Toronto's Cormac O'Muiri, Ottawa's Pat Kelly, Montreal's Paul Moran and Paddy Dunne (R.I.P.). The first elections of officers were Toronto's Paul Kennedy as Chairman, Vancouver's John O'Flynn as Secretary and Ottawa's Michael Connolly as Treasurer.
Others who have served on the County Board since its foundation include Diarmuid O'Connor, Noelle Russell, Sean Harte, Matthew Healy, Fionnuala McGovern, Pat Donnelly, Billy Millar, Lorraine Morley, Jarlath Connaughton and Eddie Mangan.
Youth and minor organizations that the County Board works with include Vancouver ISSC, Brampton Rebels, Toronto Chieftains, Ottawa Gaels and Ottawa Eire Og Hurling.
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