Deutscher Bund Gälischer Sportarten

The Deutscher Bund Gälischer Sportarten (also German GAA) is a union of German clubs, who play Hurling, Camogie, Gaelic Football, Gaelic Handball and Rounders. Currently, this union consists of 11 German Gaelic Athletic Association clubs. The Bund was founded in 2015. It organizes the German Gaelic football, hurling and camogie cups and is also responsible for the German national team selection for international cups.

History

The union was founded in 2015 in Berlin. Its goals are the coordination of combined project and funding proposals and the organisation of the German cups in hurling, camogie and Gaelic football. The DBGS also coordinates coaching and referee courses for Gaelic games. The DBGS is currently not a federation of the GAA, but mostly a union of the German clubs which are part of the Gaelic Athletic Association, and the Gaelic Games Europe.

The long-term goal of the DBGS is the establishment of the Gaelic games as an official sport in Germany.

Clubs

Currently there are eleven clubs in Germany.:[1]

Name	City	Gaelic Football	Hurling/Camogie	Foundation year
Rómhánaigh Augsburg Óg GAA e.V.	Augsburg	yes (Central East-Region)	no	2015[2]
Berlin GAA e.V.	Berlin	yes (Central East-Region)	yes	2014[3]
Setanta Berlin GAA e.V.	Berlin	yes	yes	2015[4]
Darmstadt GAA e.V.	Darmstadt	yes (Benelux-Region)	yes [5]	2015[6]
Dresden Hurling e.V.	Dresden	no	yes	2012[7]
Düsseldorf GFC e.V.	Düsseldorf	yes (Benelux-Region)	no	2013[8]
Frankfurt Starsfields	Frankfurt am Main	yes (Benelux-Region)	no	2009[9]
Hamburg GAA e.V	Hamburg	yes (Benelux-Region)	yes	2015[10]
Cologne Celtics GAA	Cologne	yes	yes	2012[11]
Munich Colmcilles e.V.	Munich	yes (Central East-Region)	yes	2001[12]
Stuttgart GAA	Stuttgart	no	yes	2016[13]

References

1. "Übersicht der Vereine des DBGS". Retrieved 2019-06-16.
2. "Profile page of Rómhánaigh Augsburg Óg GAA at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
3. "Berlin GAA's first year...from sorrow to success". HoganStand. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
4. "Profile page of Setanta Berlin Gaelic Club at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-09-05.
5. Udo Messerschmidt (2015-05-06). "Irischer Volkssport: Hurling-EM-Runde in Darmstadt". Echo Online (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-15.
6. "Profile page of Darmstadt GAA at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
7. "Profile page of Dresden Hurling at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
8. "Profile page of Düsseldorf GFC at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
9. "Profile page of Frankfurt Sarsfields at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
10. "Profile page of Hamburg GAA at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
11. "Profile page of Cologne Celtics GAA at the GGE". Retrieved 2019-06-16.
12. "Profile page of Munich Colmcilles at the GGE". Retrieved 2017-02-15.
13. Harald Landwehr. "Unbekannte Sportart made in Ireland". Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 2017-02-15.