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GAA Competitions or Gaelic Athletic Association Competitions are competitive events, organised either by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) on its own or in association with other organisations in which Gaelic Games or a set of compromised rules are played.

Contents 1 International 2 Interprovincial 3 Intercounty 3.1 Football 3.2 Hurling 4 Inter-Club 5 Colleges 5.1 Football 5.2 Hurling 6 Second level schools 7 Youth 8 Competitions Outside Ireland

• International Rules - An annual two-game series played between Ireland and Australia using a combination of rules from Gaelic football and Australian Rules football.
• Hurling and Shinty International - Annual competition played between Ireland and Scotland using a combination of rules from Hurling and Shinty

• Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Cup - Formerly known as the Railway Cup. Contested by four teams each representing one of the irish provinces Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

The following are competitions contested by GAA county teams;

• Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Football Championship (Sam Maguire Cup) - Most prestigious competition in Gaelic football. Contested by teams selected from all the clubs within a county, which includes the Provincial championships and a qualifier series for teams knocked out of their provincial championship for a second chance to reach the quarter finals.
• National Football League - Played in spring, Contested by teams selected from all the clubs within a county. Teams are divided into four divisions based on their performances from the previous year, before the top two teams from each division enter a knockout phase.
• Under 21 Championship - Knockout competition for players under the age of 21 at the start of the year.
• O'Byrne Cup - Winter competition for Leinster counties
• Dr McKenna Cup - Winter competition for Ulster counties and University teams
• Tommy Murphy Cup - secondary competition for teams knocked out of the early rounds of the Senior Championship - played through summer.
• Owen Treacy Cup - Winners of Tommy Murphy Cup v North American select team

• Guinness All-Ireland Hurling Championship (Liam McCarthy Cup) - Most prestigious competition in hurling. Contested by teams selected from all the clubs within a county which include the Provincial championships
• National Hurling League - Played in spring, Contested by teams selected from all the clubs within a county. Teams are divided into four divisions based on their performances from the previous year, before the top two teams from each division enter a knockout phase.
• Christy Ring Cup - secondary competition for teams not deemed strong enough to adequately challenge for the Senior Championship
• Nicky Rackard Cup - tertiary competition for teams not deemed strong enough to adequately challenge for the Senior Championship
• All-Ireland Under 21 Championship - Knockout competition for players under the age of 21 at the start of the year.
• Kehoe Cup - Winter competition for weaker counties
• Walsh Cup - Winter hurling competition for Leinster counties plus Down and Antrim.

• Football and Hurling
  • Each county has its own county championship
  • Each province has its own provincial club championship contested by the winners of each county championship
  • All-Ireland Club Championship - Contested by winners of each provincial club championship. Finals for All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship and All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship are played on St Patrick's Day in Croke Park.

• • Many counties also have a league structure in place, with clubs divided into divisions.

Competitions organised by Higher Education GAA

• Sigerson Cup - All-Ireland competition for the Universities of Ireland
• British University Gaelic Football Championship

• Fitzgibbon Cup - All-Ireland competition for the Universities of Ireland
• British University Hurling Championship

• Hogan Cup - All-Ireland competition for provincial school championship winners
• Dr. Harty Cup
• MacRory Cup - Ulster Schools; Under 18

• Feile Peil na nÓg

• North American Championship
• New York Championship
• North American Continental Youth Championship