Gaa Memberships

aidanmcg33 · April 03, 2007, 02:01:24 AM

Anyone know how many members in total there are in the gaa?

DrinkingHarp · April 03, 2007, 06:07:14 AM

according to wikepedia there are about 800,000 out of the 5 million inhabitants in ireland

aidanmcg33 · April 03, 2007, 01:05:24 PM

you got a link for that?

DrinkingHarp · April 03, 2007, 02:53:55 PM

google gaa and look for the wikepedia link

Gnevin · April 03, 2007, 03:05:41 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAA

Captain Scarlet · April 03, 2007, 04:39:31 PM

just an aside but my bro has a huge problem in the way the fai talk of the numbers particiaptin in soccer in the country.
ssemingly they include the likes of me with no club affiliations playing five a side on a wednesday evening.

800k would be about right though, maybe even more now considering the growth of the ladies codes.

Gnevin · April 03, 2007, 04:46:11 PM

Quote from: Captain Scarlet on April 03, 2007, 04:39:31 PM
just an aside but my bro has a huge problem in the way the fai talk of the numbers particiaptin in soccer in the country.
ssemingly they include the likes of me with no club affiliations playing five a side on a wednesday evening.

800k would be about right though, maybe even more now considering the growth of the ladies codes.

If you've kicked a soccer ball in the last year your considered to be playing it

westmayo · April 03, 2007, 04:51:46 PM

Just an aside are all ladies members of the GAA (I mean those registered with ladies clubs) or are they members of a seprate assocation.

deiseach · April 03, 2007, 06:43:01 PM

800,000 "members" seems like a lot. One in six of the population pays their subs to a club?

Square Ball · April 03, 2007, 06:51:20 PM

I dont think the Camoges are registered with the GAA, but they are being afiliated next year I think, this would increase the numbers. how many clube are there?

john mcgill · April 03, 2007, 08:45:01 PM

I'm a member of three GAA clubs. Split personality! I'd imagine that other people are members of more than one club. So change that 800,000 to 798,998

Louth Exile · April 03, 2007, 08:53:13 PM

I'd say that actual paid up members of clubs is way below the number of people actively involved, playing and supporting clubs. I know in my own club the membership is only €20 and yet we would get very few actually paid up members because it is left to one guy to collect it. There would easily be double the number of people actively involved in the club as are paid up. The brother is a senior player and he hasn't even been asked for membership once in the last three years!!

Lecale2 · April 03, 2007, 09:45:18 PM

My own club take a serious approach to membership. If you don't pay you don't play. A couple of "enforcers" have been appointed for each code and they check the list of paid up members before each training session or match. There's a lot of money involved for smaller clubs so it's worth pursuing..

Louth Exile · April 04, 2007, 12:23:40 AM

I don't know of any club that looks for big membership and it is small amount to help support your club. I know some Meath clubs who do a great job on it, they hold membership nights and you can get affinty deals from businesses in town if you are paid up member, they have big membership numbers

Louth Exile · May 11, 2007, 10:40:51 AM

Quote from: hippity hoppity wide on April 22, 2007, 02:11:15 PM
Quote from: john mcgill on April 03, 2007, 08:45:01 PM
I'm a member of three GAA clubs. Split personality! I'd imagine that other people are members of more than one club. So change that 800,000 to 798,998

Just out of interest I don't think this is actually allowed.

Why would there be anything to prevent you being a member of different GAA clubs, once they are in different counties??
(Member not player)