Established October 2011, our membership is a mix of Irish emigrants and Americans (as well as some British & Australian ex-pats) that share a passion for Gaelic games. The Gaelic games we currently focus on are Gaelic Football, men's and ladies. Since 2012 the club has participated in the Texas State Football Championship along with Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. Games take place, roughly, between March and July. Houston field three teams in the Texas Football Championship; a senior men's team, a development team and a ladies team. Each team compete for their respective State Championship. An additional aim of the development team is to give players, new to the sport, game time to allow them to potentially progress to the senior squad. Teams play 13-a-side. In addition to the Texas Championship the club also compete in the North American Championships which take place in a different US city each Labor Day weekend. Since 2014 the club has held an internal pub league which takes place either side of the Texas Championship. This is a co-ed tournament with four teams, each based out of a local Houston pub. There is a draft night to pick the teams early in the New Year. The goal of the pub league is to get new recruits game time experience and help new players to develop their Gaelic Football skills. This is a fun and competitive tournament with the winners taking home the Gavin Glynn Memorial Cup. A portion of the league fee goes to the foundation set up in his name, a cause that supports the family of sick kids like Gavin and his family. For more info check out http://thegavinglynnfoundation.ie/. The rest of the fee goes to the winning team who will host a night at their sponsor's pub for all the teams, with drinks free for as long as the tab lasts!