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Colours of Irish counties
Flag Province County Colours Notes
Current 1934–5[1] 1957[2]
Ulster Antrim Saffron and White Saffron Saffron Adopted from the Shauns club of West Belfast.[3]
Ulster Armagh Orange and White Orange and Green sash Saffron Up to 1926 Armagh wore black and amber. In 1926 they played Dublin in the All-Ireland Junior Football Championship Semi-Final and wore orange jerseys knitted by Poor Clare nuns from Omeath, County Louth. Another account claims that the jerseys were presented as a neighborly gesture by an Orange Lodge.[4]
Leinster Carlow Green, Red and Yellow Red Green and Yellow hoop Green Yellow and Red thirds Up to 1910, Carlow wore the colours of the county champions. In that year a set of green jerseys with red and yellow hoops were adopted.[5] These colours inspired Derek Ryan's song "Red, Yellow And Green."[6]
Ulster Cavan Blue and White Royal Blue Blue Royal blue has been worn since 1910; the white trim was added for the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final in New York City.
Munster Clare Saffron and Blue All White, Red Band Saffron and Blue Colours taken from the Tulla club, the first to be formed in the county.
Munster Cork Red and White All Red, White Collar Red with White Collars In 1913 Cork wore blue jerseys with a large yellow "C" in front. In a 1919 raid in by British troops on the county board rooms in Cook Street, the jerseys were taken. So, Cork used the jerseys of the St Finbarr's Total Abstinence Hall team, were dark red/maroon, and Cork have worn red ever since.[5][7]

St Finbarr’s Working Men’s Temperance Club founded 1900 on Bandon Road under League of the Cross principles by Fr Patrick O’Leary, curate there 1890-1915.[8] Building later renamed Fr O'Leary Total Abstinence Hall.[8] Its Gaelic football club merged with St. Finbarr's GAA in 1919.[9] Shortly before a match against Tipperary, Cork GAA jerseys (blue with yellow "C") were confiscated in a raid by Crown forces on its Cook Street offices.[9] Cork borrowed the 15 superfluous Fr O'Leary Total Abstinence jerseys (red-and-white with "TA") and bought white jerseys for its substitute players.[9][10] Central Council allowed change but demanded a brighter red to distinguish better from Galway.[10]

Ulster Derry Red and White Black and White Horizontal Stripes Red, White collars and cuffs, White crests Red was the traditional Derry colour; they adopted white jersey with a red hoop for the 1946–47 National Football League final and have worn them since.[dubious – discuss] They wore red with a white hoop in the 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.[11]
Ulster Donegal Green and Gold Green, with White Hoop Green, White and Gold For 1992 AIF, Donegal changed from gold-hoop-on-green to gold with green trim; kept.[7]
Ulster Down Red and Black Scarlet, Black Collar and Cuffs Red and Black Wore white shorts in 1961 football final, black in 1968 final.
Leinster Dublin Navy Blue and Sky Blue Light Blue Sky Blue, White Collar, City Arms Crest In April 1913, Harry Boland chaired the Dublin County Board meeting at which "after some discussion, it was decided to adopt as the county colours a light blue jersey with a white shield bearing the city arms".[12] Navy shorts and a slightly darker blue shirt were adopted under Kevin Heffernan in the 1970s.[13]
Ulster Fermanagh Green and White Green and White Green and White
Leinster Fingal Purple and White n/a n/a Fingal is not one of the 32 traditional counties of Ireland, but one of four local government areas in the historical area of County Dublin. Its county hurling team competed separately from Dublin from 2008 to 2016, but its management fell under the Dublin county board.
Connacht Galway Maroon and White Maroon and White [? = white trim ?] Maroon and White
Munster Kerry Green and Gold Green with Gold Centre Hoop Green, Gold Hoop Adopted in the 1903 All-Ireland Football Final as the colours of the then dominant Tralee Mitchels senior team.[14]
Leinster Kildare All White All White All White The kit has black trim, and some fans wave chequered flags.
Leinster Kilkenny Black and Amber Black and Amber Vertical Stripes Black and Amber Wore black and amber in the 1893 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, bought from the defunct Thomas Larkins football club. They also wore black and amber in the 1905 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final replay. Arguments over county colours went on until November 1911 with the presentation of a set of jerseys by John F. Drennan.[5]
Leinster Laois Blue and White Black and Amber Horizontal Stripes Blue, White Hoop
Connacht Leitrim Green and Gold Green, White Collar and Cuffs, with Gold Centre Hoop Green, White and Gold
Munster Limerick Green and White Green and White Hoops Green, White Collars Green jersey with white trim in 1963 minor hurling final.[15]
Leinster Longford Blue and Gold Royal Blue, Yellow Sash Green and Gold
Leinster Louth Red and White Dark Red Red
Connacht Mayo Green and Red Green, Red Hoop, Waist and Arm Green, Red Hoop
Leinster Meath Green and Yellow Green and Gold [? = gold trim?] Green, Gold collars and cuffs
Ulster Monaghan White and Blue White, Blue Sash Blue and White
Leinster Offaly Green, White and Gold Green, White and Gold Thirds Green, White and Yellow Thirds

claragaa Offaly officially adopted tricolour in 1922, first worn 1918; first suggested ["green, white and orange" says website] around 1903; ["orange, white and green jerseys" said newspaper] Clara v Athenry in 1886 hurling challenge

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  • The Tullamore history (the one for their 1985 tour of America) notes for 1918
    • New jersey of green, white and gold adopted on proposal of Ned Holland. New colours worn for delayed 1917 championship games versus Clara and Ferbane (in final).
  • page 10 of The blues - a 125 year photographic history of Tullamore GAA Club 1888 - 2013
    • In the early 1920s, Tullamore GAA Club had stopped wearing the green-white-and-gold jerseys and had, instead, given the right to wear them to the Offaly county team.
  • Sunday Independent in 1971 quoted:
    • Tullamore adopted in 1917 "as a patriotic gesture", given to Offaly team "at the end of the civil war".
    • Also "Faithful County" attributed to either
      • Martin O'Neill (former Sec. of Leinster Council of GAA) at a meeting,
      • or "the late Harry Burke", journalist, in an article.

1969 final v Kerry wore dark shorts and monochrome shirts; referee in all-white.[16]

Connacht Roscommon Primrose and Blue Black, Green Hoop, White Collar Blue and Gold
Connacht Sligo Black and White Black White with Black Hoop Sligo wore black change strip in 2001 v Kildare, and and were fined for retaining it illegally v. Dublin; officially adopted it in 2002.[7] White with black hoop in two photos of Frank White (intercounty 1946–56[17]) and in 1966 at Wembley;[18] white with black shorts in 1975 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semifinal.
Munster Tipperary Blue and Gold Blue with Gold Hoops Blue, Gold Hoop
Ulster Tyrone White and Red Green and Gold Hoops "White—Red Hand and Crest"
Munster Waterford White and Blue Royal Blue, White Collar White, Blue collars and cuff In 1948 finals minors wore dark jersey but seniors wore white.[19] Neither was a colour-clash (minor Kilkenny; senior Dublin who wore dark jersey).[19] Wore all-white, blue trim, and crest in 1959[20] and 1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.[15]
Leinster Westmeath Maroon and White Dark Red Maroon and White
Leinster Wexford Purple and Gold Royal Blue, Saffron Shoulder and Cuffs Blue, Yellow shoulders Adopted green and gold in 1903.[21] Purple with yellow shoulders in 1960[22] and 1962 senior[23] and 1963 minor[15] finals.
Leinster Wicklow Blue and Gold Green with Gold Sash Green and Gold

Change strips

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County teams often wear provincial colours as change (Ulster: amber and black; Munster: blue)[7]

  • Tipperary 1951 final wearing Munster crest, and single-colour jersey, probably all-blue like Munster; Wexford also single-colour and crest seems to be Leinster harp.[24]

Goalkeepers did not always wear distinctive colours; did so by 1963 in football (though Offaly 1968 final did not), did not do so as late as 1975 in hurling.[25]

Jersey sponsors first in 1991.[25]

Other notes

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  • 1949 Laois number 9 wore non-white shorts, unlike teammates.[26]
  • As of 1977, Cork county board only supplied jerseys; players supplied their own shorts and socks, which led to controversy when Adidas offered panel members sponsored gear.[27]

Unsorted refs

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From existing article, especially
Other
  • "Books of GAA History". Seamus O Ceallaigh GAA Collection. Limerick City Library. early years some colours differ
  • Stapleton, Shane (23 February 2017). "Some of the GAA's quirkier jersey moments". GAA Blog. AIB Bank. Retrieved 8 October 2020. [Cork 1919; Westmeath "wore green with a white hope until 2012 and it made a brief comeback in 2016"]
  • Neville, Conor (17 May 2016). "6 Counties Who Have Changed Their GAA Kit Colours And The Reasons Why". Balls.ie. Retrieved 8 October 2020. [Cork 1919; Dublin 1940s 1970s; Kerry 1903; Donegal 1992; Sligo 1996; Armagh 1926]

References

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  1. ^ "County Colours". The Gaelic Athletic Annual 1934–5 (PDF). p. 52. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ "County Title Holders". Official GAA Annual 1957 (PDF). pp. 135–180. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140705195711/http://www.gaa.ie/about-the-gaa/provinces-and-counties/about-county/county-colours/
  4. ^ https://www.friendsoftipperaryfootball.com/2017/07/17/anthony-shelley-looks-back-at-the-tipperary-armagh-match/
  5. ^ a b c Duinn, Tomas O. "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times.
  6. ^ "Red Yellow And Green / The Carlow Song Lyrics". Irish folk songs.
  7. ^ a b c d "Pride in the (changed) jersey". GAA. 29 May 2010.
  8. ^ a b the-temperance-movement
  9. ^ a b c cork-hurlers-the-line-out-in-blue-as-part-of-1916-commemorations
  10. ^ a b Hurley, Denis (20 December 2018). "The history of the Cork GAA jersey". Echo Live. Cork. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  11. ^ National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1958]. "Dublin v Derry – 1958 GAA All-Ireland Football Final". IFI Player: GAA Collection. Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  12. ^ "1913 Dublin County Board Minutes (Choosing County Colours)". Centenary 1913–1923. GAA. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  13. ^ Moran, Seán (1 September 2018). "City fathers on enduring, evolving legacy of Dublin football". The Irish Times. Retrieved 9 November 2020. Their adapted playing gear, deepening the sky blue of the jersey and adopting navy blue shorts, became the city colours.
  14. ^ "1903 colours". The Kerryman. 28 January 1961. p. 7.; McElligott, Richard (2013). Forging a Kingdom: The GAA in Kerry 1884–1934. Collins Press. p. 175. ISBN 9781848891777.
  15. ^ a b c National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1963]. "Kilkenny v Waterford – 1963 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final". IFI Player: GAA Collection. Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Photos 1950 to 1960". Terrace Talk. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  17. ^ Gackin, Neil (9 July 2015). "The Story Of Frank White". WordPress. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  18. ^ Casey, Jamie. "Video: Watch GAA being played at Wembley Stadium 50 years on". The Irish Post. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  19. ^ a b National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1948]. "Waterford v Dublin – 1948 GAA Hurling All-Ireland". Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  20. ^ National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1959]. "Waterford v Kilkenny – 1959 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final". IFI Player: GAA Collection. Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  21. ^ Blackwater GAA Club. "First Wexford Colours". GAA. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  22. ^ National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1960]. "Wexford v Tipperary – 1960 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final". IFI Player: GAA Collection. Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  23. ^ National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1962]. "Tipperary v Wexford – 1962 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final". IFI Player: GAA Collection. Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  24. ^ National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1951]. "Tipperary v Wexford – 1951 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Final". IFI Player: GAA Collection. Irish Film Institute. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  25. ^ a b Fogarty, John (15 April 2020). "Plenty of discoveries to be made in deep dive of GAA digital archive". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  26. ^ National Film Institute (6 August 2020) [1948]. "Tipperary v Laois – 1949 GAA Hurling All-Ireland". 3m00s; 3m32s; 6m06s. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  27. ^ McCarthy, Finbarr. "Billy Morgan". Bainsteoir: The 10 Greatest GAA Managers. Dublin: Mentor. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-906623-41-8.
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