# Handball in Ireland In: [Learn](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn.md) > [Directory](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory.md) > Ireland Handball in Ireland: GAA Handball and its provincial and county boards, clubs by province, alleys, and the Irish-language words for the game. Links marked ↗ open in a new tab. We write our own description of each link. Listing a page is not an endorsement, and we do not run these sites. Links on this page were checked on 2026-11-02. ## Organizations: National governing bodies (2) - [Ard Comhairle](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/structure/ard-comhairle) (GAA Handball national committee (Ard Comhairle)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: The page on the GAA Handball site describing the Ard Comhairle, the national committee that runs handball within the GAA. It is part of the site's section on structure and governance. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Liathróid Láimhe CLG](https://www.gaahandball.ie/) (GAA Handball) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: The home page of GAA Handball Ireland, the Gaelic Athletic Association's handball body. It covers competitions, clubs, playing rules, coaching, news and the national centre. Our pick: The governing body for Gaelic handball in Ireland: competitions, clubs, rules, coaching and the national centre in one place. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Organizations: Regional, state, provincial and county associations (3) - [Boird Chontae](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/structure/county-boards) (GAA Handball county boards (structure page)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: A page on the GAA Handball site describing the role of county boards in Irish handball. It names no individual boards, so it works as an explainer rather than a directory. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Comhairlí Cúige](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/structure/provincial-councils) (GAA Handball provincial councils (Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: A single page on the GAA Handball site describing the four provincial councils of Leinster, Munster, Connacht and Ulster. None of the councils has a separate site linked from it. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Wexford GAA Handball](https://wexfordgaahandball.ie/) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the Wexford county handball board. It covers championships and leagues in softball, four-wall and wall ball, and hosts Leinster fixture PDFs. (County Wexford, Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Rules and officiating: Current official rulebooks (4) - [Competition Regulations (GAA Handball PDF)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/291973624851210/x/66f8bad307/competition-regulations-ac-june-26.pdf) (opens in a new tab): PDF of the GAA Handball competition regulations, covering court dimensions, ball specifications, grading, entries and fixtures. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [GAA Handball playing rules](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/governance/playing-rules) (opens in a new tab): The page on the GAA Handball site that holds the official playing rules for its handball codes. It links to the rule documents rather than reproducing them here. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Playing Rules: 4-Wall, Wallball, 60x30, Softball, Hardball (GAA Handball PDF)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/291973624851210/x/910ef96be4/playing-rules-4-wall-wallball-60x30-softball-hardball-ac-june-26.pdf) (opens in a new tab): PDF of the GAA Handball playing rules covering four-wall, wallball, 60x30, softball and hardball play. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Rules and Regulations (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/competitions/rules-regulations) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Rules and Regulations page on the GAA Handball site. It links the Playing Rules and the Competition Regulations as PDF downloads; it has no one-wall rules document. Our pick: Where the official GAA Handball playing rules and competition regulations are published. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Rules and officiating: Referee guides and certification (3) - [Become a Referee (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/get-involved/become-a-referee) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Entry page on the GAA Handball site for people who want to referee. It links to the Bronze award, the referee pathway and the playing rules. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Handball Referee Bronze Award (GAA learning portal)](https://learning.gaa.ie/HandballRef/Bronze) (opens in a new tab): GAA Handball Referee Bronze Level Certificate page on the Tobar learning portal: the first step of the referee pathway, an online exam of about 45 minutes that leads to the local referees panel. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Referee Zone (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/coaching-development/referee-s) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Referee Zone page on the GAA Handball site. It sets out the Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum referee levels, how each is earned, and that courses are led by national tutors. Our pick: Sets out the GAA Handball referee levels and how each is earned; the starting point for Irish officials. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Events, tours and results: Results, draws and rankings services (3) - [GAA Handball (Eirball)](https://eirball.ie/gaa-handball/) (opens in a new tab): The GAA Handball landing page of the Eirball website, with a link to an all-time results archive. Eirball is mostly a gridiron archive site, and its operator is not named on the page. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [handball.irish](https://handball.irish/) (opens in a new tab): An independent archive of results for Irish GAA handball, World Handball, wallball and pelota, with rankings and a roll of honour. It is not run by a GAA body and describes itself as part of the Eirball network. (Ireland, International; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [KnowTheScore.ie](https://knowthescore.ie/) (opens in a new tab): Online handball draws, fixtures, live scores and results, made in Galway and linked to the Handball Scoreboard app. It is run by a company, not by a handball body. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Courts and places to play: Building and specifying courts (3) - [4-Wall Court Specification 2019 (GAA Handball PDF)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/291973624851210/x/f41c1e544b/4wall_court_spec-2019.pdf) (opens in a new tab): GAA Handball PDF titled as a 2019 four-wall court specification, giving court construction guidance. (Ireland; Irish 40x20, Irish 60x30; checked 2026-11-02) - [One-Wall Facilities Development (GAA Handball PDF)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/291973624851210/x/53ac5a033f/one-wall-facilites-development.pdf) (opens in a new tab): GAA Handball PDF on developing one-wall facilities, covering court sizes and construction advice for clubs. (Ireland; Wallball, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02) - [Wallball Facility Development 2026 (GAA Handball PDF)](https://a.storyblok.com/f/291973624851210/x/44c0f54bdb/wallball-facility-development-doc_final-2026.pdf) (opens in a new tab): GAA Handball PDF from 2026 on developing wallball facilities, current court-building guidance. (Ireland; Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Learning and coaching: Coaching programmes and courses (2) - [Coaching (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/coaching-development/coaching) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Coach education page on the GAA Handball site, with in-service sessions for schools and clubs and coaching awards led by national tutors qualified through Coaching Ireland. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Third-level handball (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/coaching-development/3rd-level) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: The GAA Handball page for its third-level programme, covering handball at universities and colleges in Ireland. It sits in the coaching and development section of the site. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## History, halls of fame and archives: Libraries and archives with handball holdings (2) - [History (GAA Handball)](https://www.gaahandball.ie/about/gaa-handball/history) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: History page on the GAA Handball site, tracing Gaelic handball from early stone-wall games, through records such as the 1527 Statute of Galway, to old courts like Ballinrobe's of 1776. Our pick: The governing body's own account of Gaelic handball's long history in Ireland. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [McElligott Handball Papers (Cork City and County Archives)](https://cork.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details/archive/110023017) (opens in a new tab): Catalog record at Cork City and County Archives for the McElligott Handball Papers: letters, newspaper cuttings and photographs on handball in Cork in the early 20th century. Our pick: A rare public archive collection of early 20th-century handball papers from Cork. (County Cork, Ireland; Irish 60x30; checked 2026-11-02) ## News, magazines and media: Newspaper and broadcast features (3) - [Cavanman's Diary: Handball goes back to the future (Anglo-Celt, 2024)](https://www.anglocelt.ie/?p=103904) (opens in a new tab): Anglo-Celt newspaper column of 28 March 2024 on the growth of One Wall (Wallball) in Ireland and the 2024 World Wallball Championships in Limerick. (County Cavan, Ireland; Wallball, One-wall; checked 2026-11-02) - [Hooked on the handball hellbox (Anglo-Celt)](https://www.anglocelt.ie/?p=78520) (opens in a new tab): Anglo-Celt diary column of 26 October 2022 on a Cork handballer's trip to a frontball tournament in Biarritz, and on how the forms of handball share one idea: one bounce, then back to the wall. (County Cavan, Ireland; Irish 60x30; checked 2026-11-02) - [TG4 announces partnership with GAA Handball (2024)](https://www.tg4.ie/en/information/press/press-releases/2024-2/tg4-announces-partnership-with-gaa-handball/) (opens in a new tab): TG4 press release of 17 January 2024 announcing a partnership with GAA Handball: live streams on the Sport TG4 YouTube channel and highlights on TG4. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Reference: Encyclopedias and Wikipedia (4) - [Encyclopedia.com: handball (British and Irish history)](https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/modern-europe/british-and-irish-history/handball) (opens in a new tab): The British and Irish history section of the Encyclopedia.com handball entry. It gives encyclopedia background on the traditional game of handball in Ireland and Britain. (Ireland; Irish 60x30; checked 2026-11-02) - [Liathróid láimhe](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liathr%C3%B3id_l%C3%A1imhe) (Handball (Gaelic handball), Irish Wikipedia) (opens in a new tab): Irish Wikipedia article on handball (liathróid láimhe), giving the Irish terms for the game. Its text is available under the CC BY-SA license. Our pick: The Irish-language encyclopedia article on handball, useful for the game's Irish terms. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Wikipedia: GAA Handball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAA_Handball) (opens in a new tab): Wikipedia article on GAA Handball, the body that runs Gaelic handball in Ireland within the Gaelic Athletic Association. Its text is under the CC BY-SA licence. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Wikipedia: Gaelic handball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaelic_handball) (opens in a new tab): Wikipedia article on Gaelic handball, the Irish wall sport. A long entry covering the game and its history; the text is available under a Creative Commons license. Our pick: A long, freely licensed overview of Gaelic handball and its history; a good first read for newcomers. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Games, apps and software: Scoring and tournament apps (1) - [Handball Scoreboard (iPhone app)](https://apps.apple.com/app/id641353716) (opens in a new tab): An iPhone app for keeping score in a handball game, with timeouts, the serving player and match presets such as a three-game format. It can send scores to a local scoreboard server. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Irish language and Gaelic games: Dictionaries and terminology (3) - [foclóirí ár linne](https://www.focloir.ie/) (Foclóirí ár linne (focloir.ie), Foras na Gaeilge dictionaries) (opens in a new tab): Free dictionary site from Foras na Gaeilge, with An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge and the New English-Irish Dictionary. A place to look up Irish words met in handball writing. (Ireland; checked 2026-11-02) - [handball (Foclóir.ie)](https://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/handball) (opens in a new tab): The English-Irish dictionary entry for "handball" on focloir.ie, giving the Irish term liathróid láimhe for the sport, with examples of use. Our pick: The official English-Irish dictionary entry for handball, giving the Irish name of the sport. (Ireland; checked 2026-11-02) - [téarma.ie](https://www.tearma.ie/) (National Terminology Database for Irish) (opens in a new tab): National terminology database for Irish from Foras na Gaeilge, built by Gaois at DCU, giving Irish and English equivalents for specialist terms. (Ireland; checked 2026-11-02) ## Irish language and Gaelic games: Gaelic games bodies (2) - [Comhairle Mumhan CLG](https://munster.gaa.ie/) (Munster GAA (Munster Council)) (opens in a new tab): The Munster GAA provincial council site, which carries a handball link under its news section for the Munster handball council. Most of the site covers Gaelic football and hurling. (Cork, Clare, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford, Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) - [Cumann Lúthchleas Gael](https://www.gaa.ie/) (Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)) (opens in a new tab) [Official]: Website of the Gaelic Athletic Association, the body that runs Gaelic games in Ireland. Its home page lists gaahandball.ie among related organizations and has a Cultúr agus Gaeilge section. (Ireland; Irish 60x30, Irish 40x20, Wallball; checked 2026-11-02) ## Organizations: Clubs Browse by place: - [Connacht, Ireland](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/organizations/clubs-ie-connacht.md) (36) - [Ireland (county not listed)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/organizations/clubs-ie-other.md) (5) - [Leinster, Ireland](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/organizations/clubs-ie-leinster.md) (57) - [Munster, Ireland](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/organizations/clubs-ie-munster.md) (35) - [Ulster (with Northern Ireland)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/organizations/clubs-ie-ulster.md) (44) ## Courts and places to play: Courts and venues Browse by place: - [Ireland (county not listed)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/learn/directory/courts/venues-ie-other.md) (1)