Copenhagen GAA
Copenhagen GAA began with three or four people in Kennedy’s Bar in late 2003. Two decades on it fields men’s and ladies football teams, competes in the Nordic championship, and in October 2026 it played in a Pan-European final in Lyon.
From Kennedy’s Bar to Kløvermarken
According to the club’s own account, the first meeting took place around November 2003. The first game followed in spring 2004, against Gothenburg at DTU in Lyngby, and the first tournament trip was to Luxembourg that June. Copenhagen’s hurlers play as part of the Viking Gaels, the Scandinavian combined side.
In September 2012 the club hosted the Pan-European Gaelic Football Tournament at Kløvermarken, with 23 teams from across Europe. Copenhagen’s men reached the intermediate final, scoring seven goals in half an hour against Belgium in the semi-final, before old rivals Malmö beat them. Midfielder Robert Walsh was named player of the tournament. The Copenhagen Post noted that the ladies team was made up mainly of Danish women.
Unbeaten at Home in the Tenth Year
In June 2014, in the club’s tenth year, Copenhagen hosted a Nordic round at Kløvermarken and the men went through the day unbeaten, beating Stockholm in the final. A decade later they were still doing damage. In round one of the 2024 Nordic championship, at home, they beat Stockholm Gaels 6-19 to 0-2 in a senior final, and that October they won the Pan-European Shield Final in Lyon, 0-7 to 0-1 against Ludugnum.
The main rivalry now is with fellow Danish club Hillerød Wolfe Tones. Hillerød beat Copenhagen 2-9 to 0-3 in the Nordic Cup Final in Copenhagen in April 2026, and again 3-7 to 1-5 in the round three senior final in Gävle that August.
A Pan-European Final in Lyon
Copenhagen ended 2026 at the Pan-European Football Championships in Lyon on 17 October, reaching the Intermediate Cup Final. Clermont GFC won a high-scoring game 5-9 to 4-4, but a cup final at the end of the season is a long way from a first kickabout at DTU.
A Danish Gaelic Football Jersey
A Copenhagen GAA jersey has been worn by Irish emigrants and Danes alike, in more than 20 years of tournaments from Luxembourg to Lyon.
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Club Links
Sources & Further Reading
- Gaelic Games Europe: Copenhagen GAA club profile
- Gaelic Games Europe: Fixtures and results
- GAA International: Copenhagen GAA club history
- The Copenhagen Post: 2012 Pan-European tournament at Kløvermarken
- The Copenhagen Post: Copenhagen hosts Europe, 2012
- The Copenhagen Post: Nordic tournament win at Kløvermarken, 2014
Facts checked: 11 November 2026.