Tír Conaill Harps Gaelic Athletic Club (GAC), (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Cláirsigh Thír Conaill) is a Gaelic football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. Tír Conaill Harps have Men and Ladies teams at both intermediate and underage levels. The club takes its name from Tír Chonaill, the ancient Gaelic kingdom roughly corresponding to modern day County Donegal. The clubs primary colours are green and gold.
History
Tír Conaill Harps was formed in 1994 following an amicable break away from the Pearse Harps club by the underage football section, who left to form the club at a meeting in the Govanhill Neighbourhood Centre, in Glasgow's south side.
Tír Conaill Harps is a community based registered charity.
Tír Conaill Harps have also historically fielded a women's shinty team, winning the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup in 2008, defeating Glengarry. They were also runners-up in the competition in 2009 and 2010.
In 2024, the club celebrated it's 30th anniversary at Christ the King Church Hall, with Jerry O'Donovan, Scottish Consul General of Ireland, as guest speaker.
Home Ground
The club is traditionally linked with Glasgow's South side and played their Gaelic football home games at the GAA owned Pearse Park in Cambuslang. After the GAA condemned the park for health and safety reasons, the club moved to Nethercraigs Sports Complex, Corkerhill using a rugby pitch. Glasgow City Council then constructed a Gaelic ground in Bellahouston Park for the club to play their home matches. However, the poor playing surface had seen the club forced to remain at nearby Nethercraigs.
In 2015 the senior and junior teams played and trained at Thornliebank, at Boydstone Road. The club eventually opted for Cambuslang Rugby Club and as of 2019 the club base all games and training sessions there.
Men's Gaelic football
Tir Conaill Harps Davitt Shield winning side of 2009
In the 2001 season, Tir Conaill Harps won the League and Championship titles. This was followed by a league win the following year. In 2006 and 2009,. they also won the Michael Davitt Shield.
Tir Conaill Harps 2012 Senior Championship winning side
In 2012, they reached all three major finals. They lost the league final to Edinburgh side Dunedin Connolly. Both sides met again in the Davitt Shield Final. This time however the Harps were victorious. Tír Conaill Harps won the championship final again Dunedin Connollys.
They reached the league final in 2013 and were beaten by Dunedin Connollys.
In 2019, the club beat Dalriada GFC in both the junior league and championship. Tir Conaill Harps were promoted, fielding teams at both Junior and Intermediate level for the following season.
Ladies Gaelic Football
In 2021 the club pushed forward the promotion of new ladies team, and worked to recruit players for the upcoming season. The Tir Conaill Harps Ladies played their first game in a Gaelic 7's tournament held in Edinburgh.
Tir Conaill Harps Youths
When Tír Conaill Harps was formed in 1994 the club initially solely focused on the youth, until forming senior teams later on.
The club currently fields teams in the following age groups:
Mixed - U7, U9, U11
Boys - U13, U15, U17
Girls - U12, U14, U16
In 2019, the club was restructured to allow home grown players to feed into the adult teams.
