 The Ladies Gaelic Football Association was founded on 18 July 1974 at a meeting held at the Hayes' Hotel in Thurles, County Tipperary, almost ninety years after the Gaelic Athletic Association was founded in the same hotel.Representatives from four counties – Offaly, Kerry, Tipperary and Galway – attended the meeting.In the same year the LGFA also organised the inaugural All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship.