There has been a 28% increase in GAA youth membership in Britain over the past four years, with 4,593 young players now involved with the association.
During that period in London the number of young people joining the GAA has increased by 20%, reaching 1,975 by the end of last year.
While traditionally Gaelic games were played by expats and those with Irish roots, a growing number without connections to Ireland are starting to take part.
Cormac Duffy, community development administrator with London GAA, explains that the majority of members are still first and second generation Irish.
However, in recent years there has been a growing number of young people joining without any Irish ancestry.
"Clubs are realising now that they need to develop their own home-grown players.
"The volume of Irish people coming over to Britain isn't what it was in the past. I think clubs are realising that in 10, 15, 20 years time they will need to develop their own players", he explains.
He praised the role of the GAA in supporting the growth of Gaelic games in Britain.
Fourteen of the 27 clubs in London have underage teams. Across Britain, 50 clubs have underage teams.
One club that has seen an increase in children taking part is St Joseph's GAA club in Ealing, west London.
Among them are seven-year-old Ailish and 12-year-old Maya, who said they enjoy how the sport is played.
"I like playing it, I really like how we get to kick the ball and play matches, and do the passing," said Ailish.
Maya, whose family is originally from Poland, said she enjoys it as its "very interactive and gets me running, and active".
Asked how she would describe it, she said: "Running, catching a ball, and kicking it up to yourself and believing in yourself that you can do it, and having fun."
Ann Marie McLoughlin is a coach with St Joseph's and deputy head teacher at the local secondary school, Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School.
Gaelic football has been on the school's PE curriculum for the past ten years.
"My mum's from Italy and my dad's from Brazil, I've decided to pick up Gaelic because it's similar to football which I also do"
She explained that it was seen as a sport with "transferrable skills with football, rugby and basketball".
Ms McLoughlin, who has played with London GAA in the past and whose parents come from Ireland, says that the sport has proven hugely popular at the school, adding that their "core aim is to ensure that children move on to clubs where they can engage in Gaelic football and move on and play with their county".
One of their players is Jaida, who also plays under-16s with St Joseph's GAA club. She hopes to play with the London team later this year.
"My mum's from Italy and my dad's from Brazil, I've decided to pick up Gaelic because it's similar to football which I also do, but also because it's a fun sport," she explained.
The school invited the Irish Ambassador to Britain Martin Fraser to showcase their GAA teams.
"It's very good to keep our cultural tradition alive here in London, we've contributed so much to this city"
He said it was impressive to see Irish culture and GAA alive and well in a large school like Cardinal Wiseman.
"It is now a shared sport across the two islands. Obviously it's our national sport at home, north and south.
"There's a lot of people in Britain who came over and played Gaelic games over the decades," he added.
"Now we're into the new generations, first and second generation kids, indeed kids with no connections to Ireland playing GAA.
"It's very good to keep our cultural tradition alive here in London, we've contributed so much to this city," he said.
