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Leinster GAA

Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Field	Value
province	Leinster GAA
irish	Laighin
county number	12
colours	Green White
grounds	UPMC Nowlan Park
Laois Hire O'Moore Park
Netwatch Cullen Park
Glenisk O'Connor Park
pro hurling	Kilkenny (69)
pro football	Dublin (60)
AI hurling	Kilkenny (35)
AI football	Dublin (30)
RC hurling	28
RC football	28
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Laois Hire O'Moore Park Netwatch Cullen Park Glenisk O'Connor Park |}}

The Leinster Council is a provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association sports of hurling, Gaelic football, camogie, rounders and handball in the province of Leinster. The Leinster Council has been partnered with the European County Board to help develop Gaelic Games in Europe. Leinster Council's main contribution to this goal is the provision of referees.

As of 2008, there were 834 clubs affiliated to the county boards of the Leinster Council.

County boards

Carlow
Dublin
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Longford
Louth
Meath
Offaly
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow

Football

Provincial team

The Leinster provincial football team represents the province of Leinster in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

Players from the following county teams represent Leinster: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.

Competitions

Inter-county

Leinster Senior Football Championship
O'Byrne Cup
Leinster Junior Football Championship
Leinster Under-21 Football Championship
Leinster Minor Football Championship

Dublin heads the roll of honor in football, having won 60 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2025.

Club

Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship
Leinster Junior Club Football Championship
Leinster Minor Club Football Championship

Hurling

Provincial team

The Leinster provincial hurling team represents the province of Leinster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

Competitions

Inter-county

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Walsh Cup
Kehoe Cup
Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship
Leinster Junior Hurling Championship
Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship
Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Kilkenny is the most successful county hurling team at senior level in the province, having won the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship on 74 occasions as of 2022.

Club

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Grades

Championship	County team	Senior	Intermediate
Leinster SHC	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	border	20x20px]] Dublin
[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg	border	20x20px]] Kilkenny
[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20x20px]] Westmeath
[[File:Colours of Wexford.svg	border	20x20px]] Wexford
Joe McDonagh Cup	[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg	border	20x20px]] Carlow
[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20x20px]] Kildare
[[File:Colours of Laois.svg	border	20x20px]] Laois
[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	border	20x20px]] Offaly
Christy Ring Cup	[[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath
Nicky Rackard Cup	[[File:Colours of Louth.svg	border	20x20px]] Louth
[[File:Colours of Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow
Lory Meagher Cup	[[File:Colours of Longford.svg	border	20x20px]] Longford

Camogie

Gael Linn Cup

The Leinster camogie team won the premier representative competition in the women's team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup on 26 occasions in 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2006 and 2010.

Gael Linn Trophy

The Leinster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on seven occasions in 1976, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1999, 2001 and 2007.

County Honours

Rank	Team	Football	Hurling	Total	Most recent Provincial	Title(s)	Runners-up	Title(s)	Runners-up	Title(s)	Runners-up
1	[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg	20px	border]] Dublin	61	23	24	36	85	59	2022	2021
2	[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg	20px	border]] Kilkenny	3	5	74	31	77	36	2022	2019
3	[[File:Colours of Wexford.svg	20px	border]] Wexford	10	16	21	32	31	48	2019	2017
4	[[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg	20px	border]] Meath	21	22	-	-	21	22	2010	2020
5	[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	20px	border]] Offaly	10	9	9	14	19	23	1997	2006
6	[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	20px	border]] Kildare	13	24	-	-	13	24	2000	2022
7	[[File:Colours of Laois.svg	20px	border]] Laois	6	15	3	11	9	26	2003	2018
8	[[File:Colours of Louth.svg	20px	border]] Louth	8	14	-	-	8	14	1957	2010
9	[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	20px	border]] Westmeath	1	4	-	1	1	5	2004	2016
[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg	20px	border]] Carlow	1	2	-	-	1	2	1944	1942
[[File:Colours of Longford.svg	20px	border]] Longford	1	1	-	-	1	1	1968	1965
12	[[File:Colours of Wicklow.svg	20px	border]] Wicklow	-	1	-	-	0	1	-	1897

Governance

Past chairmen

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James Nowlan Kilkenny - 1900–1904
John Fitzgerald - 1905–1908
Dan McCarthy Dublin- 1909–1910, 1919–1921
John J. Hogan - 1911–1918
Patrick D. Breen - Wexford 1922–1923
Bob O'Keeffe Laois - 1924–1935
Sean Robbins Offaly - 1936–1938
Seamus Flood - 1939–1941
Michael Kehoe Wexford- 1942–1944
Fintan Brennan - 1945–1947
Tom Walsh - 1948–1950
Jack Fitzgerald - 1951–1953
Dr. J. J. Stuart Dublin - 1954–1956
Hugh Byrne Wicklow- 1957–1959
Brendan Breathnach - 1960–1962
Liam Geraghty - 1963–1965
- 1966–1968
Jack Conroy - 1969–1971
Tom Loftus Dublin - 1972–1974
Jimmy Roche Wexford- 1975–1977
Paddy Buggy Kilkenny - 1978–1980
John Dowling Offaly - 1981–1983
Peadar Kearney Louth - 1984–1986
Jack Boothman Wicklow - 1987–1989
Jimmy Gray Dublin - 1990–1992
Albert Fallon - Longford 1993–1995
Jim Berry - Wexford 1996–1998
Seamus Aldridge Kildare - 1999–2001
Nickey Brennan Kilkenny - 2002–2004
Liam O'Neill Laois - 2005–2007
Sheamus Howlin - Wexford 2008–2010
Martin Skelly Longford - 2011–2013
John Horan Dublin - 2014–2016
Jim Bolger Carlow - 2017–2019
Pat Teehan Offaly - 2020–2022
Derek Kent Wexford - 2023-

References

(9 May 2009). "GAA clubs by numbers". Irish Independent.
"Leinster Council Chairmen". Leinster GAA.

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