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.

Leinster GAA
Irish:Cúige Laighean
Location:East
Number of counties:12
Province colours:  Green   White
Major grounds:Croke Park
UPMC Nowlan Park
Laois Hire O'Moore Park
Netwatch Cullen Park
Echelon Park Aughrim
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:Kilkenny (35)
Football:Dublin (30)
Most provincial titles
Hurling:Kilkenny (69)
Football:Dublin (60)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:28
Football:28
Standard kit
Regular kit

As of 2008, there were 834 clubs affiliated to the county boards of the Leinster Council.[1]

County boards

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Football

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Provincial team

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

Players

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

Competitions

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Inter-county

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Dublin heads the roll of honour in football, having won 54 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2015.[citation needed]

Club

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Hurling

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Provincial team

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

Players

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Competitions

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Inter-county

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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.[citation needed]

Club

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Grades

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Championship County team
Senior
Leinster SHC   Dublin
  Kilkenny
  Westmeath
  Wexford
Intermediate[citation needed]
Joe McDonagh Cup   Carlow
  Kildare
  Laois
  Offaly
Christy Ring Cup   Meath
Junior[citation needed]
Nicky Rackard Cup   Louth
  Wicklow
Lory Meagher Cup   Longford

Camogie

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Gael Linn Cup

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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

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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

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

Governance

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Past chairmen

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Source:[2]
  • 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
  • Bob Aylward[clarification needed] - 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

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  1. ^ "GAA clubs by numbers". Irish Independent. 9 May 2009.
  2. ^ "Leinster Council Chairmen" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
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