Connacht GAA#Camogie

{{primary sources|date=March 2008}}

{{Short description|Provincial council of the Gaelic Athletic Association}}

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{{Infobox Gaelic games province

| province = Connacht GAA

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| irish = Connachta

| location = West

| county number = 5

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| grounds = Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
MacHale Park, Castlebar
Pearse Stadium, Galway

| AI hurling = Galway (4)

| AI football = Galway (9)

| pro hurling = Galway (46)

| pro football = Galway (47)

| RC hurling = 11

| RC football = 10

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Connacht GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chonnacht) or formally the Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It performs a supervisory and appeal role for the five County Boards within the province (listed below). Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two county boards that are not located in the province: London and New York. Teams from these administrative areas play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship.

County boards

{{Further|County board (Gaelic games)}}

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Football<!--THE GAA ORGANISES GAELIC FOOTBALL ONLY. IT DOES NOT ORGANISE RUGBY OR AMERICAN FOOTBALL.-->

=Provincial team=

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

==Players==

{{For|individual player details|Category:Connacht inter-provincial Gaelic footballers}}

Players from the following county teams represent Connacht: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.

=Competitions=

==Inter-county==

==Club==

Hurling

=Provincial team=

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

==Players==

{{For|individual player details|Category:Connacht inter-provincial hurlers}}

The Connact provincial team usually consists of 14 or 15 Galway players and perhaps one or two from the other counties.

=Competitions=

==Inter-county==

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!Competition

|

!Year

!Champions

!Title

!Runners-up

|

!Next edition

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

|

|1999

|File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway

|25th

| File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon

|

|TBD

Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship

|

|2015

| File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon

|4th

| File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo

|

|TBD

Connacht Junior Hurling Championship

|

|2004

| File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo

|3rd

| File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg Sligo

|

|TBD

Connacht Under-21 Hurling Championship

|

|2005

|File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway

|5th

|

|

|TBD

Connacht Minor Hurling Championship

|

|1989

|File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway

|26th

| File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon

|

|TBD

Connacht Senior Hurling League

|

|2023

|File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway

|1st

|File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon

|

|2024

Connacht Senior Hurling Shield

|

|2023

| File:Colors_of_New York.svg New York

|1st

|File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim

|

|2024

There is currently no Connacht hurling championship but the Connacht GAA board has had Senior and Junior Hurling Championships in the past. The game is very strong in Galway but much weaker in the other four counties of the province.

==Club==

=Grades=

Camogie

=Gael Linn Cup=

The Connacht camogie team won the premier representative competition in the women's team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup on four occasions in 1973, 1974, 2000 and 2008.

=Gael Linn Trophy=

The Connacht provincial junior camogie team has won the Gael Linn Trophy on four occasions in 1981, 1995, 2006 and 2009.