Leinster GAA#Camogie

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

{{Infobox Gaelic games province

| province = Leinster GAA

| image =

| irish = Laighin

| location =

| county number = 12

| colours = {{color box|009000}} Green {{color box|FFFFFF}} 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

| pattern_la=|pattern_b=|pattern_ra=

|}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/gaa-clubs-by-numbers-26534693.html|title=GAA clubs by numbers|work=Irish Independent|date=9 May 2009}}

County boards

Football

=Provincial team=

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

==Players==

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

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

=Competitions=

==Inter-county==

Dublin heads the roll of honor in football, having won 60 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2025.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

==Club==

Hurling

=Provincial team=

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

==Players==

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

=Competitions=

==Inter-county==

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|date=October 2019}}

==Club==

==Grades==

colspan="2" \|Senior
class="wikitable sortable" !Championship !County team
rowspan="4" \|Leinster SHC \|File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny
File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath
File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford
colspan="2" \|Intermediate{{Citation needed\|date=December 2022}}
rowspan="4" \|Joe McDonagh Cup \|File:Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow
File:Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare
File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois
File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly
colspan="2" \|
Christy Ring Cup \|File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg Meath
colspan="2" \|Junior{{Citation needed\|date=December 2022}}
rowspan="2" \|Nicky Rackard Cup \|File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth
File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow
colspan="2" \|
Lory Meagher Cup \|File:Colours of Longford.svg 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

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

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="2" |Rank

! rowspan="2" |Team

! colspan="2" |Football

! colspan="2" |Hurling

! colspan="2" |Total

! colspan="2" |Most recent Provincial

Title(s)

!Runners-Up

!Title(s)

!Runners-Up

!Title(s)

!Runners-Up

!Title

!Runner-Up

1

| File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin

|61

| 23

|24

|36

|85

|59

| 2022

|2021

2

| File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny

|3

| 5

|74

|31

|77

|36

| 2022

|2019

3

| File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford

|10

| 16

|21

|32

|31

|48

| 2019

|2017

4

| File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg Meath

|21

| 22

| -

|21

|22

| 2010

|2020

5

| File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly

|10

| 9

|9

|14

|19

|23

| 1997

|2006

6

| File:Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare

|13

| 24

| -

|13

|24

| 2000

|2022

7

| File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois

|6

| 15

|3

|11

|9

|26

| 2003

|2018

8

| File:Colours of Louth.svg Louth

|8

| 14

| -

|8

|14

| 1957

|2010

rowspan="3" | 9

| File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath

|1

| 4

| -

|1

|5

| 2004

|2016

File:Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow

|1

| 2

| -

|1

|2

| 1944

|1942

File:Colours of Longford.svg Longford

|1

| 1

| -

|1

| 1968

|1965

12

| File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow

| -

| 1

| -

|0

|1

| -

|1897

Governance

=Past chairmen=

:Source:{{cite web|url=https://leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P07_11_%20ChairmenPics.pdf|title=Leinster Council Chairmen|publisher=Leinster GAA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102920/https://leinstergaa.ie/_fileupload/Archives/P07_11_%20ChairmenPics.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}

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
{{clarify|date=April 2021|reason=Is this the same man who exists at "Bob Aylward"?|text=Bob Aylward}} - 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

External links

[https://leinstergaa.ie/ Leinster Council website]

Category:Gaelic games in Leinster

Category:Provincial councils of the Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic