Leinster GAA
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.
| Irish: | Cúige Laighean |
|---|---|
| Location: | East |
| Number of counties: | 12 |
| Province colours: | Green White |
| Major grounds: | Croke Park Nowlan Park O'Moore Park Dr Cullen Park Aughrim Park |
| 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
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As of 2008, there were 834 clubs affiliated to the county boards of the Leinster Council.[1]
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
Players from the following county teams represent Leinster: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
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 honour in football, having won 54 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2015.
Hurling
Provincial team
The Leinster provincial hurling team represents the province of Leinster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.
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
Grades
| Championship | County team |
|---|---|
| Senior | |
| Leinster SHC |  Dublin |
 Kilkenny | |
 Westmeath | |
 Wexford | |
| Intermediate | |
| Joe McDonagh Cup |  Carlow |
 Kildare | |
 Laois | |
 Offaly | |
| Christy Ring Cup |  Meath |
| Junior | |
| Nicky Rackard Cup |  Louth |
 Wicklow | |
| Lory Meagher Cup | 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.
County Honours
| 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
Past chairmen
- Source:[2]
- James Nowlan - 1900–1904
- John Fitzgerald - 1905–1908
- Dan McCarthy - 1909–1910, 1919–1921
- John J. Hogan - 1911–1918
- Patrick D. Breen - 1922–1923
- Bob O'Keeffe - 1924–1935
- Sean Robbins - 1936–1938
- Seamus Flood - 1939–1941
- Michael Kehoe - 1942–1944
- Fintan Brennan - 1945–1947
- Tom Walsh - 1948–1950
- Jack Fitzgerald - 1951–1953
- Dr. J. J. Stuart - 1954–1956
- Hugh Byrne - 1957–1959
- Brendan Breathnach - 1960–1962
- Liam Geraghty - 1963–1965
- Bob Aylward - 1966–1968
- Jack Conroy - 1969–1971
- Tom Loftus - 1972–1974
- Jimmy Roche - 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
- "GAA clubs by numbers". Irish Independent. 9 May 2009.
- "Leinster Council Chairmen" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.