Leinster GAA

Leinster GAA
Irish:Laighin
Number of counties:12
Province colours:  Green   White
Major grounds:UPMC Nowlan Park
Laois Hire O'Moore Park
Netwatch Cullen Park
Glenisk O'Connor Park
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:Kilkenny (36)
Football:Dublin (31)
Most provincial titles
Hurling:Kilkenny (77)
Football:Dublin (64)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:28
Football:28
Standard kit
Regular kit

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.

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

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.

Competitions

Inter-county

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

Club

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

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

Grades

Championship County team
Senior
Leinster SHC Dublin
Kildare
Kilkenny
Offaly
Wexford
Senior B
Joe McDonagh Cup Carlow
Laois
Westmeath
Intermediate
Christy Ring Cup Meath
Wicklow
Junior
Nicky Rackard Cup Louth
Junior B
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.

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 Title Runner-up
1 Dublin 63 23 24 37 87 60 2024 2026
2 Kilkenny 3 5 77 29 80 34 2025 2026
3 Wexford 10 16 21 32 31 48 2019 2017
4 Meath 21 22 - - 21 22 2010 2025
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 9 14 - - 9 14 2025 2024
9 Westmeath 2 4 - 1 2 5 2026 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:

References

  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.