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 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
editFootball
editProvincial team
editThe Leinster provincial football team represents the province of Leinster in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup.
Players
editPlayers from the following county teams represent Leinster: Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow.
Competitions
editInter-county
edit- 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.[citation needed]
Club
editHurling
editProvincial team
editThe Leinster provincial hurling team represents the province of Leinster in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.
Players
editCompetitions
editInter-county
edit- 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.[citation needed]
Club
edit- Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
- Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
- Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship
Grades
edit| 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
editGael Linn Cup
editThe 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
editThe Leinster provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on seven occasions in 1976, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1999, 2001 and 2007.
County Honours
edit| 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
editPast chairmen
edit- 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
edit- ^ "GAA clubs by numbers". Irish Independent. 9 May 2009.
- ^ "Leinster Council Chairmen" (PDF). Leinster GAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.