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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.

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.

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.

Club

Grades

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

Governance

Past chairmen

Source:
  • 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
  • - 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-

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