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.

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 (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

Further information: County board (Gaelic games)

• Carlow
• Dublin
• Kildare
• Kilkenny
• Laois
• Longford
• Louth
• Meath
• Offaly
• Westmeath
• Wexford
• Wicklow

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, see 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

• 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 honor in football, having won 60 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2025.^{[citation needed]}

Club

• Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
• Leinster Intermediate Club Football Championship
• Leinster Junior Club Football Championship
• Leinster Minor Club Football Championship

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, see Category:Leinster inter-provincial hurlers.

Competitions

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.^{[citation needed]}

Club

• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
• Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
• Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Grades

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

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	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 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-