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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. 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. 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 honour in football, having won 54 Leinster Senior Football Championship titles as of 2015.
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
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