Connacht GAA
Irish:Cúige Chonnacht
Location:West
Number of counties:5
Province colours:  White   Blue
Major grounds:Dr Hyde Park, Roscommon
MacHale Park, Castlebar
Pearse Stadium, Galway
Most All-Ireland titles
Hurling:Galway (4)
Football:Galway (9)
Most provincial titles
Hurling:Galway (46)
Football:Galway (47)
Interprovincial Championship wins
Hurling:11
Football:10
Standard kit
Regular kit

Connacht GAA (Irish: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Chonnacht) or formally the Connacht Provincial Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association is the governing body for Gaelic games that are played in the province of Connacht, Ireland. It performs a supervisory and appeal role for the five County Boards within the province (listed below). Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two county boards that are not located in the province: London and New York. Teams from these administrative areas play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship.

County boards

Football

Provincial team

The Connacht provincial football team represents the province of Connacht in Gaelic football. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

Players from the following county teams represent Connacht: Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.

Competitions

Inter-county

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Connacht Senior Football Championship 2022 Galway 47th Roscommon 2023
Connacht Under-20 Football Championship 2023 Sligo 2nd Galway 2024
Connacht Minor Football Championship 2022 Mayo 41st Galway 2023
FBD Insurance League 2023 Mayo 8th Roscommon 2024
Inactive competitions
Connacht Junior Football Championship 2019 Galway 22nd Mayo TBD

Club

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Connacht Senior Club Football Championship 2022 Moycullen 1st Tourlestrane 2023
Connacht Intermediate Club Football Championship 2022 Dunmore MacHales 1st St Dominic’s 2023
Connacht Junior Club Football Championship 2022 Clifden 1st St. Ronan's 2023

Hurling

Provincial team

The Connacht provincial hurling team represents the province of Connacht in hurling. The team competes in the Railway Cup.

Players

The Connact provincial team usually consists of 14 or 15 Galway players and perhaps one or two from the other counties.

Competitions

Inter-county

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Connacht Senior Hurling Championship 1999 Galway 25th Roscommon TBD
Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship 2015 Roscommon 4th Mayo TBD
Connacht Junior Hurling Championship 2004 Mayo 3rd Sligo TBD
Connacht Under-21 Hurling Championship 2005 Galway 5th TBD
Connacht Minor Hurling Championship 1989 Galway 26th Roscommon TBD
Connacht Senior Hurling League 2023 Galway 1st Roscommon 2024
Connacht Senior Hurling Shield 2023 New York 1st Leitrim 2024

There is currently no Connacht hurling championship but the Connacht GAA board has had Senior and Junior Hurling Championships in the past. The game is very strong in Galway but much weaker in the other four counties of the province.

Club

Competition Year Champions Title Runners-up Next edition
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship 2007 Portumna 3rd Ballina TBD
Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 2022 Tooreen 4th Killimor 2023
Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship 2022 Easkey Sea Blues 1st Ballygar 2023

Grades

Championship County team
Leinster SHC Galway
Joe McDonagh Cup None
Christy Ring Cup Mayo
Sligo
Nicky Rackard Cup Roscommon
Lory Meagher Cup Leitrim

Camogie

Gael Linn Cup

The Connacht camogie team won the premier representative competition in the women's team field sport of camogie, the Gael Linn Cup on four occasions in 1973, 1974, 2000 and 2008.

Gael Linn Trophy

The Connacht provincial junior camogie team has won the Gael Linn Trophy on four occasions in 1981, 1995, 2006 and 2009.

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