Connacht GAA

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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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