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.

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

County boards

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Football

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Provincial team

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

Players

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

Competitions

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Inter-county

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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

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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

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Provincial team

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

Players

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

Competitions

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Inter-county

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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

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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

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

Camogie

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Gael Linn Cup

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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

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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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