Connacht GAA

Irish

Cúige Connachta

Location

West

Number of counties:

Province colours

White and blue

Major grounds

Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon
MacHale Park, Castlebar
Pearse Stadium, Galway

Most All-Ireland titles
-Hurling:
-Football:

Galway (4)
Galway (9)

Most provincial titles
-Hurling:
-Football:

Galway (46)
Mayo (45)

Interprovincial Championship wins
-Hurling:
-Football:

11
10

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Connacht GAA 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 a number of County Boards within the province. These Boards are Galway GAA, Leitrim GAA, Mayo GAA, Roscommon GAA and Sligo GAA. Anomalously, it also exercises its functions for an additional two County Boards that are not located in the province: London GAA and New York GAA. Teams from these administrative areas play in the Connacht Senior Football Championship.

Hurling

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

Gaelic football

Club Competitions

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 (click on year for teams) in 1973, 1974, 2000 and 2008,

Camogie Gael Linn Trophy

The Connacht provincial junior camogie team won the Gael Linn Trophy on four occasions (click on year for teams) in 1981, 1995, 2006 and 2009,

External links

Connacht Council website

Governing bodies of the Gaelic Athletic Association

GAA Provinces and Counties

Provincial councils	Connacht Council Leinster Council Munster Council Ulster Council British Council

Counties of Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo

Counties of Leinster	Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Counties of Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary Waterford

Counties of Ulster	Antrim Armagh Cavan Derry Donegal Down Fermanagh Monaghan Tyrone

Counties of Britain	Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Scotland Warwickshire Yorkshire

Other counties	Asian Australasia Canadian Europe New York North American (USA excluding New York)

Non-county bodies	Annual Congress Féile na nGael Higher Education Games Administration Committee Scór

Associated bodies	GAA Handball Camogie Association Ladies' Gaelic Football Association Irish Collegiate Handball Association

Structure of the Gaelic Athletic Association

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