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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.

County boards

Further information: County board (Gaelic games)

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.

Grades

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

Gaelic football

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.

Club competitions


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