Leinster Senior Club Camogie Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Laighean |
Code | Camogie |
Founded | 1964 |
Region | Leinster (GAA) |
Title holders | St Vincents (4th title) |
First winner | Celtic |
Most titles | St Paul's (13 titles) |
Official website | Official website |
The Leinster Senior Club Camogie Championship is an annual camogie competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Camogie Association and contested by the champion senior clubs in the province of Leinster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Leinster camogie.
The winner of the Leinster championship contests the semi-final of the All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship.
The championship was first contested in 1964. [1]
The competition has been won by 17 teams, 11 of which have won it more than once. Kilkenny clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories with 26 wins. St Paul's of Kilkenny is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 13 times.
No club from counties other than Dublin, Kilkenny, and Wexford has ever won the championship. The last time a final was contested by a club from another county was in 1997, when Camross of Laois were defeated by Lisdowney of Kilkenny.
St Vincents are the reigning champions, having beaten Piltown by 2-12 to 1-13 in the 2024 final. [2]
# | Club | County | Wins | Runners Up | Years won | Years runners up |
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1 | St Paul's | Kilkenny | 13 | 7 | 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 | 1967, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982 |
2 | Buffers Alley | Wexford | 8 | 5 | 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 | 1977, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994 |
Oulart–The Ballagh | Wexford | 8 | 4 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021 | 2003, 2005, 2007, 2022 | |
4 | St Lachtain's | Kilkenny | 6 | 4 | 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 | 1998, 2000, 2001, 2009 |
5 | Rathnure | Wexford | 4 | 4 | 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000 | 1989, 1991, 1999, 2008 |
St Vincents | Dublin | 4 | 3 | 1998, 2019, 2022, 2024 | 2015, 2016, 2023 | |
7 | Lisdowney | Kilkenny | 3 | 2 | 1993, 1994, 1997 | 1992, 1996 |
St Ibars | Wexford | 3 | 2 | 1965, 2001, 2002 | 1966, 2013 | |
9 | Thomastown | Kilkenny | 2 | 3 | 2016, 2017 | 2014, 2018, 2020 |
Celtic | Dublin | 2 | 3 | 1964, 1991 | 1973, 1976, 1979 | |
Austin Stacks | Dublin | 2 | 2 | 1971, 1972 | 1970, 1974 | |
12 | Ballyboden St Enda's | Dublin | 1 | 4 | 2008 | 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
St Martin's | Wexford | 1 | 2 | 2018 | 2017, 2019 | |
Dicksboro | Kilkenny | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 2021 | |
Crumlin | Dublin | 1 | 1 | 1985 | 1986 | |
Eoghan Ruadh | Dublin | 1 | 1 | 1967 | 1969 | |
Mullinavat | Kilkenny | 1 | 0 | 2013 | ||
18 | Myshall | Carlow | 0 | 2 | 1983, 1995 | |
Marino | Dublin | 0 | 2 | 1990, 1993 | ||
Piltown | Kilkenny | 0 | 1 | 2024 | ||
Good Counsel | Dublin | 0 | 1 | 2004 | ||
Camross | Laois | 0 | 1 | 1997 | ||
Avoca | Wicklow | 0 | 1 | 1984 | ||
Prosperous | Kildare | 0 | 1 | 1975 | ||
Ardclough | Kildare | 0 | 1 | 1968 | ||
St. Colman's | Offaly | 0 | 1 | 1964 |
County | Titles | Runners-up | Total |
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Kilkenny | 26 | 19 | 45 |
Wexford | 24 | 17 | 41 |
Dublin | 11 | 17 | 28 |
Carlow | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Kildare | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Laois | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Offaly | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wicklow | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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