Leinster Senior Club Football Championship

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Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg 2024 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship
Irish Craobh Sinsir Peile Laighean na gClub
Founded1970
TrophySeán McCabe Cup [1] [2]
Title holders   Cuala (1st title)
Most titles   St. Vincent's &    Portlaoise &    Kilmacud Crokes (7 titles)
Sponsors Allied Irish Banks
TV partner(s) TG4
MottoThe toughest of them all

The Leinster Senior Club Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football tournament played on a knockout basis between the senior club championship winners of the competing counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Kilmacud Crokes [3] from Dublin. Offaly side Gracefield were the first winners of the Leinster senior club football championship in the 1970–71 season. The most successful clubs are St. Vincent's, and Kilmacud Crokes from Dublin, and Portlaoise from Laois, who have won the Leinster championship on seven occasions. Carlow club Éire Óg won 5 championships in 7 years in the 1990s. Dublin clubs have won the Leinster championship twenty five times, which is more than triple any other county. The winner of this competition represents Leinster in the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Wins Listed By Team

TeamWinsYears wonCounty
1 St. Vincent's 71972, 1975, 1984, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016 Dublin
Portlaoise 71971, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2009 Laois
Kilmacud Crokes 71994, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2023 Dublin
4 Éire Óg 51992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998 Carlow
5 Moorefield 22006, 2017 Kildare
Thomas Davis 21990, 1991 Dublin
Walterstown 21980, 1983 Meath
Walsh Island 21978, 1979 Offaly
UCD 21973, 1974 Dublin
Ballyboden St. Enda's 22015, 2019 Dublin
11 Cuala 12024 Dublin
Mullinalaghta St. Columba's 12018 Longford
Ballymun Kickhams 12012 Dublin
Garrycastle 12011 Westmeath
St. Brigid's 12003 Dublin
Dunshaughlin 12002 Meath
Rathnew 12001 Wicklow
O'Hanrahans 12000 Carlow
Na Fianna 11999 Dublin
Erin's Isle 11997 Dublin
Baltinglass 11989 Wicklow
Parnells 11988 Dublin
Ferbane 11986 Offaly
Raheens 11981 Kildare
Summerhill 11977 Meath
Gracefield 11970 Offaly

Wins Listed By County

#CountyLeinster TitlesRunners-upLast provincial winners
1 Dublin clubs2611 Cuala, 2024
2 Laois clubs79 Portlaoise, 2009
3 Carlow clubs62 O'Hanrahans, 2000
4 Offaly clubs49 Ferbane, 1986
4 Meath clubs42 Dunshaughlin, 2002
6 Kildare clubs36 Moorefield, 2017
7 Wicklow clubs24 Rathnew, 2001
8 Westmeath clubs16 Garrycastle, 2011
8 Longford clubs10 Mullinalaghta St. Columba's, 2018
9 Louth clubs05

No club from Kilkenny or Wexford has ever appeared in a Leinster Club Football Championship final.

Finals Listed By Year

YearWinnerCountyScoreOpponentCountyScore
2024 [4] Cuala Dublin 1-14 St Mary's Louth 2-10
2023 [5] Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 1-14 Naas Kildare 0-10
2022 [3] Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 1-12 The Downs Westmeath 0-08
2021 [6] Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 0-14 Naas Kildare 0-07
2020 [7] Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2019 [8] Ballyboden St Enda's Dublin 0-08 Éire Óg Carlow 0-06
2018 [9] Mullinalaghta St Columba's Longford 1-08 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 1-06
2017 [10] Moorefield Kildare 1-14 St Loman's Westmeath 2-10
2016 [11] St Vincents Dublin 1-16 Rhode Offaly 0-12
2015 [12] Ballyboden St Enda's Dublin 2-09 Portlaoise Laois 1-11
2014 [13] St Vincents Dublin 1-13 Rhode Offaly 0-06
2013 [14] St. Vincent's Dublin 3-12 Portlaoise Laois 3-09
2012 [15] Ballymun Kickhams Dublin 0-11 Portlaoise Laois 0-08
2011 Garrycastle Westmeath 1-08 St Brigids Dublin 0-10
2010 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 0-15 Rhode Offaly 1-07
2009 Portlaoise Laois 1-09 Garrycastle Westmeath 1-05
2008 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 2-07 Rhode Offaly 1-07
2007 St Vincents Dublin 2-08 Tyrrellspass Westmeath 0-07
2006 Moorefield Kildare 3-06 Rhode Offaly 0-08
2005 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 0-10 Sarsfields Kildare 0-09
2004 Portlaoise Laois 1-11 Skryne Meath 2-04
2003 St Brigids Dublin 3-11 Round Towers Kildare 1-10
2002 Dunshaughlin Meath 0-13 Mattock Rangers Louth 0-07
2001 Rathnew Wicklow 2-16 (R)
0-09		 Na Fianna Dublin 1-10 (R)
1-06
2000 O'Hanrahans Carlow 1-07 Na Fianna Dublin 1-05
1999 Na Fianna Dublin 1-11 Sarsfields Kildare 0-08
1998 Éire Óg Carlow 1-11 (2nd R)
0-07 (1st R)
1-06		 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 0-11 (2nd R)
0-07 (1st R)
0-09
1997 Erin's Isle Dublin 2-11 Clane Kildare 1-11
1996 Éire Óg Carlow 1-10 St Sylvester's, Malahide Dublin 0-08
1995 Éire Óg Carlow 0-15 (R)
2-09		 An Tóchar Wicklow 1-06 (R)
0-15
1994 Kilmacud Crokes Dublin 0-12 Seneschalstown Meath 1-08
1993 Éire Óg Carlow 3-07 Erin's Isle Dublin 0-11
1992 Éire Óg Carlow 2-05 Ballyroan Laois 0-07
1991 Thomas Davis Dublin 1-07 Clara Offaly 1-05
1990 Thomas Davis Dublin 1-08 (R)
0-08		 Baltinglass Wicklow 0-08 (R)
1-05
1989 Baltinglass Wicklow 1-09 (R)
1-06		 Thomas Davis Dublin 0-11 (R)
1-06
1988 Parnells Dublin 1-04 (R)
2-05		 Ferbane Offaly 0-06 (R)
1-08
1987 Portlaoise Laois 1-07 (R)
1-08		 Parnells Dublin 1-05 (R)
1-08
1986 Ferbane Offaly 3-05 Portlaoise Laois 1-10
1985 Portlaoise Laois 2-08 (R)
1-08		 Baltinglass Wicklow 1-09 (R)
1-08
1984 St Vincents Dublin 1-13 Tinahely Wicklow 1-03
1983 Walterstown Meath 3-09 Walsh Island Offaly 2-11
1982 Portlaoise Laois 1-08 Ballymun Kickhams Dublin 0-07
1981 Raheens Kildare 1-07 Portlaoise Laois 0-06
1980 Walterstown Meath 2-09 Éire Óg Carlow 2-08
1979 Walsh Island Offaly 3-02 Portlaoise Laois 1-06
1978 Walsh Island Offaly 2-09 St Josephs Laois 3-05
1977 Summerhill Meath 5-04 St Vincents Dublin 0-06
1976 Portlaoise Laois 1-12 Cooley Kickhams Louth 0-08
1975 St Vincents Dublin 3-09 St Josephs Laois 1-08
1974 UCD Dublin 2-07 Ferbane Offaly 1-09
1973 UCD Dublin 1-06 Cooley Kickhams Louth 0-07
1972 St Vincents Dublin 6-10 The Downs Westmeath 2-05
1971 Portlaoise Laois 2-11 Athlone Westmeath 2-09
1970 Gracefield Offaly 0-12 Newtown Blues Louth 0-09

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