Leinster Senior Football Championship

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The Leinster Senior Football Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bank of Ireland Leinster Championship) is the premier "knockout" competition in the game of football played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council and are played during the summer months. The Leinster football Final is played in July in Croke Park, Dublin. The winning county is presented with the Delaney Cup.

Dublin are the most successful, having won the championship on 46 occasions, more than double their nearest rivals Meath.

The Leinster Football Championship is run on a knock-out basis in which once a team loses they are eliminated from the competition. All of the counties of Leinster except Kilkenny, participate in the championship. The draw is a seeded draw in which last years semi finalist get a bye to the quarter finals. This leaves seven teams to be drawn in the preliminary rounds of which one get a bye to the quarter finals.

[edit] Roll of Honour

	Team	Winner	Winning Years
1	Dublin	46	1891, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2006
2	Meath	20	1895, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2001.
3	Kildare	13	1903, 1905, 1919, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1956, 1998, 2000.
4	Offaly	10	1960, 1961, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997.
4	Wexford	10	1890, 1893, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1945.
6	Louth	8	1909, 1910, 1912, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1957.
7	Laois	6	1889, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 2003.
8	Kilkenny	3	1888, 1900, 1911.
9	Carlow	1	1944.
9	Longford	1	1968.
9	Westmeath	1	2004.
12	Wicklow	0	N/A

[edit] See also

Leinster Inter-county Competions
Gaelic Football
Senior Football Championship (2007) U21 Football Championship (2007) Minor Football Championship (2007) Junior Football Championship (2007) O'Byrne Cup (2007)
Hurling
Senior Hurling Championship (2007)  Junior Hurling Championship

Gaelic Athletic Association
Football	History	Hurling
Senior Championship (2006)		Senior Championship (2006)
Under-21 Championship	The Sunday Game	Under-21 Championship
Minor Championship		Minor Championship
Junior Championship	Handball	Junior Championship
National Football League	Senior Hardball Singles	National Hurling League
Tommy Murphy Cup (2006)	Senior Hardball Singles	Christy Ring Cup (2006)
International Rules		Nicky Rackard Cup (2006)
Club Football Championship	Rounders	Club Hurling Championship
Sam Maguire Cup	Croke Park	Liam McCarthy Cup
Ladies' Gaelic football		Camogie
Ladies' Football All-Ireland	Interprovincial Championships	Camogie All-Ireland
Cic Fada		Poc Fada