Leinster Inter-County Facts and Figures

Most Successful Counties

GENTS
Dublin 10 wins
Louth 6 wins
Meath 5 wins
Westmeath 2 wins
Kildare & Down 1 win apiece

LADIES
Dublin 14 wins
Kildare 11 wins

UNDER 16
Louth 5 wins
Dublin & Meath, 4 wins apiece
Westmeath 3 wins
Offaly 2 wins
Wexford 1 win

Most Runners-Up Spots
GENTS
Dublin 8
Louth 5
Meath 4
Westmeath 3
Kildare & Offaly, 2 apiece
Wexford 1

LADIES
Kildare 11
Dublin 10 
Meath 3
Westmeath 1

UNDER 16
Dublin 6
Meath 4
Offaly & Westmeath, 3 apiece
Longford, Down & Louth, 1 apiece

Lowest Winning Team Scores (different formats have applied through the years)
GENTS                 385, Meath at Gaeil Colmcille in 1995.
LADIES                407, Dublin at Bagenalstown in 1994.
UNDER 16           437, Meath at Portmarnock in 2007

Most Wins-in-a-Row
GENTS                 3- Louth 2002-2004
LADIES                4 – Dublin 1999-2002
UNDER 16           3 – Dublin 2013- 2015

Largest Winning Margins
GENTS                 14, Louth, at St. Patricks in 2003
LADIES                34, Dublin at Royal Meath in 2009
UNDER 16           38, Meath at Collinstown in 2017

Lowest Winning Margins
GENTS                 P/O, Dublin at RGSC in 1998 and Louth at Tullamore in 2004
LADIES                1, Dublin at Cement in 2002
UNDER 16           1, Dublin at Kilbeggan 2013

Longest Gaps between first and most recent winning appearance by an individual
GENTS
24 years – Anthony Malone (Dublin) 1994 - 2018
LADIES 
24 years – Geraldine Ward (Dublin) 1994– 2018

Dublin players Anthony Malone and Derek Courtney have most wins for their county with eight. 

Most Gents wins by players not from Dublin is five – recorded by Ian Donnelly (Louth), Sean Downes (Meath), George Beardsley (Louth) and Wally Sheridan (Meath).

Geraldine Ward has played on 14 winning Dublin teams, Sheelagh Elmes on 13, Maree O'Toole on 10 while Stella Sheridan of the same county has seven wins.

Marian Byrne has been a member of 11 winning Kildare sides; Tara Dillon has been on 10, while Chrissie Byrne has eight wins.

Two wins with different counties
Frank Ryan – with Dublin at McDonagh in 2007 and with Kildare at Tullamore in 2011.

Wins in the U-16 Championship and in the Adult Championship
Patrick McBride (Meath), Shane Redmond (Louth) and Declan Byrne (Louth).

Future Open Champion on U-16 Runner-Up Team!
Shane Lowry (Offaly), 2000

Venue most often used
Gents/Ladies – Tullamore, three times
Under 16 – Kilbeggan, Portmarnock & Old County, twice each.

Gents Championship was played from 1994 to date
Ladies Championship was played from 1994 to date
U-16 Championship was played from 2000 to date

Gents Format
1994/95 – 4 person teams, all Singles Scores to count
1996 to date – 6 person teams, Scotch Foursomes and Singles

Ladies Format
1994/95 – 4 person teams, all Singles Scores to count
1996 to date – 6 person teams, Scotch Foursomes and Singles

Under 16 Format
2000 to date – 6 person teams, Scotch Foursomes and Singles

 

Graded Inter-County Championships Winners
Year	Gents Inter	Gents Junior	Ladies Inter	Ladies Junior
2014	Westmeath	Wexford	Kildare	-
2015	Dublin	Westmeath	Offaly	Offaly
2016	Kildare	Wexford	Dublin	Kildare
2017	Westmeath	Kilkenny	Kildare	Louth
2018	Meath	Kilkenny	Kildare	Dublin

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