Editing Connacht (section)

== Sport ==
=== Gaelic games ===
[[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] dominate sport in Connacht with 212 [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] affiliated clubs in the province.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.joe.ie/sport/infographic-the-number-of-gaa-clubs-in-every-county-in-ireland-and-every-continent-around-the-world/420318|title=Infographic: The number of GAA clubs in every county in Ireland and every continent around the world|access-date=24 November 2015|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125045713/http://www.joe.ie/sport/infographic-the-number-of-gaa-clubs-in-every-county-in-ireland-and-every-continent-around-the-world/420318|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gaelic football is played throughout the province with the five counties annually competing in the [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]] to determine the provincial champion. [[Galway GAA|Galway]] are the most successful side in Connacht with 48 Connacht titles and 9 [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]. [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]] have been the dominant force in the province in recent years winning a five-in-a-row of Connacht titles from 2011 to 2015, and have regularly reached the semi-finals and finals of the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rooney|first=Declan|date=2015-07-19|title=Mayo crush Sligo for Connacht five-in-a-row|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2015/0719/715869-mayo-c/|language=en |website=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> No football team from Connacht has won the All-Ireland since [[Galway GAA|Galway]] in [[2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|2001]].

Hurling in Connacht mostly played in County Galway. [[Galway GAA|Galway]] is the only team in the province to compete in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]] winning the [[Liam MacCarthy Cup]] five times. The [[Galway GAA|Galway hurling team]] compete in the [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]] due to the lack of competition in the province.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/galway-moved-leinster-championship-more-2029995|title = Dublin have had better preparation ahead of Leinster final clash with Galway claims Cathal Moore|date = 6 July 2013|access-date = 24 November 2015|archive-date = 25 November 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151125024627/http://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/galway-moved-leinster-championship-more-2029995|url-status = live}}</ref>

=== Rugby union ===
Connacht is represented by [[Connacht Rugby]] in the [[United Rugby Championship]] and the [[Rugby Champions Cup]]. Connacht home games are played in the [[Galway Sportsgrounds]] in [[Galway]]. During the 2015/2016 Season of the Pro12, Connacht, for the first time, reached the play off stages of the competition and won the final in Edinburgh against rivals Leinster. It was their first ever Pro12 title.

Connacht-based teams who have played in the [[All-Ireland League (rugby union)|All-Ireland League]] include [[Buccaneers RFC]], [[Galway Corinthians RFC]], [[Galwegians RFC]], [[Ballina RFC]] and [[Sligo RFC]].

=== Other sports ===
Some other sports are overseen by provincial bodies, including in association football, where the [[Connacht Football Association]] is the governing body for a number of [[Connacht Senior League (association football)|Connacht league]] and [[Connacht Senior Cup (association football)|cup competitions]]. Traditionally there have been two main senior men's teams from the province that compete on a national level, [[Galway United F.C.]] and [[Sligo Rovers F.C.]] Both clubs have won various domestic honours. 

[[Cricket]] is a minor, but growing, sport within the province. The [[Connacht Cricket Union]], founded in 2010, is the governing body for cricket in the province.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cricket-ireland-expands-into-the-west-1.1248946|title=Cricket Ireland expands into the west|date=2010-11-08|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|access-date=2018-10-26|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412141453/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cricket-ireland-expands-into-the-west-1.1248946|url-status=live}}</ref> There are cricket clubs based in Ballaghaderreen, Ballyhaunis, Galway, and Sligo. Connacht does not currently enter a team into the [[Cricket in Ireland#Domestic cricket|provincial competitions]].