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Irish: | Loch Garman |
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Nickname(s): | The Model County The Slaneysiders The Yellowbellies |
Province: | Leinster |
Dominant sport: | Dual county |
Ground(s): | Wexford Park, Wexford |
County colours: | Purple Gold |
County teams | |
NFL: | Division 4 |
NHL: | Division 1B |
Football Championship: | Sam Maguire Cup |
Hurling Championship: | Liam MacCarthy Cup |
Ladies' Gaelic football: | Brendan Martin Cup |
Camogie: | O'Duffy Cup |
The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) (Irish: Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Loch Garman) or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford county teams.
Wexford is one of the few counties to have won the All-Ireland Senior Championship in both football and hurling.
The county hurling team last won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1996.
The county football team has won five All-Ireland Senior Football Championships, with the most recent win achieved in 1918.