Players contest possession during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Kildare and Dublin at Cedral St Conleth's Park, Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
C.C.C Comhairle Laighean, at its meeting on November 3, approved the schedule of the 2026 Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship as per below with the Kildare hurlers pencilled in for some glamour ties following their Joe McDonagh Cup success.
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     Date
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     Round 1
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     April 18/19
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     Galway
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     v
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     Kilkenny
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     Pearse Stadium
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     Kildare
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     v
      | 
   
     
     Wexford
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     Cedral St Conleths Park
      | 
  |
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     Offaly
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     v
      | 
   
     
     Dublin
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     Glenisk O'Connor Park
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  |
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     Round 2
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   ||||
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     April 25/26
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     Kilkenny 
      | 
   
     
     v
      | 
   
     
     Wexford
      | 
   
     
     UPMC Nowlan Park
      | 
  
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     Galway
      | 
   
     
     v
      | 
   
     
     Offaly
      | 
   
     
     Pearse Stadium
      | 
  |
| 
     
     Dublin
      | 
   
     
     v
      | 
   
     
     Kildare
      | 
   
     
     Parnell Park
      | 
  |
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     May 2/3
      | 
   
     
     Break Week
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  |||
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     Round 3
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   ||||
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     May 9/10
      | 
   
     
     Offaly
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Kilkenny
      | 
   
     
     Glenisk O'Connor Park
      | 
  
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     Kildare
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Galway
      | 
   
     
     Cedral St Conleths Park
      | 
  |
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     Wexford
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Dublin
      | 
   
     
     Chadwicks Wexford Park
      | 
  |
| 
     
     Round 4
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   ||||
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     May 16/17
      | 
   
     
     Kilkenny 
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Kildare
      | 
   
     
     UPMC Nowlan Park
      | 
  
| 
     
     Offaly
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Wexford
      | 
   
     
     Glenisk O'Connor Park
      | 
  |
| 
     
     Galway
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Dublin
      | 
   
     
     Pearse Stadium
      | 
  |
| 
     
     Round 5
      | 
   ||||
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     May 23/24
      | 
   
     
     Dublin
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Kilkenny
      | 
   
     
     Parnell Park
      | 
  
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     Wexford 
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Galway
      | 
   
     
     Chadwicks Wexford Park
      | 
  |
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     Kildare
      | 
   
     
     v 
      | 
   
     
     Offaly
      | 
   
     
     Cedral St Conleths Park
      | 
  |
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     June 6
      | 
   
     
     Leinster GAA Senior Hurling & Joe McDonagh Final
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