In recent seasons the winners of the Senior Division have also qualified to play in the League of Ireland Cup.
Ciarán Priestley highlights a printed notice in the 4 September 2010 edition of The Irish Times.
Priestley also lists Bohemians, Britannia, Dublin University, Leinster Nomads, Phoenix and Montpelier as participants in the first season.
[2] However other sources suggest the league started a little later and was first played for in 1897–98 and that an unidentified British Army regimental team were the inaugural winners while Shelbourne were runners up.
This is a selection of teams playing in the lower levels of the Leinster Senior League.