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The 2016 GAA Interprovincial Championships (formerly known as the Railway Cups) was a senior GAA competition in which the four provinces of Ireland competed in Gaelic football and hurling. The provincial squads are made up of players from the county panels in each province.

Connacht were the reigning football champions whilst Leinster were the reigning hurling champions from 2014. Due to adverse weather conditions, the 2015 inter-provincials did not take place.

Ulster were the Football champions and Munster were the Hurling champions.

Football Championship

Football Managers

• Ger O’Sullivan (Cork & Munster)
• John Tobin (Galway & Connacht)
• Pete McGrath (Down & Ulster)
• Seán Kelly (Meath & Leinster)

Football Semi-finals

Ulster	3-17 - 1-15	Munster
Peter Harte (1-8, 0-4 frees, 1-0 penalty); Stefan Campbell (0-5); Tomas Corrigan (0-4, 0-2 frees); Enda Lynn, Aidan Breen (1-0)	Report	Paul Whyte (0-4, 0-3 frees); Jamie Malone (1-0); David Tubridy (0-3); Ian Corbett (0-2); Gary Brennan, Tommy Walsh, Brian Fox, Keelan Sexton, Ruairi Deane (0-1); Conor Sweeney (0-1 free)

Connacht	2-17 - 1-18	Leinster
N Murphy (1-3); J Doherty (0-6, 0-4 frees); C Murtagh (1-1); D Cummins (0-3), F Cregg, D Comer, E Smith, N Daly (0-1)	Report	J Heslin (0-10, 0-8 frees); K Martin (1-1), D Foley, J McGrath, J Byrne, D Byrne, P Sharry, S O'Rourke, J O'Loughlin (0-1)

Football final

Connacht	3-10—2-16	Ulster
C Murtagh 2-3, D Comer 1-1, J Doherty 0-2 (2f), E Smith 0-1, D Cummins 0-1, E Mulligan 0-1 (1f), P Conroy 0-1.	Report	P Harte 0-5 (4f), A Breen 1-2, T Corrigan 0-4 (2f), C Vernon 1-1, E Lynn 0-3, S Campbell 0-1

Hurling Championship

Hurling Managers

• Anthony Daly (Clare & Munster)
• Micheál Donoghue (Galway & Connacht)
• Terence McNaughton (Antrim & Ulster)
• Ciarán Hetherton (Dublin & Leinster)

Hurling Semi-finals

Munster	3-21 - 0-15	Ulster
Seamus Callanan (1-7, 0-6 frees); Michael Breen (1-1); Barry Nash (0-4); Stephen Bennett (1-0); John O'Dwyer (0-2); Diarmaid Byrnes, Tom Murnane, Shane Dowling, Pádraic Maher, David Reidy, Shane Bennett, Dan McCormack (0-1)	Report	Ciarán Clarke (0-7, 0-6 frees); Conor Corvan (0-3); Conor O'Prey (0-2, 0-1 frees); Danny Cullen, Niall McKenna, Conor Woods (0-1)

Leinster	1-14 - 1-12	Connacht
L Chin (1-4); S Dooley (0-3 frees); C Crummey, S Ryan, W Walsh, C Fennelly, R O'Dwyer, G Keegan, M Kavanagh (0-1)	Report	J Cooney (1-0), C Cooney (0-3 frees); N Burke (0-3, 0-1 free); J Skehill (0-1 free); J Flynn (0-1 sideline); D Burke; C Mannion, A Harte, P Flaherty (0-1)

Hurling final

Munster	2-20 - 2-16	Leinster
S Callanan - Tipperary (0-7, 0-4 frees, 0-1 '65); D Reidy - Clare (1-2); A Cadogan - Cork (0-3); D McCormack - Tipperary, B Nash - Limerick (0-2); D Byrnes - Limerick, J Barron - Waterford, M Breen - Tipperary, A Shanagher - Clare, Stephen Bennett - Waterford (0-1)	Report	TJ Reid - Kilkenny (1-6, 0-4 frees); W Walsh - Kilkenny (0-4); L Chin - Wexford (1-1), C Dwyer - Laois, G Keegan - Kildare (0-2); S Dooley - Offaly (0-1)

References

• Results and fixtures

1. "GAA president welcomes return of inter-provincials". RTE Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
2. "Ulster finish strongly to reclaim interpro crown". RTE. 17 December 2016.
3. "Munster defeat Leinster in Interprovincial Hurling Final". GAA.ie. 17 December 2016.

• GAA Interprovincial Championship
• 2016 in Gaelic football
• 2016 in hurling