All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling tournament played between hundreds of senior hurling clubs in Ireland. The Tommy Moore Cup is awarded to the winners. Birr (Offaly) and Ballyhale Shamrocks (Co Kilkenny) are the most successful teams, each having won the All-Ireland Club Championship on 4 occasions.
Structure
Each of Ireland's 32 counties play their own championship between all the hurling clubs in the county - depending on the county, it can be league, knockout, or a mixture of both. The 32 county champions play in the 4 provincial championships, with the four winners of these advancing to the All-Ireland Semi-Finals. Until the introduction of the Intermediate and Junior Championships one team usually played the London champions in a quarter-final. The London champions now play in the Intermediate Championship. The All-Ireland Final is played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day.
Schedule:
- County championships: June-September
- Provincial championships: September-December
- All-Ireland Semi-Finals: February
- All-Ireland Final: March 17
History
The club championship was first held in 1971, with Roscrea the first champions. Ironically, given the county's initial opposition to the tournament, Cork clubs won seven All-Irelands in this decade. James Stephens were the first Leinster team to win.
Castlegar won Connacht's first title in 1980, and in '83 Loughgiel Shamrocks caused a major upset by becoming Ulster's first and only All-Ireland champions. Teams from the traditional hurling counties dominated for the rest of the 80's.
Galway clubs then came to dominate the tournament: both Sarsfields and Athenry managed to retain the title. Clare clubs matched the county team's success by winning six Munster titles in a row.
The 2007 provincial championships were completed and in 2008 Birr, Loughmore-Castleiney, Portumna and Dunloy vied for the All-Ireland, with Galway's Portumna the eventual winners.
Roll of honour
All-Ireland winners shown in bold type. County in (brackets).
Roll of honour
By club
Listing the most successful clubs only. Four further clubs are on two titles - Glen Rovers and St. Finbarr's (both of Cork) and Portumna and Sarsfields, both of Galway.| Province | All-Irelands | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Leinster | 4 | Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny), 2006-07 |
| Leinster | 4 | Birr (Offaly), 2002-03 |
| Connacht | 3 | Athenry (Galway), 2000-01 |
| Munster | 3 | Blackrock (Cork), 1978-79 |
| Leinster | 3 | James Stephens (Kilkenny), 2004-05 |
By county
M, L, C, U refer to Munster/Leinster/Connacht/Ulster championships won by teams from the county.
| # | County | All-Irelands | M | L | C | U | Last All-Ireland/provincial winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | Kilkenny clubs | 9 | 15 | Ballyhale Shamrocks, 2006-07 | |||
| 1= | Cork clubs | 9 | 14 | Newtownshandrum, 2003-04 | |||
| 1= | Galway clubs | 9 | 34 | Portumna, 2007-08 | |||
| 4 | Offaly clubs | 4 | 10 | Birr, 2002-03 | |||
| 5 | Tipperary clubs | 3 | 8 | Borris-Ileigh, 1986-87 | |||
| 6 | Clare clubs | 2 | 7 | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield, 1999-2000 | |||
| 7= | Wexford clubs | 1 | 9 | Buffers Alley, 1985-86 | |||
| 7= | Antrim clubs | 1 | 27 | Loughgiel Shamrocks, 1982-83 | |||
| 9= | Limerick clubs | 0 | 5 | Kilmallock, 1994-95 | |||
| 9= | Waterford clubs | 0 | 3 | Mount Sion, 2002-03 | |||
| 9= | Laois clubs | 0 | 2 | Camross, 1996-97 | |||
| 9= | Dublin clubs | 0 | 1 | Crumlin, 1979-80 | |||
| 9= | Down clubs | 0 | 8 | Ballygalget, 2005-06 | |||
| 9= | Roscommon clubs | 0 | 3 | Four Roads, 1988-89 |
No club from Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Kerry, Kildare, Leitrim, London, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Sligo, Tyrone, Westmeath or Wicklow has ever won a national or provincial title.
By province
| Province | All-Irelands | Last winners |
|---|---|---|
| Leinster clubs | 14 | Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny), 2006-07 |
| Munster clubs | 14 | Newtownshandrum (Cork), 2003-04 |
| Connacht clubs | 9 | Portumna (Galway), 2007-08 |
| Ulster clubs | 1 | Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim), 1982-83 |
External links
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Last updated on Wednesday June 04, 2008 at 10:49:02 PDT (GMT -0700)
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