2023 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

2023 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	12 July - 29 October 2023
Teams	10 [1]
Sponsor	Go-Ahead
Champions	Na Fianna (1st title) Donal Burke (captain) Seán Baxter (captain) Tom Gleeson (captain) Niall Ó Ceallacháin (manager)
Runners-up	Ballyboden St Enda's Niall McMorrow (captain) Luke Corcoran (captain) David Curtin (manager)
Relegated	Faughs St Oliver Plunketts/ER
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	81 (3 per match)
Points scored	996 (36.89 per match)
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The 2023 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship was the 136th staging of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Dublin County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 12 July to 29 October 2023.

Kilmacud Crokes entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Na Fianna in the quarter-finals. ^{[2] [3]} Faughs and St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh were relegated after losing their respective playoffs.

The final was played on 29 October 2023 at Parnell Park in Donnycarney, between Na Fianna and Ballyboden St Enda's in what was their first ever meeting in the final. ^[4] Na Fianna won the match by 2-19 to 0-09 to claim their first ever championship title. ^{[5] [6]}

Team summaries

Team	Ground	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain(s)
Ballyboden St Enda's	Páirc Uí Mhurchú	Blue and white	David Curtin	Niall McMorrow Luke Corcoran
Cuala	Shanganagh Park	Blue and white	John McCarthy	Colm Cronin
Faughs	Shanganagh Park	Green and yellow	Johnny Greville	Jack McVeigh David Croke
Kilmacud Crokes	Glenalbyn	Purple and yellow	Kieran Dowling Donal McGovern	Fergal Whitely
Lucan Sarsfields	Newcastle Road	White and green	Charlie Carter	Paul Rigney
Na Fianna	St Mobhi Road	Yellow and blue	Niall Ó Ceallacháin	Donal Burke Seán Baxter
St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh	Martin Savage Park	Maroon and gold	Derek Brennan	Brian McDonnell
St Brigid's	Russell Park	Red and white	Brian Smyth	Kieran Kellett
St Vincent's	Pairc Naomh Uinsionn	Blue and white	Pat Gilroy	John Hetherton
Whitehall Colmcille	Collins Avenue	White and red	Shane Stapleton

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Semi-finals  Quarter-finals

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Lucan Sarsfields	4	4	0	0	101	89	21	8
Kilmacud Crokes	4	3	0	1	122	72	50	6
Cuala	4	2	0	2	87	92	-5	4
Whitehall Colmcille	4	0	1	3	86	107	-21	1
St Brigid's	4	0	1	3	86	122	-36	1

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Quarter-finals

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Vincent's	4	3	0	1	99	75	24	6
Ballyboden St Enda's	4	3	0	1	111	80	31	6
Na Fianna	4	3	0	1	106	62	44	6
St Oliver Plunketts/ER	4	1	0	3	73	97	-24	2
Faughs	4	0	0	4	63	138	-75	0

Knockout stage

Relegation playoffs

Whitehall Colmcille v Faughs

1 October 2023Playoff

Whitehall Colmcille

1-19 - 0-17

Faughs

O'Toole Park

St Oliver Plunketts/ER v St Brigid's

1 October 2023Playoff

St Oliver Plunketts/ER

1-20 - 2-18

St Brigid's

O'Toole Park

Quarter-finals

Na Fianna v Kilmacud Crokes

1 October 2023Quarter-final	Na Fianna	4-15 - 1-22	Kilmacud Crokes	Parnell Park
	AJ Murphy 3-3, C Currie 0-7 (3f, 1 ‘65’), S Barrett 1-0, B Ryan, S Currie 0-2 each, S Baxter 0-1.	Report	R Hayes 1-3, O O’Rorke 0-5 (4f), D Purcell 0-4, F Whitely 0-3, C Ó Riain, C Conway, B Hayes 0-2 apiece, E Gibbons (f) 0-1.

Ballyboden St Enda's v Cuala

1 October 2023Quarter-final	Ballyboden St Enda's	2-25 - 1-21	Cuala	Parnell Park
	P Ryan 1-11 (0-8f, 0-1 sideline), P Christie 1-0, S Durkin, L McDwyer, K Desmond, N McMorrow, E Behan 0-2 apiece, J Lambert, A Mellett, C Dooley, T Hammersley 0-1 each.	Report	L Murphy 0-9 (7f), C Cronin 1-2, J Conroy 0-3, C O’Callaghan 0-2, J Malone, S Brennan (‘65’), S Moran (f), A Power, D Ó Floinn 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Ballyboden St Enda's v St Vincent's

15 October 2023Semi-final	Ballyboden St Enda's	0-24 - 1-19	St Vincent's	Parnell Park
		Report

Lucan Sarsfields v Na Fianna

15 October 2023Semi-final	Lucan Sarsfields	0-14 - 0-18	Na Fianna	Parnell Park
		Report

Final

Na Fianna v Ballyboden St Enda's

29 October 2023Final	Na Fianna	2-19 - 0-09	Ballyboden St Enda's	Parnell Park
	S Currie (2-5); C Currie (0-10, 7 frees, 1 65); AJ Murphy, S Baxter, G King, C Stacey (0-1).	Report	P Ryan (0-4, 4 frees); K Desmond, L McDwyer, A Mellett, N Ryan, J Lambert (0-1).	Referee: C Mooney (St Pat's)

References

1. "Factfile: 2023 Go-Ahead Dublin Senior 1 Hurling Championship". Dublin GAA website. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
2. "Double double for Crokes after comeback win over Na Fianna in Dublin SHC final". Irish Independent. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
3. "Na Fianna knock out champions Kilmacud Crokes in thrilling Go-Ahead SHC1 quarter-final". Dublin GAA website. 1 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. "Bluebeat: Na Fianna hurlers hoping it will be third time lucky in final against Ballyboden". Irish Independent. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
5. Keane, Paul (29 October 2023). "Curries red hot as Na Fianna coast to first Dublin title". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
6. "Curries too hot to handle as Na Fianna secure historic first Dublin SHC title". Irish Independent. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

External links

• Dublin GAA website