2025 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship

2025 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	5 July – 24 August 2025
Teams	5
Sponsor	JJ Kavanagh & Sons
Champions	Mount Leinster Rangers (12th title) Kevin McDonald (captain) Paul O'Brien (manager)
Runners-up	St Mullin's Paul Doyle (captain) Tommy Buggy (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	47 (3.62 per match)
Points scored	456 (35.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Chris Nolan (4–56)
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The 2025 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship was the 96th staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1927. The championship ran from 5 July to 24 August 2025.

St Mullin's entered the championship as the defending champions. ^{[1] [2]}

The final was played on 24 August 2025 at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow, between Mount Leinster Rangers and St Mullin's, in what was their 12th meeting in the final overall and a third successive meeting. Mount Leinster Rangers won the match by 1–19 to 0–16 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title in two years. ^{[3] [4]}

The championship's top scorer was Chris Nolan with 4–56

Group stage

Group stage table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Mullin's	4	3	0	1	112	86	26	6
Mount Leinster Rangers	4	3	0	1	125	73	52	6
Ballinkillen	4	2	0	2	96	92	4	4
Naomh Eoin	4	2	0	2	83	98	−15	4
Bagenalstown Gaels	4	0	0	4	53	120	−67	0

Group stage results

Ballinkillen v Mount Leinster Rangers

5 July 2025Round 1	Ballinkillen	2–13 – 0–26	Mount Leinster Rangers	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Whelan 0–7 (6fs), J Treacy1-2, P Hynes 1–1, S Murphy 0–2, E English 0–1	Report	C Nolan 0–16 (65, 13fs), D Murphy 0–3, E Byrne, T Brennan, C Fitzpatrick, E Byrne, T Lawler, J Dundon, F Fitzpatrick 0–1 each

Bagenalstown Gaels v Naomh Eoin

5 July 2025Round 1	Bagenalstown Gaels	0–10 – 2–20	Naomh Eoin	Netwatch Cullen Park
	TJ Darcy (1f), JP Treacy, J Doyle (fs), D Nolan (fs) 0–2 each, S Wall, M McDonald 0–1 each.	Report	C Abbey 0–9 (65 5fs), JM Nolan 0–6, C Quirke 1–2, J Smithers 1–1, D Kavanagh (65), M Nolan 0–1 each

Ballinkillen v St Mullin's

11 July 2025Round 2	Ballinkillen	0–18 – 7–17	St Mullin's	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Whelan 0–8 (4fs), S Murphy 0–4, E English 0–3, K Kavanagh 0–2, C Wall 0–1.	Report	M Kavanagh 2–5 (1–0 pen 4fs), P Boland 3–2, C Kavanagh 1–1, John Doyle 0–4, O Ryan 1–1, L Brennan 0–2, James Doyle (Dranagh), E O’Shea 0–1 each

Mount Leinster Rangers v Naomh Eoin

11 July 2025Round 2	Mount Leinster Rangers	6–19 – 0–19	Naomh Eoin	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Nolan 2–6 (2fs), E Byrne 2–1, D Murphy 0–4, D Dundon 1–1, T Joyce 1–0, J Nolan, D Tobin, T Brennan 0–2 each, F Fitzpatrick 0–1.	Report	C Abbey 0–10 (2-65s, 8fs), A Jordan 0–2, P Doyle, JM Nolan, J Smithers, P Abbey, C Tracey, D Dunne, E Hosey 0–1 each.

St Mullin's v Bagenalstown Gaels

19 July 2025Round 3	St Mullin's	1–20 – 3–13	Bagenalstown Gaels	Netwatch Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh 0–10 (9fs), J Doyle (Dranagh) 0–5, Mosie Murphy 1–0, P Boland, C Kehoe 0–2 each, J Doyle (Drummond) 0–1	Report	J Doyle 2–7 (7fs), TJ Darcy 1–4, JP Treacy, J Clarke 0–1 each

Naomh Eoin v Ballinkillen

19 July 2025Round 3	Naomh Eoin	0–13 – 1–26	Ballinkillen	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Abbey 0–6 (fs), J Smithers 0–2, P Abbey, A Jordan, C Quirke, D Dunne, JM Nolan 0–1 each	Report	C Whelan 0–11 (8fs), S Murphy 1–3, J Treacy 0–5, E English 0–4, P Hynes 0–2, K Kavanagh 0–1

Bagenalstown Gaels v Ballinkillen

26 July 2025Round 4	Bagenalstown Gaels	1–12 – 5–15	Ballinkillen	Netwatch Cullen Park
	J Doyle 1–5 (fs), D Nolan 0–3 (2fs), TJ Darcy 0–2, JP Treacy, C Doyle 0–1 each.	Report	J Treacy 3–2, C Wall 2–3, C Whelan (4fs), E English (1f) 0–5 each.

St Mullin's v Mount Leinster Rangers

26 July 2025Round 4	St Mullin's	5–14 – 1–18	Mount Leinster Rangers	Netwatch Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh 2–7 (4fs), P Boland 2–1, James Doyle (Dranagh) 1–3, E O’Shea 0–1, G Coady 0–1, John Doyle 0–1.	Report	C Nolan 1–11 (6fs, 1’65), F Fitzpatrick 0–2, E Byrne 0–2, D Tobin 0–1, T Joyce 0–1, J Nolan 0–1.

Mount Leinster Rangers v Bagenalstown Gaels

2 August 2025Round 5	Mount Leinster Rangers	5–26 – 0–06	Bagenalstown Gaels	Netwatch Cullen Park
	T Joyce 2–4 (1f), J Nolan 1–4, R Murphy 1–4 (1f), C Nolan 0–4 (3fs), D Murphy 1–1, F Fitzpatrick 0–3, E Kealy 0–2, M Malone, J Dundon, E Doyle, K McDonald (f), 0–1 each	Report	J Doyle 0–4 (sl 3fs), JP Treacy, R O’Neill 0–1, JP Treacy 0–1 each

Naomh Eoin v St Mullin's

2 August 2025Round 5	Naomh Eoin	1–22 – 0–22	St Mullin's	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Abbey 0–11 (8fs), C Quirke 1–2, J M Nolan, J Kelly, P Abbey 0–2, A Jordan, D Dunne, C Tracey 0–1 each	Report	O Ryan, James Doyle, C Kehoe 0–4 each, John Doyle 0–3, P Boland, C Connolly, C Kavanagh 0–2 each, O Boland 0–1.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Mount Leinster Rangers v Ballinkillen

9 August 2025Semi-final	Mount Leinster Rangers	1–23 – 2–13	Ballinkillen	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Nolan 0–9 (8fs), K McDonald 0–6 (4fs 2-65s), T Joyce 1–0, J Nolan, D Murphy 0–2 each, R Murphy, C Fitzpatrick, T Joyce, D Tobin 0–1 each	Report	C Whelan 0–7 (fs), J Treacy 0–3, C Wall, D Wall 1–0 each, E English 0–2, C Lomax 0–1.

St Mullin's v Naomh Eoin

10 August 2025Semi-final	St Mullin's	3–23 – 0–13	Naomh Eoin	Netwatch Cullen Park
	M Kavanagh 2–10 (9fs), P Boland 1–3, C Kavanagh 0–4, John Doyle 0–2, James Doyle (Drummond), C Kehoe, O Boland, L Brennan 0–1 each	Report	C Abbey 0–5 (4fs 65), B Tracey(fs), JM Nolan 0–2 each, P Abbey, E Hosey, C Quirke, C Tracey 0–1 each

Final

Mount Leinster Rangers v St Mullin's

24 August 2025Final	Mount Leinster Rangers	1–19 – 0–16	St Mullin's	Netwatch Cullen Park
	C Nolan 1–10 (7fs 65), D Murphy 0–4, T Joyce 0–3, J Nolan 0–2.		M Kavanagh 0–7 (65 6fs), P Boland 0–3, P Doyle 0–2, John Doyle, J Kavanagh, C Kavanagh, J Doyle (Dranagh) 0–1 each.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Charis Nolan	Mount Leinster Rangers	4–56	68	6	12.33
2	Marty Kavanagh	St Mullin's	6–39	57	5	11.40
3	Ciarán Abbey	Naomh Eoin	0–41	41	5	8.20
4	Cairán Whelan	Ballinkillen	0–38	38	5	7.60
5	Paddy Boland	St Mullin's	6–13	31	6	5.16

References

1. "St Mullins dethrone 14-man Mount Leinster Rangers to take Carlow hurling crown". Irish Independent. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
2. Murphy, Kieran (18 August 2023). "St Mullin's regain Carlow crown in style". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
3. "'Written off' Mount Leinster Rangers save best for last to stand tallest in Carlow again". Irish Independent. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
4. "Rangers reign supreme in Carlow once again". Carlow Nationalist. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

External links

• Carlow GAA website