All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

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GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
All-Ireland Minor Championships logo.jpg
Irish Craobh Iomána Mionúr na hÉireann
Code Hurling
Founded1928;96 years ago (1928)
Region Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (GAA)
TrophyIrish Press Cup
No. of teams5
Title holders Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary (22nd title)
Most titles Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary (22 titles)
Sponsors Electric Ireland
TV partner(s) TG4
MottoThis is major
Official website Official website

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship) is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in Ireland and has been contested every year - except for a three-year absence during the Emergency - since 1928.

Contents

The final, currently held on the third Sunday in August, is the culmination of a series of games played during July and August, with the winning team receiving the Irish Press Cup. The qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times throughout its history. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in the Leinster and Munster Championships as well as Galway. Having previously been played on a straight knockout basis, the championship has incorporated a round robin since 2018.

Five teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with the most successful teams coming from the provinces of Leinster and Munster. Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary are considered "the big three" of hurling. They have won 61 championships between them.

The title has been won by 10 different teams, 9 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Tipperary, who have won the championship on 22 occasions. Tipperary are the current champions.

History

Creation

Since 1887 the All-Ireland Senior Championship had provided inter-county games for adult males. This was supplemented by the creation of the All-Ireland Junior Championship in 1912 which provided a springboard to develop players before progressing to senior level. The All-Ireland Minor Championship was the third championship to be created and was aimed at developing younger players who were under the age of 18.

Beginning

The inaugural All-Ireland Championship in 1928 used a provincial format. 12 teams contested the respective championships in Leinster and Munster, with Cork and Dublin emerging as the respective champions. There were no representatives in Connacht or Ulster.

Cork and Dublin contested the first All-Ireland Championship match - the delayed final - on Sunday 1 September 1929 at Croke Park, Dublin. After a draw on the first day, Cork won the All-Ireland final replay on 27 October 1929 to take the title.

Development

The first two All-Ireland Championships featured the Munster and Leinster champions facing off in the All-Ireland final. The Ulster Championship was introduced in the 1930 necessitating the need for an All-Ireland semi-final to be introduced. The Connacht champions qualified for the first time in 1931, with the four provincial winners participating in two All-Ireland semi-finals. Over time the Leinster and Munster teams grew to become the superpowers of the game, as Gaelic football was the more dominant sport in Ulster and Connacht. After some time Galway became the only credible team in Connacht and was essentially given an automatic pass to the All-Ireland semi-final every year. This knock-out system persisted for nearly 60 years and was considered to be the fairest system as the All-Ireland champions would always be the only undefeated team of the year.

In the mid-1990s the Gaelic Athletic Association looked at developing a new system whereby a defeat in the championship for certain teams would not mean an immediate exit from the Championship. In the 1997 championship the first major change in format arrived when the 'back-door system' was introduced. This new structure allowed the defeated Munster and Leinster finalists another chance to regain a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals. Clare and Offaly were the first two teams to benefit from the new system when they qualified for the first All-Ireland quarter-finals. Clare subsequently became the first team to win the All-Ireland Championship through the 'back-door' after a 1-11 to 1-09 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final.

Age reduction

On 26 January 2008, a radical motion was brought before a special Congress in an effort to combat player burnout. It was proposed to merge the existing Under-21 and Minor championships to create a new All-Ireland Under-19 Hurling Championship. [1] This motion was defeated by 115 votes to 58. [2]

In an effort to combat player burnout, a new proposal to change the championship from an under-18 competition to an under-17 one was introduced by GAA Director-General Páraic Duffy at Congress on 26 February 2016. The motion was narrowly passed by a 68.2% majority. Cork in 2017 won the inaugural Minor U17 All Ireland Championship Final defeating Dublin in Croke Park 1-19 to 1-17. [3]

Team dominance

Since the beginning the championship has been dominated by Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary. As of 2019, they have won a combined total of 59 of the 89 championship titles. These three teams began their hegemony by winning 12 of the first 14 championship titles between 1928 and 1941.

Cork and Tipperary set the first championship record during this time by becoming the first two teams to win three successive All-Ireland Championships. Dublin became the first team outside of the "big three" to win successive All-Ireland Championships in 1945 and 1946.

Tipperary dominated the post-Emergency era by contesting 15 of the 18 All-Ireland finals between 1945 and 1962, including six-in-a-row between 1952 and 1957. They claimed a further eight All-Ireland Championships during this time. After Kilkenny became the third team to win three successive All-Ireland Championships between 1960 and 1962, Wexford won their only three All-Ireland Championships between 1963 and 1968 as Cork reemerged to dominate the fifteen-year period between 1964 and 1979. During this time they claimed eight All-Ireland Championships from 12 final appearances. Kilkenny also reestablished themselves as the standard bearers of the Leinster Championship during this time and won five All-Ireland Championships from 12 final appearances between 1969 and 1984.

The 1980s saw Galway and Offaly claim their first All-Ireland Championships, while Limerick secured the Centenary-year title after a lapse of nearly 30 years.

Galway emerged as the most dominant team of the 21st century. Between 1999 and 2020 they claimed 11 All-Ireland Championships from 15 final appearances, including an historic 4-in-a-row from 2017 to 2020, being the first county to every achieve such a feat.

Current format

Championship

There are eight teams in the All-Ireland Championship. During the course of a championship season (from May to June) seven games are played comprising two preliminary quarter-finals, two quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final. [4] [5]

Qualification and progression

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Preliminary
quarter-finals
(4 teams)
  • Beaten Leinster semi-finalists
  • Munster 3rd and 4th-placed teams
Quarter-finals
(4 teams)
  • Leinster runners-up
  • Munster runners-up
  • 2 winners from the preliminary quarter-finals
Semi-finals
(4 teams)
  • Leinster champions
  • Munster champions
  • 2 winners from the quarter-finals
Final
(2 teams)
  • 2 winners from the semi-finals

Trophy and medals

At the end of the All-Ireland final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Irish Press Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the Ard Chomairle section of the Hogan Stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

On 30 August 1949, The Irish Press Ltd. announced that they had presented a silver cup to the Gaelic Athletic Association to mark the 21st anniversary of the All-Ireland Championship. The cup is modelled on an ancient Celtic mether. [6] The cup was first presented to John O'Grady of Tipperary in 1949.

In accordance with GAA rules, the Central Council awards up to twenty-six gold medals to the winners of the All-Ireland final. The medals are 9 carat gold and depict the design of the GAA. Trophies are awarded to the All-Ireland runners-up.

Roll of honour

No.TeamWinsYears wonLossesYears lost
2 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 211931, 1935, 1936, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2014251930, 1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024
1 Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 221930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024131935, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1999, 2002, 2015,
3 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 201928, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1951, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2017, 2021121936, 1966, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2007, 2017
4 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 141983, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020211931, 1933, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1970, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2021, 2023
5 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 41945, 1946, 1954, 196561928, 1952, 1953, 1983, 2011, 2012
6 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 31940, 1958, 198451963, 1965, 2005, 2014, 2016
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 31963, 1966, 196831967, 1980, 1985
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 31929, 1948, 201311992
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 31986, 1987, 198912022
10 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 21997, 202321989, 2010
11 Colours of Laois.svg Laois 021934, 1964
Colours of Meath GAA.svg Meath 011929
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 011940

List of finals

Recent finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upScoreVenueWinning CaptainRef
1966
(R)
Wexford 6–07 (25)
6–07 (25)
Cork 6–07 (25)
1–08 (11)
Croke Park
Croke Park
Pat Bernie
1967 Cork 2–15 (21) Wexford 5–03 (18) Croke Park Pat Moylan
1968 Wexford 2–13 (19) Cork 3–07 (16) Croke Park Tom Byrne
1969 Cork 2–15 (21) Kilkenny 3–06 (15) Croke Park Seán Collins
1970 Cork 5–19 (34) Galway 2–09 (15) Croke Park Pat Kavanagh
1971 Cork 2–11 (17) Kilkenny 1–11 (14) Croke Park Séamus Coughlan
1972 Kilkenny 8–07 (31) Cork 3–09 (18) Croke Park Brian Cody
1973 Kilkenny 4–05 (17) Galway 3–07 (16) Croke Park Kevin Robinson
1974 Cork 1–10 (13) Kilkenny 1–08 (11) Croke Park Billy Geaney
1975 Kilkenny 3–19 (28) Cork 1–14 (17) Croke Park Harry Ryan
1976 Tipperary 2–20 (26) Kilkenny 1–07 (10) Croke Park Joe Hogan
1977
(R)
Kilkenny 4–08 (20)
1–08 (11)
Cork 3–11 (20)
0–09 (9)
Croke Park
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Seán Fennelly
1978 Cork 1–15 (18) Kilkenny 1–08 (11) Croke Park P. Murphy
1979 Cork 2–11 (17) Kilkenny 1–09 (12) Croke Park Christy Coughlan
1980 Tipperary 2–15 (21) Wexford 1–10 (13) Croke Park Jim Maher
1981 Kilkenny 1–20 (23) Galway 3–09 (18) Croke Park E. Kennedy
1982 Tipperary 2–07 (13) Galway 0–04 (4) Croke Park John Kennedy
1983 Galway 0–10 (10) Dublin 0–07 (7) Croke Park Anthony Cunningham
1984
(R)
Limerick 1–14 (17)
2–05 (11)
Kilkenny 3–08 (17)
2–04 (10)
Semple Stadium
Semple Stadium
Anthony O'Riordan
1985 Cork 3–10 (19) Wexford 0–12 (12) Croke Park M. O'Mahony
1986 Offaly 3–12 (21) Cork 3–09 (18) Croke Park M. Hogan
1987 Offaly 2–08 (14) Tipperary 0–12 (12) Croke Park T. Moylan
1988 Kilkenny 3–13 (22) Cork 0–12 (12) Croke Park Patsy Brophy
1989 Offaly 2–16 (22) Clare 1–12 (15) Croke Park Brian Whelahan
1990
(R)
Kilkenny 3–14 (23)
3–16 (25)
Cork 3–14 (23)
1–11 (14)
Croke Park
Semple Stadium
James McDermott
1991 Kilkenny 0–15 (15) Tipperary 1–10 (13) Croke Park D. O'Neill
1992 Galway 1–13 (16) Waterford 2–04 (10) Croke Park Conor O'Donovan
1993 Kilkenny 1–17 (20) Galway 1–12 (15) Croke Park S. Doyle
1994 Galway 2–10 (16) Cork 1–11 (14) Croke Park Greg Kennedy
1995 Cork 2–10 (16) Kilkenny 1–02 (5) Croke Park Brian O'Keeffe
1996
(R)
Tipperary 0–20 (20)
2–14 (20)
Galway 3–11 (20)
2–12 (18)
Croke Park
Croke Park
William Maher
1997 Clare 1–11 (14) Galway 1–09 (12) Croke Park John Reddan
1998 Cork 2–15 (21) Kilkenny 1–09 (12) Croke Park Cathal McCarthy
1999 Galway 0–13 (13) Tipperary 0–10 (10) Croke Park John Culkin
2000 Galway 2–19 (25) Cork 4–10 (22) Croke Park Richie Murray
2001 Cork 2–10 (16) Galway 1–08 (11) Croke Park Tomás O'Leary
2002 Kilkenny 3–15 (25) Tipperary 1–07 (10) Croke Park Michael Rice
2003 Kilkenny 2–16 (22) Galway 2–15 (21) Croke Park Richie Power
2004
(R)
Galway 3–12 (21)
0–16 (16)
Kilkenny 1–18 (21)
1–12 (15)
Croke Park
O'Connor Park
John Lee
2005 Galway 3–12 (21) Limerick 0–17 (17) Croke Park Andrew Keary
2006 Tipperary 2–18 (24) Galway 2–07 (13) Croke Park Joey McLoughney
2007 Tipperary 3–14 (23) Cork 2–11 (17) Croke Park Brendan Maher
2008 Kilkenny 3–06 (15) Galway 0–13 (13) Croke Park Thomas Breen
2009 Galway 2–15 (21) Kilkenny 2–11 (17) Croke Park Richie Cummins
2010 Kilkenny 2–10 (16) Clare 0–14 (14) Croke Park Cillian Buckley
2011 Galway 1–21 (24) Dublin 1–12 (15) Croke Park Shane Moloney
2012 Tipperary 2–13 (19)
2–18 (24)
Dublin 1–16 (19)
1–12 (15)
Croke Park Bill Maher [7]
2013 Waterford 1–21 (24) Galway 0–16 (16) Croke Park Kevin Daly [8]
2014 Kilkenny 2–17 (23) Limerick 0–19 (19) Croke Park Darragh Joyce [9]
2015 Galway 4–13 (25) Tipperary 1–16 (19) Croke Park Seán Loftus [10]
2016 Tipperary 1–21 (24) Limerick 0–17 (17) Croke Park Brian McGrath [11]
2017 U18 Galway 2–17 (23) Cork 2–15 (21) Croke Park Darren Morrissey [12]
2017 U17 Cork 1-19 (22) Dublin 1-17 (20) Croke Park Brian Roche [13]
2018 Galway 0–21 (21) Kilkenny 0–14 (14) Croke Park Seán Neary [14]
2019 Galway 3–14 (23) Kilkenny 0–12 (12) Croke Park Ian McGlynn [15]
2020 Galway 1-17 (20) Kilkenny 1-14 (17) MW Hire O'Moore Park Adam Nolan [16]
2021 Cork 1-23 (26) Galway 0-12 (12) Semple Stadium Ben O'Connor
James Dwyer
[17]
2022 Tipperary 1-17 (20) Offaly 1-16 (19) Nowlan Park
2023 Clare 2-22 (28) Galway 4-11 (23)

All-time record

YearWinnerOpponent
1965 Dublin 4–10 Limerick 2–7
1964 Cork 10–7 Laois 1–4
1963 Wexford 6–12 Limerick 5–9
1962 Kilkenny 3–6 Tipperary 0–9
1961 Kilkenny 3–13 Tipperary 0–15
1960 Kilkenny 7–12 Tipperary 1–11
1959 Tipperary 2–8 Kilkenny 2–7
1958 Limerick 5–8 Galway 3–10
1957 Tipperary 4–7 Kilkenny 3–7
1956 Tipperary 4–16 Kilkenny 1–5
1955 Tipperary 5–15 Galway 2–5
1954 Dublin 2–7 Tipperary 2–3
1953 Tipperary 8–6 Dublin 3–6
1952 Tipperary 9–9 Dublin 2–3
1951 Cork 4–5 Galway 1–8
1950 Kilkenny 3–4 Tipperary 1–5
1949 Tipperary 6–5 Kilkenny 2–4
1948 Waterford 3–8 Kilkenny 4–2
1947 Tipperary 9–5 Galway 1–5
1946 Dublin 1–6 Tipperary 0–7
1945 Dublin 3–14 Tipperary 4–6
1944Suspended
1943Suspended
1942Suspended
1941 Cork 3–11 Galway 1–1
1940 Limerick 6–4 Antrim 2–4
1939 Cork 5–2 Kilkenny 2–2
1938 Cork 7–2 Dublin 5–4
1937 Cork 8–5 Kilkenny 2–7
1936 Kilkenny 2–4 Cork 2–3
1935 Kilkenny 4–2 Tipperary 3–3
1934 Tipperary 4–3 Laois 3–5
1933 Tipperary 4–6 Galway 2–3
1932 Tipperary 8–6 Kilkenny 5–1
1931 Kilkenny 4–7 Galway 2–3
1930 Tipperary 4–1 Kilkenny 2–1
1929 Waterford 5–0 Meath 1–1
1928 Cork 1–8 7–6 (R) Dublin 3–2 4–0 (R)

Managers

Managers in the All-Ireland Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

Winning managers
ManagerTeamWinsWinning years
Colours of Cork.svg Michael O'Brien Cork 61969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979
Colours of Galway.svg Mattie Murphy Galway 61992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Liam Barron Kilkenny 31990, 1991, 1993
Colours of Galway.svg Jeffrey Lynskey Galway 32015, 2017, 2018
Colours of Offaly.svg Pad Joe Whelehan Offaly 21986, 1987
Colours of Galway.svg John Hardiman Galway 21999, 2000
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Richie Mulrooney Kilkenny 22008, 2010
Colours of Galway.svg Brian Hanley Galway 22019, 2020
Colours of Cork.svg Johnny Clifford Cork 11985
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Brendan O'Sullivan Kilkenny 11988
Colours of Offaly.svg Pat Moylan Offaly 11989
Colours of Cork.svg Jimmy Barry-Murphy Cork 11995
Colours of Tipperary.svg Dinny Cahill Tipperary 11996
Colours of Clare.svg Kevin Kennedy Clare 11997
Colours of Cork.svg Denis Burns Cork 11998
Colours of Cork.svg John Considine Cork 12001
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Nicky Cashin Kilkenny 12002
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Damien Brennan Kilkenny 12003
Colours of Tipperary.svg Liam Sheedy Tipperary 12006
Colours of Tipperary.svg Declan Ryan Tipperary 12007
Colours of Tipperary.svg William Maher Tipperary 12012
Colours of Waterford.svg Seán Power Waterford 12013
Colours of Limerick.svg Brian Ryan Limerick 12014
Colours of Tipperary.svg Liam Cahill Tipperary 12016
Colours of Cork.svg Noel Furlong Cork 12021

Records and statistics

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive All-Ireland titles:

Top scorers

By year

YearTop scorerTeamScoreTotal
1986 Dan O'Connell Cork 9-0229
1987 Declan Pilkington Offaly 2-2834
1988 Brian Cunningham Cork 3-2938
1989 Johnny Dooley Offaly
1990Damien Fleming Cork 7-2748
1991 P. J. Delaney Kilkenny 2-2935
1992 Paul Flynn Waterford 6-2543
1993Ollie O'Connor Kilkenny 5-3550
1994 Brian O'Driscoll Cork 0-2626
1995Stephen Phillips Dublin 2-2430
1996 Eugene O'Neill Tipperary 3-4857
1997 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 5-2035
1998Leon O'Connell Wexford 3-3746
1999 Eoin Kelly Tipperary 1-2124
2000 Brian Carroll Offaly 2-3945
2001 Kieran Murphy Cork 5-3853
2002Richard Flynn Wexford 4-2335
2003 Richie Power Kilkenny 1-2932
2004Darragh Hickey Tipperary 4-2941
2005Eoin Ryan Limerick 4-4052
2006 Richie Hogan Kilkenny 5-3853
2007Ryan Clifford Cork 5-3045
2008Michael O'Hanlon Wexford 3-3746
2009 John O'Dwyer Tipperary 4-3749
2010 Niall Arthur Clare 0-5050
2011Mattie Lennon Armagh 4-2537
2012 Bobby Duggan Clare 3-4958
2013 Patrick Curran Waterford 3-5665
2014 Alan Murphy Kilkenny 3-4655
2015Andrew Gaffney Kilkenny 1-3841
2016 Rory O'Connor Wexford 3-3339
2017 Brian Turnbull Cork 1-5154
2018Conor Kelly Kilkenny 2-7278
2019Billy Drennan Kilkenny 2-6672
2020Lochlainn Quinn Offaly 1-4245
2021Jack Leahy Cork 4-4153

In finals

FinalTop scorerTeamScoreTotal
2012 John McGrath Limerick 1-1114
2013 Patrick Curran Waterford 1-0710
2014 John Walsh Kilkenny 2-0511
2015 Evan Niland Galway 0-099
2016 Brian Ryan Limerick 0-1111
2017 Jack Canning Galway 2-0210
Brian Turnbull Cork 1-07
2018 Donal O'Shea Galway 0-1010
2019 Seán McDonagh Galway 2-0814
2020 Liam Collins Galway 1-0710
2021 Jack Leahy Cork 0-077

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