All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Senior
Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Shinsir Iomána na hÉireann
Code Hurling
Founded1887;137 years ago (1887)
Region Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (GAA)
Trophy Liam MacCarthy Cup
No. of teams17
Title holders Colours of Clare.svg Clare (5th title)
Most titles Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny (36 titles)
Sponsors Bord Gáis Energy
Centra
Eir
TV partner(s) RTÉ
BBC Northern Ireland
MottoBe there. All the way
Official website gaa.ie/hurling/all-ireland

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for inter-county hurling in Ireland and has been contested in every year except one since 1887.

Contents

The final, formerly held in September, then August and now controversially moved to July, is the culmination of a series of games played during July and August, with the winning team receiving the Liam MacCarthy Cup. The All-Ireland Championship has been played on a straight knockout basis for the majority of its existence, whereby a team's first loss eliminated them from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 3 feeder competitions; three teams from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and two teams who qualify to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals from the second-tier Joe McDonagh Cup. Annual promotion and relegation allows teams outside these competitions (teams from the Christy Ring Cup - tier 3, the Nicky Rackard Cup - tier 4 and the Lory Meagher Cup - tier 5) to eventually reach the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Seventeen teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with the most successful coming from the provinces of Leinster and Munster. 13 different teams have won the title, 10 of whom have been champions more than once. Kilkenny are the competition's most successful team, having been All-Ireland champions on 36 occasions. Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary are considered "the big three" of hurling and hold 94 championships between them. The current title holders are Clare, who defeated Cork by 3–29 to 1–34 in the 2024 final. This was Clare's fifth All Ireland hurling title, and their first since 2013.

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was listed in second place by CNN in its "10 sporting events you have to see live", after the Olympic Games. [1]

History

Creation

Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over the next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 1887. The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as the newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the FA Cup had done much in the 1870s to promote the development of the Football Association in England. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series. [2]

Beginnings

The inaugural All-Ireland Championship used, for the only time in its history, an open draw format without the provincial series of games. All of the existing county boards were eligible to enter a team, however, only six chose to do so. Disputes in Cork and Limerick over which club should represent the county resulted in neither county fielding a team. Dublin later withdrew from the championship. In all five teams participated: Clare (Garraunboy Smith O'Briens), Galway (Meelick), Kilkenny (Tullaroan) Tipperary (Thurles) and Wexford (Castlebridge).

Galway and Wexford contested the very first championship match on Saturday 2 July 1887. Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. The inaugural All-Ireland final took place on 1 April 1888 in Birr, County Offaly, with Tipperary defeating Galway to take the title. [3] [4] [5]

Development

The provincial championships were introduced in 1888 in Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster on a knock-out basis. The winners of the provincial finals participated in the 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 over 100 years and was considered to be the fairest system as the All-Ireland champions would always be the only undefeated team of the year.

Unlike in other European countries, such as neighbouring England, where annual sports events were cancelled during the twentieth century due to the First and Second World Wars, the All-Ireland Championship has been running continuously since 1887, with the final running since 1889 (the 1888 competition was played but no final was held due to the Invasion). The competition continued even in spite of the effects on the country of the Civil War and the Second World War (the National Hurling League was not held during the latter). In 1941, the All-Ireland Championship was disrupted by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. [6]

The duration of certain championship matches increased from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s. They were settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975. [7] This applied only to the provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and finals. [8]

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. Tipperary and Kilkenny were the first two teams to benefit from the new system when they defeated Down and Galway respectively in the quarter-finals. The All-Ireland final in the first year of this new experiment was a replay of the Munster final with Clare defeating Tipperary. The first team to win the All-Ireland through the 'back-door' was Offaly in 1998, winning a replay of the Leinster final by beating Kilkenny 2–16 to 1–13.

Fireworks and light displays in Croke Park in Dublin to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association, January 2009 Croke Park - Dublin vs Tyrone 125.jpg
Fireworks and light displays in Croke Park in Dublin to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association, January 2009

The new "back-door system" proved successful and was expanded over the following years. The 2005 Championship saw even bigger changes in the "back-door" or qualifier system. The Munster and Leinster champions and defeated finalists automatically qualified for the new quarter-final stages, while two groups of four other teams played in a league format to fill the vacant four places in the quarter-finals. Many criticised the structure for not being a real championship at all, for degrading the Munster and Leinster championships and for penalising the strongest teams.

2008 brought a change to the competition format, whereby the team that won the Leinster and Munster championships advanced to the All-Ireland semi-finals, and the losers of the provincial finals advanced to two quarter-finals. A series of knockout qualifiers for the remaining teams decided which other two teams would reach the quarter-finals. The updated qualifier structure provided more games and gave renewed hope to the "weaker" teams, as a defeat in the first round no longer meant the end of a county's All-Ireland ambitions.

Since 2018, the All-Ireland SHC final is held on the third Sunday in August.

Format

Current format

Leinster Championship (six teams)

Group stage (15 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Munster Championship (five teams)

Group stage (10 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

Joe McDonagh Cup (six teams)

Group stage (15 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Joe McDonagh Cup final. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team are relegated to next years Christy Ring Cup. If the top team is from Munster, effectively Kerry, they may play a promotion/relegation playoff to enter the following season's Munster Championship. If any other team wins the Joe McDonagh, it is promoted to the Leinster Championship (even if from Ulster or Connacht), and the last placed team in the Leinster Championship is relegated.

Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up advance to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals.

All-Ireland Championship

Preliminary quarter-finals (2 matches): The 3rd placed teams from the Leinster and Munster championships play the Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals (2 matches): The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster runners-up to make up the quarter-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate quarter-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals (2 matches): The winners of the quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate semi-finals where possible. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.

Final (1 match): The two winners of the semi-finals contest this game.

All-Ireland knockout-stage allocation

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous round
Preliminary quarter-finals
(4 teams)
Quarter-finals
(4 teams)
  • Leinster runner-up
  • Munster runner-up
  • 2 winning teams from the preliminary quarter-finals
Semi-finals
(4 teams)
  • Leinster champion
  • Munster champion
  • 2 winning teams from the quarter-finals
Final
(2 teams)
  • 2 winning teams from the semi-finals

Current championship pyramid

Teams from the first two levels are eligible for the All-Ireland series in that year. Teams from tiers 3 to 5 may reach tiers 1 and 2 through promotion.

LevelTotal teams (35)Championship
111 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

5 counties – 0 or 1 relegations

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

6 counties – 0 or 1 relegations

26 Joe McDonagh Cup

6 counties – 1 promotion, 1 relegation

36 Christy Ring Cup

6 counties – 1 promotion, 1 relegation

46 Nicky Rackard Cup

6 counties – 1 promotion, 1 relegation

56 Lory Meagher Cup

6 counties – 1 promotion

Teams

2024 Championship

Seventeen counties will compete in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and six teams in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

County StadiumProvincePosition in 2023 ChampionshipFirst year in championshipIn championship sinceCurrent championshipProvincial titlesLast provincial titleChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Corrigan Park Ulster 5th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)19002021 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 58 2017 0
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow Dr Cullen Park Leinster Preliminary quarter-finals19632022 Joe McDonagh Cup 00
Colours of Clare.svg Clare Cusack Park Munster Semi-finals1887 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 6 1998 4 2013
Colours of Cork.svg Cork Páirc Uí Chaoimh Munster 4th (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)1888 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 54 2018 30 2005
Colours of Down.svg Down McKenna Park Ulster 5th (Joe McDonagh Cup)19052022 Joe McDonagh Cup 4 1997 0
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Parnell Park Leinster Quarter-finals1887 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 24 2013 6 1938
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Pearse Stadium Connacht Semi-finals1887 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 28 2018 5 2017
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Austin Stack Park Munster 4th (Joe McDonagh Cup)18892022 Joe McDonagh Cup 1 1891 1 1891
Colours of Meath.svg Meath Páirc Tailteann Leinster 1st (Christy Ring Cup)19192024 Joe McDonagh Cup 00
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny Nowlan Park Leinster Runners-up1887 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 75 2023 36 2015
Colours of Laois.svg Laois O'Moore Park Leinster 3rd (Joe McDonagh Cup)18881977 Joe McDonagh Cup 3 1949 1 1915
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Gaelic Grounds Munster Champions1888 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 24 2023 12 2023
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly O'Connor Park Leinster Preliminary quarter-finals18972022 Joe McDonagh Cup 9 1995 4 1998
Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary Semple Stadium Munster Quarter-finals1887 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 42 2016 28 2019
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Walsh Park Munster 5th (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)1888 Munster Senior Hurling Championship 9 2010 2 1959
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath Cusack Park Leinster 6th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)19132022 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 00
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford Chadwicks Wexford Park Leinster 4th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)18871927 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 21 2019 6 1996

Venues

Croke Park in Dublin has hosted all but two finals since 1910. Croke Park from the Hill - 2004 All-Ireland Football Championship Final.jpg
Croke Park in Dublin has hosted all but two finals since 1910.
FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney was the venue for the 1937 final. FitzGeraldStadium.jpg
FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney was the venue for the 1937 final.
Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork hosted the semi-finals in 1976. PUC2014.JPG
Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork hosted the semi-finals in 1976.
Semple Stadium in Thurles hosted the centenary year final in 1984. Semple1.jpg
Semple Stadium in Thurles hosted the centenary year final in 1984.

Attendances

Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the GAA and for the teams involved. For the 2017 championship, the average attendances for the five games was 56,565 with a total aggregate attendance figure of 282,826. The 2017 figure represented the highest combined total for an All-Ireland Championship since 2012, when 294,079 fans attended six games, including a final replay between Kilkenny and Galway. The highest all-time aggregate attendance for the championship was 332,387 in 2007 when eight games were played.

Quarter-finals

Croke Park was initially used as the venue for All-Ireland quarter-finals following their introduction in 1997. These games were usually played as a double-header. From 2008 until 2017 the quarter-finals were played at Semple Stadium in Thurles.

Semi-finals

The All-Ireland semi-finals have been played exclusively at Croke Park since 1977. Croke Park had been regularly used as a semi-final venue prior to this, however, a number of other stadiums around the country were also used. St Brendan's Park and St Cronan's Park were regularly used for semi-finals involving Kilkenny and Galway. Other regular semi-final venues included the Markets Field, Páirc Uí Chaoimh, St Ciarán's Park, the Cork Athletic Grounds and Cusack Park. Since introduction of the back door in 1997 less All Ireland hurling semi-finals involved Galway. Ulster team never reached the semi-final stage if the pre 1997 system had stayed Ulster hurling champions would possibly be still playing in the All Ireland semi-finals.

Final

Since 1910, Croke Park has been the regular venue for the All-Ireland final. Only on two occasions since then has the final been played outside of Croke Park. Construction of the Cusack Stand in 1937 meant that that year's final was played at the newly opened FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney. [9] In 1984 the GAA celebrated its centenary by playing the All-Ireland final at Semple Stadium in Thurles. [10]

In the years prior to 1910, the All-Ireland final was held in a variety of locations around the country, including Jones's Road as Croke Park was known before its dedication to Thomas Croke. The inaugural final in 1887 was played at Birr, before Dublin venues Clonturk Park, the Pond Field and the Phoenix Park were used in the early 1890s. Fraher Field hosted the final on three occasions, while the final was played at the newly opened Cork Athletic Grounds on two occasions.

2024 Stadia and locations

Island of Ireland location map.svg
Locations of the 2023 All-Ireland SHC teams.
Red pog.svg Red: Munster SHC; Green pog.svg Green: Leinster SHC; Blue pog.svg Blue: Joe McDonagh Cup.
County Location Province Stadium Capacity
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Belfast Ulster Corrigan Park 3,700
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow Carlow Leinster Dr Cullen Park 21,000
Colours of Clare.svg Clare Ennis Munster Cusack Park 19,000
Colours of Cork.svg Cork Cork Munster Páirc Uí Chaoimh 45,000
Colours of Down.svg Down Newry Ulster Páirc Esler 20,000
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Dublin Leinster Croke Park 82,300
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Galway Connacht Pearse Stadium 26,197
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry Tralee Munster Austin Stack Park 40,000
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Newbridge Leinster St Conleth's Park 8,200
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny Kilkenny Leinster Nowlan Park 27,000
Colours of Laois.svg Laois Portlaoise Leinster O'Moore Park 27,000
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Limerick Munster Gaelic Grounds 44,203
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly Tullamore Leinster O'Connor Park 20,000
Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary Thurles Munster Semple Stadium 45,690
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Waterford Munster Fraher Field 15,000
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath Mullingar Leinster Cusack Park 11,000
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford Wexford Leinster Chadwicks Wexford Park 20,000

Managers

Brian Cody of Kilkenny is the most successful manager in the history of the championship. Brian Cody.jpg
Brian Cody of Kilkenny is the most successful manager in the history of the championship.
Davy Fitzgerald managed Clare to the title in 2013. Davy-fitzgerald-sf.jpg
Davy Fitzgerald managed Clare to the title in 2013.

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. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. 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

Winning managers (1976−2023)
ManagerTeamWinsWinning years
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Brian Cody Kilkenny112000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007
2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014
2015
Colours of Limerick.svg John Kiely Limerick52018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Colours of Cork.svg Bertie Troy Cork31976, 1977, 1978
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Pat Henderson Kilkenny1979, 1982, 1983
Colours of Galway.svg Cyril Farrell Galway1980, 1987, 1988
Colours of Cork.svg Michael O'Brien Cork21984, 1990
Colours of Tipperary.svg Michael "Babs" Keating Tipperary1989, 1991
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ollie Walsh Kilkenny1992, 1993
Colours of Clare.svg Ger Loughnane Clare1995, 1997
Colours of Tipperary.png Liam Sheedy Tipperary2010, 2019
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Eddie Keher Kilkenny11979
Colours of Offaly.svg Andy Gallagher Offaly1981
Colours of Cork.svg Justin McCarthy Cork1984
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dermot Healy Offaly1985
Colours of Cork.svg Johnny Clifford Cork1986
Colours of Limerick.svg Éamonn Cregan Offaly1994
Colours of Wexford.svg Liam Griffin Wexford1996
Colours of Galway.svg Michael Bond Offaly1998
Colours of Cork.svg Jimmy Barry-Murphy Cork1999
Colours of Tipperary.png Nicky English Tipperary2001
Colours of Cork.svg Donal O'Grady Cork2004
Colours of Cork.svg John Allen Cork2005
Colours of Clare.svg Davy Fitzgerald Clare2013
Colours of Tipperary.png Michael Ryan Tipperary2016
Colours of Galway.svg Micheál Donoghue Galway2017

Current managers

#ManagerCounty teamAppointedYears as manager
1 John Kiely Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 14 September 2016 [11] 7
2Ronan Sheehan Colours of Down.svg Down 20176
3 David Herity Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 20185
4 Darren Gleeson Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 9 September 20194
5 Brian Lohan Colours of Clare.svg Clare 31 October 2019 [12] 4
6 Stephen Molumphy Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry September 2021 [13] 3
7 Henry Shefflin Colours of Galway.svg Galway 20 October 2021 [14] 3
8 Tom Mullally Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow January 20212
9 Joe Fortune Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath September 20212
10 Darragh Egan Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford September 20212
11 Pat Ryan Colours-of-Cork.png Cork 7 July 2022 [15] 1
12 Liam Cahill Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary 18 July 20221
13 Derek Lyng Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 4 August 2022 [16] 1
14 Davy Fitzgerald Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 11 August 2022 [17] 1
15 Micheál Donoghue Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 22 August 20221
16Johnny Kelly Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 5 September 20221
17Willie Maher Colours of Laois.svg Laois 12 September 20221

Trophy and medals

At the end of the All-Ireland final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Liam MacCarthy 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.

The Liam MacCarthy Cup commemorates the memory of Liam MacCarthy. Born in London to Irish parents in 1851, he was prominently involved in the establishment of a county board in London in the 1890s. In 1922 he presented the GAA with £500 to commission a cup for the All-Ireland champions. The cup, which was constructed to look like a medieval Irish drinking vessel called a mather, was made by jeweller Edmund Johnson at his premises on Dublin's Grafton Street. It replaced the Great Southern Cup as the All-Ireland trophy and was first presented to Bob McConkey of Limerick in 1923. [18]

Declan Carr of Tipperary was the last recipient of the original Liam MacCarthy Cup in 1991 before it was retired. It is now on display in the GAA Museum in Croke Park. JMK Gold & Silversmith's produced an exact replica which was first awarded to Liam Fennelly of Kilkenny in 1992. [19]

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. A miniature replica of the Liam MacCarthy Cup is awarded to the captain of the winning team.

Sponsorship

Since 1995, the All-Ireland Championship has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name.

PeriodSponsor(s)Name
1887−1994No main sponsorThe All-Ireland Championship
1995−2007 Flag of Ireland.svg Guinness The Guinness Hurling Championship
2008−2009 Flag of Ireland.svg RTÉ Sport, Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Etihad Airways, Flag of Ireland.svg Guinness The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship
2010−2012 Flag of Ireland.svg Centra, Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Etihad Airways, Flag of Ireland.svg Guinness The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship
2013−2016 Flag of Ireland.svg Centra, Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Etihad Airways, Flag of the United States.svg Liberty Insurance The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship
2017−2019 Flag of Ireland.svg Centra, Flag of Ireland.svg Littlewoods Ireland, Flag of Ireland.svg Bord Gáis Energy The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship

Media coverage

From the early 1920s, British Pathé recorded newsreel footage of the All-Ireland finals which was later shown in cinemas around the country. The National Film Institute and Gael Linn later produced their own newsreels of All-Ireland finals with Michael O'Hehir providing commentary. These newsreels were staples for cinema-goers until the 1960s.

Following the establishment of 2RN, Ireland's first radio broadcasting station, on 1 January 1926, sports coverage, albeit infrequent, was a feature of the schedules. Early broadcasts consisted of team announcements and short reports on events of interest. 2RN recorded a broadcasting first on 29 August 1926, when former hurler and journalist P.D. Mehigan carried a live commentary of the All-Ireland semi-final between Kilkenny and Galway. It was the first live radio broadcast of a field game outside of the United States. Although there was no designated sports department within Irish radio for many years, a two-way relationship between the national broadcaster and the GAA was quickly established. As well as exclusive live commentaries, Seán Ó Ceallacháin began broadcasting a weekly results programme on Radio Éireann in 1930. [20]

When Telefís Éireann was established on 31 December 1961, the new station was interested in the broadcasting of championship games. The GAA, however, were wary that live television coverage would result in lower attendances at games. Because of this, the association restricted annual coverage of its games to the All-Ireland hurling and football finals, the two All-Ireland football semi-finals and the two Railway Cup finals. The first live broadcast of a hurling championship match was the All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Wexford on 2 September 1962. While the All-Ireland semi-finals were reintroduced in 1969, RTÉ was still confined to just broadcasting the final. In spite of this, highlights of the semi-finals were regularly shown.

The All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Kilkenny on 5 September 1971 was the first to be broadcast in colour.

The first All-Ireland semi-final to be broadcast live was the meeting of Cork and Galway on 7 August 1977. The popularity of the evening highlights programme led to the development of The Sunday Game , which was first broadcast on 8 July 1979. [21] For the early years financial and logistical reasons restricted the programme to featuring just one full championship game and discussion about it. The show, however, soon expanded featuring coverage of one or more of the day's main championship games, followed by extended highlights of the other major games of the day.

The 1981 All-Ireland final between Offaly and Galway was simultaneously broadcast on RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2, with Ger Canning providing commentary in the Irish language on the secondary channel. [22]

In 1983, Channel 4 began broadcasting RTÉ's coverage of the All-Ireland final in Britain. This simulcast lasted until 1992 when the live broadcast was dropped; however, the entire match was shown at a later time.

In 2014, the GAA signed a three-year broadcasting deal with Sky Sports. [23] While Sky were granted exclusive rights to some high-profile games, they were also permitted to broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland semi-finals and final, however, these games were also broadcast live on RTÉ.

List of Finals

Roll of honour

Performances by county

CountyTitle(s)Runners-upWinning yearsLosing years
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 3629 1904, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1939, 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 1893, 1895, 1897, 1898, 1916, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1987, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2023
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 3021 1890, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1902, 1903, 1919, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2005 1901, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1915, 1920, 1927, 1939, 1947, 1956, 1969, 1972, 1982, 1983, 1992, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2021, 2024
Colours of Longford.svg Tipperary 2813 1887, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1916, 1925, 1930, 1937, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2010, 2016, 2019 1909, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1922, 1960, 1967, 1968, 1988, 1997, 2009, 2011, 2014
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 129 1897, 1918, 1921, 1934, 1936, 1940, 1973, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 1910, 1923, 1933, 1935, 1974, 1980, 1994, 1996, 2007
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 615 1889, 1917, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1938 1892, 1894, 1896, 1906, 1908, 1919, 1921, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1961
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 611 1910, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1996 1890, 1891, 1899, 1918, 1951, 1954, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1976, 1977
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 520 1923, 1980, 1987, 1988, 2017 1887, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2012, 2015, 2018
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 53 1914, 1995, 1997, 2013, 2024 1889, 1932, 2002
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 43 1981, 1985, 1994, 1998 1984, 1995, 2000
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 26 1948, 1959 1938, 1957, 1963, 2008, 2017, 2020
Colours of London.svg London 13 1901 1900, 1902, 1903
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 12 1915 1914, 1949
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 10 1891
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 02 1943, 1989

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Performance by province

ProvinceTitle(s)Runners-upTotal
Flag of Munster.svg Munster 7751128
Flag of Leinster.svg Leinster 5360113
Flag of Connacht.svg Connacht 52025
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg Britain 134
Flag of Ulster.svg Ulster 022

The following counties have never won an All-Ireland in hurling:

ProvinceNo.Counties
Connacht 4 Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo
Leinster 7 Carlow, Kildare, Longford, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Wicklow
Ulster 9 Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Down, Fermanagh, Monaghan, Tyrone
Britain 2 Lancashire, Warwickshire

Team records and statistics

Team results (since the introduction of the Joe McDonagh Cup)

Legend

For each year, the number of teams eligible for the All-Ireland (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2018 (16) 2019 (15) 2020 (10) 2021 (11) 2022 (17) 2023 (17) 2024 (17)Years
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim JMJMJMPRPQFLL6
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow PQFLJMJMJMPQFL5
Colours of Clare.svg Clare SFMQFR2SFSF1st7
Colours of Cork.svg Cork SFQFR22ndQFM2nd7
Colours of Down.svg Down CRCRCRJMJMJMJM3
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin LPQFR1QFLQFQF7
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 2ndLSFR2SFSFL7
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry JMJMJMJMPQFJMJM5
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare CRCRCRJMCRJMCR1
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny QF2ndSFSF2nd2ndSF7
Colours of Laois.svg Laois JMQFR1R1LJMPQF7
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 1stSF1st1st1st1stSF7
Colours of Meath.svg Meath JMCRJMJMJMCRJM3
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly LJMCRCRJMPQFPQF5
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary M1stQFQFMQFM7
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford MM2ndSFMMM7
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath PQFPQFJMJMLLJM5
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford QFSFR2R1QFLQF7

Team success summary

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions — Timeline

Kilkenny are the most successful hurling county to date, having won the All-Ireland Hurling Championship the most times (36). Kilkenny have also been runners-up more often than any other team (29).

#TeamWinsLast winFinal lossesLast losing finalFinal win ratio
1 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 36 2015 29 2023 55%
2 Colours of Cork.svg Cork 30 2005 21 2024 59%
3 Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary 28 2019 13 2014 68%
4 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 12 2023 9 2007 57%
5 Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 6 1938 15 1961 29%
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 1996 11 1977 35%
7 Colours of Galway.svg Galway 5 2017 20 2018 20%
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 5 2024 3 2002 63%
9 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 4 1998 3 2000 57%
10 Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 2 1959 6 2020 25%
11 Colours of London.svg London 1 1901 3 1903 25%
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1915 2 1949 33%
Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry 1891 0100%
14 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 02 1989 0%

Debut of counties

YearDebutantsTotal
1887 Colours of Clare.svg Clare, Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin, Colours of Galway.svg Galway, Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny, Colours of Tipperary.png Tipperary, Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 6
1888 Colours of Cork.svg Cork, Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare, Colours of Laois.svg Laois, Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick, Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 5
1889 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry, Colours of Louth.svg Louth 2
1890–1896None0
1897 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 1
1898–1912None0
1900 Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim, Colours of London.svg London, Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 3
1901 Colours of Derry.svg Derry, Colours of Clare.svg Roscommon 2
1902 Colours of Longford.svg Longford 1
1903 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Donegal 1
1904None0
1905 Colours of Down.svg Down, Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2
1906–1907None0
1908 Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan, Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 2
1909 Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1
1910–1912None0
1913 Colours of Laois.svg Glasgow, Colours of Tipperary.png Lancashire, Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 3
1914–1918None0
1919 Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Meath 1
1920–1942None0
1943 Colours of Tipperary.png Wicklow 1
1944–1945None0
1946 Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 1
1947–1962None0
1963 Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 1
1964–1995None0
1996 Colors of New York.svg New York 1
1997–presentNone0
Total34

List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship counties

The following teams have competed in the All-Ireland Championship for at least one season.

County App.DebutMost recentChampionship titlesLast championship titleBest All-Ireland result
Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim 1900 20240Runners-up
Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh 1946 0Ulster runners-up
Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow 1963 20240Quarter-finals
Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan 1908 1925 0Ulster runners-up
Colours of Clare.svg Clare 130 1887 20245 2024 Champions
Colours of Cork.svg Cork 136 1888 202430 2005 Champions
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 1901 2004 0Semi-finals
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 1903 1946 0Semi-finals
Colours of Down.svg Down 1905 20240Semi-finals
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 132 1887 20246 1938 Champions
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 1908 1946 0Ulster semi-finals
Colours of Galway.svg Galway 1887 20245 2017 Champions
Colours of Fingal.svg Glasgow 1 1913 1913 0Semi-finals
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry 1889 20241 1891 Champions
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1888 2023 0Quarter-finals
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 129 1887 202436 2015 Champions
Colours of Laois.svg Laois 1888 20241 1915 Champions
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 134 1888 202412 2023 Champions
Colours of Tipperary.svg Lancashire 1 1913 1913 0Semi-finals
Colours of London.svg London 1900 2014 1 1901 Champions
Colours of Longford.svg Longford 2 1902 1903 0Leinster first round
Colours of Louth.svg Louth 4 1889 1920 0Leinster quarter-finals
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 3 1905 1913 0Semi-finals
Colours of Meath.svg Meath 1919 20240Quarter-finals
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan 1909 1946 0Ulster runners-up
Colors of New York.svg New York 6 1996 2004 0Quarter-finals
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 1897 20244 1998 Champions
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon 20 1901 1999 0Semi-finals
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2 1900 1913 0Connacht runners-up
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary 131 1887 202428 2019 Champions
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford 124 1888 20242 1959 Champions
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath 1913 20240Quarter-finals
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford 125 1887 20246 1996 Champions
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 1943 2004 0Leinster quarter-finals

Player records

Player of the year

YearPlayerCounty
2024 Colours of Clare.svg Shane O'Donnell Clare
2023 Colours of Limerick.svg Aaron Gillane Limerick
2022 Colours of Limerick.svg Diarmaid Byrnes Limerick
2021 Colours of Limerick.svg Cian Lynch (2) Limerick
2020 Colours of Limerick.svg Gearóid Hegarty Limerick
2019 Colours of Tipperary.svg Séamus Callanan Tipperary
2018 Colours of Limerick.svg Cian Lynch Limerick
2017 Colours of Galway.svg Joe Canning Galway
2016 Colours of Waterford.svg Austin Gleeson Waterford
2015 Colours of Kilkenny.svg T. J. Reid Kilkenny
2014 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Richie Hogan Kilkenny
2013 Colours of Clare.svg Tony Kelly Clare
2012 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Henry Shefflin (3) Kilkenny
2011 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Michael Fennelly Kilkenny
2010 Colours of Tipperary.svg Lar Corbett Tipperary
2009 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Tommy Walsh Kilkenny
2008 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Eoin Larkin Kilkenny

Scoring records

All-time top scorers in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship(Championship scores only)
RankPlayerTeamGoalsPointsTallyGamesEraAverage
1 Patrick Horgan Cork 29629716832008–present8.6
2 T. J. Reid Kilkenny 34604706892008–present7.9
3 Joe Canning Galway 27486567622008–20219.3
4 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 27484565711999–20148.0
5 Eddie Keher Kilkenny 35336441501959–19778.8
6 Eoin Kelly Tipperary 21369432632000–20146.8
7 Tony Kelly Clare 16330378632012–present6.0
8 Séamus Callanan Tipperary 40226343662008–20235.1
9 Aaron Gillane Limerick 16288336422017–present8.0
10 Christy Ring Cork 33208307651940–19634.7
11 D. J. Carey Kilkenny 33188287571989–20055.0
As of 24 July 2024 (Bold denotes players still active)

Scoring statistics

  • In 1971 Eddie Keher of Kilkenny broke his own record of 14 points from the 1963 final by capturing 2–11 against Tipperary (although his team lost). This record was broken by Nicky English of Tipperary in 1989 when he scored 2–12 against Antrim. Keher's tally of 6–45 in the 1972 championship is also a record.
  • The official hurling records owned and published by Croke Park, and authenticated by the county historians of participating counties, note three records. (This information comes from p. 40 of official programme published the GAA on the day of 2005 final between Cork and Galway).
  • (1) The 80 minute final. This 80 minute final took place in 1971 between Tipperary and Kilkenny. Eddie Keher scored 2-11 which makes a total of 17 points. However 2-8 of this was scored from frees. (2) The record for all 70 minute finals. This record was made in 1989. This hurling final was between Tipperary and Antrim. Nicholas English scored 2-12 points which equals a total of 18 points. However 0-9 of this was achieved from frees. (3) The 60 minute final: The overall scoring record is held by Michael Gah Ahern the greatest sharpshooter of the 1920s and early 1930s. He scored 5–4. What makes this scoring record remarkable is that he scored all of his scores from his hands.
  • Nicky Rackard of Wexford got the highest total in a championship game. In Wexford's 12−17 to 2–3 defeat of Antrim in the 1954 semi-final, he scored a remarkable 7-7.
  • Prior to the 1930s, scoring records for championship games were rarely kept. A number of players have been credited with enormous tallies. Andy 'Dooric' Buckley scored at least 6 goals when Cork beat Kilkenny by 8–9 to 0–8 in the 1903 All-Ireland 'home' final. Other newspaper reports credit him with 7 goals and 4 points.
  • P. J. Riordan is alleged[ by whom? ] to have scored all but 1 point of Tipperary's total when they beat Kilkenny by 6–8 to 0−1 in the 1895 All-Ireland final.
  • Jimmy Kelly of Kilkenny is said[ by whom? ] to have scored 7 goals in 30 minutes against Cork in the replay of the 1905 final.
  • In 1990 the rule prohibiting a hand-passed score was introduced. This had a large bearing on scoring, with fewer goals being scored in open play.[ citation needed ]

Championship Tiers

Title Holders

CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upNext edition
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2024 Colours of Clare.svg Clare 5th Colours of Cork.svg Cork 2025
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 2024 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny 76th Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin 2025
Munster Senior Hurling Championship 2024 Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick 25th Colours of Clare.svg Clare 2025
Joe McDonagh Cup 2024 Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly 1st Colours of Laois.svg Laois 2025
Christy Ring Cup 2024 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 5th Colours of Derry.svg Derry 2025
Nicky Rackard Cup 2024 Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal 4th Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 2025
Lory Meagher Cup 2024 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh 3rd Colours of Longford.svg Longford 2025

2025 Teams

Championship County team Province
Munster SHC Colours of Clare.svg Clare Munster
Colours of Cork.svg Cork Munster
Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick Munster
Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary Munster
Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford Munster
Leinster SHC Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim Ulster
Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin Leinster
Colours of Galway.svg Galway Connacht
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny Leinster
Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly Leinster
Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford Leinster
Joe McDonagh Cup Colours of Carlow.svg Carlow Leinster
Colours of Down.svg Down Ulster
Colours of Kerry.svg Kerry Munster
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare Leinster
Colours of Laois.svg Laois Leinster
Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath Leinster
Christy Ring Cup Colours of Derry.svg Derry Ulster
Colours of Donegal.svg Donegal Ulster
Colours of London.svg London Britain
Colours of Meath.svg Meath Leinster
Colours of Tyrone.svg Tyrone Ulster
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Leinster
Nicky Rackard Cup Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh Ulster
Colours of Fermanagh.svg Fermanagh Ulster
Colours of Louth.svg Louth Leinster
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Connacht
Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon Connacht
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Connacht
Lory Meagher Cup Colours of Cavan.svg Cavan Ulster
Colours of Tipperary.svg Lancashire Britain
Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim Connacht
Colours of Longford.svg Longford Leinster
Colours of Monaghan.svg Monaghan Ulster
Colors of New York.svg New York North America
Colours of Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire Britain

Former championships

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