Armagh Senior Hurling Championship

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Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg2024 Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Shinsir Iomána Ard Mhacha
Code Hurling
Region Colours of Armagh.svg Armagh (GAA)
TrophyJimmy Carlisle Cup [1]
No. of teams6
Title holders Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown (20th title)
Most titles Colours of Antrim.svg Cuchulainn's Hurling Club (24 titles)

The Armagh Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Armagh GAA clubs. Hurling has always been more popular in the north and west of the county. Camlough and Bessbrook are the only south Armagh clubs to have won the Senior Championship.

Contents

Middletown Na Fianna are the title holders (2024) defeating Keady Lámh Dhearg in the Final. [2]

History

The trophy presented to the winners is the Jimmy Carlisle Cup. The winner qualifies to represent their county in either the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship or the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, depending on the winner's recent record when competing at provincial level. Following their 2013 success, Cúchulainn's represented Armagh in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, leaving Armagh without representation in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship for that year. Keady became the first Ulster Intermediate Champions from Armagh in 2007 and to date they are the first and only representatives from the county to reach the Ulster Senior Final, doing so in 2010.

Format

Group stage

The 5 clubs start in the groups stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed four group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in the group qualify for the final.

Knockout stage

Final: Teams that finished 1st and 2nd place in the group stage contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2025 teams

The 7 teams competing in the 2025 Armagh Senior Hurling Championship are:

ClubLocationColoursPosition in 2024Championship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Cork.svg Craobh Rua Bessbrook Red and whiteSemi-finals0—
Colours of Antrim.svg Cúchulainn's Armagh Yellow and whiteGroup stage242013
Colours of Laois.svg Derrynoose Derrynoose Blue and whiteSemi-finals0—
Colours of Clare.svg Keady Lámh Dhearg Keady Blue and goldRunners-up252018
StFinbarrs.png Killeavy St Moninna's Killean Green and blackGroup stage0—
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown Middletown Black and whiteChampions202024
Colours of Galway.svg Seán Treacy's Lurgan Maroon and whiteJunior champions0—

2025 grades

ChampionshipClub
Senior championships
Senior Colours of Cork.svg Craobh Rua
Colours of Antrim.svg Cúchulainn's
Colours of Laois.svg Derrynoose
Colours of Clare.svg Keady Lámh Dhearg
Killeavy St Moninna's
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown
Colours of Galway.svg Seán Treacy's
Junior championships
Junior Colours of Clare.svg Keady Lámh Dhearg (2nd team)
Killeavy St Moninna's (2nd team)
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown (2nd team)
Colours of Offaly.svg St Malachy's

Roll of honour

By club

#ClubTitlesChampionship wins
1 Colours of Clare.svg Keady Lámh Dhearg 251949, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018
2Cúchulainn's241951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2013
3 Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown 201981, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
4Éire Óg, Keady31927, 1932, 1933
Keady Michael Dwyer's 31935, 1936, 1937
CBS Armagh PPU31945, 1946, 1948
7St Malachy's, Portadown21966, 1967
8 Shane O'Neill's 11907
Young Irelands11928
Red Hands, Armagh11931
O'Donnell's, Armagh11934
Bessbrook Geraldines11947
Hugh Carberry's Rocks11950

List of finals

Legend

List of Armagh SHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
ClubScoreClubScore
2024 [2] Middletown Na Fianna 1-12 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0-13
2023 Middletown Na Fianna 1-15 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0-11
2022 Middletown Na Fianna 1-19 Keady Lámh Dhearg 2-12
2021 Middletown 2-20 Keady Lámh Dhearg 2-12
2020 Middletown 0-20Cúchulainn’s1-06
2019 [3] Middletown 2-17 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1-13
2018 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0-16 Middletown 0-13
2017 Middletown 0-17 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1-12
2016 [4] Middletown 2-19Cúchulainn's2-08
2015 [5] Middletown 2-10 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1-08
2014 [6] Keady Lámh Dhearg 2-19Cúchulainn's1-13
2013 [7] Cúchulainn's1-07, 2-12 (r) Keady Lámh Dhearg 0-10, 1-13 (r)
2012 [8] Middletown 0-13Cúchulainn's0-12
2011 Middletown 0-19 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0-10
2010 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's
2009 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg
2008 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown
2007 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown
2006 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg
2005 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's
2004 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's
2003 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown
2002 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown
2001 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown
2000 Middletown
1999 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg
1998 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1997 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1996 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1995 Middletown
1994 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's
1993 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's
1992 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1991 Middletown
1990 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1989Cúchulainn's
1988Cúchulainn's
1987 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1986 Middletown 3-08Cúchulainn's2-06
1985 Middletown
1984Cúchulainn'sMiddletown
1983Cúchulainn'sPortadown
1982Cúchulainn'sMiddletown
1981 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg
1980Cúchulainn's Keady Lámh Dhearg
1979Cúchulainn's Keady Lámh Dhearg
1978 Keady Lámh Dhearg Seán Treacy's
1977Cúchulainn's Seán Treacy's
1976Cúchulainn's Keady Lámh Dhearg
1975 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cuchulain's
1974Cúchulainn's
1973Cúchulainn's
1972 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1971Cúchulainn's
1970Cúchulainn's
1969Cúchulainn's
1968Cúchulainn's
1967St Malachy's, Portadown
1966St Malachy's, Portadown
1965 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1964Cúchulainn's
1963Cúchulainn's
1962Cúchulainn's
1961Cúchulainn's
1960 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1959 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1955–1958No competition
1954Cúchulainn's
1953Cúchulainn's
1952Cúchulainn's
1951Cúchulainn's
1950Hugh Carberry's Rocks
1949 Keady Lámh Dhearg
1948CBS Armagh PPU
1947Bessbrook Geraldines
1946CBS Armagh PPU
1945CBS Armagh PPU
1938–1944No competition
1937 Keady Michael Dwyer's
1936 Keady Michael Dwyer's
1935 Keady Michael Dwyer's
1934O'Donnell's, Armagh
1933Éire Óg, Keady
1932Éire Óg, Keady
1931Red Hands, Armagh
1929–1930No competition
1928Young Irelands
1927Éire Óg, Keady
1908–1926
1907Shane O'Neill's Camlough

Armagh Junior Hurling Championship

Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
CodeHurling
Region Armagh (GAA)
No. of teams6
Title holdersKilleavy St Moninna's (th title)

The Armagh Junior Hurling Championship (Abbreviated to the Armagh JHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the junior clubs in the county of Armagh in Ireland. It is the second tier in the Armagh hurling championship system.

Killeavy St Moninna's are the title holders, defeating Seán Treacy's by 2-17 to 2-12 in the 2023 final.

Format

Group stage: The 6 clubs start in the groups stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed four group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in the group qualify for the final.

Final: Teams that finished 1st and 2nd place in the group stage contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and promoted to the Armagh Senior Hurling Championship.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals (2023–)

YearWinnersRunners-up#
ClubScoreClubScore
2024 Seán Treacy's 0–11 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1–05 [9]
2023 Killeavy St Moninna's 2–17 Seán Treacy's 2–12 [10]

Roll of honour (2023–)

ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Seán Treacy's 1120242023
Killeavy St Moninna's 102023—
Keady Lámh Dhearg 01—2024

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://thesidelineeye.com/2022/10/15/senior-hurling-championship-final-preview-2/
  2. 1 2 "Armagh SHC Final: Middletown Na Fianna triumph again". GAA. 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Armagh SHC final: Middletown regain crown". Hogan Stand . 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Armagh SHC final: two-in-a-row for Middletown". Hogan Stand . 22 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "MIDDLETOWN CLINCH SENIOR TITLE". Armagh GAA. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Keady Crowned Senior Hurling Champions". Armagh GAA. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2020– via archive.today.
  7. ↑ "Cuchulainns win Senior Hurling Title". Armagh GAA. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "Armagh SHC: Middletown retain crown". Hogan Stand . 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  9. ↑ "Sean Treacys crowned Junior Hurling Champions – CLG Ard Mhacha" . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "2023".
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