Armagh Senior Hurling Championship

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Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
Title holders Middletown (19th title)
Most titlesCuchulainn's Hurling Club (27 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.

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Middletown Na Fianna are the title holders (2023) defeating Keady Lámh Dhearg in the Final.

History

The trophy presented to the winners is the ? 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

2023 teams

ClubLocationColoursChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Cork.svg Craobh Rua Bessbrook Red and white0—
Colours of Antrim.svg Cúchulainn's242013
Colours of Laois.svg Derrynoose Derrynoose 0—
Colours of Clare.svg Keady Lámh Dhearg Keady Blue and gold252018
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown Middletown Black and white192023

2023 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
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown
Junior championships
Junior Colours of Antrim.svg Cúchulainn's (2nd team)
Colours of Clare.svg Keady Lámh Dhearg (2nd team)
Killeavy St Moninna's
Colours of Sligo.svg Middletown (2nd team)
Sean Tracey’s
St Malachy's

Roll of honour

#ClubTitlesYears won
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 191981, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
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

(r) = replay

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

2023 championship

Group stage

PosTeamPldWDLSFSAPtsQualification
1 Keady Lámh Dhearg 330082516Advance to knockout stage
2 Middletown 4301115716
3Cuchulainn Hurling Club210145412
4Derrynoose300345820
5 Craobh Rua 200223650

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 Sean Tracey’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
2023 Killeavy St Moninna's 2-17Sean Tracey’s2-12 [7]

Roll of honour (2023–)

ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Killeavy St Moninna's 102023—
Sean Tracey’s01—2023

See also

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