Derry Senior Hurling Championship

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Derry Senior Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 Derry Senior Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Shinsear Iomána Dhoire
Founded1887
TrophyFr Collins Cup [1]
Title holders Slaughtneil (17th title)
Most titles Kevin Lynch's, Dungiven (23 titles)
SponsorsMcGurk Chartered Architects [1]

The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Derry GAA clubs. The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1887.

Contents

Slaughtneil are the title holders, defeating Kevin Lynch's in the Final in September 2023 to win their eleventh title in a row.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Collins Cup. [1]

The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Slaughtneil are the only Derry team to have ever won the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship lifting the Four Seasons Cup in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021 [2]

Format

Group stage

The 8 teams in the Derry Hurling Championship are divided into two groups of four. [3] Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three 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.

Knockout stage

Senior final: The top teams in each group contest the senior final.

Intermediate final: The second-placed teams in each group contest the intermediate final.

Junior final: The third-placed teams in each group contest the junior final.

Teams

2024 Teams

8 teams will compete in the 2024 Derry Senior Hurling Championship.

ClubLocationColoursChampionship titlesLast championship title
Colours of Galway.svg Ballinascreen Draperstown Maroon and white31939
Colours of Galway.svg Banagher Feeny / Park Maroon and white32005
Colours of Galway.svg Eoghan Rua Coleraine Maroon and green0—
Colours of Sligo.svg Kevin Lynch's Dungiven White and black232011
Colours of Kilkenny.svg Lavey Lavey Orange and black182010
StFinbarrs.png Na Magha Derry Green, white, and black0—
Colours of Galway.svg Slaughtneil Maghera Maroon and white17 2023
Colours of Limerick.svg Swatragh Swatragh Green and white12012

List of finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScore
1887 Ballinascreen
1889Hibernians
1890No competition
1891St Patrick's, Waterside†
1892No competition
1893No competition
1894No competition
1895No competition
1896No competition
1897No competition
1898No competition
1899No competition
1900No competition
1901No competition
1902No competition
1903No competition
1904No competition
1905St Patrick's, Waterside†
1906Éire Óg
1907No competition
1908No competition
1909No competition
1910No competition
1911No competition
1912No competition
1913No competition
1914No competition
1915No competition
1916No competition
1917No competition
1918No competition
1919No competition
1920No competition
1921No competition
1922No competition
1923No competition
1924No competition
1925No competition
1926No competition
1927No competition
1928No competition
1929No competition
1930 Burt
1931 [4] Burt 4-00Gaels1-02
1932No competition
1933Sarsfields, Derry
1934Sarsfields, Derry
1935No competition
1936No competition
1937Aileach
1938 Ballinascreen
1939 Ballinascreen
1940 Lavey
1941No competition
1942No competition
1943Mitchels Coleraine Lavey
1944 Lavey Sarsfields, Derry
1945Mitchels Coleraine
1946 Lavey Kevin Barry's, Derry†
1947No competition
1948 Lavey
1949No competition
1950No competition
1951No competition
1952No competition
1953No competition
1954No competition
1955No competition
1956No competition
1957No competition
1958No competition
1959No competition
1960No competition
1961No competition
1962 Lavey
1963 St Finbarr's, Loup
1964 St Finbarr's, Loup
1965 Slaughtneil
1966 Slaughtneil
1967 Kevin Lynch's
1968 Slaughtneil
1969 Slaughtneil
1970No competition
1971No competition
1972 Kevin Lynch's
1973 Kevin Lynch's
1974 Kevin Lynch's
1975 Kevin Lynch's
1976 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen
1977 Kevin Lynch's
1978 Banagher
1979 Kevin Lynch's
1980 Banagher
1981 Kevin Lynch's
1982 Kevin Lynch's
1983 Kevin Lynch's
1984 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen
1985 Lavey Kevin Lynch's
1986 Lavey Kevin Lynch's
1987 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen
1988 Lavey Ballinascreen
1989 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen
1990 Lavey Drum
1991 Lavey Kevin Lynch's
1992 Lavey Slaughtneil
1993 Slaughtneil Lavey
1994 Lavey Slaughtneil
1995 Lavey Slaughtneil
1996 Kevin Lynch's Banagher
1997 Lavey Ballinascreen
1998 Kevin Lynch's Slaughtneil
1999 Lavey Kevin Lynch's
2000 Slaughtneil 1-14 Banagher 2-08
2001 Lavey 3-18 Banagher 2-11
2002 Lavey 1-12 Slaughtneil 0-07
2003 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen
2004 Kevin Lynch's 4-09 Slaughtneil 1-09
2005 Banagher 2-09 Kevin Lynch's 1-11
2006 Kevin Lynch's 3-12 Banagher 2-14
2007 Kevin Lynch's 2-17 Banagher 1-11
2008, Kevin Lynch's 1-12 Swatragh 0-12
2009 Kevin Lynch's 2-15 Slaughtneil 1-13
2010 Lavey 3-10 Kevin Lynch's 0-11
2011 Kevin Lynch's 5-11 Lavey 1-07
2012 [5] Swatragh 2-10 Banagher 1-07
2013 [6] Slaughtneil 4-13 Ballinascreen 2-11
2014 [7] Slaughtneil 2-11 Kevin Lynch's 2-09
2015 [8] Slaughtneil 5-26 Swatragh 1-05
2016 [9] Slaughtneil 2-19 Banagher 1-12
2017 [10] Slaughtneil 2-18 Banagher 0-14
2018 Slaughtneil 2-12 Banagher 0-10
2019 [11] Slaughtneil 1-23 Kevin Lynch's 2-12
2020 Slaughtneil 0-23 Kevin Lynch's 0-11
2021 [12] Slaughtneil 1-17 Kevin Lynch's 2-09
2022 [13] Slaughtneil 2-18 Kevin Lynch's 1-08
2023 [14] Slaughtneil 3-23 Kevin Lynch's 1-09
Notes

† 1891, 1905: St Patrick's, Waterside is now defunct. It was a club from the Waterside in Derry City.

†† 1946: Kevin Barry's is now defunct. It was a club from Derry City.

Roll of honour

#ClubTitlesYears won
1 Colours of Sligo.svg Kevin Lynch's 231967†, 1972†, 1973†, 1974†, 1975†, 1976†, 1977†, 1979†, 1981†, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
2 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Lavey 181940, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1962, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010
3 Colours of Galway.svg Slaughtneil 171965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, [12] 2022, 2023
4 Colours of Galway.svg Banagher 31978, 1980, 2005
Colours of Galway.svg Ballinascreen 31887, 1938, 1939
6 Colours of Clare.svg Burt ††21930, 1931
St Patrick's, Waterside21891, 1905
Sarsfields Derry21933, 1934
Mitchels Coleraine21943, 1945
Colours of Limerick.svg St Finbarr's Loup 21963, 1964
11Hibernians11889
Éire Óg11906
Aileach11937
Colours of Limerick.svg Swatragh 12012
Notes

† The 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1981 titles were won as Dungiven GAC.

†† Burt is a Donegal club.

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