Donegal Senior Hurling Championship

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Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
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Current event clock.svg 2023 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iománaíocht Sinsear Co. Dhún na nGall
CodeHurling
Region Donegal (GAA)
No. of teams8
Title holders Setanta (18th title)
Most titles Burt (39 titles)
SponsorsNone

The Donegal Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Donegal GAA clubs. The County Final is usually played at O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny.

Contents

Setanta are the title holders, defeating St Eunan's by 4-13 to 0-14 in the 2023 final.

History

Burt hold the most SHC titles of any club in the country, having passed out Waterford Senior Hurling Championship club Mount Sion's total of 35 a few years ago.[ citation needed ]

Teams

2023 Teams

ClubLocationColoursChampionship titlesLast championship title
An Clochán Liath Dungloe Red and white0—
Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon Green and white51977
Buncrana Buncrana 0—
Burt Burt Primrose and blue392018
Carndonagh Carndonagh 31959
Seán MacCumhaills22016
Setanta Killygordon Green and black182023
St Eunan's Letterkenny Amber and black22021

2023 Hurling Grades

ChampionshipClub
Senior / Intermediate
Senior An Clochán Liath
Aodh Ruadh
Buncrana
Burt
Carndonagh
Seán MacCumhaills
Setanta
St Eunan's
Junior
Junior Burt (2nd team)
Four Masters
Letterkenny Gaels
Setanta (2nd team)
St Eunan's (2nd team)

Honours

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

The winning club qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentScoreNotes
1924 [2] Aodh Ruadh 5-08Letterkenny0-01
1925 Aodh Ruadh
1926Letterkenny
1927Finner Camp
1928
1929 Aodh Ruadh
1930
1931
1932Letterkenny
1933Letterkenny
1934Carrowmore
1935Carrowmore
1936Carrowmore
1937Carrowmore
1938Letterkenny
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) Aodh Ruadh
1944Carndonagh
1945Letterkenny
1946
1947Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) Burt
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952 Burt
1953Letterkenny
1954Carndonagh
1955 Burt
1956 Burt
1957 Burt
1958Lifford
1959Carndonagh
1960Lifford
1961 Burt
1962 Burt
1963 Glenswilly
1964Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)
1965 Burt
1966Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)
1967 Burt
1968 Burt
1969 Burt
1970 Burt 3-12 Na Cealla Beaga 1-03
1971 Burt 9-11 Aodh Ruadh 3-02
1972 St Eunan's 3-03 Burt 2-01
1973 Setanta Burt
1974 Setanta Carndonagh
1975 Aodh Ruadh 4-03 Burt 2-04
1976 Burt 3-07 Aodh Ruadh 2-06
1977 Aodh Ruadh 6-08Roger Casement's1-01
1978Robert Emmet's
& Burt 		1-08
2-05		The 1978 final ended in a draw and was never replayed.
1979 Burt 3-09 Setanta 1-05
1980 Setanta 2-08 Burt 0-08
1981 Setanta 2-07 Burt 1-03
1982 Burt 1-08 Setanta 1-06
1983 Setanta 2-14 Burt 2-08
1984 Setanta 3-14Carndonagh1-05
1985 [3] Setanta 3-07Carndonagh4-03
1986 Setanta 2-02 Burt 1-04
1987 Setanta 5-08 Burt 2-09
1988 Setanta Carndonagh
1989 Burt 4-06 Aodh Ruadh 1-11
1990 Setanta 3-08 Burt 0-16
1991 Burt 2-12Naomh Mura1-09
1992 Burt 2-12Naomh Mura2-08
1993 Burt 2-11 Setanta 3-07
1994 Burt 4-07Naomh Mura1-04
1995 Burt 0-16Naomh Mura2-05
1996 [4] Burt 1-16Naomh Mura1-06
1997 Burt 3-17Naomh Mura3-09
1998 Burt 3-13Seán MacCumhaills0-03
1999 Burt 1-12 Setanta 1-08
2000 [5] Burt 5-17 Setanta 0-06
2001 Burt Four Masters
2002 Burt 3-21 St Eunan's 2-09
2003 Burt Setanta
2004 Burt Setanta
2005 [6] Burt 3-08 Setanta 0-11
2006 Burt 0-17 Setanta 0-15
2007 Setanta 3-08 Burt 0-07
2008 Setanta 4-07 Burt 1-07
2009 Burt 3-13Seán MacCumhaills2-12
2010Seán MacCumhaills0-15 Setanta 0-12
2011 Burt 3-11 Setanta 2-07
2012 [7] Burt 3-14Seán MacCumhaills1-12
2013 [8] Burt 3-13 Setanta 2-14
2014 [9] Burt 6-09Seán MacCumhaills1-09
2015 [10] Burt 2-07Seán MacCumhaills0-12
2016 [11] Seán MacCumhaills2-13 Burt 2-09
2017 [12] Setanta 1-16 St Eunan's 1-08
2018 [13] Burt 3-14 Setanta 1-14
2019 [14] Setanta 3-13 St Eunan's 0-13
2020 [15] Setanta 2-19 St Eunan's 2-13
2021 [16] St Eunan's 2-09 Setanta 0-14Conor O'Grady was the winning captain. [17]
2022 [18] Setanta 1-20 Burt 0-18
2023 [19] Setanta 4-13 St Eunan's 0-14

Roll of honour

#TeamTitlesYears won
1 Burt 391952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
2 Setanta 181973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
3Letterkenny61926, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1945, 1953
4 Aodh Ruadh 51924, 1925, 1929, 1975, 1977
5Carrowmore41934, 1935, 1936, 1937
6Carndonagh31944, 1954, 1959
7Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar)21943, 1947
Lifford21958, 1960
Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)21964, 1966
Seán MacCumhaills22010, 2016
St Eunan's 21972, 2021
12Finner Camp11927
Glenswilly 11963

2023 championship

Group Stage

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Setanta 5500134755910Advance to knockout stage
2 St Eunan's 6501149698010
3 Burt 6402155101548
4Buncrana7403102117-158
5Seán MacCumhaills520379100-214Transfer to Intermediate championship
6Carndonagh610569119-502
7 Aodh Ruadh 10010000
8 An Clochán Liath 600665172-1070

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

St Eunan's 1-12 - 1-10 Burt

Setanta 5-22 - 0-12 Buncrana

Final

St Eunan's 0-14 - 4-13 Setanta

Intermediate Championship

Semi-finals

Aodh Ruadh 0-6 - 4-17 Seán MacCumhaills

An Clochán Liath 1-5 - 0-12 Carndonagh

Final

Seán MacCumhaills 2-08 - 2-12 Carndonagh

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References

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