Mayo Senior Hurling Championship

Mayo Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2026 Mayo Senior Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1923
Region	Mayo (GAA)
Trophy	TJ Tyrrell Cup
No. of teams	4 clubs 1 division
Title holders	Tooreen (36th title)
Most titles	Tooreen (36 titles)
Sponsors	Connacht Gold

The Mayo Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested since 1923 by the top Mayo GAA clubs.

In its current format, the Mayo Senior Championship begins in mid-summer. The 4 participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. The group winner and the runners-up proceed to the final match. The other two teams play the Senior B final. The winner of the Mayo Senior Championship qualifies for the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Tooreen are the title holders, defeating Ballyhaunis by 2-29 to 0–20 in the 2026 final. ^[1]

History

Team participation

As of 2026, the competition is contested by teams representing Ballyhaunis, Castlebar, St. Ciaran's and Tooreen. St Ciaran's are a divisional team made up of Intermediate and Junior club teams. ^[2]

Teams

2026 Teams

The four teams competing in the 2026 Mayo Senior Hurling Championship were: ^[3]

Team	Location	Colours	Club/division	Club's division side	Position in 2026	In championship since	Championship titles	Last championship title
Ballyhaunis	Ballyhaunis	Red and black	Club	St Ciarans	Runners-up	?	13	2020
Castlebar Mitchels	Castlebar	Red and gold	Club	St Ciarans	Champions (Mayo SBHC)	?	2	1955
St Ciarans	County Mayo	Black and white	Division	N / A	Runners-up (Mayo SBHC)	2023	0	—
Tooreen	Tooreen	Blue and white	Club	St Ciarans	Champions	?	36	2026

Clubs eligible for divisional teams

Division	Clubs eligible for divisional team
St Ciarans	Ballina Stephenites, Beal Atha Bhearraigh, Caiseal Gaels, Claremorris, Gaeltacht Iorrais, Moytura, Westport

Clubs and grades

As of 2026 the following teams compete at senior and junior level:

Senior [4]
Ballyhaunis
Castlebar Mitchels
St Ciarans
Tooreen
Junior [5] [6]
Beal Atha Bhearraigh
Caiseal Gaels
Tooreen B
Gaeltacht Iorrais
Ballina Stephenites
Claremorris
Moytura
Westport
Castlebar Mitchels B

Location of County Mayo in Ireland

Qualification for subsequent competitions

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

Trophy

The trophy presented to the winners is the TJ Tyrrell Cup.

Roll of honor

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championship wins	Championship runner-up
1	Tooreen	36	19	1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026	1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
2	Ballyhaunis	13	14	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020	1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
3	Westport	4	7	1962, 1964, 1969, 1970	1927, 1965, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2011
	Ballaghaderreen	4	0	1923, 1924, 1950, 1953	—
5	Ballinrobe	3	5	1973, 1976, 1977	1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980
	Ballina	3	0	1958, 1959, 1996	—
7	Castlebar Mitchels	2	11	1952, 1955	1956, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2019
	Claremorris	2	1	1968, 1971	1957
	Cong	2	1	1965, 1967	1966
	Manulla	2	0	1960, 1961	—
	Belmullet	2	0	1957, 2001	—
12	North Mayo	1	4	1988	1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
	Moy Slashers	1	1	1963	1964
	Ballina James Stephens	1	1	2007	2006
	Charlestown	1	0	1951	—
	Swinford	1	0	1956	—
	Ballyheane	1	0	1927	—
18	Tooreen/Ballyhaunis	0	1	—	1958

Notes

• Runners-up unknown: 1923–1924, 1950–1953, 1955, 1959–1962, 1967, 1969–1970

List of finals

Legend

• Gold – Connacht intermediate club champions
• Silver – Connacht intermediate club runners-up

List of Mayo SHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2026 [1]	Tooreen	2-29	Ballyhaunis	0-20
2025 [7]	Tooreen	2-17	Ballyhaunis	0-21
2024	Tooreen	1-21 (A.E.T)	Ballyhaunis	0-22
2023 [8]	Tooreen	0-13	Ballyhaunis	0-08
2022 [9] [10]	Tooreen	1-14	Ballyhaunis	2-05
2021 [11]	Tooreen	0-15	Ballyhaunis	1-11
2020 [12]	Ballyhaunis	1-15	Tooreen	1-12
2019 [13]	Tooreen	0-18	Castlebar	1-13
2018 [14]	Tooreen	0-15	Ballyhaunis	0-11
2017 [15]	Tooreen	2-10	Ballyhaunis	0-06
2016 [16] [17]	Ballyhaunis	2-12, 2-13 (R)	Tooreen	1-15, 1-13 (R)
2015 [18]	Ballyhaunis	0-20	Tooreen	1-14
2014 [19]	Ballyhaunis	1-12	Tooreen	1-10
2013 [20]	Tooreen	4-10	Ballyhaunis	1-06
2012 [21]	Ballyhaunis	1-14	Tooreen	0-16
2011	Ballyhaunis	1-19	Westport	1-06
2010	Ballyhaunis	0-14	Tooreen	0-11
2009	Ballyhaunis	2-09	Tooreen	1-07
2008	Ballyhaunis	0-15	Tooreen	2-07
2007	Ballina	0-14	Ballyhaunis	1-10
2006 [22]	Ballyhaunis	1-09	Ballina	1-04
2005	Ballyhaunis	3-10	Westport	0-07
2004	Ballyhaunis	2-11	Tooreen	0-08
2003	Tooreen	1-08	Ballyhaunis	0-07
2002	Ballyhaunis	4-10	Tooreen	3-08
2001 (After Replay)	Belmullet	3-14	Tooreen	1-11
2000	Tooreen	3-05	Ballyhaunis	0-09
1999	Tooreen	1-11	Ballyhaunis	1-09
1998	Tooreen	1-12	Castlebar	0-07
1997	Tooreen	2-14	Ballyhaunis	1-06
1996	Ballina	2-07	Tooreen	1-09
1995	Tooreen	3-11	Castlebar	2-06
1994	Tooreen	3-18	Castlebar	0-04
1993	Tooreen	3-17	Westport	0-09
1992	Tooreen	1-12	Westport	0-08
1991	Tooreen	2-11	North Mayo	1-01
1990	Tooreen	2-19	North Mayo	2-04
1989	Tooreen	3-11	North Mayo	0-09
1988	North Mayo	2-05	Tooreen	1-07
1987	Tooreen	2-15	Westport	3-02
1986	Tooreen	5-21	North Mayo	3-07
1985	Tooreen	2-17	Castlebar	1-05
1984	Tooreen	2-13	Castlebar	1-03
1983	Tooreen	0-18	Castlebar	1-06
1982	Tooreen	1-10	Castlebar	2-05
1981	Tooreen	2-10	Castlebar	2-05
1980	Tooreen	2-12	Ballinrobe	0-02
1979	Tooreen	2-11	Ballinrobe	2-07
1978	Tooreen	2-12	Ballinrobe	3-00
1977	Ballinrobe	3-06	Tooreen	1-09
1976	Ballinrobe	1-08	Tooreen	1-05
1975	Tooreen	2-06	Ballinrobe	0-06
1974	Tooreen	2-08	Castlebar	2-03
1973 (After Replay)	Ballinrobe	2-06	Tooreen	2-03
1972	Tooreen	3-09	Ballinrobe	2-03
1971	Claremorris	6-6	Tooreen	1-4
1970	Westport	Awarded	Ballyheane GAA
1969	Westport		Tooreen
1968	Claremorris	3-7	Tooreen	0-10
1967	Cong		Claremorris
1966	Tooreen	3-05	Cong	1-03
1965	Cong	8-9	Ballyheane GAA	1-3
1964	Westport	10-8	Moy Slashers	6-3
1963	Moy Slashers	2-04	Tooreen	1-02
1962	Westport	0-13	Moy Slashers	3-2
1961	Manulla	0-10	Ballaghaderreen	0-4
1960	Manulla	5-1	Belmullet	1-0
1959	Westport		Ballina Stephenites
1958	Belmullet	5-2	Castlebar	1-2
1957	Ballina	4-06	Manulla	0-00
1956	Swinford	3-09	Castlebar	3-05
1955	Castlebar Mitchels	4-8	Ballaghaderreen	1-4
1954	Castlebar	6-4	Ballaghaderreen	3-1
1953	Ballaghaderreen
1952	Charlestown
1951	Castlebar
1950	Ballaghaderreen	7-11	Westport	5-2
1949	Castlebar
1948	Ballina
1947	Westport
1946	Ballina		Castlebar
1945	Castlebar	1-6	Ballaghaderreen	2-0
1944	Westport
1943	Westport	6-7	Castlebar	1-1
1942	Westport
1941	Westport	2-1	Castlebar	2-0
1940	Westport
1939	Westport
1938	Westport
1937	Ballyheane
1936	Ballyheane
1935	Ballyheane
1934	Westport
1933	Ballina	5-0	Ballyheane	4-1
1932	Ballina
1931	Ballina
1930	Ballina	6-0	Ballyheane	2-4
1929(After Replay)	Ballyheane	6-3	Ballina	3-0
1928	Westport	6-0	Ballyheane	0-0
1927 (After Replay)	Ballyheane	3-1	Westport	1-2
1926	Westport Army
1925	Ballina
1924	Ballaghaderreen
1923	Ballaghaderreen
1919	Swinford
1918	Swinford	3-2	Balla	3-0
1917	Swinford		Balla
1916	Swinford
1910	Castlebar
1907	Ballina	7-6	Ballyhaunis	0-0
1906	Castlebar Dr Hydes	1-13	Ballyhaunis	1-2
1905	Castlebar Dr Hydes
1904	Castlebar Dr Hydes		Ballina
1902	Castlebar Gaels	8-9	Westport	0-0

See also

• Mayo Senior Football Championship

References

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External links

• Official Mayo Website
• Mayo on Hoganstand
• Mayo Club GAA