Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1887;137 years ago (1887)
Region	Tipperary (GAA)
Trophy	Dan Breen Cup
No. of teams	16
Title holders	Loughmore–Castleiney (5th title)
Most titles	Thurles Sarsfields (36 titles)
Sponsors	FBD Insurance
TV partner(s)	TG4
Official website	Official website

The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the FBD Insurance Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Semple Stadium in October. The prize for the winning team is the Dan Breen Cup. Initially played as a knock-out competition on a divisional basis, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage.

The Tipperary County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Tipperary county final join the champions of the other four hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.

16 teams currently participate in the Tipperary County Championship. The title has been won at least once by 25 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Thurles Sarsfields, who have won a total of 36 titles.

The 2024 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was won by Loughmore–Castleiney for the fifth time in their history after they defeated Toomevara in the final by 2-19 to 1-17. ^[1]

History

Beginnings

Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. County committees were quickly established, with the Tipperary County Board affiliating in 1886. Over the course of the following year, 130 clubs registered with the GAA in Tipperary, making it the strongest county in the country. After difficulties in organising the early championships, the title has been awarded every year except on one occasion since 1894. Civil unrest at the height of the War of Independence resulted in the 1920 championship being cancelled.^{[ citation needed ]}

Team dominance

Since the beginning, the championship has seen periods of dominance by various teams. Tubberadora became the preeminent team of the first decade, before being superseded by Thurles Sarsfields. After winning the inaugural title in 1887, the Thurles-based club won six championships from a possible nine between 1904 and 1911. Toomevara made their first big breakthrough in 1910 and won titles at regular intervals over the course of the next twenty years. Boherlahen-Dualla won the first of four successive championship titles in 1915 and won a grand total of ten up to and including the 1941 championship. Thurles Sarsfields bounced back in 1929 after an eleven-year period in the doldrums. Over the course of the next 45 years the club established itself as the standard bearer of club hurling in Tipperary by winning 21 titles during this period. The club reached its peak by winning ten titles in eleven championship seasons between 1955 and 1965. Roscrea won their first championship in 1968 before completing a three-in-a-row in 1970. The club won further titles in 1972, 1973 and 1980. Moneygall and Kilruane MacDonagh's shared five titles between 1975 and 1979, while Borris-Ileigh won three titles throughout the 1980s. After failing to win a championship in over thirty years, Toomevara returned to the top table in 1992. Over the course of the next sixteen years the club claimed 11 championship titles. Thurles Sarsfields also returned to their winning ways after a 31-year barren spell by claiming the 2005 championship. They have since become the most successful team of the 21st century by winning eight championships.^{[ citation needed ]}

Format

The Tipperary senior hurling championship is probably the most complicated system in Ireland as it has striven to accommodate from 25 to, currently, 32 teams. A knockout divisional system and group backdoor system has been introduced to accommodate these teams. Before the new system, the county championship was run on a divisional basis with the teams in the divisional finals going into the county quarter-finals and proceeding from there.

A new format is to be introduced in 2014, with the county championship divided into two sections of 16 teams each, the sections determined by clubs' placings in the 2013 championship. Each section will be divided into four groups of four teams with games played on a round robin basis. The top two teams in each Section 1 group, and the top team in each Section 2 group, qualify for the knockout stages, as do the four divisional champions. The bottom team in each Section 1 group is relegated to Section 2, and the top team in each Section 2 group is promoted to Section 1. The bottom teams in each of the Section 2 groups face relegation play-offs, with two teams relegated to the Intermediate Championship. The Intermediate champions move up to Section 2. Thus in 2015 there will be 31 teams in the Senior Championship. ^[2]

2024 teams

The 16 teams competing in the 2024 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship are:

Club	Location	Division	Colours	Position in 2024	In championship since	Championship titles	Last championship title
Borris–Ileigh	Borrisoleigh	North	Maroon and white	Group stage	?	7	2019
Clonoulty–Rossmore	Clonoulty	West	Green and gold	Group stage	?	4	2018
Drom & Inch	Bouladuff	Mid	Green and white	Group stage	?	1	2011
Holycross–Ballycahill	Holycross	Mid	Green and white	Group stage	?	4	1990
JK Brackens	Templemore, Clonmore and Killea	Mid	Black and white	Quarter-finals	2020	0	—
Kiladangan	Puckane	North	Blue and gold	Quarter-finals	?	2	2023
Kilruane MacDonagh's	Cloughjordan	North	White and black	Quarter-finals	?	6	2022
Lorrha–Dorrha	Lorrha and Dorrha	North	Blue and white	Group stage	2024	0	—
Loughmore–Castleiney	Loughmore and Castleiney	Mid	Green and red	Champions	?	5	2024
Moycarkey–Borris	Littleton	Mid	Red and gold	Semi-finals	?	12	1984
Mullinahone	Mullinahone	South	Green and red	Group stage	2021	1	2002
Nenagh Éire Óg	Nenagh	North	Sky blue and navy blue	Quarter-finals	?	1	1995
Roscrea	Roscrea	North	Red and white	Group stage	2023	6	1980
Templederry Kenyons	Templederry	North	Green and white	Group stage	2022	0	—
Thurles Sarsfields	Thurles	Mid	Blue and white	Semi-finals	?	36	2017
Toomevara	Toomevara	North	Green and gold	Runners-up	?	21	2008

Sponsorship

For four years between 2013 and 2016, the championship was sponsored by Clean Ireland Recycling. ^[3] In August 2016, the Tipperary County Board announced that they had signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Tipperary Water. The company has since sponsored all of Tipperary's adult county championships. ^[4]

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. This place is reserved for club teams only as divisional and amalgamated teams are not allowed in the provincial championship.

Venues

Early rounds

Semple Stadium in Thurles.

Fixtures in the group stage and early knock-out rounds of the championship are usually played at a neutral venue that is deemed halfway between the participating teams. Some of the more common venues include MacDonagh Park, St. Cronan's Park and St. Michael's Park. All games from the quarter-finals onward are played at Semple Stadium.

Final

The final is usually played at Semple Stadium, previously Thurles Sportsfield.

Managers

Managers in the Tipperary Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

Winning managers (1999–present)

Manager	Team	Wins	Winning years
Tommy Maher	Thurles Sarsfields	4	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Michael Gleeson	Thurles Sarsfields	2	2009, 2010
Tom Ryan	Toomevara	1	1999
Pad Joe Whelehan	Toomevara	1	2000
Seán Stack	Toomevara	1	2001
John Leahy	Mullinahone	1	2002
Michael Connolly	Toomevara	1	2003
Seán Hehir	Toomevara	1	2004
Ger Cunningham	Thurles Sarsfields	1	2005
Pat Herbert	Toomevara	1	2006
Éamonn Sweeney	Loughmore-Castleiney	1	2007
Vincent McKenna	Toomevara	1	2008
Teddy Kennedy	Drom-Inch	1	2011
Séamus Quinn	Thurles Sarsfields	1	2012
Declan Laffan	Loughmore-Castleiney	1	2013
John Devane	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1	2018
Johnny Kelly	Borris-Ileigh	1	2019
Brian Lawlor	Kiladangan	1	2020
Frankie McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	1	2021
Liam O'Kelly	Kilruane MacDonaghs	1	2022
John O'Meara	Kiladangan	1	2023
Éamonn Kelly	Loughmore-Castleiney	1	2024

Trophy

The winning team is presented with the Dan Breen Cup. A native of Donohill, Dan Breen (1894-1969) was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In later years, he was a Fianna Fáil politician.

Roll of honour

By club

#	Team	Wins	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
1	Thurles Sarsfields	36	13	1887, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017	1894, 1960, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2021, 2023
2	Toomevara	21	11	1890, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1923, 1930, 1931, 1960, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008	1889, 1911, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1925, 1929, 1958, 1961, 1996, 2024
3	Moycarkey-Borris	12	3	1899, 1900, 1903, 1905, 1926, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1982, 1984	1931, 1943, 1962
4	Boherlahan-Dualla	11	4	1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1941, 1996	1914, 1930, 1953, 1995
5	Borris-Ileigh	7	7	1949, 1950, 1953, 1981, 1983, 1986, 2019	1947, 1952, 1955, 1972, 1977, 1988, 2017
6	Roscrea	6	11	1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980	1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985
	Kilruane MacDonaghs	6	11	1901 (De Wets), 1977, 1978, 1979, 1985, 2022	1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907 (De Wets),1944, 1959, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1986
8	Loughmore-Castleiney	5	4	1988, 2007, 2013, 2021, 2024	1983, 1987, 2014, 2020
9	Clonoulty-Rossmore	4	6	1888, 1989, 1997, 2018	1927, 1928, 1951, 1998, 2010, 2011
	Holycross-Ballycahill	4	3	1948, 1951, 1954, 1990	1964, 1989, 1991
11	Tubberadora	3	4	1895, 1896, 1898	1888, 1914, 1926, 1930
12	Carrick Davins	2	3	1966, 1967	1902, 1965, 1969
	Kiladangan	2	3	2020, 2023	2016, 2019, 2022
	Moneygall	2	0	1975, 1976
14	Upperchurch-Drombane	1	0	1894
	Suir View	1	2	1897	1895, 1896
	Horse and Jockey	1	2	1899	1897, 1898
	Ballytrasna	1	0	1901
	Éire Óg Annacarthy	1	2	1943	1941, 2004
	Carrick Swans	1	3	1947	1935, 1946, 1950
	Moyne-Templetuohy	1	0	1971
	Cappawhite	1	0	1987
	Cashel King Cormacs	1	4	1991	1939, 1940, 1990, 1994
	Nenagh Éire Óg	1	6	1995	1993, 1999, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2018
	Mullinahone	1	1	2002	1997
Drom-Inch	1	2011	2005, 2007, 2009, 2012	4
26	Lorrha	0	5		1905, 1948, 1956, 1966, 1984
	Mid Selection	0	2		1919, 1924
	Killenaule	0	2		1932, 1942
	Racecourse	0	1		1910
	Tipperary O'Leary's	0	1		1912
	North Tipperary	0	1		1887
	Kilmoyler	0	1		1923
	Glengoole	0	1		1908
	Kickhams	0	1		1949
	Na Piarsaigh	0	1		1957
	Silvermines	0	1		1974

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Loughmore-Castleiney	2-19	Toomevara	1-17
2023	Kiladangan	1-19, 1-21 (R)	Thurles Sarsfields	0-22, 1-20 (R)
2022 [5]	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-18, 2-20 (R)	Kiladangan	1-21, 1-16 (R)
2021 [6]	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-23, 2-14 (R)	Thurles Sarsfields	2-17, 2-13 (R)
2020 [7]	Kiladangan	1-28	Loughmore-Castleiney	3-20 A.E.T.
2019 [8]	Borris-Ileigh	1-15	Kiladangan	1-12
2018 [9]	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-23	Nenagh Éire Óg	2-13
2017 [10]	Thurles Sarsfields	1-24	Borris-Ileigh	0-11
2016 [11]	Thurles Sarsfields	0-27	Kiladangan	1-15
2015 [12]	Thurles Sarsfields	1-18	Nenagh Éire Óg	3-11
2014 [13]	Thurles Sarsfields	2-22	Loughmore-Castleiney	3-11
2013 [14]	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-17	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-16
2012 [15]	Thurles Sarsfields	1-21	Drom-Inch	2-15
2011 [16]	Drom-Inch	1-19	Clonoulty-Rossmore	2-14
2010 [17]	Thurles Sarsfields	1-16	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-07
2009 [18]	Thurles Sarsfields	0-14	Drom-Inch	0-05
2008 [19]	Toomevara	2-14	Thurles Sarsfields	0-17
2007	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-22	Drom-Inch	0-13
2006	Toomevara	1-21	Nenagh Éire Óg	2-14
2005	Thurles Sarsfields	1-17	Drom-Inch	0-15
2004	Toomevara	4-12	Éire Óg Annacarty/Golden-Kilfeacle	2-12
2003	Toomevara	3-19	Thurles Sarsfields	3-16
2002 [20]	Mullinahone	0-14, 2-10 (R)	Thurles Sarsfields	0-14, 1-11 (R)
2001	Toomevara	1-22	Thurles Sarsfields	1-13
2000	Toomevara	2-10	Thurles Sarsfields	0-11
1999	Toomevara	1-17	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-13
1998	Toomevara	0-16	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-10
1997	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-17	Mullinahone	1-12
1996	Boherlahan-Dualla	1-16	Toomevara	2-12
1995	Nenagh Éire Óg	2-25	Boherlahan-Dualla	2-08
1994	Toomevara	3-11	Cashel King Cormacs	1-09
1993	Toomevara	1-14	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-13
1992	Toomevara	0-11, 0-12 (R)	Thurles Sarsfields	1-08, 1-06 (R)
1991	Cashel King Cormacs	2-08	Holycross-Ballycahill	1-05
1990	Holycross-Ballycahill	0-13	Cashel King Cormacs	0-10
1989	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-11	Holycross-Ballycahill	1-09
1988	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-06, 2-07 (R)	Borris-Ileigh	0-09, 1-08 (R)
1987	Cappawhite	1-17	Loughmore-Castleiney	2-13
1986	Borris-Ileigh	0-14	Kilruane MacDonaghs	0-07
1985	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-11	Roscrea	0-10
1984	Moycarkey-Borris	2-08	Lorrha	0-09
1983	Borris-Ileigh	0-17	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-11
1982	Moycarkey-Borris	3-09, 2-12 (R)	Roscrea	1-15, 0-11 (R)
1981	Borris-Ileigh	1-14	Roscrea	0-12
1980	Roscrea	3-11	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-13
1979	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-18	Thurles Sarsfields	3-06
1978	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-14	Roscrea	2-13
1977	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-08, 1-05 (R)	Borris-Ileigh	1-11, 0-05 (R)
1976	Moneygall	1-09	Roscrea	2-05
1975	Moneygall	2-11, 3-13 (R)	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-11, 0-05 (R)
1974	Thurles Sarsfields	3-06	Silvermines	1-10
1973	Roscrea	3-14	Kilruane MacDonaghs	3-08
1972	Roscrea	5-08	Borris-Ileigh	3-06
1971	Moyne-Templetuohy	2-08	Roscrea	0-06
1970	Roscrea	3-11	Thurles Sarsfields	2-12
1969	Roscrea	4-13	Carrick Davins	0-05
1968	Roscrea	2-13	Thurles Sarsfields	3-04
1967	Carrick Davins	2-10	Roscrea	2-07
1966	Carrick Davins	2-12	Lorrha	1-02
1965	Thurles Sarsfields	2-07, 3-11 (R)	Carrick Davins	3-04, 2-07 (R)
1964	Thurles Sarsfields	5-14	Holycross-Ballycahill	1-04
1963	Thurles Sarsfields	4-10	Roscrea	2-10
1962	Thurles Sarsfields	1-07	Moycarkey-Borris	1-06
1961	Thurles Sarsfields	3-04	Toomevara	0-09
1960	Toomevara	3-15	Thurles Sarsfields	2-08
1959	Thurles Sarsfields	3-12	Kilruane MacDonaghs	2-06
1958	Thurles Sarsfields	4-11	Toomevara	3-03
1957	Thurles Sarsfields	4-15	Na Piarsaigh	4-04
1956	Thurles Sarsfields	3-08	Lorrha	1-04
1955	Thurles Sarsfields	4-10	Borris-Ileigh	0-06
1954	Holycross-Ballycahill	6-05	Roscrea	2-03
1953	Borris-Ileigh	4-08	Boherlahan	4-04
1952	Thurles Sarsfields	5-06	Borris-Ileigh	1-08
1951	Holycross-Ballycahill	5-15	Clonoulty	1-04
1950	Borris-Ileigh	2-07	Carrick Swans	2-03
1949	Borris-Ileigh	4-06	Kickhams	2-01
1948	Holycross-Ballycahill	4-10	Lorrha	2-04
1947	Carrick Swans	5-04	Borris-Ileigh	2-02
1946	Thurles Sarsfields	4-05	Carrick Swans	0-03
1945	Thurles Sarsfields		Roscrea
1944	Thurles Sarsfields	6-03	Kilruane MacDonaghs	1-04
1943	Éire Óg, Annacarty	4-03	Moycarkey-Borris	2-04
1942	Thurles Sarsfields	8-05	Killenaule	0-01
1941	Boherlahan	2-02	Éire Óg, Annacarty	0-06
1940	Moycarkey-Borris	4-07	Cashel King Cormacs	4-02
1939	Thurles Sarsfields	5-03	Cashel King Cormacs	4-02
1938	Thurles Sarsfields	7-07	Kildangan	2-02
1937	Moycarkey-Borris	7-06	Cashel Kings Cormacs	6-02
1936	Thurles Sarsfields	2-10	Roscrea	0-03
1935	Thurles Sarsfields	6-05	Carrick Swans	0-02
1934	Moycarkey-Borris	3-06	Kildangan/Kilbarron	2-03
1933	Moycarkey-Borris	1-07	Borrisokane	1-00
1932	Moycarkey-Borris	7-06	Killenaule	5-01
1931	Toomevara	5-04	Moycarkey-Borris	2-00
1930	Toomevara	5-05, 4-01 (R)	Boherlahan	6-02, 1-00 (R)
1929	Thurles Sarsfields	4-03	Toomevara	1-03
1928	Boherlahan	5-04	Clonoulty	2-02
1927	Boherlahan	4-01	Clonoulty	1-01
1926	Moycarkey-Borris	6-04	Boherlahan	4-02
1925	Boherlahan	5-04	Toomevara/Moycarkey-Borris	2-03
1924	Boherlahan	8-03	Mid Selection	1-00
1923	Toomevara	5-04	Kilmoyler	3-03
1922	Boherlahan	5-01	North Selection (Toomevara)	2-03
1921
1920	Boherlahan
1919	Toomevara	3-00	Mid Selection	1-05
1918	Boherlahan	3-04 (awarded title)	Toomevara	6-00
1917	Boherlahan	2-02	Toomevara	1-01
1916	Boherlahan	2-02	Toomevara	0-00
1915	Boherlahan	4-04	Thurles	1-02
1914	Toomevara	5-02	Boherlahan	3-01
1913	Toomevara	2-03	Cashel	0-00
1912	Toomevara	6-04	Tipperary O'Leary's	0-01
1911	Thurles	4-05	Toomevara	1-00
1910	Toomevara	(won on objection)	Racecourse
1909	Thurles	10-04	Racecourse/Grangemockler	5-02
1908	Thurles	2-06	Glengoole	4-02
1907	Thurles	3-13	Lahorna De Wets	1-06
1906	Thurles	4-11	Lahorna De Wets	3-06
1905	Two Mile Borris	w/o	Lorrha	scr.
1904	Thurles	w/o	Lahorna De Wets	scr.
1903	Two Mile Borris		Lahorna De Wets
1902	Lahorna De Wets	7-10	Carrick	1-02
1901	Ballytarsna	7-11	Lahorna De Wets	0-01
1900	Two Mile Borris	w/o	Moycarkey	scr.
1899	Horse & Jockey	3-06, 3-08 (R)	Two Mile Borris	2-05, 2-04 (R)
1898	Tubberadora	3-07	Horse & Jockey	1-04
1897	Suir View	4-03	Horse & Jockey	2-09
1896	Tubberadora	4-08	Suir View	2-02
1895	Tubberadora	3-09	Suir View	2-07
1894	Drombane	4-04	Thurles	0-00
1893	Not played
1892	Not played
1891	Not played
1890	Toomevara	No records
1889	Moycarkey	1-03	Toomevara	1-00
1888	Clonoulty	1-01	Boherlahan	0-02
1887	Thurles	0-03	North Tipperary	0-00

Records and statistics

Final

Team

• Most wins: 36:
  • Thurles Sarsfields (1887, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Most consecutive wins: 5:
  • Thurles Sarsfields (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)
  • Thurles Sarsfields (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)
• Most appearances in a final: 46:
  • Thurles Sarsfields (1887, 1894, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1979, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 1974, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Most appearances in a final without ever winning: 5
  • Lorrha (1905, 1948, 1956, 1966, 1984)
• Most appearances in a final without losing (streak): 21
  • Thurles Sarsfields (1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959)
• Most defeats: 11
  • Roscrea (1936, 1945, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985)

Individual

• Most wins by a player: 14, Mickey Byrne (Thurles Sarsfields) (1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965)

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1890s: 3 for Tubberadora (1895-96-98)
• 1900s: 5 for Thurles Sarsfields (1904-06-07-08-09)
• 1910s: 5 for Toomevara (1910-12-13-14-19)
• 1920s: 5 for Boherlahen-Dualla (1922-24-25-27-28)
• 1930s: 4 each for Moycarkey-Borris (1932-33-34-37) and Thurles Sarsfields (1935-36-38-39)
• 1940s: 4 for Thurles Sarsfields (1942-44-45-46)
• 1950s: 6 for Thurles Sarsfields (1952-55-56-57-58-59)
• 1960s: 5 for Thurles Sarsfields (1961-62-63-64-65)
• 1970s: 3 each for Roscrea (1970-72-73) and Kilruane MacDonagh's (1977-78-79)
• 1980s: 3 for Borris-Ileigh (1981-83-86)
• 1990s: 5 for Toomevara (1992-93-94-98-99)
• 2000s: 6 for Toomevara (2000-01-03-04-06-08)
• 2010s: 6 for Thurles Sarsfields (2010-12-14-15-16-17)

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 101 years: Clonoulty-Rossmore (1888-1989)
• 55 years: Boherlahen-Dualla (1941-1996)
• 42 years: Moycarkey-Borris (1940-1982)
• 37 years: Kilruane MacDonaghs (1985-2022)
• 36 years: Holycross-Ballycahill (1954-1990)
• 32 years: Toomevara (1960-1992)
• 31 years: Thurles Sarsfields (1974-2005)
• 29 years: Toomevara (1931-1960)
• 28 years: Borris-Ileigh (1953-1981)
• 20 years: Toomevara (1890-1910)

Top scorers

Finals (1980-present)

Final	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1980	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea	1-07	10
1981	Noel O'Dwyer	Borris-Ileigh	0-08	8
1982	John Flanagan (D)	Moycarkey-Borris	0-07	7
	John Flanagan (R)	Moycarkey-Borris	1-05	8
1983	Pat McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-08	8
1984	John Flanagan	Moycarkey-Borris	1-03	6
1985	Eamon O'Shea	Kilruane MacDonagh's	1-04	7
1986	Philip Kenny	Borris-Ileigh	0-06	6
1987	Pat McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-08	11
1988	Noel O'Dwyer (D)	Borris-Ileigh	0-04	4
	Noel O'Dwyer (R)	Borris-Ileigh	0-04	4
	Séamus Devaney (R)	Borris-Ileigh	0-04	4
1989	Kevin Ryan	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-04	4
	Stephen Dwan	Holycross-Ballycahill	0-04	4
1990	Tommy Grogan	Cashel King Cormacs	0-06	6
1991	Tommy Grogan	Cashel King Cormacs	1-04	7
1992	Séamus Quinn (D)	Thurles Sarsfields	1-02	5
	Connie Maher (R)	Thurles Sarsfields	1-05	8
1993	Michael Cleary	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-09	9
1994	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	1-04	7
1995	Michael Cleary	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-08	8
1996	Kevin Kennedy	Toomevara	2-00	6
	Philip O'Dwyer	Boherlahen-Dualla	1-03	6
	Aodán Flanagan	Boherlahen-Dualla	0-06	6
1997	Michael Kennedy	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-07	7
	John Leahy	Mullinahone	0-07	7
1998	Michael Kennedy	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-06	6
1999	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	1-07	10
2000	John O'Brien	Toomevara	2-02	8
2001	John Enright	Thurles Sarsfields	1-09	12
2002	Eoin Kelly (D)	Mullinahone	0-04	4
	Eoin Kelly (R)	Mullinahone	2-07	13
2003	Lar Corbett	Thurles Sarsfields	2-01	7
2004	Paddy O'Brien	Toomevara	2-03	9
2005	Séamus Butler	Drom-Inch	0-11	11
2006	John O'Brien	Toomevara	1-04	7
2007	Evan Sweeney	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-09	9
2008	John Enright	Thurles Sarsfields	0-13	13
2009	John Enright	Thurles Sarsfields	0-05	5
2010	John O'Neill	Clonoulty-Rossmore	1-01	4
	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	0-04	4
2011	Timmy Hammersley	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-06	6
	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch	0-06	6
2012	Aidan McCormack	Thurles Sarsfields	1-06	9
	Johnny Ryan	Drom-Inch	0-09	9
2013	Noel McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-07	7
	Michael Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg	0-07	7
2014	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	1-03	6
2015	Michael Heffernan	Nenagh Éire Óg	1-04	7
2016	Pa Bourke	Thurles Sarsfields	0-09	9
2017	Aidan McCormack	Thurles Sarsfields	0-09	9
2018	Timmy Hammersley	Clonoulty-Rossmore	0-12	12
2019	James Devaney	Borris-Ileigh	1-04	7
	Willie Connors	Kiladangan	0-07	7
2020	John McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-10	13
2021	John McGrath (D)	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-12	12
	John McGrath (R)	Loughmore-Castleiney	0-07	7
2022	Willie Cleary (D)	Kilruane MacDonaghs	0-10	10
	Bryan McLoughney (D)	Kiladangan	0-10	10
	Willie Cleary (R)	Kilruane MacDonaghs	0-11	11
2023	Aidan McCormack (D)	Thurles Sarsfields	0-11	11
	Aidan McCormack (R)	Thurles Sarsfields	0-13	13
2024	John McGrath	Loughmore-Castleiney	1-13	16

See also

• List of Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship winners
• Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
• Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship
• Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship

References

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2. Tipperary GAA Archived 2013-01-25 at the Wayback Machine website, "Latest News", 22 January 2013
3. "Clean Ireland Recycling in new sponsorship deal". The Nationalist. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
4. "Tipperary Water announces three year sponsorship deal with Tipperary GAA". Nenagh Guardian. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
5. "Kilruane MacDonaghs Tipperary champions again after stirring comeback". RTE Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
6. "McGrath the hero as Loughmore-Castleiney do the double". RTE Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
7. "Kiladangan's quarter of a century journey to Tipperary summit". RTE Sport. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
8. "The famine is over: Borris-Illeigh's end 33-year wait for Tipperary title". Irish Examiner. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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10. "Padraic Maher leads powerful Thurles Sarsfields to four in a row". Irish Examiner. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
11. "Sarsfields honour 'The Rattler' in fitting style". Irish Independent. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
12. "Tigerish Thurles Sarsfields triumph in titanic battle". The Irish Examiner . 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
13. "Maher shines as Thurles Sarsfields win". rte.ie. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
14. "Noel McGrath inspires Loughmore rally". Irish Independent. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
15. "Tipperary SHC final: Sars capture 32nd title". Hogan Stand . 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
16. "Drom beat finds right rhythm". Irish Independent. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
17. "Imperious maher hits top gear in sars romp". Irish Independent. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
18. "Sarsfields in total control". Irish Times. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
19. "Brilliant Brislane fires Toomevara to final glory". Irish Examiner. 20 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
20. "Kelly underlines his class in Mullinahone's fairytale win". Irish Independent. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

External links

• Tipperary on Hoganstand
• Tipperary Club GAA
• Premierview