Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

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Ulster Minor Hurling Championship
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Founded1930
Region Ulster (GAA)
Current champions Antrim (58th time)
Website Official website

The Ulster Hurling Minor Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1930 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is sponsored by the Electricity Supply Board and therefore officially known as the ESB Ulster GAA Hurling Minor Championship. [1] Dormant since 2017, the competition was reborn in 2023.

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The series of games are played during the summer months with the Ulster final currently being played on the last Sunday of June. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final. The prize for the winning team is the Minor Hurling Cup.

The Ulster Championship does not feed directly into the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. Instead, the top teams in Ulster, at the conclusion of the Ulster Minor Hurling Championship, join the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, along with Galway from Connacht.

Only a handful of teams currently participate in the Ulster Championship, due to dominance of Gaelic football in the province. Antrim are by far the dominant county, reflecting their unique position as a hurling county in Ulster. Their nearest rivals are Down GAA, a predominantly footballing county that nevertheless maintains a hurling stronghold on the Ards Peninsula, and Derry GAA which boasts a small but important number of 'dual' clubs that play both codes. Armagh briefly took part in the 2010s.

Roll of honour

CountyTitle(s)Runners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Antrim 60101931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023 [2] 1932, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2012
Down 12251930, 1932, 1934, 1956, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994, 20121931, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2023
Derry 9171974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 20011940, 1971, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017
Armagh 11019751950, 1955, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2010
Donegal 014-1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Tyrone 03-1966, 1967, 1976
Monaghan 03-1930, 1979, 1983

List of finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
CountyScoreCountyScore
2023 Antrim 6-12 Down 1-13
2018-22No championship
2017 Antrim 3–13 Derry 2–08
2016 Antrim 2–15 Down 0–10
2015 [3] Antrim 2–12 Derry 1–09
2014 [4] Antrim 0–17 Derry 0–09
2013 [5] Antrim 2–20 Down 1–12
2012 [6] Down 0–18 Antrim 1–12
2011 Antrim Derry
2010 Antrim 2–19 Armagh 0–10
2009 Antrim 4–16 Derry 0–09
2008 Antrim 3–18 Down 0–05
2007 Antrim 2–14 Down 3–08
2006 Antrim 8–18 Derry 2–05
2005 Antrim 3–18 Derry 2–07
2004 Antrim 5–15 Down 3–07
2003 Antrim 2–11 Derry 2–09
2002 Antrim 1–11 Derry 0–04
2001 Derry 0–12 Antrim 2–05
2000 Antrim 2–11 Derry 1–09
1999 Antrim 2–13 Down 0–03
1998 Antrim 3–09 Derry 0–08
1997 Antrim 3–14 Down 1–10
1996 Antrim 3–13 Derry 2–10
1995 Antrim 2–17 Derry 1–04
1994 Down 3–11 Antrim 3–10
1993 Antrim 2–13 Down 1–09
1992 Antrim 0–12 Down 0–07
1991 Derry 3–10 Antrim 2–11
1990 Derry 4–11 Antrim 1–08
1989 Down 2–11, 3–08 (R) Antrim 3–08, 2–08 (R)
1988 Antrim 2–10 Down 2–09
1987 Antrim 5–09 Down 0–06
1986 Antrim 2–09 Derry 1–10
1985 Down 5–04 Antrim 2–09
1984 Down 3–06 Antrim 1–11
1983 Derry 5–10 Monaghan 0–06
1982 Derry 3–14 Armagh 2–02
1981 Derry 3–06 Armagh 1–04
1980 Derry 1–05 Armagh 1–04
1979 Derry 3–08 Monaghan 2–04
1978 Down 4–09 Derry 1–11
1977No Championship
1976 Down 5–12 Tyrone 1–03
1975 Armagh 3–08 Down 3–06
1974 Derry 3–06 Armagh 2–08
1973No Championship
1972 Down 4–08 Armagh 2–04
1971 Down 5–11 Derry 4–04
1970 Antrim 4–12 Down 0–05
1969 Antrim 2–11 Down 4–03
1968 Antrim N/A
1967 Down 5–02 * Tyrone 4–02
1966 Antrim 6–06 Tyrone 1–03
1965 Antrim 7–03 Armagh 1–01
1964 Antrim 11–11 Armagh 0–00
1963 Antrim 6–12 Donegal 1–01
1962 Antrim 12–07 Donegal 2–03
1961 Antrim 11–05 Donegal 4–04
1960 Antrim 16–04 Donegal 1–00
1959 Antrim 12–06 Donegal 0–02
1958 Antrim 10–05 Down 0–02
1957 Down 4–01 Antrim 3–03
1956 Antrim 7–04 Down 1–03
1955 Antrim 5–04 Armagh 2–02
1954 Antrim 9–09 Down 1–03
1953 Antrim 11–14 Donegal 1–00
1952 Antrim 8–08 Down 1–01
1951 Antrim 12–02 Down 0–01
1950 Antrim 4–03 Armagh 1–03
1949 Antrim 13–06 Donegal 1–01
1948 Antrim 15–06 Donegal 0–00
1947 Antrim 10–05 Down 0–00
1946 Antrim 8–07 Donegal 0–02
1945 Antrim 11–06 Donegal 1–01
1942-44No Championship
1941 Antrim *N/A
1940 Antrim * Derry
1939 Antrim 11–02 Down 0–00
1938 Antrim * Donegal
1937 Antrim 5–07 Donegal 2–02
1936 Antrim 6–03 Down 3–00
1935 Antrim 7–07 Down 3–01
1934 Down 8–08 Donegal 1–01
1933 Antrim 5–04 Donegal 4–05
1932 Down 3–05 Antrim 2–01
1931 Antrim 5–00 Down 3–01
1930 Down 9–07 Monaghan 0–06

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