Gaelic Senior Softball Singles
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The All-Ireland Senior Softball Singles title (M Donnelly 60 x 30 Singles) is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by M. Joyce of Dublin, a player from Urlingford, County Kilkenny. Kilkenny have won the most titles, with a total of 22.
The 2007 final will was contested by Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh of Kilkenny and Eoin Kennedy of Dublin.[1] Eoin won the final in two straight games by winning 21-20 and 21-6 to retain his title.[2]
| Team | Number of Wins | Winning Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kilkenny | 25 | 1926, 1929, 1938-39, 1941, 1946, 1962, 1981, 1982, 1985-97, 1999, 2000, 2001. |
| 2 | Dublin | 10 | 1925, 1927, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1980, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. |
| 2 | Wexford | 9 | 1952, 1954-57, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1978. |
| 3 | Roscommon | 8 | 1930-37. |
| 3 | Louth | 8 | 1959-60, 1963-64, 1968-70, 1973. |
| 4 | Clare | 4 | 1974-77. |
| 5 | Tipperary | 3 | 1948, 1950, 1983. |
| 6 | Kerry | 2 | 1958, 1961. |
| 6 | Monaghan | 2 | 1966-67 |
| 6 | Kildare | 2 | 1979, 1984. |
| 6 | Meath | 2 | 1998, 2003 |
| 7 | Mayo | 1 | 1928. |
| 7 | Galway | 1 | 1940. |
| 7 | Cork | 1 | 1953. |
