Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Irish	?
Founded	1889
Title holders	Ballyduff (23^nd title)
Most titles	Ballyduff (23 titles)
Sponsors	Garvey's SuperValu

The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship is a hurling competition played between different Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Kerry, Ireland. The competition is organized by the Kerry GAA county board. The majority of the teams competing come from a group of parishes in the north of the county. The most successful clubs have been Ballyduff and Kilmoyley. The winners qualify to take part in the Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, and if successful there, can represent Munster in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners used to compete in the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship but having met little success, it was felt that they could compete better at the intermediate grade.

The first ever County Senior Hurling Championship was played for in 1889. Five teams participated - Abbeydorney, Ballyduff, Kenmare, Kilgarvan and Kilmoyley.

In the very first game on March 10, Abbeydorney defeated Ballyduff on a scoreline of 1-1 to 0-1. Kenmare became the first holders of the championship when they defeated Kilmoyley 1-0 to 0-1. (A goal outweighed any number of points at the time). Each team was made up of twenty one players a side.

Top winners

	Team	Winner	Winning Years
1	Ballyduff	23	1891, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2010, 2011
2	Kilmoyley	22	1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1914, 1948, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009
3	Crotta O'Neill's	9	1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1968
4	Causway	7	1932, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1998
=4	Lixnaw	7	1934, 1954, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2005, 2007
=4	St. Brendan's, Ardfert	7	1936, 1949, 1952, 1967, 1975, 1986, 1990
5	Ballyheigue	5	1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000
6	Abbeydorney	4	1893, 1895, 1913, 1974
=6	Austin Stacks	4	1928, 1929, 1931, 1934
7	Tralee Mitchels	3	1908, 1911, 1912
=7	Kilgarvan	3	1953, 1956, 1958
=7	Kenmare	3	1889, 1902, 1942
=7	Tralee Parnells	3	1918, 1919, 1924
8	Tralee Celtic	2	1903, 1904
=8	Kilflynn Pearses	2	1938, 1939
=8	Tralee	2	1925, 1927
9	Banna	1	1940
=9	Tubridy	1	1917
=9	Killarney	1	1969
=9	Tullig	1	1916

Roll of honour

Year	Winner	Opponent
2011	Ballyduff 2-11	Crotta O'Neill's 0-15
2010	Ballyduff 2-18	Lixnaw 2-09
2009	Kilmoyley 1-19	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 2-08
2008	Kilmoyley 2-18	Causeway 0-08
2007	Lixnaw 1-15	Kilmoyley 2-06^[1]
2006	Ballyduff 1-17	Causeway 1-11
2005	Lixnaw 0-17 (replay)	Abbeydorney 0-06
2004	Kilmoyley 2-15	Causeway 2-09
2003	Kilmoyley 2-10	Lixnaw 1-05
2002	Kilmoyley 1-16	Lixnaw 2-07
2001	Kilmoyley 2-08	Ballyheigue 2-07
2000	Ballyheigue 1-06	Ballyduff 0-08
1999	Lixnaw 0-08 (replay)	Crotta O'Neill's 1-05
1998	Causeway 1-14	Crotta O'Neill's 2-10
1997	Ballyheigue 0-13	Causeway 0-05
1996	Ballyheigue 2-09	Ballyduff 0-07
1995	Ballyduff 3-09	Ballyheigue 2-05
1994	Ballyduff 2-07	Lixnaw 0-10
1993	Ballyduff 2-10	Lixnaw 0-08
1992	Ballyheigue 1-10	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 1-09
1991	Ballyduff 0-11	Kenmare 0-07
1990	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 3-08	Ballyduff 0-14
1989	Ballyduff 1-12	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 0-06
1988	Ballyduff 1-05	Kilmoyley 1-04
1987	Causeway 2-11	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 1-09
1986	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 3-11	Crotta O'Neill's 2-04
1985	Lixnaw 2-11	Crotta O'Neill's 0-11
1984	Ballyduff 3-08	Causeway 2-03
1983	Lixnaw 1-09	Kilmoyley 1-06
1982	Causeway 2-11	Lixnaw Gaa 0-09
1981	Causeway 2-11	Ballyduff 1-10
1980	Causeway 0-11	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 0-05
1979	Causeway 4-06	Crotta O'Neill's 1-12
1978	Ballyduff 0-09	Causeway 0-06
1977	Ballyduff 4-06	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 1-00
1976	Ballyduff 2-08	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 2-06
1975	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 5-07	Kilgarvan 3-06
1974	Abbeydorney 3-08	Austin Stacks 1-04
1973	Ballyduff 1-14	Causeway 1-06
1972	Ballyduff 2-09	Crotta O'Neill's 0-07
1971	Kilmoyley 2-12	Abbeydorney 1-12
1970	Kilmoyley 2-12	Killarney 4-04
1969	Killarney 2-06	Austin Stacks 2-05
1968	Crotta O'Neill's 1-06	Austin Stacks 1-05
1967	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 1-08	Crotta O'Neill's 1-06
1966	Ballyduff 3-08	Lixnaw 3-07
1965	Ballyduff 2-11	Kilmoyley 2-03
1964	Kilmoyley 4-14	Lixnaw 5-05
1963	Kilmoyley W/O	St. Brendan's, Ardfert
1962	Kilmoyley 7-10	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 4-03
1961	Ballyduff 5-07	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 4-04
1960	Ballyduff 1-07	Lixnaw 1-05
1959	Ballyduff 3-05	Kilgarvan 2-02
1958	Kilgarvan 2-05	Kilmoyley 0-03
1957	Ballyduff 5-05	Crotta O'Neill's2-00
1956	Kilgarvan 6-06	Kilmoyley 2-03
1955	Ballyduff 3-01	Kilmoyley 1-02
1954	Lixnaw 5-04	Abbeydorney 1-01
1953	Kilgarvan 4-04	Lixnaw 2-01
1952	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 3-04	Crotta O'Neill's 2-02
1951	Crotta O'Neill's 3-03	Killarney 2-01
1950	Crotta O'Neill's 6-02	Kilmoyley 4-01
1949	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 4-02	Ballyduff 2-04
1948	Kilmoyley 3-08	Ballyheigue 3-06
1947	Crotta O'Neill's	Kenmare
1946	Ballyheigue 2-01	Kilmoyley 0-02
1945	Crotta O'Neill's 7-05	Kenmare 2-02
1944	Crotta O'Neill's	Kilgarvan
1943	Crotta O'Neill's	Kenmare
1942	Kenmare 2-04	Lixnaw 2-02
1941	Crotta O'Neill's 4-03	Ballyheigue 2-03
1940	Banna 5-03	Dingle 2-03
1939	Crotta O'Neill's	Shannon Rovers
1938	Kilflynn Pearses 4-03	Ballyduff 4-01
1937	Kilflynn Pearses 7-01	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 3-01
1936	St. Brendan's, Ardfert 5-01	Boherbee John Mitchels 1-01
1935	Not Played
1934	Not Finished
1933	Austin Stacks	Causeway
1932	Causeway 3-07	Rathmore 2-04
1931	Rock Street 8-02	Kilflynn 7-03
1930	No Record
1929	Rock Street 5-02	John Mitchels 0-06
1928	Rock Street 4-02	John Mitchels 0-02
1927	Tralee Selection
1926	No Record
1925	Tralee 8-05	North Kerry 2-03
1924	Tralee Parnells	Ballyduff
1923	Not Held
1922	Not Finished
1921	Not Held
1920	No Records
1919	Tralee ParnellsW/O	Kilgarvan
1918	Tralee Parnells 1-10	Kilgarvan 4-00
1917	Tubridy	Kenmare
1916	Tullig 2-04	Kenmare 2-01
1915	No Record
1914	Kilmoyley	Abbeydorney
1913	Abbeydorney	Kilmoyley
1912	Tralee Mitchels 5-01	Ballyduff 5-00
1911	Tralee Mitchels 5-03	Tralee Parnells 1-02
1910	Kilmoyley 4-04	Kenmare 0-02
1909	No Record
1908	Tralee Mitchels 2-10	Kilmoyley 0-06
1907	Kilmoyley 1-00	Lixnaw 0-01
1906	No Record
1905	Kilmoyley
1904	Tralee Celtic 2-10	Kenmare 0-05
1903	Tralee Celtic 2-05	Kilmoyley 1-00
1902	Kenmare 2-02	Tralee Celtic 0-03
1901	Kilmoyley 2-09	Lixnaw 1-04
1900	Kilmoyley 3-07	Abbeydorney 1-02
1899	No Record
1898	No Record
1897	Lixnaw 1-01	Ballyduff 0-00
1896	Abbeydorney 1-03	Lixnaw 0-04
1895	Kilmoyley 1-10	Kenmare 0-03
1894	Kilmoyley 3-07	Lixnaw 1-04
1893	AbbeydorneyW/O
1892	Kilmoyley W/O	Ballyduff
1891	Ballyduff 1-00	Kilmoyley 0-02
1890	Kilmoyley 2-02	Ballyduff 0-00
1889	Kenmare 1-00	Kilmoyley 0-03

Winning Captains

1889: Lawrence Egan (Kenmare)
1890: Jack W. Quane (Kilmoyley)
1891: John O'Mahony (Ballyduff)
1892: Jack W. Quane (Kilmoyley)
1893: Davy Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)
1894: John Gurnett (Kilmoyley)
1895: Jack W. Quane (Kilmoyley
1896: Davy Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)
1897: John Ban McCarthy (Lixnaw)
1898: No Record
1899: No Record
1900: Patsy O'Rourke (Kilmoyley)
1901; Patsy O'Rourke (Kilmoley)
1902: George Maybury (Kenmare)
1903: Chris Horan (Tralee Celtic)
1904: Paddy Guerin (Tralee Celtic)
1905: Tim Meehan (Kilmoyley)
1906: No Record
1907: Pat Meehan (Kilmoyley)
1908: Dan Mullins (Tralee Mitchels)
1909: No Record
1910: Tim Meehan (Kilmoyley)
1911: Paddy O'Mahoney (Tralee Mitchels)
1912: Tom Costelleo (Tralee Mitchels)
1913: Maurice Treacy (Abbeydorney)
1914: Tim Meehan (Kilmoyley)
1915: No Record
1916: Willie Mangan (Tullig)
1917: Pat Carmody (Tubird)
1918: John Dunne (Tralee Parnells)
1919: John Dunne (Tralee Parnells)
1920: No Record
1921: Not Held
1922: Not Finished
1923: Not Held
1924: John Joe Sheehy (Tralee Parnells)
1925: Jer "Pluggy" Moriarty (Tralee)
1926: No Record
1927: Not Held
1928: Joe Barrett (Rock Street)
1929: Dan Rayn (Rock Street)
1930: No Record
1931: Joe Barrett (Rock Street)
1932: Neilus Flynn (Causeway)
1933: Joe Barrett (Austin Stacks)
1934: Not Finished
1935: Not Played
1936: Neilus Flynn (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1937:
1938:
1939: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
1940: Johnny Hussey Banna)
1941: Jack Kenney (Crotta O'Neill's)
1942: Jerry McCarthy (Kenmare)
1943: Pat Ladie (Crotta O'Neill's)
1944: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
1945: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
1946: Christy O’Mahony (Ballyheigue)
1947: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
1948: Mick McGrath (Kilmoyley)
1949: Frank Kissane (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1950: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
1951: Tom Nolan (Crotta O'Neill's)
1952: Johnny Hussey (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1953: Ritchie Purcell (Kilgarvan)
1954: Jim Hogan (Lixnaw)
1955: Michael Hennessy (Ballyduff)
1956: Paudie Healy (Kilgarvan)
1957: Brendan Hennessy (Ballyduff)
1958: Denis Hegarty (Kilgarvan)
1959: Teddy Hennessy (Ballyduff)
1960: Stephen O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
1961: Ritchie McCarthy (Ballyduff)
1962: Michael Curran (Kilmoyley)
1963: John Flanagan (Kilmoyley)
1964: Michael Regan (Kilmoyley)
1965: Mike Joe Quinlan (Ballyduff)
1966: Thomas Leen (Ballyduff)
1967: John O' Sullivan (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1968: Tom Kenny (Crotta O'Neill's)
1969: Con O' Meara(Killarney)
1970: Patsy O'Connor (Kilmoyley)
1971: Mike Fitzgerald (Kilmoyley)
1972: Johnny Bunyan (Ballyduff)
1973: Pat Costello (Ballyduff)
1974: Tony Behan (Abbeydorney)
1975: James McGrath (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1976: Eamonn O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
1977: Liam Boyle (Ballyduff)
1978: Mike Carroll (Ballyduff)
1979: Roger Hussy (Causeway)
1980: Roy Dineen (Causeway)
1981: Maurice Leahy (Causeway)
1982: Gerald O'Grady(Causeway)
1983: Moss McKenna (Lixnaw)
1984: Tom O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
1985: Moss Allen (Lixnaw)
1986: John Crowley (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1987: Anthony O'Connor (Causeway)
1988: Tadgh O'Halloran (Ballyduff)
1989: John Hennessy (Ballyduff)
1990: Philip Stack (St. Brendan's, Ardfert)
1991: Jimmy O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
1992: Patrick O’Mahony (Ballyheigue)
1993: Liam Ross (Ballyduff)
1994: Noel Browne (Ballyduff)
1995: Christy Ross (Ballyduff)
1996: Patrick O’Mahony (Ballyheigue)
1997; Nicholas Roche (Ballyheigue)
1998: Maurice O'Carroll (Causeway)
1999: Trevor McKenna (Lixnaw)
2000: Michael ‘Boxer’ Slattery (Ballyheigue)
2001: James McCarthy (Kilmoyley)
2002: Ian Brick (Kilmoyley)
2003: Maurice Murnane (Kilmoyley)
2004: Shane Brick (Kilmoyley)
2005: Fergus Fitzmaurice (Lixnaw)
2006: David Slattery (Ballyduff)
2007: Patrick Dowling (Lixnaw)
2008: Tom Murnane (Kilmoyley)
2009: Micheal Regan (Kilmoyley)
2010: Padraig O'Grady (Ballyduff)

References

^ "Lixnaw take the title in surprise win". Irish Independent. http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/lixnaw-take-the-title-in-surprise-win-1117307.html. Retrieved 11 December 2008.