Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Irish Craobh Iomána Sóisearach Chill Chainnigh
Founded 1887
Trophy Tom Walsh Cup
Title holders Ballyhale Shamrocks (15th title)
Most titles Tullaroan (20 titles)
Sponsors St. Canice's Credit Union


The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, currently also known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship, is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised since 1887 by Kilkenny GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Nowlan Park in October. The prize for the winning team is the Tom Walsh Cup. The championship had always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series, but in recent years group stages have been introduced.

Twelve clubs currently participate in the Kilkenny County Championship. Ballyhale Shamrocks are the current title-holders after defeating Clara in the 2014 championship decider.

History

The first Hurling champions of Kilkenny were Tullaroan in 1887.

The title has been won at least once by 26 different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Tullaroan, who have won the competition 20 times.

Format

Overview

The Kilkenny County Championship is played on a combined league-championship basis. The league begins with two groups of six teams. The top two teams in each group progress into the quarter-finals, while third placed team plays the fourth placed team, and the fifth placed team plays the sixth placed team. The losers of the latter games enter a relegation play-off.

Twelve team currently participate in the Kilkenny County Championship. In 2012 these were:

Roll of honour

Year Winner Opponent
2014[1] Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-20 Clara 1-13
2013[2] Clara 1-15 Carrickshock 2-10
2012[3] Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-16 Dicksboro 0-12
2011 James Stephens 1-08, 1-20 (R) Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-11, 0-15 (R)
2010 O'Loughlin Gaels 0-17 Carrickshock 1-11
2009 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-14 James Stephens 1-11
2008 Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-11 James Stephens 0-12
2007 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-20 St. Martin's 1-10
2006 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-21 O'Loughlin Gaels 2-11
2005 James Stephens 1-18 Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-12
2004 James Stephens 2-16 Young Ireland's 3-12
2003 O'Loughlin Gaels 3-09, 2-12 (R) Young Ireland's 2-12, 2-10 (R)
2002 Young Ireland's 3-14 Dunnamaggin 1-15
2001 O'Loughlin Gaels 1-17 Graigue-Ballycallan 1-06
2000 Graigue-Ballycallan 0-16 O'Loughlin Gaels 0-09
1999 Glenmore 1-14 Graigue-Ballycallan 2-08
1998 Graigue-Ballycallan 1-14 The Fenians 0-12
1997 Dunnamaggin 2-10 Young Ireland's 2-07
1996 Young Ireland's 2-10, 3-9 (R) James Stephens 0-16, 2-10 (R)
1995 Glenmore3-19 The Fenians 1-14
1994 Tullaroan 1-06 Dicksboro 0-06
1993 Dicksboro 0-12, 2-09 (R) The Fenians 0-12, 1-09 (R)
1992 Glenmore 1-14 Tullaroan 2-06
1991 Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-16 St Martin's 1-08
1990 Glenmore 3-15 Clara 2-06
1989 Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-11 Glenmore 1-13
1988 Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-15 Thomastown 0-04
1987 Glenmore 4-10 Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-09
1986 Clara 3-10 Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-05
1985 Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-18 Glenmore 3-13
1984 St Martin's 1-14 Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-07
1983 Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-14 James Stephens 1-08
1982 Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-10 James Stephens 2-04
1981 James Stephens 2-10 The Fenians 0-08
1980 Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-10, 3-13 (R) Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rovers 2-13, 1-10 (R)
1979* Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-14, 3-12 (R) Erin's Own 0-14, 1-06 (R)
1978 Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-15 The Fenians 0-10
1977 The Fenians 3-11 Rower-Inistiogue 1-10
1976 James Stephens 2-14 Rower-Inistiogue 0-13
1975 James Stephens 1-14 Galmoy 1-05
1974 The Fenians 0-10 Bennettsbridge 0-06
1973 The Fenians 7-08 James Stephens 5-10
1972 The Fenians 3-10 Bennettsbridge 1-06
1971 Bennettsbridge 3-10 The Fenians 1-07
1970 The Fenians 2-11 James Stephens 3-05
1969 James Stephens 8-05 The Fenians 2-07
1968 Rower-Inistiogue 3-09 Bennettsbridge 3-07
1967 Bennettsbridge 3-10 Thomastown 1-04
1966 Bennettsbridge 4-08 Mooncoin 2-04
1965 Mooncoin 2-08 Bennettsbridge 1-08
1964 Bennettsbridge 4-09 Glenmore 1-04
1963 St. Lachtains 1-07 Tullogher 0-03
1962 Bennettsbridge 5-07 Lisdowney 2-08
1961 St. Lachtains 4-05 Near South 0-12
1960 Bennettsbridge 4-5 Glenmore 3-4
1959 Bennettsbridge 4-06 Erin's Own 1-04
1958 Tullaroan 1-12 Bennettsbridge 3-02
1957 John Lockes 4-04 Slieverue 0-05
1956 Bennettsbridge 2-08 John Lockes 3-03
1955 Bennettsbridge 6-06 Mooncoin 1-04
1954 Slieverue 6-05 Tullaroan 4-03
1953 Bennettsbridge 3-11 Sliabh Rua 3-06
1952 Bennettsbridge 5-03 Tullaroan 4-05
1951 Carrickshock 5-06 Tullaroan 4-05
1950 Dicksboro 3-17, 4-06 (R) Éire Óg 6-08, 1-05 (R)
1949 Graigue 3-12 Tullaroan 2-14
1948 Tullaroan 1-12 Carrickshock 2-03
1947 Éire Óg 3-10 Tullaroan 0-13
1946 Thomastown 5-04 Carrickshock 4-05
1945 Éire Óg 2-7, 4-8 (R) Carrickshock 1-10, 1-07 (R)
1944 Éire Óg 7-09 Carrickshock 4-04
1943 Carrickshock 3-06 Mullinavat 1-3
1942 Carrickshock 3-02 Threecastles 2-03
1941 Carrickshock 4-05 Éire Óg 3-07
1940 Carrickshock 1-04 Mullinavat 1-02
1939 Éire Óg 3-07 Carrickshock 3-05
1938 Carrickshock 2-05 Éire Óg 1-05
1937 James Stephens 3-08 Dicksboro 1-02
1936 Mooncoin 4-02 Tullaroan 4-01
1935 James Stephens 3-05 Carrickshock 2-05
1934 Tullaroan 6-06 Carrickshock 1-05
1933 Tullaroan 6-05 Carrickshock 5-04
1932 Mooncoin 6-04 Carrickshock 5-05
1931 Carrickshock 5-08 Urlingford 3-08
1930 Tullaroan 4-04 Urlingford 0-03
1929 Mooncoin 3-02, 5-01 (R) Carrickshock 3-02, 3-03 (R)
1928 Mooncoin 4-02 Dicksboro 3-02
1927* Mooncoin 4-02, 4-03, 2-04, 2-04 James Stephens 3-02, 2-04, 1-03, 2-02
1926 Dicksboro 5-5 Mooncoin 1-4
1925 Tullaroan 3-4 Dicksboro 3-3
1924 Tullaroan 4-04 Clonmanto 2-02
1923 Dicksboro 7-04 Mooncoin 3-01
1920–1922 Not played
1919* Unfinished
1918* Mooncoin (awarded)
1917* Mooncoin (awarded)
1916 Mooncoin 4-1, 5-2 (R) Tullaroan 4-1, 2-3 (R)
1915 Tullaroan 7-2 Dicksboro 2-2
1914 Johnstown 3-1 Erin's Own 0-0
1913 Mooncoin 5-7 Tullaroan 3-4
1912 Not played
1911 Tullaroan 4-3 Mooncoin 2-5
1910 Tullaroan 7-1 Piltown 3-0
1909 Erin's Own 1-12 Mooncoin 1-07
1908 Mooncoin 5-17 Threecastles 3-5
1907 Tullaroan 2-06 Mooncoin 1-03
1906* Mooncoin 3-6 Tullaroan 1-12
1905 Erin's Own 5-6 Tullaroan 2-8
1904 Tullaroan 6-14 Piltown 1-6
1903 Threecastles 0-3, 2-10 (R) Kilmanagh 0-2, 0-5 (R)
1902 Tullaroan 3-16 Mooncoin 0-1
1901 Tullaroan 5-10 Threecastles 3-7
1900 Mooncoin 5-9 Freshford 1-15
1899 Tullaroan 3-6 Young Irelands, Tullaroan 1-5
1898 Threecastles 4-1 Confederation 2-3
1897 Tullaroan 3-11 Mooncoin 2-1
1896 Confederation w/o Callan scr.
1895 Tullaroan 1-4 Threecastles 1-2
1894 Confederation 2-5 Callan 1-1
1893 Confederation 1-4 Callan 0-0
1891–1892 Not played
1890 Bennettsbridge 1-4 Callan 0-1
1889 Tullaroan 0-1 Graine 0-0
1888 Mooncoin 2-2 Confederation 0-0
1887* Tullaroan 1-1 Mooncoin 0-4

Notes:

Top winners

Pos. Team No. of wins Winning Years
1st Tullaroan 20 1887, 1889, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1948, 1958, 1994
2nd Ballyhale Shamrocks 15 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014
3rd Mooncoin 12 1888, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1913, 1916, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1936, 1965
Bennettsbridge 1890, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971
4th James Stephens 9 1935, 1937, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2004, 2005, 2011
5th Carrickshock 7 1931, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1951
6th Fenians 5 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977
Glenmore 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999
7th Dicksboro 4 1923, 1926, 1950, 1993
Eire Og 1939, 1944, 1945, 1947
8th Confederation (City) 3 1893, 1894, 1896
O'Loughlin Gaels 2001, 2003, 2010
9th Threecastles 2 1898, 1903
Clara 1986, 2013
Erin's Own 1905, 1909
St. Lachtain's 1961, 1963
Graigue-Ballycallan GAA 1998, 2000
Young Ireland's 1996, 2002
10th Johnstown 1 1914
Thomastown 1946
Graigue 1949
Slieverue 1954
John Lockes (Callan) 1957
Rower-Inistiogue 1968
St. Martin's 1984
Dunnamaggin 1997

References

  1. ↑ "Ballyhale stars’ quality shines bright". Irish Examiner. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Clara pull off seismic shock". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ballyhale pay no penalty for Henry misses". Irish Independent. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.

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