Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling tournament played between the winners of the senior club hurling championships of the counties in Leinster. The winners represent Leinster in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. The current holders of the Leinster title are Ballyhale Shamrocks from Kilkenny, who in 2014 became the first team to win a Leinster Senior Hurling title 8 times. They defeated Kilcormac/Killoughey GAA of Offaly by a scoreline of 0-21 to 1-14 after extra time in O'Moore Park in Portlaoise.
The first Leinster senior club hurling championship winners were St Rynagh's of Offaly in 1970-71. Kilkenny is the most successful county to date; Kilkenny clubs have won the Leinster championship on 19 occasions. The most successful club is Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny who have won the championship on eight occasions.
As of 2014, the champions from counties Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Wexford compete in this competition,[1] with other counties instead entering their teams at Intermediate or Junior level.
Top winners
|
Team |
Wins |
Years won |
County |
1 |
Ballyhale Shamrocks |
8 |
1978, 1980, 1983, 1989, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014 |
Kilkenny |
2 |
Birr |
7 |
1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007 |
Offaly |
3 |
Rathnure |
6 |
1971, 1973, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1998 |
Wexford |
4 |
St. Rynagh's |
4 |
1970, 1972, 1982, 1993 |
Offaly |
|
James Stephens |
|
1975, 1981, 2004, 2005 |
Kilkenny |
5 |
Buffer's Alley |
3 |
1985, 1988, 1992 |
Wexford |
6 |
Glenmore |
2 |
1990, 1995 |
Kilkenny |
|
Camross |
|
1976, 1996 |
Laois |
|
O'Loughlin Gaels |
|
2003, 2010 |
Kilkenny |
7 |
The Fenians |
1 |
1974 |
Kilkenny |
|
Crumlin |
|
1979 |
Dublin |
|
St. Martin's |
|
1984 |
Kilkenny |
|
Graigue-Ballycallan |
|
2000 |
Kilkenny |
|
Coolderry |
|
2011 |
Offaly |
|
Kilcormac/Killoughey |
|
2012 |
Offaly |
|
Mount Leinster Rangers |
|
2013 |
Carlow |
Roll of honour
By county
No club from Kildare, Longford, Louth, Meath, Westmeath or Wicklow has ever won a national or provincial title.
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