Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
Donegal Senior Hurling Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Iománaíocht Sinsear Co. Dhún na nGall |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 1924 |
Region | ![]() |
No. of teams | 8 |
Title holders | ![]() |
First winner | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
Sponsors | None |
The Donegal Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Donegal GAA clubs. The County Final is usually played at O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny.
Setanta are the title holders, defeating St Eunan's by 4-13 to 0-14 in the 2023 final.
History
[edit]Burt hold the most SHC titles of any club in the country, having passed out Waterford Senior Hurling Championship club Mount Sion's total of 35 a few years ago.[citation needed]
Format
[edit]Group stage
[edit]The 8 teams are divided into two groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals: The two group winners and the two runners-up from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.
Donegal Intermediate Hurling Championship
[edit]Semi-finals: The two group third placed teams and the two group third placed teams from the group stage contest the Intermediate championship. The two winners from these games advance to the Intermediate final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared Intermediate champions.
Relegation
[edit]There is currently no direct relegation to the Donegal Junior Hurling Championship.
Qualification
[edit]At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship.
Teams
[edit]2024 Teams
[edit]The 8 teams competing in the 2024 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship are:
Club | Location | Colours | Championship titles | Last championship title |
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Dungloe | Red and white | 0 | — |
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Ballyshannon | Green and white | 5 | 1977 |
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Buncrana | 0 | — | |
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Burt | Primrose and blue | 39 | 2018 |
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Carndonagh | 3 | 1959 | |
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2 | 2016 | ||
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Killygordon | Green and black | 18 | 2023 |
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Letterkenny | Amber and black | 2 | 2021 |
2023 Hurling Grades
[edit]Championship | Club |
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Senior / Intermediate | |
Senior | An Clochán Liath |
Aodh Ruadh | |
Buncrana | |
Burt | |
Carndonagh | |
Seán MacCumhaills | |
Setanta | |
St Eunan's | |
Junior | |
Junior | Burt (2nd team) |
Four Masters | |
Letterkenny Gaels | |
Setanta (2nd team) | |
St Eunan's (2nd team) |
Honours
[edit]The trophy presented to the winners is the Munster Cup.[1]
The winning club qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.
List of finals
[edit]Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score | Notes |
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1924[2] | Aodh Ruadh | 5-08 | Letterkenny | 0-01 | |
1925 | Aodh Ruadh | ||||
1926 | Letterkenny | ||||
1927 | Finner Camp | ||||
1928 | |||||
1929 | Aodh Ruadh | ||||
1930 | |||||
1931 | |||||
1932 | Letterkenny | ||||
1933 | Letterkenny | ||||
1934 | Carrowmore | ||||
1935 | Carrowmore | ||||
1936 | Carrowmore | ||||
1937 | Carrowmore | ||||
1938 | Letterkenny | ||||
1939 | |||||
1940 | |||||
1941 | |||||
1942 | |||||
1943 | Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) | Aodh Ruadh | |||
1944 | Carndonagh | ||||
1945 | Letterkenny | ||||
1946 | |||||
1947 | Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) | Burt | |||
1948 | |||||
1949 | |||||
1950 | |||||
1951 | |||||
1952 | Burt | ||||
1953 | Letterkenny | ||||
1954 | Carndonagh | ||||
1955 | Burt | ||||
1956 | Burt | ||||
1957 | Burt | ||||
1958 | Lifford | ||||
1959 | Carndonagh | ||||
1960 | Lifford | ||||
1961 | Burt | ||||
1962 | Burt | ||||
1963 | Glenswilly | ||||
1964 | Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne) | ||||
1965 | Burt | ||||
1966 | Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne) | ||||
1967 | Burt | ||||
1968 | Burt | ||||
1969 | Burt | ||||
1970 | Burt | 3-12 | Na Cealla Beaga | 1-03 | |
1971 | Burt | 9-11 | Aodh Ruadh | 3-02 | |
1972 | St Eunan's | 3-03 | Burt | 2-01 | |
1973 | Setanta | Burt | |||
1974 | Setanta | Carndonagh | |||
1975 | Aodh Ruadh | 4-03 | Burt | 2-04 | |
1976 | Burt | 3-07 | Aodh Ruadh | 2-06 | |
1977 | Aodh Ruadh | 6-08 | Roger Casement's | 1-01 | |
1978 | Robert Emmet's & Burt |
1-08 2-05 |
The 1978 final ended in a draw and was never replayed. | ||
1979 | Burt | 3-09 | Setanta | 1-05 | |
1980 | Setanta | 2-08 | Burt | 0-08 | |
1981 | Setanta | 2-07 | Burt | 1-03 | |
1982 | Burt | 1-08 | Setanta | 1-06 | |
1983 | Setanta | 2-14 | Burt | 2-08 | |
1984 | Setanta | 3-14 | Carndonagh | 1-05 | |
1985[3] | Setanta | 3-07 | Carndonagh | 4-03 | |
1986 | Setanta | 2-02 | Burt | 1-04 | |
1987 | Setanta | 5-08 | Burt | 2-09 | |
1988 | Setanta | Carndonagh | |||
1989 | Burt | 4-06 | Aodh Ruadh | 1-11 | |
1990 | Setanta | 3-08 | Burt | 0-16 | |
1991 | Burt | 2-12 | Naomh Mura | 1-09 | |
1992 | Burt | 2-12 | Naomh Mura | 2-08 | |
1993 | Burt | 2-11 | Setanta | 3-07 | |
1994 | Burt | 4-07 | Naomh Mura | 1-04 | |
1995 | Burt | 0-16 | Naomh Mura | 2-05 | |
1996[4] | Burt | 1-16 | Naomh Mura | 1-06 | |
1997 | Burt | 3-17 | Naomh Mura | 3-09 | |
1998 | Burt | 3-13 | Seán MacCumhaills | 0-03 | |
1999 | Burt | 1-12 | Setanta | 1-08 | |
2000[5] | Burt | 5-17 | Setanta | 0-06 | |
2001 | Burt | Four Masters | |||
2002 | Burt | 3-21 | St Eunan's | 2-09 | |
2003 | Burt | Setanta | |||
2004 | Burt | Setanta | |||
2005[6] | Burt | 3-08 | Setanta | 0-11 | |
2006 | Burt | 0-17 | Setanta | 0-15 | |
2007 | Setanta | 3-08 | Burt | 0-07 | |
2008 | Setanta | 4-07 | Burt | 1-07 | |
2009 | Burt | 3-13 | Seán MacCumhaills | 2-12 | |
2010 | Seán MacCumhaills | 0-15 | Setanta | 0-12 | |
2011 | Burt | 3-11 | Setanta | 2-07 | |
2012[7] | Burt | 3-14 | Seán MacCumhaills | 1-12 | |
2013[8] | Burt | 3-13 | Setanta | 2-14 | |
2014[9] | Burt | 6-09 | Seán MacCumhaills | 1-09 | |
2015[10] | Burt | 2-07 | Seán MacCumhaills | 0-12 | |
2016[11] | Seán MacCumhaills | 2-13 | Burt | 2-09 | |
2017[12] | Setanta | 1-16 | St Eunan's | 1-08 | |
2018[13] | Burt | 3-14 | Setanta | 1-14 | |
2019[14] | Setanta | 3-13 | St Eunan's | 0-13 | |
2020[15] | Setanta | 2-19 | St Eunan's | 2-13 | |
2021[16] | St Eunan's | 2-09 | Setanta | 0-14 | Conor O'Grady was the winning captain.[17] |
2022[18] | Setanta | 1-20 | Burt | 0-18 | |
2023[19] | Setanta | 4-13 | St Eunan's | 0-14 |
Roll of honour
[edit]# | Team | Titles | Years won |
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1 | Burt | 39 | 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
2 | Setanta | 18 | 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 |
3 | Letterkenny | 6 | 1926, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1945, 1953 |
4 | Aodh Ruadh | 5 | 1924, 1925, 1929, 1975, 1977 |
5 | Carrowmore | 4 | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 |
6 | Carndonagh | 3 | 1944, 1954, 1959 |
7 | Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar) | 2 | 1943, 1947 |
Lifford | 2 | 1958, 1960 | |
Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne) | 2 | 1964, 1966 | |
Seán MacCumhaills | 2 | 2010, 2016 | |
St Eunan's | 2 | 1972, 2021 | |
12 | Finner Camp | 1 | 1927 |
Glenswilly | 1 | 1963 |
Record and statistics
[edit]Recent championships
[edit]2023 championship
[edit]Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Setanta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 134 | 75 | 59 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | St Eunan's | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 149 | 69 | 80 | 10 | |
3 | Burt | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 155 | 101 | 54 | 8 | |
4 | Buncrana | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 102 | 117 | -15 | 8 | |
5 | Seán MacCumhaills | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 100 | -21 | 4 | Transfer to Intermediate championship |
6 | Carndonagh | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 69 | 119 | -50 | 2 | |
7 | Aodh Ruadh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | An Clochán Liath | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 172 | -107 | 0 |
Semi-finals
St Eunan's 1-12 - 1-10 Burt
Setanta 5-22 - 0-12 Buncrana
Final
St Eunan's 0-14 - 4-13 Setanta
Intermediate championship semi-finals
Aodh Ruadh 0-6 - 4-17 Seán MacCumhaills
An Clochán Liath 1-5 - 0-12 Carndonagh
Intermediate championship final
Seán MacCumhaills 2-08 - 2-12 Carndonagh
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ McLaughlin, Gerry (4 September 2019). "Declan Coulter: Setanta focusing on Ulster and Keady tussle". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
On Saturday he picked up his second Donegal county hurling medal, fighting hard against a crippling injury to help his adopted club take its 15th Munster Cup.
- ^ "Tirconaill Senior Hurling Final - Big Victory for Ballyshannon". Donegal Democrat.
- ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Saturday, 24 August 1985; Page: 12.
- ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Friday, 4 October 1996; Page: 19.
- ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Friday, 4 August 2000; Page: 27.
- ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Friday, 7 October 2005; Section: Front Page.
- ^ "McLaughlin goal seals another title for Burt". Irish Examiner. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: Burt do it again". Hogan Stand. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: four-in-a-row for Burt". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: Five-in-a-row for Burt". Donegal Daily. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: MacCumhaills end Burt's long reign". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ McNulty, Chris (16 September 2017). "Setanta make experience count to see off St Eunan's and become champions again". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: Title number 39 for Burt". Donegal Sport Hub. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Donegal SHC final: Setanta goals sink St Eunan's". Hogan Stand. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Donegal SHC: Setanta too good for St Eunan's". Irish Examiner. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "St Eunan's end 49-year wait for Donegal SHC crown". Hogan Stand. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Craig, Frank (6 January 2022). "Donegal's O'Grady optimistic ahead of the 2022 campaign". Donegal News. p. 52.
Domestically, it was an historic season for O'Grady and his St Eunan's team-mates. They caused a huge upset back in October by dethroning kingpins Setanta — a victory that delivered the Letterkenny club its first SHC title since 1972. O'Grady skippered the Black and Amber to that first championship win in half a century and he admits that the emotions from that massive achievement are still lingerng.
- ^ "Setanta's class prevails in extra-time to win SHC over Burt". Donegal Daily. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Comhghairdeas Setanta Hurling Club the 2023 Grand Canal Hotel Senior Hurling Champions". Donegal County Board website. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.