Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

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Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Uladh
CodeHurling
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
RegionUlster (GAA)
TrophyFour Seasons Cup
No. of teams3
Title holders Ruairí Óg Cushendall (12th title)
Most titles Ruairí Óg Cushendall (12 titles)
SponsorsAllied Irish Banks
TV partner(s)TG4
MottoThe toughest of them all
Official websiteUlster GAA

The Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion hurling teams in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Ulster hurling.

Introduced in 1970, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open to the nine county club champion teams in Ulster. The competition currently retains the knockout format but features just four teams who represent the strongest hurling counties in Ulster.

In its current format, the Ulster Club Championship begins in October with the semi-finals. Entrants are not seeded. The two semi-final winners proceed to the final which is currently played in late October or early November. The winner of the Ulster Club Championship, as well as being presented with the Four Seasons Cup, qualifies for the subsequent All-Ireland Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 10 teams, 8 of which have won it more than once. Ruairí Óg, Cushendall is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 11 times. Dunloy are the reigning champions, having beaten Slaughtneil by 2-12 to 0-16 in the final.[1]

Teams[edit]

Qualification[edit]

County Championship Qualifying team
Antrim Antrim Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Derry Derry Senior Hurling Championship Champions
Down Down Senior Hurling Championship Champions

List of finals[edit]

Year Winners Runners-up
County Club Score County Club Score
2023 ANT Cushendall 0-20 DER Slaughtneil 2-10
2022[2] ANT Dunloy 2-12 DER Slaughtneil 0-16
2021 DER Slaughtneil 1-14 DOW Ballycran 0-10
2020 Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2019 DER Slaughtneil 1-15 ANT Dunloy 0-10
2018 ANT Cushendall 1-15 DOW Ballycran 0-10
2017[3] DER Slaughtneil 2-21 DOW Ballygalget 1-12
2016[4] DER Slaughtneil 2-14 ANT Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-13
2015 ANT Cushendall 1-24 (aet) DER Slaughtneil 3-17 (aet)
2014[5][6] DOW Portaferry 1-16 ANT Cushendall 0-10
2013/14[7] ANT Loughgiel Shamrocks 3-14 DER Slaughtneil 1-15
2012/13[8] ANT Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-25 DOW Portaferry 0-12
2011/12 ANT Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-18 DOW Ballycran 0-08
2010/11 ANT Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-24 ARM Keady Lamh Dhearg 0-06
2009/10 ANT Dunloy 2-16 DOW Ballycran 2-11
2008/09 ANT Cushendall 1-14 DOW Ballygalget 1-13
2007/08 ANT Dunloy 2-14 DER Kevin Lynch's 2-08
2006/07 ANT Cushendall 1-13; 1-15 (R) DER Kevin Lynch's 2-10; 1-07 (R)
2005/06 DOW Ballygalget 1-18 ANT Cushendall 3-08
2004/05 ANT O'Donovan Rossa 0-16 DOW Ballygalget 0-14
2003/04 ANT Dunloy 3-19 DER Kevin Lynch's 0-09
2002/03 ANT Dunloy 0-12 DOW Portaferry 1-06
2001/02 ANT Dunloy 3-11 DER Lavey 1-07
2000/01 ANT Dunloy 4-11 DER Slaughtneil 0-09
1999/00 ANT Cushendall 1-12 DOW Ballygalget 1-8
1998/99 DOW Ballygalget 1-13; 1-14 (R) Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 3-07; 1-12 (R)
1997/98 Antrim Dunloy 3-16 DER Lavey 4-10
1996/97 Antrim Cushendall DOW Portaferry
1995/96 Antrim Dunloy 2-18 DOW Ballycran 0-09
1994/95 Antrim Dunloy 3-09 DER Lavey 1-12
1993/94 Down Ballycran 2-10 Antrim Cushendall 0-12
1992/93 Antrim Cushendall 2-12 Down Ballygalget 1-10
1991/92 Antrim Cushendall 1-16 Down Portaferry 0-05
1990/91 Antrim Dunloy 0-17 Down Ballygalget 2-04
1989/90 Antrim Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-14 Down Portaferry 2-09
1988/89 Antrim O'Donovan Rossa 0-13 Derry Lavey 0-11
1987/88 Antrim Cushendall 3-10 Down Ballycran 1-06
1986/87 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 1-13 Derry Lavey 1-08
1985/86 Antrim Cushendall 0-19 Down Ballycran 0-10
1984/85 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 1-14 Down Ballycran 1-03
1983/84 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 4-12 Down Ballygalget 2-03
1982/83 Antrim Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-09 Down Ballygalget 0-09
1981/82 Antrim Cushendall 4-17 Down Portaferry 0-09
1980/81 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 1-20 Down Ballycran 0-13
1979/80 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 0-11 Down Ballycran 0-08
1978/79 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 2-14 Down Portaferry 2-07
1977/78 Antrim O'Donovan Rossa 1-13 Down Ballycran 2-06
1976/77 Down Ballycran 0-08 Antrim O'Donovan Rossa 0-07
1975/76 Down Ballygalget 4-06 Antrim McQuillan Ballycastle 1-09
1974/75 Down Ballycran 3-05 Antrim Patrick Sarsfields 3-02
1973/74 Antrim St. John's w/o Derry Kevin Lynch's scr.
1972/73 Antrim O'Donovan Rossa 2-08 Down Ballycran 3-02
1971/72 Antrim Loughgiel Shamrocks 3-08 Down Portaferry 1-12
1970/71 Antrim Loughgiel Shamrocks 6-14 Down Ballygalget 2-05

Roll of honour[edit]

By county[edit]

County Titles Runners-up Total
Antrim 42 9 51
Down 7 29 38
Derry 4 14 18
Armagh 0 1 1

By club[edit]

Club Titles Years won
Ruairí Óg Cushendall 12 1981, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2018, 2023
Cuchullians Dunloy 11 1990, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2022
Loughgiel Shamrocks 8 1970, 1971, 1982, 1989, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
McQuillan GAC Ballycastle 6 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986
O'Donovan Rossa 4 1972, 1977, 1988, 2004
Slaughtneil 4 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
Ballycran 3 1974, 1976, 1993
Ballygalget 3 1975, 1998, 2005
St John's 1 1973
Portaferry 1 2014

Records and statistics[edit]

Teams[edit]

By decade[edit]

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Ulster Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps[edit]

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Top scorers[edit]

By year[edit]

Year Top scorer Team Score Total
2006 Geoffrey McGonagle Kevin Lynch's 4-07 19
2007 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-21 21
2008 Martin Óg Coulter Ballygalget 2-11 17
2009 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-14 17
2010 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-13 16
2011 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-07 10
2012 Paul Braniff Portaferry 0-18 18
2013 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-13 13
2014 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg 1-19 22
2015 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-16 19
2016 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-16 19
2017 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-21 24
2018 Scott Nicholason Ballycran 0-09 9
Neil McManus Ruairí Óg
Colum McManus Ballycran
2019 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-15 18

In finals[edit]

Final Top scorer Team Score Total
1999 Jackie Carson Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 1-04 7
2000 Séamus McMullan Dunloy 1-03 6
2001 Paddy Richmond Dunloy 2-03 9
2002 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-07 7
2003 Geoffrey McGonigle Kevin Lynch's 0-08 8
2004 Johnny McGrattan Ballygalget 0-07 7
2005 Johnny McGrattan Ballygalget 1-08 11
2006 Geoffrey McGonigle Kevin Lynch's 2-04 10
2007 Gregory O'Kane Dunloy 0-07 7
2008 Martin Óg Coulter Ballygalget 0-10 10
2009 Simon Wilson Ballycran 1-06 9
2010 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-07 7
2011 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-02 5
2012 Liam Watson Loughgiel Shamrocks 1-05 8
Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 0-08
2013 Eddie McCloskey Loughgiel Shamrocks 2-02 8
2014 Eoghan Sands Portaferry 1-03 6
Paul Braniff Portaferry 0-06
2015 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 0-13 13
2016 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-08 11
2017 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-10 13
2018 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg, Cushendall 0-09 9
2019 Cormac O'Doherty Slaughtneil 1-04 18
Conall Cunning Dunloy 0-07

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Early goals set Dunloy on way to Ulster hurling triumph over Slaughtneil". RTÉ. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Early goals set Dunloy on way to Ulster hurling triumph over Slaughtneil". RTÉ. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Slaughtneil claim Ulster hurling double". Irish Independent. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Slaughtneil become first Derry team to win Ulster Club Hurling title". BBC Sport. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Sands the man as Portaferry sink Cushendall". www.rte.ie. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Ulster club SHC final: Portaferry shock 'Dall". Hogan Stand. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Loughgiel secure title". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
  8. ^ "McCloskey keeps Loughgiel on track". Irish Independent. 29 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
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