2024 Christy Ring Cup

2024 Christy Ring Cup
Dates	13 April - 2 June 2024
Teams	6
Champions	Kildare (5th title); Paddy McKenna (captain); Brian Dowling (manager)
Runners-up	Derry; Cormac O'Doherty (captain); Johnny McGarvey (manager)
Promoted	Kildare
Relegated	Sligo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Points scored	588 (36.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jack Goulding (5-50)
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The 2024 Christy Ring Cup was the twentieth edition of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005^[1] and is the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by six GAA county teams ranked 18–23 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The competition ran from 13 April to 2 June 2024.^[2]

The Christy Ring Cup final was played on 2 June 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Kildare and Derry, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kildare won the match by 4-21 to 1-22 to claim their fifth cup title overall and a first title in two years.^[3]^[4]

London's Jack Goulding was the top scorer with 5-50.

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Kildare^[5]

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

Wicklow^[6]

From Championship

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Meath^[7]

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Mayo^[8]

Teams

General Information

County	Last Cup Title	Last Provincial title	Last All-Ireland title	Position in 2023 Championship	Appearance
Derry	—	2001	—	2nd	18th
Kildare^[9]	2022	—	—	6th (Joe McDonagh Cup)	18th
London	2012	—	1901	4th	12th
Sligo	—	—	—	3rd	5th
Tyrone	—	—	—	5th	2nd
Wicklow	—	—	—	Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup)	19th

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
Derry	Johnny McGarvey	Cormac O'Doherty	Errigal Group
Kildare	Brian Dowling	Paddy McKenna	Brady Family
London	Neil Rogers	Stephen Frawley Kevin Reid	Dalata Hotel Group
Sligo	Stephen Shiel		Clayton Hotel Sligo
Tyrone	Stephen McGarry	Oran McKee	McAleer & Rushe
Wicklow	Jonathan O'Neill	Conor McNally	Yuasa Battery.

Group Stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Kildare	5	5	0	11-116	5-65	+69	10	Advance to Final
2	Derry	5	4	1	8-113	4-76	+49	8	Advance to Final
3	London	5	3	2	13-96	6-80	+37	6
5	Tyrone	5	2	3	5-78	10-110	-47	4
4	Wicklow	5	1	4	4-72	7-106	-43	2
6	Sligo	5	0	5	5-70	14-108	-65	0	Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup

Round 1

13 April 2024 Round 1	Sligo	2-08 - 2-19	Kildare	Markievicz Park
	G O’Kelly-Lynch 2-6 (5 frees), R McHugh 0-1, T Cawley 0-1.	Report	J Sheridan 0-7 (4 frees,1’65), C Dowling 2-0; J Burke 0-5, M Curtin 0-2, D Guerin 0-2, S Leacy 0-2, C Boran 0-1.

14 April 2024 Round 1	Tyrone	2-12 - 2-23	London	Donaghmore Road Grounds
	A Kelly 1-7 (0-2f, 1-2 ‘65); S Duffin 1-0; B Gormley 0-2; B McGurk, L Devlin & R Weir 0-1 each	Report	J Goulding 0-12 (0-8f, 0-1 ‘65); O Sheil 1-2; S Glynn 0-4; R Crowley 1-0; S Whelan, K Reid, E McHugh & R Lodge 0-1 each

14 April 2024 Round 1	Wicklow	0-12 - 0-17	Derry	Echelon Park Aughrim
	L Evans (0-4, 3f), L Maloney (0-2), S Germaine (0-2, 2f), C McNally (0-1, 1f); R McMahon (0-1), D Maloney (0-1), R Waters (0-1).	Report	C O’Doherty (0-9, 6f, 1 65), P Cleary (0-2), C O’Kane (0-1); C O’Reilly (0-1), C Murray (0-1), J Mullan (0-1), S Cassidy (0-1).

Round 2

20 April 2024 Round 2	London	4-26 - 0-12	Sligo	McGovern Park
	J Goulding 2-13 (0-8f), S Glynn 2-4, R Crowley 0-4, T Millerick 0-2, R Murphy, O Sheil and K Reid 0-1 each.	Report	G O’Kelly Lynch 0-6f, T Cawley and M Munnelly 0-2 each, C Hanniffy and J McHugh 0-1 each.

20 April 2024 Round 2	Derry	2-26 - 0-13	Tyrone	Owenbeg Centre of Excellence
	C O'Doherty 0-8, D McGilligan 0-5, C O'Reilly 0-4, D Mooney 1-0, J Mullan 1-0, R Ó Mianáin 0-3, P Cleary 0-2, R Mullan 0-2, S Cassidy 0-2.	Report	A Kelly 0-11, B McGurk 0-1, S Duffin 0-1.

21 April 2024 Round 2	Kildare	3-27 - 0-14	Wicklow	Hawkfield Centre of Excellence
	J Sheridan 0-6 (6fs); J Burke 1-4; M Curtin 1-2; D Qualter 0-4; M Delaney 0-3; D Guerin 1-0 C Boran, R Boran 0-2 each; C Kehoe, C McCabe, H Carroll, D Melville 0-1,	Report	I Clancy 0-3 (3fs); R Waters, D Maloney, P Doran (1f) 0-2 each; B Kearney, D Byrne, G Hughes, D Redmond, T Mulconry, J O’Toole (f) 0-1 each

Round 3

27 April 2024 Round 3	Sligo	2-14 - 2-17	Tyrone	Markievicz Park
	R McHugh 2-2 (1-1pens, 1-0f), 1f), G O’Kelly-Lynch 0-7 (6f), T Cawley and C Hanniffy 0-2 each, J McHugh 0-1.	Report	S Óg Grogan 2-0, A Kelly 0-9 (7f), J McCann 0-3, S Duffin 0-2, B Gormley, T Morgan and M Little 0-1 each.

27 April 2024 Round 3	London	2-20 - 0-14	Wicklow	McGovern Park
	J Goulding 0-7 (6f), O Sheil 0-6, K Reid 1-1; R Crowley 1-1, S Glynn 0-2, A Cunney 0-1, T Millerick 0-1, N Broderick 0-1.	Report	S Germaine 0-6 (5f); D Maloney 0-2, L Maloney 0-1; P Doran 0-1, D Redmond 0-1, C Lohan 0-1, C McNally 0-1f; T Mulcrony 0-1.

27 April 2024 Round 3	Kildare	2-19 - 0-18	Derry	Hawkfield Centre of Excellence
	J Sheridan 2-7 (5f); C McCabe, S Leacy, M Curtin, D Qualter, C Boran 0-2 each; D Guerin, M Delaney 0-1 each.	Report	C O'Doherty 0-8 (8f); R Ó Mianáin 0-4; M McGrath 0-2; D McGilligan, R Mullan, C O'Kane, C Murray 0-1 each.

Round 4

11 May 2024 Round 4	Tyrone	0-11 - 2-31	Kildare	Donaghmore Road Grounds
	A Kelly 0-6 (4f, 1 ’65), J McToal 0-4, B McGurk 0-1.	Report	J Sheridan 1-3 (1-0 s/l, 0-2f), J Dolan 1-0, D Qualter 0-11 (7f), Cian Boran 0-6, D Geurin, Conan Boran, D Flaherty, S Leacy 0-2 each, M Delaney, C McCabe, R Boran, D Guerin, C Keogh 0-1 each.

11 May 2024 Round 4	Derry	2-22 - 2-13	London	Owenbeg Centre of Excellence
	C O'Doherty 0-7 (4f, 1 '65'), R Ó Mianáin 1-3, C McNaughton 1-1, D McGilligan, C O'Reilly 0-3 each, M McGrath, J Mullan, J Friel, P Cleary and P Kelly 0-1 each.	Report	J Goulding 1-8 (3f, 1 '65'), S Glynn 1-1, D Dawson 0-2, R Crowley and C O'Carroll 0-1 each

12 May 2024 Round 4	Wicklow	2-16 - 1-17	Sligo	Echelon Park Aughrim
	S Germaine (5f) 0-6; W Kavanagh, G Hughes 1-1 each; D Maloney 0-3; L Maloney, T Collins, B Ryan, R McMahon 0-1 each.	Report	G O’Kelly-Lynch (5f) 1-8; T Cawley 0-5; F Cawley 0-2; R McHugh (1f), K O’Kennedy 0-1 each.

Round 5

18 May 2024 Round 5	Sligo	0-19 - 4-30	Derry	Markievicz Park
	G O’Kelly-Lynch (0-11 8f ’65), C Hannify (0-2), T Cawley (0-2), R McHugh, J McHugh, F Cawley, E O’Donoghue (0-1 each).	Report	R Ó’Mianáin (2-3) ,J Mullane (1-3), C O’Kane (1-0), C O’Doherty (0-7 6f), D McGilligan (0-4), M McGrath (0-2), C O’Reilly (0-2), R Mullan, C McNaughton, C Murray, J Cassidy (0-1),

18 May 2024 Round 5	London	3-14 - 2-20	Kildare	McGovern Park
	J Goulding 2-10 (1-5f, 1’65); K Reid 1-1; S Glynn, O Shiel, R Crowley 0-1.	Report	J Sheridan 0-7 (5f, 1’65); D Qualter 1-2; J Dolan 1-0; D Guerin 0-3; C Boran 0-2; R Boran, C McCabe, M Curtin, S Leacy, P Dolan, M Flaherty 0-1.

18 May 2024 Round 5	Tyrone	1-25 - 2-16	Wicklow	Carrickmore Grounds
	A Kelly 1-8 (6f, 1'65), J McCann 0-3, L Devlin 0-2, B Gormley 0-2, S Og Grogan 0-2, S Duffin 0-1, T Morgan 0-1, M Little 0-1.	Report	S Germaine 1-7 (1-4f), D Maloney 1-0, R McMahon 0-2, D Redmond 0-2, B Ryan 0-1, G Hughes 0-1, C McNally 0-1 (1f), C Lohan 0-1.

Knockout stage

Final

2 June 2024 Final	Kildare	4-21 - 1-22	Derry	Croke Park
	J Sheridan 1-9 (1-0 pen, 8fs), J Burke 1-2, D Qualter 1-1, M Curtin 1-0, C Boran 0-3, S Leacy 0-2, P Dolan 0-1, C Boran 0-1, C McCabe 0-1, D Flaherty 0-1.	Report	C O’Doherty 1-11 (1-0 pen, 9fs), J Mullan 0-6, J Cassidy 0-2, C McNaughton 0-1, D McGilligan 0-1, R Mullan 0-1.

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2024 Christy Ring Cup counties.

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
Derry	Derry	Ulster	Celtic Park	22,000
Kildare	Newbridge	Leinster	Hawkfield	8,200
London	South Ruislip	Britain	McGovern Park	3,000
Sligo	Sligo	Connacht	Markievicz Park	18,558
Tyrone	Omagh	Ulster	O'Neill's Healy Park	17,636
Wicklow	Aughrim	Leinster	Echelon Park Aughrim	7,000

Statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jack Goulding	London	5-50	65	5	13.00
2	Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	1-50	53	6	8.83
3	Jack Sheridan	Kildare	4-39	51	6	8.50
4	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	3-38	47	5	9.60
4	Aidan Kelly	Tyrone	2-41	47	5	9.60
6	David Qualter	Kildare	2-20	26	6	4.33
7	Seánie Germaine	Wicklow	1-21	24	4	6.00
8	Ruairí Ó Mianáin	Derry	3-13	22	5	4.40
9	Seán Glynn	Kildare	3-12	21	5	4.20
10	James Burke	Kildare	2-11	17	3	5.66
10	John Mullan	Derry	2-11	17	6	2.83

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Jack Goulding	London	2-13	19	Sligo
2	Jack Goulding	London	2-10	16	Kildare
3	Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	1-11	14	Kildare
4	Jack Sheridan	Kildare	2-07	13	Derry
5	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	2-06	12	Kildare
	Jack Sheridan	Kildare	1-09	12	Derry
	Jack Goulding	London	0-12	12	Tyrone
8	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	1-08	11	Wicklow
	Aidan Kelly	Tyrone	1-08	11	Wicklow
	Jack Goulding	London	1-08	11	Derry
	Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch	Sligo	0-11	11	Derry
	Aidan Kelly	Tyrone	0-11	11	Derry
	David Qualter	Kildare	0-11	11	Tyrone

Scoring events

Widest winning margin: 26 points
- London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
Most goals in a match: 4
- Sligo 2-08 - 2-19 Kildare (Round 1)
- Tyrone 2-12 - 2-23 London (Round 1)
- London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
Most points in a match: 41
- Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2)
Most goals by one team in a match: 4
- London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
Most points by one team in a match: 27
- Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2)
Highest aggregate score: 50 points
- London 4-26 - 0-12 Sligo (Round 2)
- Kildare 3-27 - 0-14 Wicklow (Round 2)
Lowest aggregate score: 29 points
- Wicklow 0-12 - 0-17 Derry (Round 1)

Miscellaneous

First-time Christy Ring Cup meetings:
- Tyrone v Kildare (Round 4)
- Tyrone v Wicklow (Round 5)
Kildare become the first county to qualify for 6 Christy Ring Cup finals.

References

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^ "Christy Ring Cup". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Another Christy Ring cup for Kildare, but more final woe for Derry". Irish Examiner. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Christy Ring Cup Final: Four goal Kildare overpower Derry". GAA website. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Down stay in Joe McDonagh as Kildare make the drop to Christy Ring". RTÉ Sport. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Wicklow come from behind to win Nickey Rackard Cup for first time". Irish Examiner. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Royals withstand Derry fightback to claim Christy Ring Cup title". Irish Examiner. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Defeat in Sligo confirms Mayo's relegation from the Christy Ring Cup". The Connaught Telegraph. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Kildare hurling".

[1] "Kelly favours relaxation of transfer rule". Irish Independent. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[2] "Christy Ring Cup". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[3] "Another Christy Ring cup for Kildare, but more final woe for Derry". Irish Examiner. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[4] "Christy Ring Cup Final: Four goal Kildare overpower Derry". GAA website. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[5] "Down stay in Joe McDonagh as Kildare make the drop to Christy Ring". RTÉ Sport. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[6] "Wicklow come from behind to win Nickey Rackard Cup for first time". Irish Examiner. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[7] "Royals withstand Derry fightback to claim Christy Ring Cup title". Irish Examiner. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[8] "Defeat in Sligo confirms Mayo's relegation from the Christy Ring Cup". The Connaught Telegraph. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

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