All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

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GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship
Current season or competition: Tommy Moore Cup
No. of teams	4
Title holders	St. Thomas' (2nd title)
Most titles	Ballyhale Shamrocks (9 titles)
Sponsors	Allied Irish Banks
TV partner(s)	TG4
Motto	The toughest of them all
Official website	Official GAA website

The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Club Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Club Championship, is an annual

(except for 2020-21, due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

The final, currently held on the third Sunday in January, is the culmination of a series of games played between October and February with the winners receiving the

.

Four teams currently participate in the All-Ireland semi-finals. The most successful teams are from County Galway – seven Galway clubs have won the All-Ireland title on 14 separate occasions.

The title has been won by 26 clubs, 10 of whom have won the title more than once. The current holders and all-time record-holders are Ballyhale Shamrocks, who have won the championship on 9 occasions.

St Thomas' are the title holders, defeating O'Loughlin Gaels by 0-18 to 0-17 in the 2024 final.

History

Beginnings

Since the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, challenge, exhibition and tournament matches between clubs on an inter-county level were commonplace. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Glen Rovers of Cork and Ahane of Limerick regularly clashed in off-season games. In the 1950s the Cork Churches Tournament came to be recognised as the unofficial All-Ireland Club Championship. The tournament was an initiative by the then Bishop of Cork and Ross, Cornelius Lucey, to raise money to build five new churches in the fast developing suburbs of Cork. Participation was by invitation and was extended to the country’s current best hurling teams. This tournament lasted for five years, however, by the 1960s there was a growing appetite for a similar competition. In 1965 the Munster Council organised the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship.^[1] Following the success of this provincial championship, Donegal, Galway and Wexford put down a motion for the introduction of All-Ireland club championships in both codes at the GAA's Congress in 1969. The motion was successful and the competition eventually began in 1970–71.

Team dominance

The difficult nature of qualifying for the All-Ireland Championship via the individual county and provincial championships has meant that individual clubs have rarely dominated for prolonged periods of time, however, there have been exceptions.

The first decade of the All-Ireland Championship was dominated by the “big three” clubs from

sharing every All-Ireland title bar one between 1972 and 1979. Blackrock became the preeminent team of the championship by winning three All-Ireland titles from four final appearances during this time. Glen Rovers and St. Finbarr’s claimed two titles apiece during the same period.

The second decade saw a greater spread of counties represented, with the club champions of Antrim, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford all claiming the All-Ireland title. Kilkenny clubs were dominant by winning five championship titles between 1981 and 1991. Ballyhale Shamrocks won three of these titles with victories in 1981, 1984 and 1990.

The resurgence of non-traditional teams at inter-county level was also prevalent in the club championship during the 1990s. Galway clubs came to the fore during this decade, with Sarsfields becoming the first team to retain the All-Ireland title with back-to-back wins in 1993 and 1994. Their success was followed by Athenry who won a lone title in 1997 before claiming back-to-back championships in 2000 and 2001. Clare clubs, buoyed by the inter-county success of the county team, claimed All-Ireland titles in 1996 and 1999.

Offaly club Birr became the most dominant team at the turn of the century. Between 1995 and 2003 the club became the first to win four All-Ireland titles, however, this record was bettered by Ballyhale Shamrocks who won a record-breaking fifth championship in 2010. Portumna of Galway dominated the new century by winning four All-Ireland titles between 2006 and 2014.

Competition format history

The All-Ireland Championship has always been played as a

whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the championship. Participation is open to the four champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland and has largely remained the same since the inaugural championship in 1971, however, there have been some minor changes throughout.

In 1976 the All-Ireland Championship was extended to five clubs as the winners of the London Senior Hurling Championship were allowed to enter. They entered the All-Ireland series at the newly-created quarter-final stage and played one of the four provincial champions in rotation. This system lasted until 2004. Since then the London champions have contested the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

After several years of being regarded as the most uncompetitive of the four provincial championships, the Connacht Championship was discontinued in 2009. This has meant that the Galway champions represent the province unopposed and gain automatic entry to the All-Ireland semi-final stage.

Qualification

The GAA All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship features four teams in the final tournament. The champions of Leinster, Munster and Ulster and the Galway champions (a team who are unopposed in their own province) qualify for the All-Ireland semi-finals.

Province	Championship	Qualifying Team
Connacht	Galway Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Leinster	Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship	Champions
Munster	Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship	Champions
Ulster	Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship	Champions

Structure

Each of Ireland's 32

.

Schedule:

• County championships: June — November
• Provincial championships: October — December
• All-Ireland quarter-final and semi-finals: February
• All-Ireland Final: March 17

Winning managers

in the All-Ireland Club Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

Winning managers

Manager(s)	Team	Wins	Winning years
Pad Joe Whelehan	Birr	3	1998, 2002, 2003
Michael Conneely	Sarsfields	2	1993, 1994
Pat Nally	Athenry	2	2000, 2001
Jimmy Heverin	Portumna	2	2006, 2008
Mattie Kenny	Cuala	2	2017, 2018
Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2	2019, 2020
Tom Neville	St Martin's	1	1985
Jim Butler	Buffers Alley	1	1989
Tommy Hearne	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	1990
Georgie Leahy	Glenmore	1	1991
John Goode	Kiltormer	1	1992
Pádraig Horan	Birr	1	1995
Jim Faul	Sixmilebridge	1	1996
P. J. Molloy	Athenry	1	1997
Michael Clohessy	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	1	1999
Ger Cunningham	Newtownshandrum	1	2004
Adrian Finan	James Stephens	1	2005
Maurice Aylward	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2007
Johnny Kelly	Portumna	1	2009
Mick Fennelly James McGarry	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2010
Micheál Donoghue	Clarinbridge	1	2011
P. J. Mullan	Loughgiel Shamrocks	1	2012
John Burke	St. Thomas'	1	2013
Frank Canning	Portumna	1	2014
Andy Moloney	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2015
Shane O'Neill	Na Piarsaigh	1	2016
Darragh O'Sullivan	Ballygunner	1	2022
Pat Hoban	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2023
Kenneth Burke	St. Thomas'	1	2024

Provincial and All-Ireland champions by year

All-Ireland winners are shaded in gold, and counties are listed in brackets.

Year	Munster champions	Leinster champions	Connacht/Galway champions[a]	Ulster champions
1970–71	Roscrea (Tipperary)	St. Rynagh's, Banagher (Offaly )	Liam Mellows (Galway)	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
1971–72	Blackrock (Cork )	St. Anne's, Rathnure (Wexford)	Tommy Larkin's (Galway)	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
1972–73	Glen Rovers (Cork)	St. Rynagh's, Banagher (Offaly )	Castlegar (Galway)	O'Donovan Rossa (Antrim )
1973–74	Blackrock (Cork )	St. Anne's, Rathnure (Wexford)	Castlegar (Galway)	St. John's (Antrim )
1974–75	St. Finbarr's (Cork)	The Fenians (Kilkenny)	Ardrahan (Galway)	Ballycran (Down )
1975–76	Blackrock (Cork )	James Stephens (Kilkenny )	Ardrahan (Galway)	Ballygalget (Down)
1976–77	Glen Rovers (Cork)	Camross (Laois )	Tremane (Roscommon)	Ballycran (Down )
1977–78	St. Finbarr's (Cork)	St. Anne's, Rathnure (Wexford)	Four Roads (Roscommon )	O'Donovan Rossa (Antrim )
1978–79	Blackrock (Cork )	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Ardrahan (Galway)	McQuillan Ballycastle (Antrim )
1979–80	Blackrock (Cork )	Crumlin (Dublin)	Castlegar (Galway)	McQuillan Ballycastle (Antrim )
1980–81	St. Finbarr's (Cork)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Sarsfields (Galway)	McQuillan Ballycastle (Antrim )
1981–82	Mount Sion (Waterford)	James Stephens (Kilkenny )	Gort (Galway)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
1982–83	Moycarkey-Borris (Tipperary )	St. Rynagh's, Banagher (Offaly )	Kiltormer (Galway)	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
1983–84	Midleton (Cork)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Gort (Galway)	McQuillan Ballycastle (Antrim )
1984–85	Sixmilebridge (Clare)	St Martin's (Kilkenny )	Castlegar (Galway)	McQuillan Ballycastle (Antrim )
1985–86	Kilruane MacDonagh's (Tipperary)	Buffers Alley (Wexford )	Turloughmore (Galway )	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
1986–87	Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary )	St. Anne's, Rathnure (Wexford)	Killimordaly (Galway)	McQuillan Ballycastle (Antrim )
1987–88	Midleton (Cork)	St. Anne's, Rathnure (Wexford)	Athenry (Galway)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
1988–89	Patrickswell (Limerick)	Buffers Alley (Wexford )	Four Roads (Roscommon )	O'Donovan Rossa (Antrim )
1989–90	Ballybrown (Limerick)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Sarsfields (Galway )	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
1990–91	Patrickswell (Limerick)	Glenmore (Kilkenny)	Kiltormer (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
1991–92	Cashel King Cormacs (Tipperary)	Birr (Offaly)	Kiltormer (Galway)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
1992–93	Kilmallock (Limerick)	Buffers Alley (Wexford )	Sarsfields (Galway )	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
1993–94	Toomevara (Tipperary)	St. Rynagh's, Banagher (Offaly )	Sarsfields (Galway )	Ballycran (Down )
1994–95	Kilmallock (Limerick)	Birr (Offaly)	Athenry (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
1995–96	Sixmilebridge (Clare)	Glenmore (Kilkenny)	Sarsfields (Galway )	Dunloy (Antrim)
1996–97	Wolfe Tones, Shannon (Clare)	Camross (Laois)	Athenry (Galway)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
1997–98	Clarecastle (Clare)	Birr (Offaly)	Sarsfields (Galway )	Dunloy (Antrim)
1998–99	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield (Clare)	St. Anne's, Rathnure (Wexford)	Athenry (Galway)	Ballygalget (Down)
1999–00	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield (Clare)	Birr (Offaly)	Athenry (Galway)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
2000–01	Sixmilebridge (Clare)	Graigue-Ballycallan (Kilkenny )	Athenry (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
2001–02	Ballygunner (Waterford)	Birr (Offaly)	Clarinbridge (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
2002–03	Mount Sion (Waterford)	Birr (Offaly)	Athenry (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
2003–04	Newtownshandrum (Cork)	O'Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny)	Portumna (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
2004–05	Toomevara (Tipperary)	James Stephens (Kilkenny )	Athenry (Galway)	O'Donovan Rossa (Antrim )
2005–06	Newtownshandrum (Cork)	James Stephens (Kilkenny )	Portumna (Galway)	Ballygalget (Down)
2006–07	Toomevara (Tipperary)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Loughrea (Galway)	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
2007–08	Loughmore-Castleiney (Tipperary )	Birr (Offaly)	Portumna (Galway)	Dunloy (Antrim)
2008–09	De La Salle (Waterford)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Portumna	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
2009–10	Newtownshandrum (Cork)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Portumna	Dunloy (Antrim)
2010–11	De La Salle (Waterford)	O'Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny)	Clarinbridge	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
2011–12	Na Piarsaigh (Limerick)	Coolderry (Offaly)	Gort	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
2012–13	Thurles Sarsfields (Tipperary)	Kilcormac-Killoughey (Offaly )	St. Thomas'	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
2013–14	Na Piarsaigh (Limerick)	Mount Leinster Rangers (Carlow)	Portumna	Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim)
2014–15	Kilmallock (Limerick)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	Gort	Portaferry (Down)
2015–16	Na Piarsaigh (Limerick)	Oulart the Ballagh (Wexford )	Sarsfields	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
2016–17	Ballyea (Clare)	Cuala (Dublin )	St. Thomas'	Slaughtneil (Derry )
2017–18	Na Piarsaigh (Limerick)	Cuala (Dublin )	Liam Mellows	Slaughtneil (Derry )
2018–19	Ballygunner (Waterford)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	St. Thomas'	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)
2019–20	Borris-Ileigh (Tipperary )	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	St. Thomas'	Slaughtneil (Derry )
2020–21	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Ballygunner (Waterford)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	St. Thomas'	Slaughtneil (Derry )
2022–23	Ballygunner (Waterford)	Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny)	St. Thomas'	Dunloy (Antrim)
2023–24	Ballygunner (Waterford)	O'Loughlin Gaels (Kilkenny)	St. Thomas'	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (Antrim)

List of finals

Year	Winners			Runners-Up
	County	Club	Score	County	Club	Score
2023–24	GAL	St. Thomas'	0-18	KIL	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-17
2022–23	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-22	ANT	Dunloy	1-15
2021–22	WAT	Ballygunner	2-17	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-19
2020–21	Cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2019–20	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-18	TIP	Borris-Ileigh	0-15
2018–19	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-28	GAL	St. Thomas'	2-11
2017–18[2]	DUB	Cuala	1-22; 2-17	LIM	Na Piarsaigh	2-19; 1-17
2016–17[3]	DUB	Cuala	2-19	CLA	Ballyea	1-10
2015–16[4]	LIM	Na Piarsaigh	2-25	ANT	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	2-14
2014–15[5]	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-18	LIM	Kilmallock	1-6
2013–14[6]	GAL	Portumna	0-19	CAR	Mount Leinster Rangers	0-11
2012–13[7]	GAL	St. Thomas'	1-11	OFF	Kilcormac-Killoughey	1-9
2011–12[8]	ANT	Loughgiel Shamrocks	4-13	OFF	Coolderry	0-17
2010–11	GAL	Clarinbridge	2-18	KIL	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-12
2009–10	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-19	GAL	Portumna	0-17
2008–09	GAL	Portumna	2-24	WAT	De La Salle	1-8
2007–08	GAL	Portumna	3-19	OFF	Birr	3-9
2006–07	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-12	GAL	Loughrea	2-8
2005–06	GAL	Portumna	2-8	COR	Newtownshandrum	1-6
2004–05	KIL	James Stephens	0-19	GAL	Athenry	0-14
2003–04	COR	Newtownshandrum	0-17	ANT	Dunloy	1-6
2002–03	OFF	Birr	1-19	ANT	Dunloy	0-11
2001–02	OFF	Birr	2-10	GAL	Clarinbridge	1-5
2000–01	GAL	Athenry	3-24	KIL	Graigue-Ballycallan	2-19
1999–2000	GAL	Athenry	0-16	CLA	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	0-12
1998–99	CLA	St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield	2-14	WEX	St. Anne's, Rathnure	0-8
1997–98	OFF	Birr	1-13	GAL	Sarsfields	0-9
1996-–97	GAL	Athenry	0-14	CLA	Wolfe Tones, Shannon	1-8
1995–96	CLA	Sixmilebridge	5-10	ANT	Dunloy	2-6
1994–95	OFF	Birr	0-9; 3-13	ANT	Dunloy	0-9; 2-3
1993–94	GAL	Sarsfields	1-14	TIP	Toomevara	3-6
1992–93	GAL	Sarsfields	1-17	LIM	Kilmallock	2-7
1991–92	GAL	Kiltormer	0-15	OFF	Birr	1-8
1990–91	KIL	Glenmore	1-13	LIM	Patrickswell	0-12
1989–90	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-16	LIM	Ballybrown	0-16
1988–89	WEX	Buffers Alley	2-12	ANT	O'Donovan Rossa	0-12
1987–88	Cork	Midleton	3-8	GAL	Athenry	0-9
1986–87	TIP	Borris-Ileigh	2-9	WEX	St. Anne's, Rathnure	0-9
1985–86	TIP	Kilruane MacDonaghs	1-15	WEX	Buffers Alley	2-10
1984–85	KIL	St Martins	2-9; 1-13	GAL	Castlegar	3-6; 1-10
1983–84	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-10; 1-10	GAL	Gort	1-10; 0-7
1982–83	ANT	Loughgiel	1-8; 2-12	OFF	St. Rynagh's, Banagher	2-5; 1-12
1981–82	KIL	James Stephens	3-13	WAT	Mount Sion	3-8
1980–81	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-15	COR	St Finbarr's	1-11
1979–80	GAL	Castlegar	1-11	ANT	McQuillan Ballycastle	1-8
1978–79	COR	Blackrock	5-7	KIL	Ballyhale Shamrocks	5-5
1977–78	COR	St Finbarr's	2-7	WEX	St. Anne's, Rathnure	0-9
1976–77	COR	Glen Rovers	2-12	LAO	Camross	0-8
1975–76	KIL	James Stephens	2-10	COR	Blackrock	2-4
1974–75	COR	St Finbarr's	3-8	KIL	Fenians	1-6
1973–74	COR	Blackrock	3-8	WEX	St. Anne's, Rathnure	1-9
1972–73	COR	Glen Rovers	2-18	OFF	St. Rynagh's, Banagher	2-8
1971–72	COR	Blackrock	5-13	WEX	St. Anne's, Rathnure	6-9
1970–71	TIP	Roscrea	4-5	OFF	St. Rynagh's, Banagher	2-5

Roll of honour

By club

Club	County	Titles	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	9	2	1981, 1984, 1990, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2023	1979, 2022
Birr	Offaly	4	2	1995, 1998, 2002, 2003	1992, 2008
Portumna	Galway	4	1	2006, 2008, 2009, 2014	2010
Athenry	Galway	3	2	1997, 2000, 2001	1988, 2005
Blackrock	Cork	3	1	1972, 1974, 1979	1976
James Stephens	Kilkenny	3	0	1976, 1982, 2005
St. Finbarr's	Cork	2	1	1975, 1978	1981
Sarsfields	Galway	2	1	1993, 1994	1998
St. Thomas'	Galway	2	1	2013, 2024	2019
Glen Rovers	Cork	2	0	1973, 1977
Loughgiel Shamrocks	Antrim	2	0	1983, 2012
Cuala	Dublin	2	0	2017, 2018
Castlegar	Galway	1	1	1980	1985
Borris-Ileigh	Tipperary	1	1	1987	2020
Buffers Alley	Wexford	1	1	1989	1986
St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield	Clare	1	1	1999	2000
Newtownshandrum	Cork	1	1	2004	2006
Clarinbridge	Galway	1	1	2011	2002
Na Piarsaigh	Limerick	1	1	2016	2018
Roscrea	Tipperary	1	0	1971
St. Martin's	Kilkenny	1	0	1985
Kilruane MacDonagh's	Tipperary	1	0	1986
Midleton	Cork	1	0	1988
Glenmore	Kilkenny	1	0	1991
Kiltormer	Galway	1	0	1992
Sixmilebridge	Clare	1	0	1996
Ballygunner	Waterford	1	0	2022
Rathnure St Anne’s	Wexford	0	5		1972, 1974, 1978, 1987, 1999
Dunloy	Antrim	0	5		1995, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2023
St. Rynagh's	Offaly	0	3		1971, 1973, 1983
Kilmallock	Limerick	0	2		1993, 2015
O'Loughlin Gaels	Kilkenny	0	2		2011, 2024
Fenians	Kilkenny	0	1		1975
Camross	Laois	0	1		1977
McQuillan Ballycastle	Antrim	0	1		1980
Mount Sion	Waterford	0	1		1982
Gort	Galway	0	1		1984
O'Donovan Rossa	Antrim	0	1		1989
Ballybrown	Limerick	0	1		1990
Patrickswell	Limerick	0	1		1991
Toomevara	Tipperary	0	1		1994
Wolfe Tones na Sionna	Clare	0	1		1997
Graigue-Ballycallan	Kilkenny	0	1		2001
Loughrea	Galway	0	1		2007
De La Salle	Waterford	0	1		2009
Coolderry	Offaly	0	1		2012
Kilcormac-Killoughey	Offaly	0	1		2013
Mount Leinster Rangers	Carlow	0	1		2014
Ruairí Óg Cushendall	Antrim	0	1		2016
Ballyea	Clare	0	1		2017

By county

County	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Galway	14	9	23
Kilkenny	14	6	20
Cork	9	3	12
Offaly	4	7	11
Tipperary	3	2	5
Antrim	2	8	10
Clare	2	3	5
Dublin	2	0	2
Wexford	1	6	7
Limerick	1	5	6
Waterford	1	2	3
Laois	0	1	1
Carlow	0	1	1

By province

Province	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Leinster	21	21	42
Munster	16	15	31
Connacht	14	9	23
Ulster	2	8	10

Top scorers

All time

As of match played 22 January, 2023.

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total
1	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	14-212	254
2	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	12-137	173
3	Gregory O'Kane	Dunloy	4-158	170
4	Paul Flynn	Ballygunner	13-119	158
5	Eugene Cloonan	Athenry	14-114	156

Cumulative finals

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Finals	Average
1	Joe Canning	Portumna	1-47	50	5	10.00
2	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-43	49	7	7.00
3	Eugene Cloonan	Athenry	1-35	38	4	9.50
4	David Treacy	Cuala	0-30	30	3	10.00
5	Pat Moylan	Blackrock	2-22	28	4	7.00
6	Dan Quigley	St. Anne's, Rathnure	5-12	27	3	9.00
7	Colin Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-13	22	6	3.66
	Simon Whelehan	Birr	1-19	22	4	5.50
8	Aidan Donohue	Sarsfields	0-21	21	3	7.00
9	Ger Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-13	19	4	4.75

Single Final

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition	Year
1	Liam Watson	Loughgiel Shamrocks	3-7	16	Coolderry	2012
2	Dan Quigley	St. Anne's, Rathnure	3-6	15	Blackrock	1974
3	Eugene Cloonan	Athenry	1-11	14	Graigue-Ballycallan	2001
4	Adrian Ronan	Graigue-Ballycallan	1-9	12	Athenry	2001
	Tom Buckley	Glen Rovers	1-9	12	St. Rynagh's, Banagher	1973
	Joe Canning	Portumna	0-12	12	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2010
5	Brendan Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-11	11	St. Finbarr's, Togher	1981
6	John Rothwell	Blackrock	3-1	10	St. Anne's, Rathnure	1972
	Dan Quigley	St. Anne's, Rathnure	2-4	10	Blackrock	1972
	Mark Kerins	Clarinbridge	1-7	10	O'Loughlin Gaels	2011
	Simon Whelehan	Birr	1-7	10	Portumna	2008
	Joe Canning	Portumna	0-10	10	Mount Leinster Rangers	2014
	Billy Walton	James Stephens	0-10	10	Mount Sion	1982
	Ben O'Connor	Newtownshandrum	0-10	10	Dunloy	2004
	Joe Canning	Portumna	0-10	10	Birr	2008

Records and statistics

Finals

Teams

• Most wins: 9
  • 2023
    )
• Most consecutive wins: 2
  • 1994
    )
  • 2001
    )
  • 2020
    )
  • 2003
    )
  • 2018
    )
  • 2009
    )
• Most final appearances: 11
  • 2023
    )
• Most final appearances without Winning: 5
  • 1999
    )
  • 2023
    )
• Most Final Appearances Without Losing: 8
  • 2020
    )

Teams

By decade

Most Successful Team of Each Decade:

• 1970s: Three titles for
  Blackrock
  (1972, 1974, 1979)
• 1980s: Two titles for Ballyhale Shamrocks (1981, 1984)
• 1990s: Two titles each for Birr (1995, 1998), and Sarsfields (1993, 1994)
• 2000s: Three titles for Portumna (2006, 2008, 2009)
• 2010s: Three titles for Ballyhale Shamrocks (2010, 2015, 2019)
• 2020s: Two titles for Ballyhale Shamrocks (2020, 2023)

Longest gaps

Longest Gaps Between Successive Titles:

• 29 years:
  Loughgiel Shamrocks
  (1983–2012)
• 23 years: James Stephens (1982–2005)
• 17 years: Ballyhale Shamrocks (1990–2007)

Clubs

County	Performances
	Winners	Runners-up
Kilkenny	14 titles: St. Martin's (1), Glenmore (1)	6 times: Graigue-Ballycallan (1)
Galway	14 titles: St. Thomas' (2), Castlegar (1), Clarinbridge (1), Kiltormer (1)	9 times: St. Thomas' (1)
Cork	9 titles: St. Finbarr's, Togher (2), Glen Rovers (2), Midleton (1), Newtownshandrum (1)	3 times: St. Finbarr's, Togher (1), Newtownshandrum (1)
Offaly	4 titles: Birr (4)	7 times: Kilcormac-Killoughey (1), Coolderry (1)
Tipperary	3 titles: Borris-Ileigh (1)	2 times: Borris-Ileigh (1)
Antrim	2 titles: Loughgiel Shamrocks (2)	8 times: O'Donovan Rossa (1), Ruairí Óg, Cushendall (1)
Clare	2 titles: Sixmilebridge (1), St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield (1)	3 times: St. Joseph's, Doora-Barefield (1), Wolfe Tones, Shannon (1) Ballyea (1)
Dublin	2 titles: Cuala (2)
Wexford	1 title: Buffers Alley (1)	6 times: Buffers Alley (1)
Limerick	1 title: Na Piarsaigh (1)	5 times: Kilmallock (2), Ballybrown (1), Patrickswell (1), Na Piarsaigh (1)
Waterford	1 title: Ballygunner (1)	2 times: Mount Sion (1), De La Salle (1)

See also

• All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
• All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
• All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
• All-Ireland Junior B Club Hurling Championship
• All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship

References

1. ^ Moynihan, Michael (20 November 2016). "The day Glen Rovers buried the sliotar in Cashel". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
2. ^ "Cuala Crowned Two in a Row All-Ireland Club SHC Champions". GAA. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
3. ^ "Cuala secure historic All-Ireland crown with emphatic win over Ballyea". Irish Independent. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
4. ^ "Immortality for Na Piarsaigh as Cushendall rue big-day flop". Irish Examiner. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
5. ^ "All Ireland Club SHC final: Shamrocks ease to title #6". Hogan Stand. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
6. ^ "All-Ireland Club SHC final: four-midable Portumna see off MLR". Hogan Stand. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
7. ^ "Might and fight seal historic day for St Thomas'". Irish Examiner. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
8. ^ 2012 Final Report

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

• "Flashback: some St Patrick's Day Club SHC finals that will never be forgotten", Hogan Stand, 17 March 2021