Armagh Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
Irish:Craobh Shinsir Iomána Ard Mhacha
Trophy:Jimmy Carlisle Cup[1]
Current: Middletown
Currentordinal:20
Super:th
Most: Cuchulainn's Hurling Club
Mostordinal:27
Currentlyrunning:2024 Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
Code:Hurling
Teams:6
Region: Armagh

The Armagh Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Armagh GAA clubs. Hurling has always been more popular in the north and west of the county. Camlough and Bessbrook are the only south Armagh clubs to have won the Senior Championship.

Middletown Na Fianna are the title holders (2024) defeating Keady Lámh Dhearg in the Final.

History

The trophy presented to the winners is the ? The winner qualifies to represent their county in either the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship or the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, depending on the winner's recent record when competing at provincial level. Following their 2013 success, Cúchulainn's represented Armagh in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, leaving Armagh without representation in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship for that year. Keady became the first Ulster Intermediate Champions from Armagh in 2007 and to date they are the first and only representatives from the county to reach the Ulster Senior Final, doing so in 2010.

Format

Group stage

The 5 clubs start in the groups stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed four group 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 the group qualify for the final.

Knockout stage

Final: Teams that finished 1st and 2nd place in the group stage contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 teams

The 6 teams competing in the 2024 Armagh Senior Hurling Championship are:

ClubLocationColoursPosition in 2024Championship titlesLast championship title
Craobh RuaBessbrookRed and whiteSemi-finals0—
Cúchulainn'sArmaghYellow and whiteGroup stage242013
DerrynooseDerrynooseBlue and whiteSemi-finals0—
Keady Lámh DheargKeadyBlue and goldRunners-up252018
Killeavy St Moninna'sKilleanGreen and blackGroup stage0—
MiddletownMiddletownBlack and whiteChampions202024

2024 grades

Roll of honour

By club

ClubTitlesChampionship wins
1 Keady Lámh Dhearg251949, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018
2Cúchulainn's241951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2013
3 Middletown201981, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
4Éire Óg, Keady31927, 1932, 1933
Keady Michael Dwyer's31935, 1936, 1937
CBS Armagh PPU31945, 1946, 1948
7St Malachy's, Portadown21966, 1967
8Shane O'Neill's11907
Young Irelands11928
Red Hands, Armagh11931
O'Donnell's, Armagh11934
Bessbrook Geraldines11947
Hugh Carberry's Rocks11950

List of finals

Legend

List of Armagh SHC finals

YearWinnersRunners-up
ClubScoreClubScore
2024[2] Middletown Na Fianna1-12Keady Lámh Dhearg0-13
2023Middletown Na Fianna1-15Keady Lámh Dhearg0-11
2022bgcolor=silverMiddletown Na Fianna1-19Keady Lámh Dhearg2-12
2021Middletown2-20Keady Lámh Dhearg2-12
2020Middletown0-20Cúchulainn’s1-06
2019[3] Middletown2-17Keady Lámh Dhearg1-13
2018bgcolor=silverKeady Lámh Dhearg0-16Middletown0-13
2017bgcolor=goldMiddletown0-17Keady Lámh Dhearg 1-12
2016[4] Middletown2-19Cúchulainn's2-08
2015[5] Middletown2-10Keady Lámh Dhearg1-08
2014[6] Keady Lámh Dhearg2-19Cúchulainn's1-13
2013[7] bgcolor=silverCúchulainn's1-07, 2-12 (r)Keady Lámh Dhearg0-10, 1-13 (r)
2012[8] Middletown0-13Cúchulainn's0-12
2011bgcolor=goldMiddletown0-19Keady Lámh Dhearg0-10
2010Keady Lámh DheargCúchulainn's
2009bgcolor=silverMiddletownKeady Lámh Dhearg
2008Keady Lámh DheargMiddletown
2007bgcolor=goldKeady Lámh DheargMiddletown
2006MiddletownKeady Lámh Dhearg
2005bgcolor=silverKeady Lámh DheargCúchulainn's
2004Keady Lámh DheargCúchulainn's
2003Keady Lámh DheargMiddletown
2002Keady Lámh DheargMiddletown
2001Keady Lámh DheargMiddletown
2000Middletown
1999MiddletownKeady Lámh Dhearg
1998Keady Lámh Dhearg
1997Keady Lámh Dhearg
1996Keady Lámh Dhearg
1995
1994Keady Lámh DheargCúchulainn's
1993Keady Lámh DheargCúchulainn's
1992Keady Lámh Dhearg
1991Middletown
1990Keady Lámh Dhearg
1989Cúchulainn's
1988Cúchulainn's
1987Keady Lámh Dhearg
1986Middletown3-08Cúchulainn's2-06
1985Middletown
1984Cúchulainn'sMiddletown
1983Cúchulainn'sPortadown
1982Cúchulainn'sMiddletown
1981MiddletownKeady Lámh Dhearg
1980Cúchulainn'sKeady Lámh Dhearg
1979Cúchulainn's
1978Keady Lámh Dhearg
1977Cúchulainn's
1976Cúchulainn's
1975Keady Lámh Dhearg
1974Cúchulainn's
1973Cúchulainn's
1972Keady Lámh Dhearg
1971Cúchulainn's
1970Cúchulainn's
1969Cúchulainn's
1968Cúchulainn's
1967St Malachy's, Portadown
1966St Malachy's, Portadown
1965Keady Lámh Dhearg
1964Cúchulainn's
1963Cúchulainn's
1962Cúchulainn's
1961Cúchulainn's
1960Keady Lamh Dhearg
1959Keady Lamh Dhearg
1955–1958No competition
1954Cúchulainn's
1953Cúchulainn's
1952Cúchulainn's
1951Cúchulainn's
1950Hugh Carberry's Rocks
1949Keady Lámh Dhearg
1948CBS Armagh PPU
1947Bessbrook Geraldines
1946CBS Armagh PPU
1945CBS Armagh PPU
1938–1944No competition
1937Keady Michael Dwyer's
1936Keady Michael Dwyer's
1935Keady Michael Dwyer's
1934O'Donnell's, Armagh
1933Éire Óg, Keady
1932Éire Óg, Keady
1931Red Hands, Armagh
1929–1930No competition
1928Young Irelands
1927Éire Óg, Keady
1908–1926
1907 Shane O'Neill's Camlough

Armagh Junior Hurling Championship

Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
Super:th
Region:Armagh
Teams:6
Code:Hurling
Title Holders:Killeavy St Moninna's

The Armagh Junior Hurling Championship (Abbreviated to the Armagh JHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the junior clubs in the county of Armagh in Ireland. It is the second tier in the Armagh hurling championship system.

Killeavy St Moninna's are the title holders, defeating Seán Treacy's by 2-17 to 2-12 in the 2023 final.

Format

Group stage: The 6 clubs start in the groups stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed four group 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 the group qualify for the final.

Final: Teams that finished 1st and 2nd place in the group stage contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and promoted to the Armagh Senior Hurling Championship.

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.

Roll of honour (2023–)

ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Killeavy St Moninna's102023—
01—2023

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://thesidelineeye.com/2022/10/15/senior-hurling-championship-final-preview-2/
  2. Web site: Armagh SHC Final: Middletown Na Fianna triumph again. 30 September 2024. GAA . 29 September 2024.
  3. Web site: Armagh SHC final: Middletown regain crown . 12 August 2019 . . 12 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Armagh SHC final: two-in-a-row for Middletown . 22 August 2016 . . 22 August 2016.
  5. Web site: MIDDLETOWN CLINCH SENIOR TITLE . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173713/http://www.armaghgaa.net/middletown-clinch-senior-title/ . dead . 23 September 2015 . 25 August 2015 . Armagh GAA . 23 August 2015 .
  6. Web site: https://archive.today/20140902175021/http://www.armaghgaa.net/keady-crowned-senior-hurling-champions/ . 2 September 2014 . Keady Crowned Senior Hurling Champions . Armagh GAA . archive.today . 5 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Cuchulainns win Senior Hurling Title . 21 September 2013 . Armagh GAA . 5 November 2020 .
  8. Web site: Armagh SHC: Middletown retain crown . 3 September 2012 . . 3 September 2012.
  9. Web site: 2023 .

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