The All-Ireland Senior Softball Singles title (M Donnelly 60 x 30 Singles) is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by M. Joyce of Dublin, a player from Urlingford, County Kilkenny. Kilkenny have won the most titles, with a total of 22.
The 2007 final will was contested by Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh of Kilkenny and Eoin Kennedy of Dublin and Saint Brigid's GAA.[1] Eoin won the final in two straight games by winning 21-20 and 21-6 to retain his title.[2] Eoin then went on to win it in 2008, 2009 and 2010, which means he has now won the title seven times in a row.[3] Since then, he has won three more titles, while Robbie McCarthy of Westmeath and Mullingar Handball Club won seven titles.
Year | Champion | County | |
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1925 | M. Joyce | ||
1926 | T. Behan | ||
1927 | W. McGuire | ||
1928 | J. McNally | ||
1929 | D. Brennan | ||
1930 | P. Perry | ||
1931 | P. Perry | ||
1932 | P. Perry | ||
1933 | P. Perry | ||
1934 | P. Perry | ||
1935 | P. Perry | ||
1936 | P. Perry | ||
1937 | P. Perry | ||
1938 | J.J. Gilmartin | ||
1939 | J.J. Gilmartin | ||
1940 | M. Walsh | ||
1941 | J. Dunne | ||
1942 | No championship | ||
1943 | No championship | ||
1944 | No championship | ||
1945 | No championship | ||
1946 | J.J. Gilmartin | ||
1947 | L. Rowe | ||
1948 | J. Bergin | ||
1949 | L. Rowe | ||
1950 | J. Bergin | ||
1951 | L. Rowe | ||
1952 | J. Ryan | ||
1953 | M. Griffin | ||
1954 | J. Ryan | ||
1955 | J. Ryan | ||
1956 | J. Ryan | ||
1957 | J. Ryan | ||
1958 | P. Downey | ||
1959 | F. Confrey | ||
1960 | F. Confrey | ||
1961 | P. Downey | ||
1962 | J.Delaney | ||
1963 | J. Maher | ||
1964 | J. Maher | ||
1965 | R. Lyng | ||
1966 | S. McCabe | ||
1967 | S. McCabe | ||
1968 | J. Maher | ||
1969 | J. Maher | ||
1970 | J. Maher | ||
1971 | R. Lyng | ||
1972 | P. Murphy | ||
1973 | J. Maher | ||
1974 | P. Kirby | ||
1975 | P. Kirby | ||
1976 | P. Kirby | ||
1977 | P. Kirby | ||
1978 | R. Lyng | ||
1979 | T. O'Rourke | ||
1980 | P. Ryan | ||
1981 | P. Reilly | ||
1982 | O. Harold | ||
1983 | A. Ryan | ||
1984 | T. O'Rourke | ||
1985 | |||
1986 | |||
1987 | |||
1988 | |||
1989 | |||
1990 | |||
1991 | |||
1992 | |||
1993 | |||
1994 | |||
1995 | |||
1996 | |||
1997 | |||
1998 | W. O'Connor | ||
1999 | |||
2000 | |||
2001 | |||
2002 | |||
2003 | T. Sheridan | ||
2004 | |||
2005 | |||
2006 | |||
2007 | |||
2008 | |||
2009 | |||
2010 | |||
2011 | R. McCarthy | ||
2012 | R. McCarthy | ||
2013 | R. McCarthy | ||
2014 | |||
2015 | R. McCarthy | ||
2016 | R. McCarthy | ||
2017 | R. McCarthy | ||
2018 | R. McCarthy | ||
2019 | |||
2020 | R. McCarthy | ||
2021 | No championship | ||
2022 | R. McCarthy | ||
2023 |
Team | Number of Wins | Winning Years | ||
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1 | 25 | 1926, 1929, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1962, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 | ||
2 | 16 | 1925, 1927, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1980, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019 | ||
3 | 9 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 | ||
- | 9 | 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1978 | ||
5 | 8 | 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 | ||
- | 8 | 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973 | ||
7 | 4 | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 | ||
8 | 3 | 1948, 1950, 1983 | ||
9 | 2 | 1958, 1961 | ||
- | 2 | 1966, 1967 | ||
- | 2 | 1979, 1984 | ||
- | 2 | 1998, 2003 | ||
13 | 1 | 1928 | ||
- | 1 | 1940 | ||
- | 1 | 1953 |