Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2023 Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship | |
Irish | Craobh Iomána Uladh |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 1970 |
Region | Ulster (GAA) |
Trophy | Four Seasons Cup |
No. of teams | 3 |
Title holders | Ruairí Óg Cushendall (12th title) |
Most titles | Ruairí Óg Cushendall (12 titles) |
Sponsors | Allied Irish Banks |
TV partner(s) | TG4 |
Motto | The toughest of them all |
Official website | Ulster 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]
County | Championship | Qualifying team |
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Antrim | Antrim Senior Hurling Championship | Champions |
Derry | Derry Senior Hurling Championship | Champions |
Down | Down Senior Hurling Championship | Champions |
County | Titles | Runners-up | Total |
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Antrim | 42 | 9 | 51 |
Down | 7 | 29 | 38 |
Derry | 4 | 14 | 18 |
Armagh | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Club | Titles | Years won |
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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 |
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Ulster Championship titles, is as follows:
Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:
Year | Top scorer | Team | Score | Total |
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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 |
Final | Top scorer | Team | Score | Total |
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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 |