Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox GAA tournament The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top hurling teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland.

The series of games are played during the summer months, with the county final currently being played in Austin Stack Park in August. Initially played a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games. The 2020 championship reverted to a straight knock-out format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Kerry County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Kerry county final join the intermediate champions of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship.

The title has been won at least once by 21 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Kilmoyley who have won 26 titles.

Abbeydorney are the current title-holders after defeating Ballyduff by 1–17 to 1–10 in the 2024 championship final played at Austin Stack Park in Tralee.

History

Beginnings

The inaugural championship took place in 1889 with just five clubs entering. These were Abbeydorney, Ballyduff, Kenmare, Kilgarvan and Kilmoyley. The very first championship match was held on 10 March 1889 when Abbeydorney beat Ballyduff by 1–1 to 0–1. Walkovers and delays were regular occurrences in the early years of the championship, while no records exist for some championship finals. More clubs fielded teams as the years went on, with the championships of 1905 and 1913 being held on a league basis.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The championship suffered severe disruption between 1920 and 1924 due to the War of Independence and subsequent Civil War. Several championships were abandoned midway through, while the championships of 1921 and 1923 were cancelled. The last championship which failed to be completed was in 1935.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Club dominance

Since the beginning, the championship has been dominated at various times by Ballyduff and Kilmoyley who are collectively known as the "big two". They have won 51 championship titles between them. Kilmoyley dominated the first 25 years of the championship, winning ten titles between 1890 and 1914. The 1920s and 1930s saw a number of first-time winners, including Austin Stacks, Causeway and Lixnaw. Crotta O'Neill's also won their first championship in 1939 and dominated the next twelve years by winning eight titles in total.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The second half of the 20th century was dominated by Ballyduff. The club won 19 championship titles in a forty-year period between 1955 and 1995. The only club who came close to matching their dominance was Causeway who won six championships between 1979 and 1987. The first two decades of the 21st century has seen the Kilmoyley-Ballyduff hegemony continue. Kilmoyley won their first title after a 30-year fallow period in 2001, before claiming seven more titles up to 2016. Ballyduff won five championships between 2006 and 2017.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Kilmoyley won back to back titles in 2020–21 to give them ten titles in 20 years.

The 2022 final included a first, a live referee microphone for its national broadcast on TG4.[1] It was also the first time the Kerry County Hurling Final was shown on live national TV.[2]

Format

Group stage

The 9 clubs are divided into three groups of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed two 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 each group qualify for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams from each group are ranked (1–6) in terms of points accumulated and scoring difference. The two top-ranking teams receive byes to separate semi-finals.

Quarter-finals: Teams designated 3–6 contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and teams designated 1–2 contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Relegation

The three bottom-placed teams from the group stage take part in a series of play-offs, with the losing team being relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship.

Qualification

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2024 Teams

The 10 teams competing in the 2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship are:

Team Location Division Colours Position in 2024 In championship since Championship titles Last championship title
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Abbeydorney Abbeydorney North Kerry Black and amber Champions ? 5 2024
File:Colours of Limerick.svg Ballyduff Ballyduff North Kerry Green and white Runners-up ? 25 2017
File:Duhallow.png Ballyheigue Ballyheigue North Kerry Orange and black Semi-finals ? 5 2000
File:Colours of Galway.svg Causeway Causeway North Kerry Maroon and white Quarter-finals ? 9 2022
File:Colours of Mayo.svg Crotta O'Neill's Kilflynn North Kerry Red and green Quarter-finals ? 10 2023
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Dr Crokes Killarney East Kerry Black and amber Preliminary quarter-finals 2021 0 —
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Kilmoyley Kilmoyley North Kerry Green and gold Semi-finals ? 26 2021
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Lixnaw Lixnaw North Kerry Green and gold Quarter-finals ? 9 2018
File:Colours of Laois.svg St Brendan's Ardfert North Kerry Blue and white Quarter-finals ? 7 2013
File:Colours of Laois.svg Tralee Parnells Tralee Tralee District Blue and white Preliminary quarter-finals 2024 2 1919

Trophy

The Neilus Flynn Cup is presented to the winners of the championship and is named after Neilus Flynn, who captained Causeway and St Brendan's (Div.) to County Championship successes in 1932 and 1936 respectively. The Flynn family donated both the original trophy (in 1987) and the new cup to the Kerry County Board. The current trophy, which was designed by silversmith Fintan Foley, was presented for the first time to the 2018 champions, Lixnaw.

Roll of honour

By club

# Team Titles Runners-Up Championships won Championships runner-up
1 File:Colours of Kerry.svg Kilmoyley 26 16 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1900*, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1914, 1948, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021 1889, 1891, 1893, 1903, 1908, 1946, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1983, 1988, 2007, 2014, 2018
2 File:Colours of Limerick.svg Ballyduff 25 12 1891, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 1890, 1892, 1912, 1938, 1949, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2016, 2022, 2024
3 File:Colours of Mayo.svg Crotta O'Neill's 10 10 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1968, 2023 1952, 1957, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2011
4 File:Colours of Kerry.svg Lixnaw 9 21 1933, 1954, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018 1894, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1914*, 1942, 1953, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1982, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023
File:Colours of Galway.svg Causeway 9 8 1932, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1998, 2019, 2022 1973, 1978, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2020
6 File:Colours of Laois.svg St Brendan's 7 12 1949, 1952, 1967, 1975, 1986, 1990, 2013 1937, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2009, 2015, 2021
7 File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Abbeydorney 5 4 1893, 1896, 1913, 1974, 2024 1900*, 1954, 1971, 2005
File:Duhallow.png Ballyheigue 5 4 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000 1941, 1948, 1995, 2001
8 File:Colours of Down.svg Kenmare Shamrocks 4 9 1889, 1902, 1916*, 1942 1895, 1904, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1991
10 File:Colours of Cork.svg Kilgarvan 3 5 1953, 1956, 1958 1918, 1919, 1944, 1959, 1975
File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Austin Stacks 3 3 1928, 1929, 1931 1968, 1969, 1974
File:Colours of Kerry.svg Tralee Mitchels 3 0 1908, 1911, 1912 —
13 Tralee Celtic 2 1 1903, 1904 1902
File:Colours of Laois.svg Tralee Parnells 2 1 1918, 1919 1911
Kilflynn Pearses* 2 0 1937, 1938 —
16 Killarney 1 2 1969 1951, 1970
Tullig 1 0 1916* —
Tubrid 1 0 1917 —
Tralee 1 0 1925 —
St. Brendans[3] 1 0 1936 —
File:Colours of Sligo.svg Banna 1 0 1940 —
22 Boherbee 0 2 — 1928, 1929
Kilflynn 0 2 — 1931, 1933
File:Colours of Sligo.svg North Kerry 0 1 — 1925
File:Colours of Cork.svg Rathmore 0 1 — 1932
File:Colours of Kerry.svg John Mitchels 0 1 — 1936
Shannon Rovers 0 1 — 1939
File:Colours of Cork.svg Dingle 0 1 — 1940

Roll of honour notes

  • 1900 — as Kilmoyley A
  • 1900 — as Abbeydorney B
  • 1905 and 1913 — run on a league basis
  • 1914 — as Lixnaw Davis'
  • 1916 — disputed
  • 1928, 1929, 1931 — All as Rock Street
  • Kilflynn Pearses — Divisional team (Crotta & Kilflynn)
  • St. Brendans — Divisional team (Ardfert, Causeway & Ballyheigue) [3]

List of Finals

Legend

List of Kerry SHC finals

Year Winners Runners-up
Club Score Club Score
2024 Abbeydorney 1-17 Ballyduff 1-10
2023 Crotta O'Neill's 0-15 Lixnaw 1-09
2022[4] Causeway 2-15 Ballyduff 0-16
2021 Kilmoyley 1-14 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-11
2020 Kilmoyley 2-12 Causeway 1-14
2019[5] Causeway 2-13 Lixnaw 1-13
2018[6] Lixnaw 1-16 Kilmoyley 2-11
2017[7][8] Ballyduff 4-13 Lixnaw 1-19
2016[9][10] Kilmoyley 1-17, 1-18 (R) Ballyduff 2-14, 2-13 (R)
2015[11] Kilmoyley 3–15 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1–13
2014[12] Lixnaw 1–12 Kilmoyley 0–12
2013[13][14] St Brendan's, Ardfert 0–13, 0–13 (R) Lixnaw 1–10, 0–08 (R)
2012[15] Ballyduff 1–15 Lixnaw 1–09
2011[16] Ballyduff 2–11 Crotta O'Neill's 0–15
2010[17] Ballyduff 2–18 Lixnaw 2–09
2009[18] Kilmoyley 1–19 St Brendan's, Ardfert 2–08
2008[19] Kilmoyley 2–18 Causeway 0–08
2007[20] Lixnaw 1–15 Kilmoyley 2–06
2006[21] Ballyduff 1–17 Causeway 1–11
2005[22] Lixnaw 0–17 (replay) Abbeydorney 0–06
2004[23] Kilmoyley 2–15 Causeway 2–09
2003[24] Kilmoyley 2–10 Lixnaw 1–05
2002[25] Kilmoyley 1–16 Lixnaw 2–07
2001 Kilmoyley 2–08 Ballyheigue 2–07
2000[26] Ballyheigue 1–06 Ballyduff 0–08
1999 Lixnaw 0–09 (replay) Crotta O'Neill's 1–05
1998 Causeway 1-14 Crotta O'Neill's 2-10
1997 Ballyheigue 0-13 Causeway 0-05
1996 Ballyheigue 2-09 Ballyduff 0-07
1995 Ballyduff 3-09 Ballyheigue 2-05
1994 Ballyduff 2-07 Lixnaw 0-10
1993 Ballyduff 2-10 Lixnaw 0-08
1992 Ballyheigue 1-10 St. Brendan's, Ardfert 1-09
1991 Ballyduff 0–11 Kenmare 0–07
1990 St Brendan's, Ardfert 3–08 Ballyduff 0–14
1989 Ballyduff 1–12 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0–06
1988 Ballyduff 1-05 Kilmoyley 1-04
1987 Causeway 2-11 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-09
1986 St Brendan's, Ardfert 3-11 Crotta O'Neill's 2-04
1985 Lixnaw 2-11 Crotta O'Neill's 0-11
1984 Ballyduff 3-08 Causeway 2-03
1983 Lixnaw 1-09 Kilmoyley 1-06
1982 Causeway 2-11 Lixnaw 0-09
1981 Causeway 2-11 Ballyduff 1-10
1980 Causeway 0-11 St Brendan's, Ardfert 0-05
1979 Causeway 4-06 Crotta O'Neill's 1-12
1978 Ballyduff 0-09 Causeway 0-06
1977 Ballyduff 4-06 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-00
1976 Ballyduff 2-08 St Brendan's, Ardfert 2-06
1975 St Brendan's, Ardfert 5-07 Kilgarvan 3-06
1974 Abbeydorney 3-08 Austin Stacks 1-04
1973 Ballyduff 1-14 Causeway 1-06
1972 Ballyduff 2-09 Crotta O'Neill's 0-07
1971 Kilmoyley 2-12 Abbeydorney 1-12
1970 Kilmoyley 2-12 Killarney 4-04
1969 Killarney 2-06 Austin Stacks 2-05
1968 Crotta O'Neill's 1-06 Austin Stacks 1-05
1967 St Brendan's, Ardfert 1-08 Crotta O'Neill's 1-06
1966 Ballyduff 3-08 Lixnaw 3-07
1965 Ballyduff 2-11 Kilmoyley 2-03
1964 Kilmoyley 4-14 Lixnaw 5-05
1963 Kilmoyley W/O St Brendan's, Ardfert
1962 Kilmoyley 7-10 St Brendan's, Ardfert 4-03
1961 Ballyduff 5-07 St Brendan's, Ardfert 4-04
1960 Ballyduff 1-07 Lixnaw 1-05
1959 Ballyduff 3-05 Kilgarvan 2-02
1958 Kilgarvan 2-05 Kilmoyley 0-03
1957 Ballyduff 5-05 Crotta O'Neill's 2-00
1956 Kilgarvan 6-06 Kilmoyley 2-03
1955 Ballyduff 3-01 Kilmoyley 1-02
1954 Lixnaw 5-04 Abbeydorney 1-01
1953 Kilgarvan 4-04 Lixnaw 2-01
1952 St Brendan's, Ardfert 3-04 Crotta O'Neill's 2-02
1951 Crotta O'Neill's 3-03 Killarney 2-01
1950 Crotta O'Neill's 6-02 Kilmoyley 4-01
1949 St Brendan's, Ardfert 4-02 Ballyduff 2-04
1948 Kilmoyley 5-02 Ballyheigue 3-06
1947 Crotta O'Neill's 4-07 Kenmare 1-03
1946 Ballyheigue 2-01 Kilmoyley 0-02
1945 Crotta O'Neill's 5-07 Kenmare 2-05
1944 Crotta O'Neill's 9-05 Kilgarvan 2-02
1943 Crotta O'Neill's 3-03 Kenmare 1-03
1942 Kenmare 2-04 Lixnaw 2-02
1941 Crotta O'Neill's 4-03 Ballyheigue 2-03
1940 Banna 5-03 Dingle 2-03
1939 Crotta O'Neill's 8-06 Shannon Rovers 6-00
1938 Kilflynn Pearses 4-03 Ballyduff 4-01
1937 Kilflynn Pearses 7-01 St Brendan's, Ardfert 3-01
1936 St. Brendan's (Div) 5-01 John Mitchels 1-01
1935 Not Played
1934 Not Completed
1933 Lixnaw 2-01 Kilflynn 0-03
1932 Causeway 3-07 Rathmore 2-02
1931 Rock Street 8-02 Kilflynn 7-03
1930 Abandoned
1929 Rock Street 5-02 Boherbee 0-06
1928 Rock Street 4-02 Boherbee 0-02
1927 Championship Not Held
1926 Championship Not Held
1925 Tralee 8-05 North Kerry 2-03
1924 Abandoned
1923 Not Played
1922 Not Completed
1921 Not Played
1920 Abandoned
1919 Tralee Parnells W/O Kilgarvan
1918 Tralee Parnells 1-10 Kilgarvan 4-00
1917 Tubridy (game abandoned) Kenmare
1916 Tullig Gamecocks 2-04 Kenmare 2-01
1915 Not Played
1914 Kilmoyley W/O Lixnaw Davis'
1913 Abbeydorney Run on a league basis
1912 Tralee Mitchels 5-01 Ballyduff 5-00
1911 Tralee Mitchels 5-03 Tralee Parnells 1-02
1910 Kilmoyley 4-04 Kenmare 0-02
1909 Not held
1908 Tralee Mitchels 2-10 Kilmoyley 0-06
1907 Kilmoyley 1-00 Lixnaw 0-01
1906 Not held
1905 Kilmoyley Run on league basis
1904 Tralee Celtic 2-10 Kenmare 0-05
1903 Tralee Celtic 2-05 Kilmoyley 1-00
1902 Kenmare 2-02 Tralee Celtic 0-03
1901 Kilmoyley 2-09 Lixnaw 1-04
1900 Kilmoyley A 3-07 Abbeydorney B 1-02
1898-99 Not held
1897 No record of championship
1896 Abbeydorney 1-03 Lixnaw 0-04
1895 Kilmoyley 1-10 Kenmare 0-03
1894 Kilmoyley 3-07 Lixnaw 1-04
1893 Abbeydorney W/O Kilmoyley
1892 Kilmoyley W/O Ballyduff
1891 Ballyduff 1-00 Kilmoyley 0-02
1890 Kilmoyley 2-02 Ballyduff 0-00
1889 Kenmare 1-00 Kilmoyley 0-03

Player records

Winning captains

Team records and statistics

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Active gaps

Longest active gaps since last championship title:

See also

References

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