All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

Irish| Craobh Iomána Shóisear na hÉireann
Code| Hurling
Founded| 1912
Abolished| 2004
Region| Ireland (GAA)
No. of teams| 5 (final tournament)
Last Title holders|  Meath (6th title)
First winner|  Cork
Most titles|  Cork (11 titles)

The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker counties. In the years from 1961 to 1973 and from 1997 until now, the strong counties have competed for the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship instead. The competition was then restricted to the weaker counties. The competition was discontinued after 2004 as these counties now compete for the Nicky Rackard Cup instead.

From 1974 to 1982, the original format of the competition was abandoned, and the competition was incorporated in Division 3 of the National Hurling League. The original format, including the strong hurling counties was re-introduced in 1983.

## History[edit]

### Summary of winners[edit]

#  | County  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Total

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1  |  Cork | 11  | 4  | 15
2  |  Kilkenny | 9  | 6  | 15
Tipperary | 9  | 4  | 13
4  |  Meath | 6  | 3  | 9
5  |  London | 5  | 20  | 25
6  |  Limerick | 4  | 1  | 5
7  |  Warwickshire | 3  | 6  | 9
Mayo | 3  | 2  | 5
Dublin | 3  | 1  | 4
Armagh | 3  | 0  | 3
Roscommon | 3  | 0  | 3
12  |  Galway | 2  | 7  | 9
Louth | 2  | 3  | 5
Kerry | 2  | 2  | 4
Derry | 2  | 2  | 4
Clare | 2  | 2  | 4
Offaly | 2  | 1  | 3
Waterford | 2  | 1  | 3
Wexford | 2  | 1  | 3
Kildare | 2  | 0  | 2
Wicklow | 2  | 0  | 2
22  |  Monaghan | 1  | 3  | 4
Antrim | 1  | 2  | 3
Westmeath | 1  | 1  | 2
Down | 1  | 1  | 2
26  |  Hertfordshire | 0  | 2  | 2
Donegal | 0  | 2  | 2
Laois | 0  | 1  | 1
Britain | 0  | 1  | 1
Lancashire | 0  | 1  | 1
Carlow | 0  | 1  | 1
Fermanagh | 0  | 1  | 1
Tyrone | 0  | 1  | 1

### Participating teams[edit]

The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker counties. In the years from 1961 to 1973 and from 1997 until now, the strong counties have competed for the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship instead. The competition was then restricted to the weaker counties. The competition was discontinued after 2004 as these counties now compete for the Nicky Rackard Cup instead.

## Format[edit]

The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship features five teams in the final tournament. Up to 32 county teams contest the four provincial junior championships with the four respective champions qualifying for the All-Ireland series. The British county teams compete in their own championship and the winners join the other four provincial winners in the final tournament.

### Overview[edit]

The Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is currently no seeding. Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

### Format[edit]

Provincial championships: The provincial championships are played on a straight knockout basis.

Quarter-finals: The British champions and one of the provincial winners teams contest this round. The winners advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The quarter-final winner and the other provincial winners 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.

### Promotion[edit]

At the end of the championship, the winning team is automatically promoted to the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship for the following season.

## Qualification[edit]

The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship features five teams in the final tournament. Up to 32 county teams contest the four provincial junior championships with the four respective champions qualifying for the All-Ireland series. The British county teams compete in their own championship and the winners join the other four provincial winners in the final tournament.

Province  | Championship  | Qualifying Team

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Connacht | Connacht Junior Hurling Championship | Champions
Leinster | Leinster Junior Hurling Championship | Champions
Munster | Munster Junior Hurling Championship | Champions
Ulster | Ulster Junior Hurling Championship | Champions
Britain  | British Junior Hurling Championship  | Champions

## Teams[edit]

### 2004 Teams[edit]

The following teams competed in the 2004 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship:

County  | Location  | Stadium  | Province  | First year in championship  | In championship since  | Provincial championship  | Provincial titles  | Last provincial title  | Championship titles  | Last championship title

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Down |  |  |  |  |  | Ulster Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1993  |  | 1964
Fermanagh |  |  |  |  |  | Ulster Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1994  |  | —
Kildare |  |  |  |  |  | Leinster Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1966  |  | 1966
Kilkenny |  |  |  |  |  | Leinster Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1996  |  | 1995
London |  |  |  |  |  | British Junior Hurling Championship  |  | —  |  | 1963
Longford |  |  |  |  |  | Leinster Junior Hurling Championship |  | —  |  | —
Louth | Drogheda  | Drogheda Park  |  |  |  | Leinster Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1973  |  | 1977
Mayo | Castlebar  | McHale Park  |  |  |  | Connacht Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1967  |  | 2003
Meath |  |  |  |  |  | Leinster Junior Hurling Championship |  | 2003  |  | 1999
Sligo |  |  |  |  |  | Connacht Junior Hurling Championship |  | 1973  |  | —

## List of finals[edit]

Year  | Winner  | Runners-up

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County  | Score  | County  | Score
2005–  | No championship
2004 | Meath[1] | 2–09  | Down | 1–06
2003  | Mayo | 1–08  | Donegal | 0–09
2002  | Antrim | 2–07  | Meath | 1–06
2001  | Roscommon | 1–18  | Donegal | 2–03
2000  | Armagh | 1–11  | Meath | 1–04
1999  | Meath | 2–11  | Tyrone | 0–09
1998  | Meath | 1–14  | Monaghan | 1–09
1997  | Monaghan | 3–11  | Meath | 0–11
1996  | Galway | 1–14  | Kilkenny | 2–09
1995  | Kilkenny | 1–20  | Clare | 1–06
1994  | Cork | 2–13  | Kilkenny | 2–11
1993  | Clare | 3–10  | Kilkenny | 0–08
1992  | Wexford | 2–07, 0–13 (R)  | Cork | 0–13 1–08 (R)
1991  | Tipperary | 4–17  | London | 1–05
1990  | Kilkenny | 4–21  | Tipperary | 2–11
1989  | Tipperary | 0–12  | Galway | 0–08
1988  | Kilkenny | 1–12  | Tipperary | 0–10
1987  | Cork | 3–11  | Wexford | 2–13
1986  | Kilkenny | 1–17  | Limerick | 0–15
1985  | Wexford | 3–09  | Tipperary | 1–13
1984  | Kilkenny | 0–13  | Galway | 2–05
1983  | Cork | 3–14  | Galway | 2–15
1982  | Derry | 1–10  | Monaghan | 0–06
1981  | Mayo | 2–13  | Louth | 1–08
1980  | Mayo | 2–13  | Monaghan | 0–07
1979  | Armagh | 2–13  | Derry | 2–01
1978  | Armagh | 5–15  | Mayo | 2–06
1977  | Louth | 1–14  | Fermanagh | 2–04
1976  | Louth | 6–08  | Mayo | 4–09
1975  | Derry | 5–12  | Louth | 3–05
1974  | Roscommon | 2–11  | Derry | 2–09
1973  | Warwickshire | 6–09  | Louth | 3–08
1972  | Kerry | 5–05  | Warwickshire | 2–09
1971  | Wicklow | 4–09, 3–09, 4–06 * (2R)  | Hertfordshire | 3–11 2–12 3–08 (R)
1970  | Meath | 1–15, 3–14 (R)  | Hertfordshire | 4–06, 3–07 (R)
1969  | Warwickshire | 3–06  | Kerry | 0–11
1968  | Warwickshire | 1–14  | Kerry | 1–09
1967  | Wicklow | 3–15  | London | 4–04
1966  | Kildare | 4–06  | Warwickshire | 2–09
1965  | Roscommon | 3–09  | Warwickshire | 2–11
1964  | Down | 3–02  | London | 1–03
1963  | London | 4–07  | Antrim | 3–06
1962  | Kildare | 4–07  | London | 2–04
1961  | Kerry | 4–14  | London | 2–05
1960  | London | 2–04, 4–08 (R)  | Carlow | 2–04, 2–11 (R)
1959  | London | 5–10  | Antrim | 2–10
1958  | Cork | 7–10  | Warwickshire | 4–02
1957  | Limerick | 5–12  | London | 2–05
1956  | Kilkenny | 5–02  | London | 2–08
1955  | Cork | 6–10  | Warwickshire | 0–05
1954  | Limerick | 4–06  | London | 2–04
1953  | Tipperary | 4–10  | Warwickshire | 3–03
1952  | Dublin | 3–07  | London | 2–07
1951  | Kilkenny | 3–09  | London | 3–05
1950  | Cork | 5–05  | London | 2–04
1949  | London | 3–07  | Clare | 3–06
1948  | Meath | 3–05, 2–07 (R)  | London | 3–05, 2–05 (R)
1947  | Cork | 3–10  | London | 2–03
1946  | Kilkenny | 5–04  | London | 2–02
1945  | No championship
1944  | No championship
1943  | No championship
1942  | No championship
1941  | Limerick | 8–02  | Galway | 4–01
1940  | Cork | 3–03  | Galway | 3–01
1939  | Galway | 2–06  | London | 2–02
1938  | London | 4–04  | Cork | 4–01
1937  | Dublin | 7–08  | London | 3–06
1936  | Westmeath | 2–05  | Waterford | 3–01
1935  | Limerick | 4–09  | London | 3–03
1934  | Waterford | 3–05  | London | 3–03
1933  | Tipperary | 10–01  | London | 1–04
1932  | Dublin | 8–04  | London | 2–00
1931  | Waterford | 10–07  | Lancashire | 1–02
1930  | Tipperary | 8–06  | Kilkenny | 3–02
1929  | Offaly | 6–01  | Cork | 2–03
1928  | Kilkenny | 4–06  | Tipperary | 4–04
1927  | Meath | 2–03  | Britain | 1–01
1926  | Tipperary | 6–02  | Galway | 2–03
1925  | Cork | 5–06  | Dublin | 1–00
1924  | Tipperary | 5–05  | Galway | 1–02
1923  | Offaly | 3–04  | Cork | 3–02
1922  | No championship
1921  | No championship
1920  | No championship
1919  | No championship
1918  | No championship
1917  | No championship
1916  | Cork | 4–06  | Kilkenny | 3–04
1915  | Tipperary | 1–06  | Offaly | 2–02
1914  | Clare | 6–05  | Laois | 1–01
1913  | Tipperary | 2–02  | Kilkenny | 0–00
1912  | Cork | 4–06  | Westmeath | 2–01

* First game disputed – replay ordered

## Roll of honour[edit]

### By county[edit]

County  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Years won  | Years runners-up

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Cork | 11  | 4  | 1912, 1916, 1925, 1940, 1947, 1950, 1955, 1958, 1983, 1987, 1994  | 1923, 1929, 1938, 1992
Kilkenny | 9  | 6  | 1928, 1946, 1951, 1956, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1995  | 1913, 1916, 1930, 1993, 1994, 1996
Tipperary | 9  | 4  | 1913, 1915, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1933, 1953, 1989, 1991  | 1928, 1985, 1988, 1990
Meath | 6  | 3  | 1927, 1948, 1970, 1998, 1999, 2004  | 1997, 2000, 2002
London | 5  | 20  | 1938, 1949, 1959, 1960, 1963  | 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935 1937, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1991
Limerick | 4  | 1  | 1935, 1941, 1954, 1957  | 1986
Warwickshire | 3  | 6  | 1968, 1969, 1973  | 1953, 1955, 1958, 1965, 1966, 1972
Mayo | 3  | 2  | 1980, 1981, 2003  | 1976, 1978
Dublin | 3  | 1  | 1932, 1937, 1952  | 1925
Armagh | 3  | 0  | 1978, 1979, 2000  | —
Roscommon | 3  | 0  | 1965, 1974, 2001  | —
Galway | 2  | 7  | 1939, 1996  | 1924, 1926, 1940, 1941, 1983, 1984, 1989
Louth | 2  | 3  | 1976, 1977  | 1973, 1975, 1981
Kerry | 2  | 2  | 1961, 1972  | 1968, 1969
Derry | 2  | 2  | 1975, 1982  | 1974, 1979
Clare | 2  | 2  | 1914, 1993  | 1949, 1995
Offaly | 2  | 1  | 1923, 1929  | 1915
Waterford | 2  | 1  | 1931, 1934  | 1936
Wexford | 2  | 1  | 1985, 1992  | 1987
Kildare | 2  | 0  | 1962, 1966  | —
Wicklow | 2  | 0  | 1967, 1971  | —
Monaghan | 1  | 3  | 1997  | 1980, 1982, 1998
Antrim | 1  | 2  | 2002  | 1959, 1963
Westmeath | 1  | 1  | 1936  | 1912
Down | 1  | 1  | 1964  | 2004
Hertfordshire | 0  | 2  | —  | 1970, 1971
Donegal | 0  | 2  | —  | 2001, 2003
Laois | 0  | 1  | —  | 1914
Britain | 0  | 1  | —  | 1927
Lancashire | 0  | 1  | —  | 1931
Carlow | 0  | 1  | —  | 1960
Fermanagh | 0  | 1  | —  | 1977
Tyrone | 0  | 1  | —  | 1999

### By province[edit]

Division  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Total

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Munster | 30  | 14  | 44
Leinster | 29  | 18  | 47
Britain | 8  | 30  | 38
Ulster | 8  | 12  | 20
Connacht | 8  | 9  | 17

## Team records and statistics[edit]

### Provincial champions by year[edit]

Brackets = representative of province

Year  | Britain  |  Connacht |  Leinster |  Munster |  Ulster

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2004 | (London)  | Mayo | Meath | —  | Down
2003  | —  | (Mayo)  | Meath | —  | Donegal
2002  | —  | —  | Meath | —  | Antrim
2001  | —  | (Roscommon)  | —  | —  | Donegal
2000  | —  | —  | (Meath)  | —  | Armagh
1999  | —  | —  | (Meath)  | —  | Tyrone
1998  | —  | —  | (Meath)  | —  | Monaghan
1997  | —  | —  | (Meath)  | —  | Monaghan
1996  | —  | (Galway)  | Kilkenny | Cork | Tyrone
1995  | —  | —  | Kilkenny | Clare | Tyrone
1994  | —  | —  | Kilkenny | Cork | Fermanagh
1993  | —  | —  | Kilkenny | Clare | Down
1992  | —  | —  | Wexford | Cork | Down
1991  | (London)  | —  | Kilkenny | Tipperary | Armagh
1990  | —  | —  | Kilkenny | Tipperary | Armagh
1989  | —  | (Galway)  | Kilkenny | Tipperary | Donegal
1988  | —  | —  | Kilkenny | Tipperary | Monaghan
1987  | —  | —  | Wexford | Cork | Monaghan
1986  | —  | —  | Kilkenny | Limerick | Monaghan
1985  | —  | —  | Wexford | Tipperary | Cavan
1984  | —  | (Galway)  | Kilkenny | Cork | Derry
1983  | —  | (Galway)  | Kilkenny | Cork | Cavan
1982  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
1981  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —
1980  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —

### List of All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship counties[edit]

The following teams have competed in the championship for at least one season.

County  | Province  | First year in championship  | Most recent year in championship  | Championship titles  | Last championship title  | 2023 championship finish  | Best JHC finish  | Current championship  | Lvl

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Antrim | Ulster  |  |  | 1  | 2002  |  |  |  |
Armagh | Ulster  |  |  | 3  | 2000  |  |  |  |
Britain | Britain  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Carlow | Leinster  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Clare | Munster  |  |  | 2  | 1993  |  |  |  |
Cork | Munster  | 1912  |  | 11  | 1994  |  |  |  |
Derry | Ulster  |  |  | 2  | 1982  |  |  |  |
Donegal | Ulster  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Down | Ulster  |  |  | 1  | 1964  |  |  |  |
Dublin | Leinster  |  |  | 3  | 1952  |  |  |  |
Fermanagh | Ulster  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Galway | Connacht  |  |  | 2  | 1996  |  |  |  |
Hertfordshire | Britain  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Kerry | Munster  |  |  | 2  | 1972  |  |  |  |
Kildare | Leinster  |  |  | 2  | 1966  |  |  |  |
Kilkenny | Leinster  |  |  | 9  | 1995  |  |  |  |
Lancashire | Britain  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Laois | Leinster  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Limerick | Munster  |  |  | 4  | 1957  |  |  |  |
London | Britain  |  |  | 5  | 1963  |  |  |  |
Louth | Leinster  |  |  | 2  | 1977  |  |  |  |
Mayo | Connacht  |  |  | 3  | 2003  |  |  |  |
Meath | Leinster  |  |  | 6  | 2004  |  |  |  |
Monaghan | Ulster  |  |  | 1  | 1997  |  |  |  |
Offaly | Leinster  |  |  | 2  | 1929  |  |  |  |
Roscommon | Connacht  |  |  | 3  | 2001  |  |  |  |
Tipperary | Munster  |  |  | 9  | 1991  |  |  |  |
Tyrone | Ulster  |  |  | 0  | —  |  |  |  |
Warwickshire | Britain  |  |  | 3  | 1973  |  |  |  |
Waterford | Munster  |  |  | 2  | 1934  |  |  |  |
Westmeath | Leinster  | 1912  |  | 1  | 1936  |  |  |  |
Wexford | Leinster  |  |  | 2  | 1992  |  |  |  |
Wicklow | Leinster  |  |  | 2  | 1971  |  |  |  |

### Performances by province[edit]

#  | Team  | Wins  | Runners-Up  | Last Title  | Biggest Contributor  | Wins

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1  |  Munster | 30  | 14  | 1994  | Cork  | 11
2  |  Leinster | 29  | 18  | 2004  | Kilkenny  | 9
3  |  Britain | 8  | 30  | 1973  | London  | 5
Ulster | 8  | 12  | 2002  | Armagh  | 3
Connacht | 8  | 9  | 2003  | Mayo, Roscommon  | 3 each

## See also[edit]

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
* Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
* Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
* Munster Senior Hurling Championship
* Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
* All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
* All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Leinster Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Ulster Intermediate Hurling Championship
* All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
* Connacht Junior Hurling Championship
* Leinster Junior Hurling Championship
* Munster Junior Hurling Championship
* Ulster Junior Hurling Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Junior hurling glory - HoganStand". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.

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