Derry Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition

For the Gaelic football equivalent, see Derry Senior Football Championship.

Derry Senior Hurling Championship

Current season or competition:
2023 Derry Senior Hurling Championship
Irish| Craobh Shinsear Iomána Dhoire
Founded| 1887
Trophy| Fr Collins Cup[1]
Title holders| Slaughtneil (17th title)
Most titles| Kevin Lynch's, Dungiven (23 titles)
Sponsors| McGurk Chartered Architects[1]

The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Derry GAA clubs. The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1887.

Slaughtneil are the title holders, defeating Kevin Lynch's in the Final in September 2023 to win their eleventh title in a row.

## Honours[edit]

The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Collins Cup.[1]

The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Slaughtneil are the only Derry team to have ever won the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship lifting the Four Seasons Cup in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021[2]

## Format[edit]

### Group stage[edit]

The 8 teams in the Derry Hurling Championship are divided into two groups of four.[3] Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three 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.

### Knockout stage[edit]

Senior final: The top teams in each group contest the senior final.

Intermediate final: The second-placed teams in each group contest the intermediate final.

Junior final: The third-placed teams in each group contest the junior final.

## Teams[edit]

### 2024 Teams[edit]

8 teams will compete in the 2024 Derry Senior Hurling Championship.

Club  | Location  | Colours  | Championship titles  | Last championship title

|
|
|
|

Ballinascreen | Draperstown | Maroon and white  | 3  | 1939
Banagher | Feeny / Park | Maroon and white  | 3  | 2005
Eoghan Rua | Coleraine | Maroon and green  | 0  | —
Kevin Lynch's | Dungiven | White and black  | 23  | 2011
Lavey | Lavey | Orange and black  | 18  | 2010
Na Magha | Derry | Green, white, and black  | 0  | —
Slaughtneil | Maghera | Maroon and white  | 17  | 2023
Swatragh | Swatragh | Green and white  | 1  | 2012

## List of finals[edit]

Year  | Winner  | Score  | Opponent  | Score

|
|
|
|

1887  | Ballinascreen |  |  |
1889  | Hibernians  |  |  |
1890  | No competition
1891  | St Patrick's, Waterside† |  |  |
1892  | No competition
1893  | No competition
1894  | No competition
1895  | No competition
1896  | No competition
1897  | No competition
1898  | No competition
1899  | No competition
1900  | No competition
1901  | No competition
1902  | No competition
1903  | No competition
1904  | No competition
1905  | St Patrick's, Waterside† |  |  |
1906  | Éire Óg  |  |  |
1907  | No competition
1908  | No competition
1909  | No competition
1910  | No competition
1911  | No competition
1912  | No competition
1913  | No competition
1914  | No competition
1915  | No competition
1916  | No competition
1917  | No competition
1918  | No competition
1919  | No competition
1920  | No competition
1921  | No competition
1922  | No competition
1923  | No competition
1924  | No competition
1925  | No competition
1926  | No competition
1927  | No competition
1928  | No competition
1929  | No competition
1930  | Burt |  |  |
1931[4] | Burt | 4-00  | Gaels  | 1-02
1932  | No competition
1933  | Sarsfields, Derry  |  |  |
1934  | Sarsfields, Derry  |  |  |
1935  | No competition
1936  | No competition
1937  | Aileach  |  |  |
1938  | Ballinascreen |  |  |
1939  | Ballinascreen |  |  |
1940  | Lavey |  |  |
1941  | No competition
1942  | No competition
1943  | Mitchels Coleraine  |  | Lavey |
1944  | Lavey |  | Sarsfields, Derry  |
1945  | Mitchels Coleraine  |  |  |
1946  | Lavey |  | Kevin Barry's, Derry† |
1947  | No competition
1948  | Lavey |  |  |
1949  | No competition
1950  | No competition
1951  | No competition
1952  | No competition
1953  | No competition
1954  | No competition
1955  | No competition
1956  | No competition
1957  | No competition
1958  | No competition
1959  | No competition
1960  | No competition
1961  | No competition
1962  | Lavey |  |  |
1963  | St Finbarr's, Loup |  |  |
1964  | St Finbarr's, Loup |  |  |
1965  | Slaughtneil |  |  |
1966  | Slaughtneil |  |  |
1967  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1968  | Slaughtneil |  |  |
1969  | Slaughtneil |  |  |
1970  | No competition
1971  | No competition
1972  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1973  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1974  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1975  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1976  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Ballinascreen |
1977  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1978  | Banagher |  |  |
1979  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1980  | Banagher |  |  |
1981  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1982  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1983  | Kevin Lynch's |  |  |
1984  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Ballinascreen |
1985  | Lavey |  | Kevin Lynch's |
1986  | Lavey |  | Kevin Lynch's |
1987  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Ballinascreen |
1988  | Lavey |  | Ballinascreen |
1989  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Ballinascreen |
1990  | Lavey |  | Drum |
1991  | Lavey |  | Kevin Lynch's |
1992  | Lavey |  | Slaughtneil |
1993  | Slaughtneil |  | Lavey |
1994  | Lavey |  | Slaughtneil |
1995  | Lavey |  | Slaughtneil |
1996  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Banagher |
1997  | Lavey |  | Ballinascreen |
1998  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Slaughtneil |
1999  | Lavey |  | Kevin Lynch's |
2000  | Slaughtneil | 1-14  | Banagher | 2-08
2001  | Lavey | 3-18  | Banagher | 2-11
2002  | Lavey | 1-12  | Slaughtneil | 0-07
2003  | Kevin Lynch's |  | Ballinascreen |
2004  | Kevin Lynch's | 4-09  | Slaughtneil | 1-09
2005  | Banagher | 2-09  | Kevin Lynch's | 1-11
2006  | Kevin Lynch's | 3-12  | Banagher | 2-14
2007  | Kevin Lynch's | 2-17  | Banagher | 1-11
2008[1], [2] | Kevin Lynch's | 1-12  | Swatragh | 0-12
2009  | Kevin Lynch's | 2-15  | Slaughtneil | 1-13
2010  | Lavey | 3-10  | Kevin Lynch's | 0-11
2011  | Kevin Lynch's | 5-11  | Lavey | 1-07
2012[5] | Swatragh | 2-10  | Banagher | 1-07
2013[6] | Slaughtneil | 4-13  | Ballinascreen | 2-11
2014[7] | Slaughtneil | 2-11  | Kevin Lynch's | 2-09
2015[8] | Slaughtneil | 5-26  | Swatragh | 1-05
2016[9] | Slaughtneil | 2-19  | Banagher | 1-12
2017[10] | Slaughtneil | 2-18  | Banagher | 0-14
2018  | Slaughtneil | 2-12  | Banagher | 0-10
2019[11] | Slaughtneil | 1-23  | Kevin Lynch's | 2-12
2020  | Slaughtneil | 0-23  | Kevin Lynch's | 0-11
2021[12] | Slaughtneil | 1-17  | Kevin Lynch's | 2-09
2022[13] | Slaughtneil | 2-18  | Kevin Lynch's | 1-08
2023[14] | Slaughtneil | 3-23  | Kevin Lynch's | 1-09

Notes

† 1891, 1905: St Patrick's, Waterside is now defunct. It was a club from the Waterside in Derry City.

†† 1946: Kevin Barry's is now defunct. It was a club from Derry City.

## Roll of honour[edit]

#  | Club  | Titles  | Years won

|
|
|

1  |  Kevin Lynch's | 23  | 1967†, 1972†, 1973†, 1974†, 1975†, 1976†, 1977†, 1979†, 1981†, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
2  |  Lavey | 18  | 1940, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1962, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010
3  |  Slaughtneil | 17  | 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,[12] 2022, 2023
4  |  Banagher | 3  | 1978, 1980, 2005
Ballinascreen | 3  | 1887, 1938, 1939
6  |  Burt†† | 2  | 1930, 1931
St Patrick's, Waterside  | 2  | 1891, 1905
Sarsfields Derry  | 2  | 1933, 1934
Mitchels Coleraine  | 2  | 1943, 1945
St Finbarr's Loup | 2  | 1963, 1964
11  | Hibernians  | 1  | 1889
Éire Óg  | 1  | 1906
Aileach  | 1  | 1937
Swatragh | 1  | 2012

Notes

† The 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1981 titles were won as Dungiven GAC.

†† Burt is a Donegal club.

## See also[edit]

* Derry Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Derry Junior Hurling Championship

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c McCann, Chris (30 September 2008). "Lynch's experience sees them edge out Davitt's". County Derry Post. pp. 94–95.
2. ^ "Slaughtneil 1-14 Ballycran 0-10: Dominant Derry side retain Ulster Hurling title". BBC Sport. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
3. ^ "Derry Club Championship draws 2023: All-Ireland finalists Glen learn fate in new-look SFC format". Belfast Live. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
4. ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Saturday, 27 June 1931; Page: 3
5. ^ "Derry SHC final: Converys inspire Swatragh". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
6. ^ "Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil end 13-year wait". Hogan Stand. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
7. ^ "Slaughtneil's stoppage-time blitz foils Lynch's in thriller". Irish Independent. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
8. ^ "Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil rout Swatragh". Hogan Stand. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
9. ^ "Derry SHC final: late Rogers brace seals Slaughtneil four-in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
10. ^ "Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil complete five-in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
11. ^ "Derry SHC final: Slaughtneil in seventh heaven". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
12. ^ a b "Derry Senior Hurling Championship final: Slaughtneil win ninth consecutive title". bbc.com. BBC. 24 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
13. ^ "Slaughtneil's Derry SHC domination continues with tenth consecutive title". Hogan Stand. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
14. ^ "Slaughtneil make it 11 Derry hurling titles in a row with victory over Kevin Lynch's/". www.derryjournal.com. Derry Journal. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

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