Donegal Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition

Donegal Senior Hurling Championship

Current season or competition:
2024 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
Irish| Craobh Iománaíocht Sinsear Co. Dhún na nGall
Code| Hurling
Founded| 1924
Region|  Donegal (GAA)
No. of teams| 8
Title holders|  Burt (40th title)
Most titles|  Burt (40 titles)
Sponsors| None

The Donegal Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Donegal GAA clubs. The County Final is usually played at O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny.

Burt are the title holders, defeating Setanta by 3-16 to 1-18 in the 2024 final.[1]

## Teams

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### 2024 Teams

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The 8 teams competing in the 2024 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship were:

Team  | Location  | Colours  | Position in 2024 | Titles won  | Most recent title

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An Clochán Liath | Dungloe | Red and white  | Group stage  | 0  | —
Aodh Ruadh | Ballyshannon | Green and white  | Group stage  | 5  | 1977
Buncrana | Buncrana | Green, white and gold  | Group stage  | 0  | —
Burt | Burt | Primrose and blue  | Champions  | 40  | 2024
Carndonagh | Carndonagh | Red and green  | Group stage  | 3  | 1959
Seán MacCumhaills  | Ballybofey and Stranorlar | Green and white  | Stage B group stage  | 2  | 2016
Setanta | Killygordon | Green and black  | Runners-up  | 18  | 2023
St Eunan's | Letterkenny | Amber and black  | Stage B group stage  | 2  | 2021

### 2024 grades

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Championship  | Team

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Senior / Intermediate
Senior  |  An Clochán Liath
Aodh Ruadh
Buncrana
Burt
Carndonagh
Seán MacCumhaills
Setanta
St Eunan's
Junior
Junior  |  Burt (2nd team)
Four Masters
Letterkenny Gaels
Setanta (2nd team)
St Eunan's (2nd team)

## History

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Burt hold the most SHC titles of any club in the country (40), having passed out Waterford Senior Hurling Championship club Mount Sion's total of 35 a few years ago.[citation needed]

## Format

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### Group stage

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The 8 teams are divided into two groups of four. 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. The top two teams in each group qualify for the knockout stage.

### Knockout stage

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Semi-finals: The two group winners and the two runners-up from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these games advance to the final.

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

### Donegal Intermediate Hurling Championship

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Semi-finals: The two group third placed teams and the two group third placed teams from the group stage contest the Intermediate championship. The two winners from these games advance to the Intermediate final.

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

### Relegation

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There is currently no direct relegation to the Donegal Junior Hurling Championship.

### Qualification

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

## Qualification for subsequent competitions

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

## Trophy

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The trophy presented to the winners is the Munster Cup.[2]

## List of finals

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### Legend

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* Gold – Ulster intermediate club champions
* Silver – Ulster intermediate club runners-up

### List of Donegal SHC finals

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Year  | Winner  | Opponent  | Notes

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Club  | Score  | Club  | Score
2024[3] | Burt | 3-16  | Setanta | 1-18  | This result ended Setanta's attempt at a three-in-a-row and was Burt's first title since 2018. Liam McKinney was man of the match.
2023[4] | Setanta | 4-13  | St Eunan's | 0-14  | Mark Callaghan was the winning captain.
2022[5] | Setanta | 1-20  | Burt | 0-18  | Liam McKinney was man of the match.
2021[6] | St Eunan's | 2-09  | Setanta | 0-14  | Conor O'Grady was the winning captain.[7]
2020[8] | Setanta | 2-19  | St Eunan's | 2-13  |
2019[9] | Setanta | 3-13  | St Eunan's | 0-13  |
2018[10] | Burt | 3-14  | Setanta | 1-14  |
2017[11] | Setanta | 1-16  | St Eunan's | 1-08  |
2016[12] | Seán MacCumhaills  | 2-13  | Burt | 2-09  |
2015[13] | Burt | 2-07  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 0-12  |
2014[14] | Burt | 6-09  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 1-09  |
2013[15] | Burt | 3-13  | Setanta | 2-14  |
2012[16] | Burt | 3-14  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 1-12  |
2011  | Burt | 3-11  | Setanta | 2-07  |
2010  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 0-15  | Setanta | 0-12  |
2009  | Burt | 3-13  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 2-12  |
2008  | Setanta | 4-07  | Burt | 1-07  |
2007  | Setanta | 3-08  | Burt | 0-07  |
2006  | Burt | 0-17  | Setanta | 0-15  |
2005[17] | Burt | 3-08  | Setanta | 0-11  |
2004  | Burt |  | Setanta |  |
2003  | Burt |  | Setanta |  |
2002  | Burt | 3-21  | St Eunan's | 2-09  |
2001  | Burt |  | Four Masters |  |
2000[18] | Burt | 5-17  | Setanta | 0-06  |
1999  | Burt | 1-12  | Setanta | 1-08  |
1998  | Burt | 3-13  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 0-03  |
1997  | Burt | 3-17  | Naomh Mura  | 3-09  |
1996[19] | Burt | 1-16  | Naomh Mura  | 1-06  |
1995  | Burt | 0-16  | Naomh Mura  | 2-05  |
1994  | Burt | 4-07  | Naomh Mura  | 1-04  |
1993  | Burt | 2-11  | Setanta | 3-07  |
1992  | Burt | 2-12  | Naomh Mura  | 2-08  |
1991  | Burt | 2-12  | Naomh Mura  | 1-09  |
1990  | Setanta | 3-08  | Burt | 0-16  |
1989  | Burt | 4-06  | Aodh Ruadh | 1-11  |
1988  | Setanta |  | Carndonagh  |  |
1987  | Setanta | 5-08  | Burt | 2-09  |
1986  | Setanta | 2-02  | Burt | 1-04  |
1985[20] | Setanta | 3-07  | Carndonagh  | 4-03  |
1984  | Setanta | 3-14  | Carndonagh  | 1-05  |
1983  | Setanta | 2-14  | Burt | 2-08  |
1982  | Burt | 1-08  | Setanta | 1-06  |
1981  | Setanta | 2-07  | Burt | 1-03  |
1980  | Setanta | 2-08  | Burt | 0-08  |
1979  | Burt | 3-09  | Setanta | 1-05  |
1978  | Robert Emmet's
& Burt | 1-08
2-05  | The 1978 final ended in a draw and was never replayed.
1977  | Aodh Ruadh | 6-08  | Roger Casement's  | 1-01  |
1976  | Burt | 3-07  | Aodh Ruadh | 2-06  |
1975  | Aodh Ruadh | 4-03  | Burt | 2-04  |
1974  | Setanta |  | Carndonagh  |  |
1973  | Setanta |  | Burt |  |
1972  | St Eunan's | 3-03  | Burt | 2-01  |
1971  | Burt | 9-11  | Aodh Ruadh | 3-02  |
1970  | Burt | 3-12  | Na Cealla Beaga | 1-03  |
1969  | Burt |  |  |  |
1968  | Burt |  |  |  |
1967  | Burt |  |  |  |
1966  | Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)  |  |  |  |
1965  | Burt |  |  |  |
1964  | Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)  |  |  |  |
1963  | Glenswilly |  |  |  |
1962  | Burt |  |  |  |
1961  | Burt |  |  |  |
1960  | Lifford  |  |  |  |
1959  | Carndonagh  |  |  |  |
1958  | Lifford  |  |  |  |
1957  | Burt |  |  |  |
1956  | Burt |  |  |  |
1955  | Burt |  |  |  |
1954  | Carndonagh  |  |  |  |
1953  | Letterkenny  |  |  |  |
1952  | Burt |  |  |  |
1951  |  |  |  |  |
1950  |  |  |  |  |
1949  |  |  |  |  |
1948  |  |  |  |  |
1947  | Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar)  |  | Burt |  |
1946  |  |  |  |  |
1945  | Letterkenny  |  |  |  |
1944  | Carndonagh  |  |  |  |
1943  | Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar)  |  | Aodh Ruadh |  |
1942  |  |  |  |  |
1941  |  |  |  |  |
1940  |  |  |  |  |
1939  |  |  |  |  |
1938  | Letterkenny  |  |  |  |
1937  | Carrowmore  |  |  |  |
1936  | Carrowmore  |  |  |  |
1935  | Carrowmore  |  |  |  |
1934  | Carrowmore  |  |  |  |
1933  | Letterkenny  |  |  |  |
1932  | Letterkenny  |  |  |  |
1931  |  |  |  |  |
1930  |  |  |  |  |
1929  | Aodh Ruadh |  |  |  |
1928  |  |  |  |  |
1927  | Finner Camp  |  |  |  |
1926  | Letterkenny  |  |  |  |
1925  | Aodh Ruadh |  |  |  |
1924[21] | Aodh Ruadh | 5-08  | Letterkenny  | 0-01  |

## Results by team

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#  | Team  | Title wins  | Runners-up  | Years won  | Years runner-up

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1  | Burt | 40  | 14  | 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024  | 1947, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2022
2  | Setanta | 18  | 15  | 1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023  | 1979, 1982, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2021, 2024
3  | Letterkenny  | 6  | 1  | 1926, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1945, 1953  | 1924
4  | Aodh Ruadh | 5  | 4  | 1924, 1925, 1929, 1975, 1977  | 1943, 1971, 1976, 1989
5  | Carrowmore  | 4  | 0  | 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937  | —
6  | Carndonagh | 3  | 4  | 1944, 1954, 1959  | 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988
7  | Seán MacCumhaills  | 2  | 5  | 2010, 2016  | 1998, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015
St Eunan's | 1972, 2021  | 2002, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023
Erin's Hope  | 0  | 1943, 1947  | —
Lifford  | 1958, 1960  | —
Erne Valley  | 1964, 1966  | —
12  | Finner Camp  | 1  | 1927  | —
Glenswilly | 1963  | —
14  | Naomh Mura  | 0  | 6  | —  | 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
Na Cealla Beaga | 1  | —  | 1970
Roger Casement's  | —  | 1977
Four Masters | —  | 2001

### Notes

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* Runners-up unknown: 1925–1927, 1929, 1932–1938, 1943–1945, 1947, 1952–1969

## See also

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* Donegal Intermediate Hurling Championship (Tier 2)
* Donegal Junior Hurling Championship (Tier 3)
* Donegal Senior Football Championship
* Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship

## References

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1. ^ "Brilliant Burt defeat Setanta to win SHC title". Donegal News. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
2. ^ McLaughlin, Gerry (4 September 2019). "Declan Coulter: Setanta focusing on Ulster and Keady tussle". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 September 2019. "On Saturday he picked up his second Donegal county hurling medal, fighting hard against a crippling injury to help his adopted club take its 15th Munster Cup."
3. ^ "Burt stun Setanta to claim Donegal SHC title in thriller at O'Donnell Park". Sunday Independent. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
4. ^ "Comhghairdeas Setanta Hurling Club the 2023 Grand Canal Hotel Senior Hurling Champions". Donegal County Board website. 12 August 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
5. ^ "Setanta's class prevails in extra-time to win SHC over Burt". Donegal Daily. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
6. ^ "St Eunan's end 49-year wait for Donegal SHC crown". Hogan Stand. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
7. ^ Craig, Frank (6 January 2022). "Donegal's O'Grady optimistic ahead of the 2022 campaign". Donegal News. p. 52\. "Domestically, it was an historic season for O'Grady and his St Eunan's team-mates. They caused a huge upset back in October by dethroning kingpins Setanta — a victory that delivered the Letterkenny club its first SHC title since 1972. O'Grady skippered the Black and Amber to that first championship win in half a century and he admits that the emotions from that massive achievement are still lingerng."
8. ^ "Donegal SHC: Setanta too good for St Eunan's". Irish Examiner. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
9. ^ "Donegal SHC final: Setanta goals sink St Eunan's". Hogan Stand. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
10. ^ "Donegal SHC final: Title number 39 for Burt". Donegal Sport Hub. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
11. ^ McNulty, Chris (16 September 2017). "Setanta make experience count to see off St Eunan's and become champions again". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
12. ^ "Donegal SHC final: MacCumhaills end Burt's long reign". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
13. ^ "Donegal SHC final: Five-in-a-row for Burt". Donegal Daily. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
14. ^ "Donegal SHC final: four-in-a-row for Burt". Hogan Stand. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
15. ^ "Donegal SHC final: Burt do it again". Hogan Stand. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
16. ^ "McLaughlin goal seals another title for Burt". Irish Examiner. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
17. ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Friday, 7 October 2005; Section: Front Page.
18. ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Friday, 4 August 2000; Page: 27.
19. ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Friday, 4 October 1996; Page: 19.
20. ^ Donegal News 1903-current, Saturday, 24 August 1985; Page: 12.
21. ^ "Tirconaill Senior Hurling Final - Big Victory for Ballyshannon". Donegal Democrat.

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