Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2023 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
CodeHurling
Founded1887
Region Dublin (GAA)
No. of teams10
Title holdersNa Fianna (1st title)
Most titlesFaughs (31 titles)
SponsorsGo-Ahead
TV partner(s)RTE/TG4
Official websiteDublin GAA

The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (Irish: Craobh Sinsear Iomána Átha Cliath) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1887 for the top hurling clubs in County Dublin, Ireland.

Sixteen clubs compete. Initially the teams are divided into four groups of four with the group matches being played from April to May with a break to accommodate the All-Ireland Championship and resume during August or September. The group stage is followed by a knock-out phase which takes place during the months of October and November.

Sponsored by Go-Ahead, it is therefore officially known as the Go-Ahead Dublin Senior Hurling Championship.

Since the establishment of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship in 1887, a total of 26 clubs have won the tournament. Faughs have been the most successful club having won 31 titles.

Na Fianna are the title holders.

History

Origins

The game of hurling has been played in Dublin long since before the foundation of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the GAA. According to Irish historian James Ware (1594–1666), it was customary in the 13th century for the inhabitants of Dublin to organise hurling matches on festive days. On Easter Monday 1209, hundreds of Dublin citizens left the safety of the city walls and descended on the woods near Cullenswood, now Ranelagh, for a hurling match. Tragically, the hurlers and spectators were ambushed by rival clans who had come down from the Wicklow Mountains. Over three hundred Dubliners (including women and children) were slaughtered in the 1209 Cullenswood massacre. This day was commemorated by the citizens of Dublin for many centuries afterwards and became known as Black Monday.

Other early written accounts of hurling matches in Dublin include several 18th century newspaper reports. According to these reports, the most popular hurling venues in Dublin at that time were the Crumlin Commons, Irishtown Green and Phoenix Park. One such account recalls a match which took place on the Crumlin Commons in May 1748, where a selection of hurlers from Leinster defeated 20 hurlers from Munster. In a re-match a month later, the Leinster hurlers proved their worth by beating the Munster selection for a second time. Another report describes a hurling match which took place on Irishtown Green in 1757. The game was held between married men and bachelors for a wager of 50 guineas a side. The tradition of a 'married versus singles' hurling match is still staged by many Dublin hurling clubs on St. Stephen's Day. In 1778, police officers dispersed a crowd on Summerhill that had assembled in the fields there every Sunday during the summer for the purpose of playing football and hurling. It is believed that this was the exact spot where Croke Park now stands. According to the Freeman's Journal, in August of 1779, there was a bet between the penny boys of Smithfield, who had arranged a bull bait for the Fifteen Acres, that they would draw a bigger crowd than "the hurlers of the Phoenix Park". An account from 1792 describes a hurling match which took place in Phoenix Park in front of what was described as a vast concourse of spectators. The report claims that the game had to be abandoned before full-time because the spectators forced their way onto the playing ground.

Foundation

The game of hurling illustrated by the Dublin Metropolitan Hurling Club in 1884.

The organisation of hurling clubs in Dublin also predates the foundation of the GAA. In 1882, Michael Cusack attended the first meeting of the 'Dublin Hurling Club', formed "for the purpose of taking steps to re-establish the national game of hurling". In September 1883, Cusack began to organise hurling practices in Phoenix Park on Saturday afternoons. The game had long been lost to the city and to most of the remaining parts of the country as well. As a consequence, just four men turned up on that first Saturday. Slowly the numbers grew, with intrigued spectators joining in. Eventually, Cusack had sufficient numbers to found 'Cusack's Academy Hurling Club' which, in turn, led to the establishment of the Metropolitan Hurling Club. Cusack then established a hurling club in his school on Gardiner Place in October 1883. Immediately, the two clubs began to play matches against each other. A report, written by Cusack, records a game’ played in December 1883: "During the third and fourth quarters the hurling became so fast and furious, the goals were so threatened on the one hand and defended on the other, that spectators expected to be called on after each charge to help the disabled to Steevens Hospital." On Easter Monday 1884, the Metropolitans played Killimor, in Galway. The game had to be stopped on numerous occasions as the two teams were playing to different rules. It was this clash of styles that convinced Cusack that not only did the rules of the games need to be standardised, but that a body must be established to govern Irish sports.

On Saturday, 1 November 1884, the GAA was founded in Hayes' Hotel, Thurles, County Tipperary. Michael Cusack was among the founding members present that day. From then on, Gaelic games adopted a more structured approach and were governed in each county by a separate body known as the county board. The Dublin County Board was set up in 1886 and within a year had organised a hurling competition known today as the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship. In 1887, the first Dublin Senior Hurling Championship was played out and was won by the Metropolitans, previously formed by Cusack in 1883.

Records and statistics

The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship has been contested 124 times since its inception in 1887. The first team to win the tournament was the Metropolitans, who never won the title again. The most successful club in the history of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship has been Faughs who have won the competition on 31 occasions, their last title captured in 1999. St Vincents, who are the most successful football club in Dublin, are second with a total of 13 titles, their last in 1993. The record for most consecutive titles is held by Commercials, Garda and more recently Ballyboden St Enda's who each secured a five-in-a-row between the years 1895-99, 1925–29 and 2007-2011 respectively.

Ballyboden St Enda's won 5 consecutive titles since 2007 and contested a total of 8 finals in the last 10 years. In 2009, they won the double, claiming both the hurling and football championship. This was the first time that a Dublin club had won the double since St Vincents had achieved it in 1981.

Format

Group stage

The 10 teams are divided into two groups of five. 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 four 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 three teams in each group qualify for the knock-out stage.

Knockout stage

Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams from each group receive byes to separate semi-finals.

Quarter-finals: Teams that finished 2nd and 3rd in the group stage contest this round. The two 2nd placed teams play the 3rd placed teams from the opposite group. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and the two group 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.

Relegation

At the end of the championship, the two 4th-placed teams and two 5th-placed teams from the group stage take part in a series of play-offs, with the losing team being relegated to the Dublin Senior 2 Hurling Championship.

Teams

2023 teams

30 clubs will compete in the 2023 Dublin Senior Hurling Championships: ten teams in Senior 1, ten teams in Senior 2 and ten teams in Senior 3.

Senior 1 teams

Team Location Division Colours In Senior 1 championship since Championship titles Last championship title
Ballyboden St Enda's Knocklyon South Dublin Blue and white 2022 (first year) 7 2018
Cuala Dalkey Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Blue and white 2022 (first year) 8 2020
Faughs Templeogue South Dublin Green and yellow 2023 31 1999
Kilmacud Crokes Stillorgan Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Purple and yellow 2022 (first year) 7 2022
Lucan Sarsfields Lucan South Dublin White and green 2022 (first year) 0
Na Fianna Glasnevin Dublin City Yellow and blue 2022 (first year) 1 2023
St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh Navan Road Dublin City Maroon and gold 2022 (first year) 1 1951
St Brigid's Castleknock Fingal Red and white 2022 (first year) 0
St Vincent's Marino Dublin City Blue and white 2022 (first year) 13 1993
Whitehall Colmcille Collins Avenue Dublin City White and red 2023 0

Senior 2 teams

Team Location Division Colours In Senior 2 championship since Dublin Senior Championship titles Last senior championship title
Ballinteer St John’s Ballinteer South Dublin Orange and black 2022 (first year) 0
Ballyboden St Enda's Knocklyon South Dublin Blue and white stripes 2022 (first year) 7 2018
Castleknock Castleknock Fingal Blue and yellow 2022 (first year) 0
Clontarf Clontarf Dublin City Red and white 2023 0
Craobh Chiaráin Donnycarney Dublin City Maroon and yellow 2023 5 2006
Kilmacud Crokes Stillorgan Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Purple and gold 2022 (first year) 7 2022
Naomh Barróg Kilbarrack Dublin City Green and red 2023 0
Naomh Fionnbarra Cabra Dublin City Blue and white 2022 (first year) 0
St Jude's Templeogue South Dublin Navy and Sky Blue 2023 0
Thomas Davis Tallaght South Dublin Green with gold sash 2022 (first year) 1 1913

Senior 3 teams

Team Location Division Colours In Senior 3 championship since Dublin Senior Championship titles Last senior championship title
Cuala Dalkey Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Red and white 2022 (first year) 8 2020
Erins Isle Finglas Dublin City Green with black band 2022 (first year) 1 1983
Na Fianna Glasnevin Dublin City Yellow and blue 2023 1 2023
Naomh Mearnóg Portmarnock Fingal Black and amber 2023 0
Naomh Olaf Balally Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Claret and blue 2022 (first year) 0
O'Tooles Ayrfield Dublin City Green and white 2022 (first year) 8 2002
Raheny Raheny Dublin City Maroon and white 2022 (first year) 0
Scoil Uí Chonaill Dublin City Royal blue, maroon and amber 2023 0
Setanta Ballymun Dublin City 2022 (first year) 0
St Sylvester's Malahide Fingal Blue with a green sash 2023 0

Roll of honour

# Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
1 Faughs 31 22 1892, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1999 1899, 1907, 1908, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1969, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980
2 St Vincents 13 14 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1993 1951, 1952, 1959, 1961, 1970, 1971, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2010
3 Commercials 9 3 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1916 1906, 1911, 1929
4 UCD 8 8 1934, 1947, 1948, 1961, 1968, 2000, 2004, 2005 1932, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1945, 1950, 1965
O'Tooles 8 6 1969, 1977, 1984, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002 1972, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2011
Cuala 8 2 1989, 1991, 1994, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 1987, 2012
7 Ballyboden St Enda's 7 7 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018 1983, 1988, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2020, 2023
Kilmacud Crokes 7 7 1974, 1976, 1985, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022 1968, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018
9 Young Irelands 6 5 1932, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1949, 1965 1924, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1963
Garda 6 2 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931 1930, 1933
11 Craobh Chiaráin 5 7 1971, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2006 1975, 1976, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2002, 2009
12 Kickhams 4 3 1889, 1890, 1908, 1924 1910, 1913, 1920
13 Collegians 3 2 1917, 1918, 1919 1914, 1923
Rapparees 3 0 1891, 1894, 1912
Army Metro 3 0 1933, 1935, 1938
16 New Irelands 2 3 1958, 1959 1956, 1957, 1960
Crumlin 2 3 1978, 1979 1993, 1994, 1998
18 Eoghan RuadhsA 1 5 1951 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944
St ColumbasB 1 4 1956 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967
Davitts 1 3 1893 1887, 1889, 1891
Thomas Davis 1 3 1913 1909, 1912, 1915
Na Fianna 1 2 2023 2021, 2022
St Brendan's 1 1 1980 1979
Erins Isle 1 1 1983 1986
Metropolitans 1 0 1887
Junior Board Selection 1 0 1963
CrokesC 1 0 1966
28 St Jude’s 0 2 2014, 2015
St Brigid's 0 2 2003, 2019
Dunleary 0 1 1888
Erin's Pride 0 1 1890
Celtics 0 1 1895
Grocers 0 1 1921
Kevin's 0 1 1926
Civil Service 0 1 1953
Lucan Sarsfields 0 1 2013

No competition: 1888, 1902.

A: Eoghan Ruadhs Hurling Club and St Oliver Plunketts Football Club amalgamated to form St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh GAA in the 1990s.

B: St Columbas Hurling Club and St Agnes Football Club amalgamated to form Crumlin GAA in 1970.

C: Crokes Hurling Club and Kilmacud Football Club amalgamated to form Kilmacud Crokes GAA in 1966.

List of finals

Year Winners Runners-up Referee
Club Score Club Score
2023 Na Fianna 2-19 Ballyboden St Enda's 0-09 Chris Mooney
2022 Kilmacud Crokes 0-20 Na Fianna 0-17 Thomas Gleeson
2021 AET Kilmacud Crokes 4-26 Na Fianna 2-25 Chris Mooney
2020 Cuala 2-20 Ballyboden St Enda's 1-18 Seán Stack
2019 Cuala 1-18 St Brigid's 1-14 Thomas Gleeson
2018 Replay Ballyboden St Enda's 2-15 Kilmacud Crokes 1-15 Jason Buckley
2018 AET Ballyboden St Enda's 2-17 Kilmacud Crokes 1-20 Chris Mooney
2017 Cuala 1-13 Kilmacud Crokes 0-13 Finbarr Gaffney
2016 Cuala 1-15 Kilmacud Crokes 0-15 Seán Stack
2015 Cuala 3-14 St Jude's 0-13 Antoin Keating
2014 Kilmacud Crokes 2-16 St Jude's 1-15 Danny Harrington
2013 Ballyboden St Enda's 0-13 Lucan Sarsfields 0-10 James Brennan
2012 Kilmacud Crokes 2-10 Cuala 0-09 Peader Behan
2011 Ballyboden St Enda's 3-12 O'Toole's 0-09 Gearoid McGrath
2010 Ballyboden St Enda's 3-17 St Vincent's 1-10 Dave O'Donovan
2009 Ballyboden St Enda's 1-16 Craobh Chiaráin 1-12 Eoin Mullarkey
2008 Ballyboden St Enda's 0-17 Kilmacud Crokes 0-07 Paddy Power
2007 Ballyboden St Enda's 2-13 St Vincent's 1-05 Camilus Fitzpatrick
2006 Craobh Chiaráin 2-10 Ballyboden St Enda's 2-08 Mick Butler
2005 UCD 3-13 St Vincent's 2-10 Dave O'Donovan
2004 UCD 1-13 Ballyboden St Enda's 0-09 Tony Lambe
2003 Craobh Chiaráin 3-15 St Brigid's 3-06 Aodhan MacSuibhne
2002 Replay O'Toole's 1-13 Craobh Chiaráin 2-07 Paul Tobin
2002 O'Toole's 3-09 Craobh Chiaráin 0-18 Eoin Mullarkey
2001 Craobh Chiaráin 2-11 Ballyboden St Enda's 1-13 Aodhan MacSuibhne
2000 UCD 3-15 St Vincent's 1-09 Eamonn Morris
1999 Faughs 1-11 Craobh Chiaráin 2-05 Gene Hernon
1998 Craobh Chiaráin 2-11 Crumlin 1-06 Eamonn Morris
1997 O'Toole's 2-10 St Vincent's 0-08 L Ó Maolamhnaigh
1996 O'Toole's 2-12 Kilmacud Crokes 2-10 N O'Donncha
1995 O'Toole's 2-08 St Vincent's 0-10
1994 Cuala 1-16 Crumlin 0-16 M Kiely
1993 St Vincent's 3-10 Crumlin 2-11 C Ó Foghlú
1992 Faughs 2-13 Craobh Chiaráin 1-06 Aodhan MacSuibhne
1991 Replay Cuala 4-06 Craobh Chiaráin 1-07 S Ó Horgáin
1991 Cuala 0-08 Craobh Chiaráin 0-08 S Ó Horgáin
1990 Replay O'Toole's 2-16 St Vincent's 1-13 Aodhan MacSuibhne
1990 O'Toole's 0-14 St Vincent's 1-11 Aodhan MacSuibhne
1989 Cuala 2-08 St Vincent's 1-05
1988 St Vincent's 2-16 Ballyboden St Enda's 1-14 J F Bailey
1987 Faughs 1-11 Cuala 1-07
1986 Faughs 1-07 Erins Isle 1-04
1985 Kilmacud Crokes 2-10 O'Toole's 1-11 J F Bailey
1984 O'Toole's 0-14 Kilmacud Crokes 0-10
1983 Erins Isle 2-09 Ballyboden St Enda's 2-06
1982 St Vincent's 3-04 O'Toole's 0-10 J.F. Bailey
1981 Replay St Vincents 5-10 O'Toole's 3-10
1981 St Vincents 2-07 O'Toole's 1-10 J Leonard
1980 St Brendan's 6-10 Faughs 4-13
1979 Replay Crumlin 1-17 St Brendan's 0-10
1979 Crumlin 0-10 St Brendan's 0-10
1978 Crumlin 3-13 Faughs 1-11 M McCoy
1977 O'Toole's 0-14 Faughs 1-09 N. O'Donoghue
1976 Kilmacud Crokes 0-17 Craobh Chiaráin 2-08
1975 St Vincent's 4-08 Craobh Chiaráin 1-11 G. Somerville
1974 Kilmacud Crokes 3-13 Faughs 4-09 S. Barcoe
1973 Replay Faughs 2-07 O'Tooles 1-06 B. Lowth
1973 Faughs 2-08 O'Tooles 1-11 B. Lowth
1972 Faughs 1-12 O'Tooles 3-02 C. Foley
1971 Craobh Chiaráin 3-18 St Vincent's 3-06 T. Kearney
1970 Faughs 5-15 St Vincent's 3-09
1969 O'Tooles 4-08 Faughs 2-09
1968 Replay UCD 7-09 Kilmacud Crokes 2-08
1968 UCD 3-08 Kilmacud Crokes 3-08 J. Grey
1967 St Vincent's 3-13 St Columbas 1-09 C. Foley
1966 Crokes 6-07 St Columbas 7-03
1965 Young Irelands 2-11 UCD 3-05 P. Edwards
1964 St Vincent's 1-10 St Columbas 1-05 Willie Walsh
1963 Junior Board Selection 4-13 Young Irelands 2-06 C. McLoughlin
1962 St Vincent's 3-10 St Columbas 3-02
1961 UCD 3-09 St Vincent's 1-09 C. Foley
1960 St Vincent's 3-10 New Irelands 2-06 C. Foley
1959 New Irelands 2-11 St Vincent's 2-06 E. Barron
1958 New Irelands 4-11 Faughs 0-08 C. McLoughlin
1957 St Vincent's 3-10 New Irelands 3-04
1956 St Columbas 2-12 New Irelands 1-08 C. McLoughlin
1955 St Vincent's 5-08 Faughs 4-09 P. Connell
1954 St Vincent's 4-08 Faughs 2-07
1953 St Vincent's 4-10 Civil Service 3-05
1952 Faughs 2-10 St Vincent's 4-01 J. Silke
1951 Eoghan Ruadhs 6-06 St Vincent's 2-08 R. O'Shea
1950 Faughs 5-05 UCD 2-10 R. Howard
1949 Young Irelands 2-11 Faughs 4-04 Dr. J.J. Stuart
1948 UCD 3-08 Faughs 2-07 G. Kelly
1947 UCD 4-09 Faughs 6-02
1946 Faughs 7-05 Young Irelands 0-05
1945 Faughs 5-06 UCD 4-05
1944 Faughs 2-11 Eoghan Ruadhs 2-08
1943 Young Irelands 6-10 UCD 3-03 G. Kelly
1942 Young Irelands 4-06 Eoghan Ruadhs 2-07
1941 Faughs 2-09 Eoghan Ruadhs 2-06
1940 Faughs 3-05 Eoghan Ruadhs 1-10 Dr. C. Stuart
1939 Faughs 3-10 Eoghan Ruadhs 3-01 J. Hehir
1938 Army Metro 4-08 Young Irelands 5-04
1937 Young Irelands 7-04 UCD 2-04
1936 Faughs 4-08 UCD 3-04
1935 Army Metro 3-04 UCD 1-04
1934 UCD 4-05 Young Irelands 2-04
1933 Army Metro 3-06 Garda 3-04
1932 Young Irelands 8-02 UCD 3-01
1931 Garda 5-04 Faughs 3-02
1930 Faughs 2-03 Garda 1-01
1929 Garda 8-05 Commercials 2-00
1928 Garda 3-04 Faughs 1-01 J. Hawe
1927 Garda 4-06 Faughs 3-02 W. Small
1926 Garda 7-14 Kevin's 1-03
1925 Garda 8-10 Faughs 2-02 P. Kennefick
1924 Kickhams 6-07 Young Irelands 5-02 W. Small
1923 Faughs 7-09 Collegians 1-00
1922 Faughs
1921 Faughs 6-03 Grocers 1-03
1920 Faughs 3-04 Kickhams 1-00 G. Kennefick
1919 Collegians 8-05 Faughs 2-01 J. Fletcher
1918 Collegians 3-00 Faughs 0-05
1917 Collegians 3-05 Faughs 1-05
1916 Commercials 4-05 Faughs 3-03
1915 Faughs 9-05 Thomas Davis 2-05 P. Kennefick
1914 Faughs 11-03 Collegians 3-01 F. Crowe
1913 Davis 4-07 Kickhams 2-00
1912 Rapparees 4-00 Davis 2-01
1911 Faughs 4-01 Commercials 4-00 P. Kennefick
1910 Faughs 2-13 Kickhams 1-09 J. Quigley
1909 Commercials 2-11 Davis 1-08
1908 Kickhams 2-06 Faughs 2-04 John Quigley
1907 Commercials 2-04 Faughs 0-09 F. Crowe
1906 2nd Replay Faughs 1-11 Commercials 2-07
1906 Replay Faughs 2-03 Commercials 0-09
1906 Faughs 5-04 Commercials 5-04
1905 Commercials
1904 Faughs
1903 Faughs
1902 No Competition
1901 Faughs
1900 Faughs
1899 Commercials 6-07 Faughs 2-05 L. O'Kelly
1898 Commercials
1897 Commercials
1896 Commercials
1895 Commercials 1-10 Celtics 1-02 W. Keogh
1894 Rapparees
1893 Davitts
1892 Davitt-Faughs
1891 Rapparees 4-02 Davitts 1-05 C. Thomson
1890 Kickhams 3-06 Erin's Pride 0-02 T. Power
1889 Kickhams 3-07 Davitts 0-05
1888 Kickhams 2-06 Dunleary 1-?
1887 Metropolitans 4-12 (6 forfeit points) Davitts 1-05 (3 forfeit points) L. O'Toole

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