Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship
| Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Current season or competition: File:Current event clock.svg 2025 Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship | |
| File:Colours of Wicklow.svg | |
| Irish | Craobh Iomána Sinsearach Chill Mhantáin |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Region | File:Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow (GAA) |
| Trophy | O'Donoghue Cup |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Title holders | File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Carnew Emmets (20th title) |
| Most titles | File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Carnew Emmets (20 titles) |
| Sponsors | Lightning Protection Ireland[1] |
| Official website | Wicklow GAA |
The Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lightning Protection Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Wicklow SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Wicklow in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Wicklow hurling.
In its current format, the Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship begins with a group stage. The six participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. The four top-ranking teams proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Echelon Park. The winner of the Wicklow Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the O'Donoghue Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Championship.
The competition has been won by 14 teams, 10 of which have won it more than once. Carnew Emmets is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 20 times. Carnew Emmets are the reigning champions, having beaten Bray Emmets by 0-16 to 2-08 in the 2025 final.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]The first senior championship was won by Barndarrig in 1923. There was no Wicklow championship in 1938. There are currently seven teams taking part in the Championship:
- Carnew Emmets
- Glenealy
- Eire Óg
- Bray Emmets
- Kiltegan
Format
[edit | edit source]Group stage
[edit | edit source]Six clubs start in the group stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed five 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 four teams qualify for the knockout stage
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Semi-finals: The top four teams from the group stage 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.
Teams
[edit | edit source]2026 Teams
[edit | edit source]| Club | Location | Colours | Position in 2025 | In championship since | Championship titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Colours of Monaghan.svg Aughrim | Aughrim | White and blue | Intermediate champions | 2026 | ? | ? |
| File:Colours of Limerick.svg Avondale | Rathdrum | Green and white | Semi-finals | 2025 | 14 | 1983 |
| File:BrayEmmets.png Bray Emmets | Bray | Navy and green | Runners-up | ? | 10 | 2024 |
| File:Colours of Clare.svg Carnew Emmets | Carnew | Blue and yellow | Champions | ? | 20 | 2025 |
| File:Colours of Laois.svg Éire Óg Greystones | Greystones | Blue and white | Group stage | ? | 0 | — |
| File:Colours of Cork.svg Glenealy | Glenealy | Red and white | Quarter-finals | ? | 16 | 2018 |
| File:Colours of Cork.svg Kiltegan | Kiltegan | White and red | Semi-finals | ? | 8 | 2001 |
| File:Colours of Laois.svg St Patrick's | Wicklow | Blue and white | Quarter-finals | 2024 | 6 | 1992 |
2023 grades
[edit | edit source]| Championship | Club |
|---|---|
| Senior championships | |
| Senior | Avondale |
| Bray Emmets | |
| Carnew Emmets | |
| Éire Óg Greystones | |
| Glenealy | |
| Kiltegan | |
| Intermediate championships | |
| Intermediate | Arklow Rock Parnells |
| Aughrim | |
| Avondale (2nd team) | |
| Bray Emmets (2nd team) | |
| Carnew Emmets (2nd team) | |
| Glenealy (2nd team) | |
| Kilcoole | |
| St Patrick's | |
| Western Gaels | |
| Junior championships | |
| Junior | Arklow Rock Parnells (2nd team) |
| Barndarrig | |
| Bray Emmets (3rd team) | |
| Éire Óg Greystones (2nd team) | |
| Kilcoole (2nd team) | |
| Kiltegan (2nd team) | |
| Knockananna | |
Qualification for subsequent competitions
[edit | edit source]At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.
Roll of honour
[edit | edit source]By club
[edit | edit source]| # | Club | Titles | Championships won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carnew Emmets | 20 | 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2025 |
| 2 | Glenealy | 16 | 1957, 1958, 1959, 1975, 1986, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 |
| 3 | Avondale | 14 | 1908, 1915, 1931, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1983 |
| 4 | Barndarrig | 12 | 1923, 1924, 1926, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1988 |
| 5 | Rathnew | 11 | 1906, 1911, 1913, 1925, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1950 |
| 6 | Bray Emmets | 10 | 1952, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| 7 | Kiltegan | 8 | 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 |
| 8 | Arklow Rock Parnells | 6 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1985 |
| St Patrick's | 6 | 1903, 1916, 1928, 1930, 1990, 1992 | |
| 10 | Arklow | 3 | 1917, 1918, 1919 |
| 11 | St Kevin's | 2 | 1961, 1963 |
| 11 | Baltinglass | 1 | 1927 |
| Ballymoney | 1 | 1910 | |
| Ballinacor | 1 | 1935 | |
| Avoca | 1 | 1953 | |
| Forestry College | 1 | 1962 |
List of finals
[edit | edit source]Legend
[edit | edit source]- Gold – Leinster intermediate club champions
- Silver – Leinster intermediate club runners-up
List of Wicklow SHC finals
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- 1937- Although Whitestown (Baltinglass) won on the day they were later stripped of the title and suspended for playing illegal players.
- 2008 - The first match ended in a draw: Glenealy 1-12, Carnew Emmets 1-12.[21]
- 2016 - The first match ended in a draw: Bray Emmets 1-10, Carnew Emmets 0-12.[22]
- 2022- The first match ended in a draw: Bray Emmets 1-16, Glenealy 1-16.[23]
Records and statistics
[edit | edit source]Final
[edit | edit source]Team
[edit | edit source]- Most wins: 19:
- Carnew Emmets (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009)
- Most consecutive wins: 6:
- Bray Emmets (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Most appearances in a final: 39:
- Carnew Emmets (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024)
- Most appearances in a final without ever winning: 8:
- Kilcoole (1954, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1983, 1985)
- Most defeats in a final: 20:
- Carnew Emmets (1966, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024)
Teams
[edit | edit source]By decade
[edit | edit source]The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1910s: 2 for Rathnew (1911-13)
- 1920s: 3 for Barndarrig (1923-24-26)
- 1930s: 5 for Rathnew (1932-33-34-37-39)
- 1940s: 6 for Avondale (1940-41-42-46-47-49)
- 1950s: 4 for Barndarrig (1951-54-55-56)
- 1960s: 4 for Carnew Emmets (1965-67-68,-69)
- 1970s: 5 for Carnew Emmets (1973-74-76-78-79)
- 1980s: 4 for Carnew Emmets (1980-81-84-89)
- 1990s: 6 for Kiltegan (1993-94-95-97-98-99)
- 2010s: 6 for Glenealy (2010-11-12-13-17-18)
- 2020s: 5 for Bray Emmets (2020-21-22-23-24)
Gaps
[edit | edit source]Longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 62 years: Bray Emmets (1952-2014)
- 60 years: St Patrick's (1930-1990)
- 32 years: Barndarrig (1956-1988)
See also
[edit | edit source]- Wicklow Senior Football Championship
- Wicklow Intermediate Hurling Championship
- Wicklow Junior Hurling Championship
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