Connacht Under-21 Hurling Championship

For the Senior equivalent see: Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

Connacht Under-21 Hurling Championship
Founded	1964
Title holders	Galway (8th title)
Most titles	Galway (8 titles)

The Connacht U-21 Hurling Championship is an U-21 hurling tournament. The winners of the Connacht championship go on to qualify for the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship. The last winners of the Connacht championship was Galway in 2005, there was no competition in 2006 and 2007 therefore Galway went straight to the semi-finals of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship without playing a game. Galway are the only team to win the Connacht championship and it has only been played on 8 occasions due to a lack of a competitive side to compete with in Connacht.^{[citation needed]}

The competition was resurrected in 2010 as part of the All-Ireland B Under-21 Hurling Championship. The final was won by Roscommon who defeated Mayo 3–10 to 0–10.^{[permanent dead link]}

Top winners

	Team	Wins	Years won
1	Galway	8	1972, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2005
2	Roscommon	3	1964, 1965, 1966

Sources

• Roll of Honour on gaainfo.com
• Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible^{[permanent dead link]}