Kildare Senior Hurling Championship

The Kildare Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the UPMC Kildare Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kildare SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Kildare in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Kildare hurling.

Kildare Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Kildare Senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Iomáint Shinsir Chill Dara
Code	Hurling
Founded	1888; 136 years ago (1888)
Region	Kildare (GAA)
Trophy	Tony Carew Memorial Perpetual Cup
No. of teams	8
Title holders	Naas (12th title)
Most titles	Clane (16 titles)
Sponsors	UPMC
Official website	Kildare GAA

In its present format, the eight participating teams are drawn against each other in a Preliminary Round and following that the four Preliminary Round winners go to a winners group and the other four in to a ‘losers’ group. At the group stages they play each other in a single round-robin system. This is followed by a knockout phase of one quarter final (3rd in Winners group v 2nd in Losers Group), then two semi-finals and culminates with the final match at St Conleth's Park in October. The winner of the Kildare Senior Championship qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship. From 1971 until 2012, the winning team received the Seán Carey Cup, however, a new trophy in honour of the late Tony Carew (Coill Dubh) was donated by the Carew family in 2013.

The competition has been won by 25 teams, 19 of which have won it more than once. Clane is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 16 times. Naas are the reigning champions, having beaten Coill Dubh by 3-13 to 0-11 in the 2023 final.

Format

Qualifying stage

The eight participating teams are drawn against each other in a Preliminary Round and following that the four Preliminary Round winners go to a winners group and the other four in to a ‘losers’ group.

Group stage

The 8 club teams are divided into the winners and losers 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 group games and four championship 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 group A and the top two teams in group B qualify for the knockout stage, with the three best-placed teams receiving byes to the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals: One lone quarter-final feature the third-placed team in group A and the second placed team in group B.

Semi-finals: The two semi-finals feature four teams. Two teams qualify for the next round.

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

Teams

2024 teams

The 8 teams competing in the 2024 Kildare Senior Hurling Championship are:

Team	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	In championship since	Championship titles	Last championship title
Ardclough	Ardclough	—	Quarter-finals	?	13	2017
Celbridge	Celbridge	Blue and white	Group stage	?	8	2018
Coill Dubh	Coill Dubh	Red and white	Group stage	?	11	2015
Confey	Leixlip	White and green	Semi-finals	?	3	2012
Éire Óg-Corrachoill	Caragh	Maroon and yellow	Semi-finals	?	10	1984
Leixlip	Leixlip	Maroon and white	Relegated	2024	1	1986
Maynooth	Maynooth	Black and white	Runners-up	?	6	1939
Naas	Naas	Blue and white	Champions	?	11	2024

2024 Hurling Grades

Championship	Team
Senior
Senior	Ardclough
	Celbridge
	Coill Dubh
	Confey
	Éire Óg-Corrachoill
	Leixlip
	Maynooth
	Naas
Senior B	Clane
	Naas (2nd team)
	Broadford
	Moorefield
	Kilcock
	Maynooth (2nd team)
Intermediate
Intermediate	Naas (3rd team)
	Éire Óg-Corrachoill (2nd team)
	Celbridge (2nd team)
	St Laurence's
	Coill Dubh (2nd team)
	Ardclough (2nd team)
Junior
Junior A	Wolfe Tones
	Cappagh
	Clane (2nd team)
	Leixlip (2nd team)
	Round Towers
	Ros glas
	Confey (2nd team)
	Moorefield (2nd team)
	Kilcock (2nd team)
	Naas (4th team)

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championships won	Championships runner-up
1	Clane	16	1	1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922	1913
2	Ardclough	13	17	1968, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 2004, 2006, 2017	1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2015, 2018
3	Naas	12	9	1951, 1952, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024	1908, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2016, 2017
4	Coill Dubh	11	13	1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2014, 2015	1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2019, 2023
5	Éire Óg-Corrachoill	10	9	1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1984	1968, 1973, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2013
6	Celbridge	8	6	1921, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018	1906, 1919, 1924, 2012, 2014, 2021
7	Curragh Camp	7	1	1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1955	1949
8	Gough / McDonagh Barracks	6	1	1925, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935	1959
	Maynooth	6	8	1891, 1896, 1913, 1924, 1937, 1939	1888, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1938, 1943, 2022, 2024
10	Killinthomas	4	0	1946, 1947, 1949, 1950	—
11	Athy	3	6	1928, 1936, 1959	1909, 1929, 1937, 1945, 1961, 1964
	Confey	3	3	2007, 2008, 2012	2006, 2011, 2020
	Moorefield	3	2	1943, 1963, 1991	1890, 1896
	Castledermot	3	2	1988, 1989, 1992	1983, 1985
	Military College	3	1	1957, 1958, 1962	1960
	Monasterevin	3	0	1888, 1889, 1890	—
17	Broadford	2	10	1960, 1961	1925, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1984, 1989
	St Conleth's	2	5	1901, 1902	1910, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1921
	St Barbara's	2	0	1954, 1955	—
20	St Brigid's	1	3	1978	1976, 1980, 1981
	Leixlip	1	2	1986	1931, 1979
	Suncroft	1	1	1974	1975
	Newbridge College	1	0	1900	—
	Eoghan Ruadh	1	0	1945	—
	Rathangan/Killina	1	0	1953	—
26	Clongorey	0	1	—	1891
	Eyrefield	0	1	—	1916
	Johnstownbridge	0	1	—	1928
	Rathcoffey	0	1	—	1934
	Artillery	0	1	—	1950

Notes

• Runners-up unknown: 1889–1902, 1907, 1911, 1918, 1922, 1932, 1935, 1940–41, 1951–56.

List of finals

Legend

• Gold – Leinster intermediate club champions
• Silver – Leinster intermediate club runners-up

List of Kildare SHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Naas	3-20	Maynooth	0-12
2023	Naas	3-13	Coill Dubh	0-11
2022[1]	Naas	0-20	Maynooth	0-12
2021[2]	Naas	1-16	Celbridge	1-13
2020	Naas	2-20	Confey	1-09
2019[3]	Naas	0-15	Coill Dubh	0-12
2018[4]	Celbridge	2-16	Ardclough	1-15
2017[5][6]	Ardclough	1-15	Naas	1-12
2016[7]	Celbridge	0-17	Naas	1-08
2015	Coill Dubh	0-15	Ardclough	1-10
2014[8]	Coill Dubh	3-11	Celbridge	0-16
2013[9]	Celbridge	0-23	Éire Óg-Corrachoill	2-11
2012[10]	Confey	1-16	Celbridge	0-14
2011	Celbridge	2-16	Confey	0-15
2010[11]	Celbridge	0-12	Coill Dubh	1-08
2009[12]	Celbridge	0-18	Coill Dubh	0-16
2008[13]	Confey	3-13	Ardclough	1-15
2007	Confey	3-08	Coill Dubh	0-10
2006[14]	Ardclough	3-09	Confey	0-14
2005	Celbridge	1-14	Coill Dubh	0-09
2004	Ardclough	2-12	Coill Dubh	0-11
2003	Coill Dubh	0-16	Ardclough	1-09
2002	Naas	(0-08) 4-12	Coill Dubh	(0-08) 3-13
2001	Naas	0-13	Coill Dubh	1-05
2000	Coill Dubh	1-11	Naas	1-07
1999	Coill Dubh	1-14	Éire Óg-Corrachoill	1-06
1998	Coill Dubh	1-17	Ardclough	2-13
1997	Naas	3-10	Coill Dubh	1-08
1996	Coill Dubh	2-09	Naas	1-09
1995	Coill Dubh	(2-10) 1-07	Naas	(1-13) 1-06
1994	Naas	(2-06) 2-14	Coill Dubh	(2-06) 1-12
1993	Coill Dubh	0 -13	Éire Óg	1-08
1992	Castledermot	4-11	Éire Óg	0-12
1991	Moorefield	(2-06) 2-11	Coill Dubh	(2-06) 2-08
1990	Coill Dubh	3-10	Éire Óg	2-07
1989	Castledermot	5-06	Broadford	1-15
1988	Castledermot	3-06	Coill Dubh	1-06
1987	Coill Dubh	0-16	Éire Óg	1-08
1986	St Mary's, Leixlip	3-07	Ardclough	1-08
1985	Ardclough	1-09	Castledermot	1-07
1984	Éire Óg	1-09	Broadford	0-06
1983	Ardclough	1-10	Castledermot	0-06
1982	Ardclough	1-09	Éire Óg	1-06
1981	Ardclough	1-11	St Brigid's	0-07
1980	Ardclough	4-09	St Brigid's	0-03
1979	Ardclough	1-10	St Mary's, Leixlip	3-01
1978	St Brigid's	3-10	Ardclough	2-09
1977	Éire Óg	3-09	Ardclough	1-12
1976	Ardclough	2-11	St Brigid's	2-09
1975	Ardclough	7-18	Suncroft	0-07
1974	Suncroft	4-05	Ardclough	0-11
1973	Ardclough	3-09	Éire Óg	1-06
1972	Éire Óg	1-10	Ardclough	0-09
1971	Éire Óg	2-09	Ardclough	1-09
1970	Éire Óg	3-11	Ardclough	1-04
1969	Éire Óg	5-11	Ardclough	1-05
1968	Ardclough	2-12	Éire Óg	3-03
1967	Éire Óg	3-10	Ardclough	2-07
1966	Éire Óg	1-07	Ardclough	0-03
1965	Éire Óg	4-04	Ardclough	2-04
1964	Éire Óg	5-09	Athy	2-06
1963	Moorefield		Broadford
1962	Military College		Ardclough
1961	Broadford		Athy
1960	Broadford		Military College
1959	Athy		McDonagh	(walk-over)
1958	Military College		Broadford
1957	Military College		Broadford
1956	Curragh
1955	St Barbara's
1954	St Barbara's
1953	Rathangan/Killin
1952	Naas
1951	Naas
1950	Killinthomas		Artillery
1949	Killinthomas		Curragh
1948	Curragh		Naas
1947	Killinthomas		Naas
1946	Killinthomas		Naas
1945	Eoghan Ruadh		Athy
1944	Curragh		Broadford
1943	Moorefield		Maynooth
1942	Curragh		Broadford
1941	Curragh
1940	Curragh
1939	Maynooth		Broadford
1938	Curragh		Maynooth
1937	Maynooth		Athy
1936	Athy		Broadford
1935	McDonaghs
1934	McDonaghs		Rathcoffey
1933	Championship unfinished
1932	McDonagh
1931	McDonagh		Leixlip
1930	No Competition
1929	McDonaghs		Athy
1928	Athy		Johnstownbridge
1927	No Competition
1926	No Competition
1925	Gough Barracks		Broadford
1924	Maynooth		Celbridge
1923	Championship unfinished
1922	Clane
1921	Celbridge		St Conleth's
1920	Championship unfinished
1919	Clane		Celbridge
1918	Clane
1917	Clane		St Conleth's
1916	Clane		Eyrefield
1915	Clane		St Conleth's
1914	Clane		St Conleth's
1913	Maynooth		Clane
1912	Championship unfinished
1911	Clane
1910	Clane		St Conleth's
1909	Clane		Athy
1908	Clane		Naas
1907	Clane
1906	Clane		Celbridge
1905	Clane		Maynooth
1904	Clane		Maynooth
1903	Clane		Maynooth
1902	St Conleth's
1901	St Conleth's
1900	St Thomas
1899	No Competition
1898	No Competition
1897	No Competition
1896	Maynooth		Moorefield
1895	No Competition
1894	No Competition
1893	No Competition
1892	No Competition
1891	Maynooth		Clongorey
1890	Monasterevin		Moorefield
1889	Monasterevin
1888	Monasterevin		Maynooth

See also

• Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship (Tier 2)
• Kildare Intermediate Hurling Championship (Tier 3)
• Kildare Junior Hurling Championship (Tier 4)

References

1. "Burke hits 0-10 as Naas make it four Kildare SHC titles in-a-row". Hogan Stand. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
2. "Kildare GAA: Naas hurlers make it three-in-row".
3. "Kildare SHC final: Naas complete the clean sweep". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
4. "Conway goal helps Celbridge secure title after tense tussle". Irish Independent. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
5. "Fitzgeralds inspire Ardclough triumph". Irish Independent. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
6. "Kildare SHC final: Ardclough bridge 11 year gap". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
7. "Celbridge deny Naas to claim Kildare hurling title". Irish Times. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
8. "Kildare SHC final: Coill Dubh unseat the holders". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
9. "Clinical Keegan fires Celbridge to glory". Irish Examiner. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
10. "Kildare SHC final: Confey upset the odds". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
11. "Kildare SHC: Moloney on fire for holders". Hogan Stand. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
12. "Celbridge crowned senior hurling champions". Leinster Leader. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
13. "Confey claim SHC title". Leinster Leader. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
14. "Goals do the trick!". Leinster Leader. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013.

External links

• Official Kildare Hurling Website
• Kildare on Hoganstand
• Kildare Club GAA