Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

The Ulster Hurling Minor Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1930 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Ulster in Ireland. It is sponsored by the Electricity Supply Board and therefore officially known as the ESB Ulster GAA Hurling Minor Championship.^[1] Dormant since 2017, the competition was reborn in 2023.

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Founded	1930
Region	Ulster (GAA)
Current champions	Antrim (58th time)
Website	Official website

The series of games are played during the summer months with the Ulster final currently being played on the last Sunday of June. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final. The prize for the winning team is the Minor Hurling Cup.

The Ulster Championship does not feed directly into the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. Instead, the top teams in Ulster, at the conclusion of the Ulster Minor Hurling Championship, join the Leinster Minor Hurling Championship, along with Galway from Connacht.

Only a handful of teams currently participate in the Ulster Championship, due to dominance of Gaelic football in the province. Antrim are by far the dominant county, reflecting their unique position as a hurling county in Ulster. Their nearest rivals are Down GAA, a predominantly footballing county that nevertheless maintains a hurling stronghold on the Ards Peninsula, and Derry GAA which boasts a small but important number of 'dual' clubs that play both codes. Armagh briefly took part in the 2010s.

Roll of honour

County	Title(s)	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Antrim	60	10	1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023[2]	1932, 1957, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2012
Down	12	25	1930, 1932, 1934, 1956, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1994, 2012	1931, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2023
Derry	9	17	1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990, 1991, 2001	1940, 1971, 1978, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017
Armagh	1	10	1975	1950, 1955, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2010
Donegal	0	14	-	1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Tyrone	0	3	-	1966, 1967, 1976
Monaghan	0	3	-	1930, 1979, 1983

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	County	Score	County	Score
2023	Antrim	6-12	Down	1-13
2018-22	No championship
2017	Antrim	3–13	Derry	2–08
2016	Antrim	2–15	Down	0–10
2015[3]	Antrim	2–12	Derry	1–09
2014[4]	Antrim	0–17	Derry	0–09
2013[5]	Antrim	2–20	Down	1–12
2012[6]	Down	0–18	Antrim	1–12
2011	Antrim		Derry
2010	Antrim	2–19	Armagh	0–10
2009	Antrim	4–16	Derry	0–09
2008	Antrim	3–18	Down	0–05
2007	Antrim	2–14	Down	3–08
2006	Antrim	8–18	Derry	2–05
2005	Antrim	3–18	Derry	2–07
2004	Antrim	5–15	Down	3–07
2003	Antrim	2–11	Derry	2–09
2002	Antrim	1–11	Derry	0–04
2001	Derry	0–12	Antrim	2–05
2000	Antrim	2–11	Derry	1–09
1999	Antrim	2–13	Down	0–03
1998	Antrim	3–09	Derry	0–08
1997	Antrim	3–14	Down	1–10
1996	Antrim	3–13	Derry	2–10
1995	Antrim	2–17	Derry	1–04
1994	Down	3–11	Antrim	3–10
1993	Antrim	2–13	Down	1–09
1992	Antrim	0–12	Down	0–07
1991	Derry	3–10	Antrim	2–11
1990	Derry	4–11	Antrim	1–08
1989	Down	2–11, 3–08 (R)	Antrim	3–08, 2–08 (R)
1988	Antrim	2–10	Down	2–09
1987	Antrim	5–09	Down	0–06
1986	Antrim	2–09	Derry	1–10
1985	Down	5–04	Antrim	2–09
1984	Down	3–06	Antrim	1–11
1983	Derry	5–10	Monaghan	0–06
1982	Derry	3–14	Armagh	2–02
1981	Derry	3–06	Armagh	1–04
1980	Derry	1–05	Armagh	1–04
1979	Derry	3–08	Monaghan	2–04
1978	Down	4–09	Derry	1–11
1977	No Championship
1976	Down	5–12	Tyrone	1–03
1975	Armagh	3–08	Down	3–06
1974	Derry	3–06	Armagh	2–08
1973	No Championship
1972	Down	4–08	Armagh	2–04
1971	Down	5–11	Derry	4–04
1970	Antrim	4–12	Down	0–05
1969	Antrim	2–11	Down	4–03
1968	Antrim		N/A
1967	Down	5–02 *	Tyrone	4–02
1966	Antrim	6–06	Tyrone	1–03
1965	Antrim	7–03	Armagh	1–01
1964	Antrim	11–11	Armagh	0–00
1963	Antrim	6–12	Donegal	1–01
1962	Antrim	12–07	Donegal	2–03
1961	Antrim	11–05	Donegal	4–04
1960	Antrim	16–04	Donegal	1–00
1959	Antrim	12–06	Donegal	0–02
1958	Antrim	10–05	Down	0–02
1957	Down	4–01	Antrim	3–03
1956	Antrim	7–04	Down	1–03
1955	Antrim	5–04	Armagh	2–02
1954	Antrim	9–09	Down	1–03
1953	Antrim	11–14	Donegal	1–00
1952	Antrim	8–08	Down	1–01
1951	Antrim	12–02	Down	0–01
1950	Antrim	4–03	Armagh	1–03
1949	Antrim	13–06	Donegal	1–01
1948	Antrim	15–06	Donegal	0–00
1947	Antrim	10–05	Down	0–00
1946	Antrim	8–07	Donegal	0–02
1945	Antrim	11–06	Donegal	1–01
1942-44	No Championship
1941	Antrim *		N/A
1940	Antrim *		Derry
1939	Antrim	11–02	Down	0–00
1938	Antrim *		Donegal
1937	Antrim	5–07	Donegal	2–02
1936	Antrim	6–03	Down	3–00
1935	Antrim	7–07	Down	3–01
1934	Down	8–08	Donegal	1–01
1933	Antrim	5–04	Donegal	4–05
1932	Down	3–05	Antrim	2–01
1931	Antrim	5–00	Down	3–01
1930	Down	9–07	Monaghan	0–06

References

1. "ESB to power the All-Ireland Minor Championships". RTÉ Sport. 10 August 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
2. "Competitions 2023". www.downgaa.net. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
3. "Ulster MHC final: Saffrons sink Oak Leafers". Hogan Stand. 12 July 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
4. "Saffrons shut door on Derry ANTRIM 0–17 DERRY 0–9 – ULSTER MHC FINAL". Irish Independent. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
5. "McCurdy brace puts superior Saffrons in complete control". Irish Independent. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
6. "Egan pounces to save day for Down". Irish Independent. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

External links

• Roll of Honour on gaainfo.com
• Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible