Connacht Junior Hurling Championship
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The Connacht Junior Hurling Championship is a junior "knockout" competition in the game of Hurling played in the province of Connacht in Ireland.{{cite web | last=Gallagher | first=Emma | title=Sligo’s Easkey defeat Ballinasloe to retain Connacht Junior hurling title | website=Independent.ie | date=25 November 2023 | url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/sport/gaa/sligos-easkey-defeat-ballinasloe-to-retain-connacht-junior-hurling-title/a1199481384.html | access-date=11 February 2024}} The series of games are organised by the Connacht Council.
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The winners of the Connacht Junior Hurling Championship each year progress to play the other provincial champions for a chance to win the All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship. The championship was first played for in 1925.
History
The championship was first played for in 1925. The province was represented by Galway in the years 1913 to 1915, 1923 to 1924 and 1927 and 1938. In the years 1983 to 1996, the province was again represented by Galway.
Since 1976, the competition has only been played once – in 2004 when Mayo beat Sligo.
Since 2005, the 4 weaker counties in the province have competed instead in the Christy Ring Cup, Nicky Rackard Cup and Lory Meagher Cup. The fifth county – Galway – have instead represented Connacht in the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Teams
= Eligible teams =
The championship is currently suspended but eight counties would be eligible for the championship:
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Qualification !Location !Stadium !Province !Championship Titles !Last Championship Title |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
|Junior development team |23 |1957 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Clare.svg Lancashire
|Lory Meagher Cup team |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Leitrim.svg Leitrim
|Lory Meagher Cup team |4 |1976 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_London.svg London
|Intermediate development team |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg Mayo
|Nicky Rackard Cup team |3 |2004 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg Roscommon
|Nicky Rackard Cup team |13 |1974 |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colors_of_New_York.svg New York
|Intermediate development team |0 |— |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Warwickshire.svg Warwickshire
|Lory Meagher Cup team |0 |— |
Roll of honour
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |County !Title(s) ! scope="col" |Runners-up ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Years won ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Years runner-up |
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Galway.svg Galway
|23 |3 |1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 |1936, 1952, 1958 |
|---|
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Roscommon.svg Roscommon
|13 |17 |1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1974 |1925, 1926, 1931, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1969, 1970 |
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Leitrim.svg Leitrim
|4 |4 |1969, 1970, 1975, 1976 |1961, 1962, 1966, 1974 |
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
|3 |10 |1936, 1967, 2004 |1934, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1975 |
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo
|2 |7 |1968, 1973 |1929, 1930, 1954, 1963, 1967, 1976, 2004 |
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Galway.svg South and West Galway
|1 |0 |1932 | — |
| scope="row"| File:Colours of Galway.svg North and East Galway
|0 |1 | — |1932 |
List of finals
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="2" |Winner ! colspan="2" |Runners-up |
| County
!Score !County !Score |
|---|
| 2005–present
| colspan="4" |No championship |
| 2004
| Mayo | 1–10 | Sligo | 2-03 |
| 1977–2003
| colspan="4" | No championship |
| 1976
| Leitrim | 2–13 | Sligo | 2–01 |
| 1975
| Leitrim | 1–08 * | Mayo | 2–05 |
| 1974
| 5–06 | Leitrim | 0–06 |
| 1973
| Sligo | | | |
| 1972
| 7–09 | Mayo | 0–04 |
| 1971
| | | |
| 1970
| Leitrim | 7–08 | 1–06 |
| 1969
| Leitrim | 4–05 | 1–07 |
| 1968
| Sligo | | | |
| 1967
| Mayo | 5–08 | Sligo | 0–08 |
| 1966
| 6–06 | Leitrim | 1–04 |
| 1965
| 1–06 | Mayo | 0–05 |
| 1964
| 1–09 | Mayo | 0–04 |
| 1963
| 2–14 | Sligo | 2–01 |
| 1962
| 7–05 | Leitrim | 4–01 |
| 1961
| 5–15 | Leitrim | 5–01 |
| 1960
| 9–18 | Mayo | 2–02 |
| 1959
| 3–05 | Mayo | 0–08 |
| 1958
| 4–06 | Galway | 3–05 |
| 1957
| Galway | 5–13 | 1–05 |
| 1956
| Galway | 3–09 | 3–07 |
| 1955
| Galway | 6–08 | 4–04 |
| 1954
| Galway | | Sligo | |
| 1953
| Galway | 3–01 * | 2–05 |
| 1952
| 4–05 | Galway | 2–03 |
| 1951
| Galway | 6–12 | 4–04 |
| 1950
| Galway | 6–06 | Mayo | 5–04 |
| 1949
| Galway | 6–08 | 1–07 |
| 1948
| Galway | 4–08 | 0–00 |
| 1947
| Galway | 4–08 | 1–09 |
| 1946
| Galway | 6–06 | 3–06 |
| 1942–1945
| colspan="4" | Suspended |
| 1941
| colspan="4" | Galway represented the province |
| 1940
| Galway | 6–05 | 1–04 |
| 1939
| Galway | 7–06 | Mayo | 1–03 |
| 1938
| Galway | 8–03 | 2–01 |
| 1937
| Galway | 5–07 | 3–02 |
| 1936
| Mayo | 0–14 | Galway | 0–13 |
| 1935
| Galway | 4–02 | Mayo | 1–02 |
| 1934
| Galway | 7–04 | Mayo | 1–02 |
| 1933
| Galway | See note | | |
| 1932
| West & South Galway | | East & North Galway | |
| 1931
| Galway * | | |
| 1930
| Galway | 5–07 | Sligo | 3–02 |
| 1929
| Galway | 10–04 | Sligo | 1–01 |
| 1927–1928
| colspan="4" |Galway represented the province |
| 1926
| Galway | 7–08 | 2–03 |
| 1925
| Galway | 7–05 | 1–03 |
| 1923–1924
| colspan="4" |Galway represented the province |
| 1915–1922
| colspan="4" |No championship |
| 1913–1915
| colspan="4" |Galway represented the province |
= Notes =
- 1931 Galway defeated Roscommon by 37 points - no exact score given
- In 1933, Galway represented the province. In a special final Roscommon beat Mayo
- 1953 Galway awarded title on objection
- 1959 - 1960 Galway competed in Munster Junior Hurling Championship
- 1968 - 1973 Missing details of losing teams and scores
- 1971 - 1973 Confined to weaker counties
- 1975 Replay - Leitrim beat Mayo
Team records and statistics
= List of counties =
The following teams have competed in the championship for at least one season.
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!County !Total years !First year in Championship !Most recent year in Championship !Championship titles !Last Championship title !2023 championship finish !Best championship finish !Current Championship !Lvl |
| style="text-align:left" |File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway
|30 |1925 |1958 |23 |1957 |All-Ireland semi-finalists |Champions |Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |1 |
| style="text-align:left" |Leitrim
|8 |1961 |1976 |4 |1976 |5th (Lory Meagher Cup) |Champions |5 |
| style="text-align:left" |Mayo
|13 |1934 |2004 |3 |2004 |6th (Christy Ring Cup) |Champions |4 |
| style="text-align:left" |North and East Galway
|1 |1932 |1932 |0 |— |N / A |Runners-up |N / A |— |
| style="text-align:left" |Roscommon
|30 |1925 |1974 |13 |1974 |4th (Nicky Rackard Cup) |Champions |4 |
| style="text-align:left" |Sligo
|9 |1929 |2004 |2 |1973 |3rd (Christy Ring Cup) |Champions |3 |
| style="text-align:left" |South and West Galway
|1 |1932 |1932 |1 |1932 |N / A |Champions |N / A |— |
= All-time table (finals only) =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!# ! width="150" |Team ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|Pld|Games Played}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|W|Wins}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|D|Draws}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|L|Losses}} ! width="50" |{{Tooltip|Points|Points}} |
| 1
|File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway |26 |23 |0 |3 |46 |
| 2
|Roscommon |30 |13 |0 |17 |26 |
| 3
|Leitrim |9 |4 |1 |4 |9 |
| 4
|Mayo |14 |3 |1 |10 |7 |
| 5
|Sligo |9 |2 |0 |7 |4 |
= By decade =
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of titles, is as follows:
- 1920s: 3 for File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway (1925, 1926, 1929)
- 1930s: 8 for File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway (1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939)
- 1940s: 5 for File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway (1940, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949)
- 1950s: 7 for File:Colours_of_Galway.svg Galway (1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)
- 1960s: 7 for Roscommon (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
- 1970s: 3 each for Leitrim (1970, 1975, 1976) and Roscommon (1971, 1972, 1974)
- 2000s: 1 for Mayo (2004)
See also
References
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Sources
- [http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/KK%20GAA%20Bible.pdf Complete Roll of Honour Available Here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118175238/http://www.kilkennygaa.ie/KK%20GAA%20Bible.pdf |date=18 November 2007 }}
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