Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland. It is the most prestigious competition in Kilkenny hurling.
Introduced in 1887 as the Kilkenny Hurling Championship, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open only to senior-ranking club teams. The championship has gone through a number of changes throughout the years, including the use of a round robin, before reverting to a straight knockout format.
In its current format, the Kilkenny Senior Championship begins in September with a first round series of games comprising eight teams, while the four remaining teams receive byes to the quarter-final stage. A team's finishing position in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling League determines at what stage they enter the championship. Four rounds of games are played, culminating with the final match at Nowlan Park in October. The winner of the Kilkenny Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the Tom Walsh Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Club Championship.
The competition has been won by 26 teams, 18 of which have won it more than once. Tullaroan is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 20 times. Ballyhale Shamrocks are the reigning champions, having beaten James Stephens by 2-21 to 1-15 in the 2019 final.

History

Beginnings

Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. County committees were established over the next few years, with the Kilkenny County Board affiliating on 30 January 1887. The inaugural championship was contested by just four clubs, with Tullaroan winning the title after a defeat of Mooncoin. Since then the championship title has been awarded every year except on a handful of occasions. No championships took place in 1891, 1892 and 1912, while several championships between 1916 and 1922 were either cancelled or unfinished due to the Irish revolutionary period. The 1916 championship began in October 1916, however, because of martial law it wasn't completed until June 1919. It was decreed that the winner of the match would be declared champions for all three years.

Team dominance

The first fifty years of the championship were dominated by Tullaroan and Mooncoin who built up an intense rivalry. Both clubs shared 28 championship titles between 1887 and 1936, however, since then they have won just four titles between them. Other clubs who enjoyed limited periods of dominance during this time include city-based club Confederation, who won three titles between 1893 and 1896, and Dicksboro who won two titles from four final appearances during the 1920s. Carrickshock's dominance saw the club play in ten finals between 1938 and 1948, becoming the first team to win four successive championships from 1940 to 1943. Éire Óg also claimed four titles during this period. After a sixty-year hiatus Bennettsbridge returned to winning ways and claimed ten championship titles between 1952 and 1967. Fenians added their name to roll of honour in 1970 before claiming four more championships before the end of the decade. In 1978 Ballyhale Shamrocks became the latest first-time champions and ushered in a new era of dominance by winning 10 more championship titles by 1991. As Ballyhale went into decline, Glenmore dominated the nineties by winning five championships between 1987 and 1999. The first decade of the new century saw O'Loughlin Gaels and James Stephens win two titles apiece, while Ballyhale Shamrocks ended the decade with four successive championships before winning four more in 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019.

The championship

Overview

The Kilkenny County Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded just one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random, however, there is a certain level of seeding based on league performance. The league begins with two groups of six teams. The top two teams in each group receive a bye into the quarter-finals, while third placed team plays the fourth placed team, and the fifth placed team plays the sixth placed team in the first round. The losers of the latter games enter a relegation play-off.
Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a replay. If both sides are still level at the end of the replay there is a period of extra time and so on until a winner is found.

Format

First round: 8 teams contest this round. The 4 winning teams advance directly to the quarter-final stage. The 4 losing teams are eliminated from the championship.
Quarter-finals: Eight teams contest this round. The four winning teams advance directly to the semi-final stage. The four losing teams are eliminated from the championship.
Semi-finals: Four teams contest this round. The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.
Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Participating teams

The following 12 teams will be participating in the 2020 championship:

Team	Location	Colours
Ballyhale Shamrocks	Ballyhale	White and green
Bennettsbridge	Bennettsbridge	Green and yellow
Clara	Clara	Maroon and white
Danesfort	Danesfort	Black and amber
Dicksboro	Palmerstown	Maroon and white
Erin's Own	Castlecomer	Blue and white
James Stephens	Larchfield	Green and red
Mullinavat	Mullinavat	Black and white
O'Loughlin Gaels	St. John's Parish	Green and white
Rower-Inistioge	Inistioge	Green and red
Graigue-Ballycallan	Kilmanagh	Blue and white
Tullaroan	Tullaroan	Green and White

Sponsorship

Since 1991 the Kilkenny County Championship has been sponsored by the St. Canice's Credit Union.

Managers

in the Kilkenny Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

Manager	Team	Wins	Winning years
Michael Nolan	O'Loughlin Gaels	3	2001, 2003, 2010
Maurice Aylward	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3	2006, 2007, 2008
Adrian Finan	James Stephens	2	2004, 2005
Mick Purcell	Clara	2	2013, 2015
Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2	2018, 2019
Tom Casey	Glenmore	1	1999
Jim Neary	Graigue-Ballycallan	1	2000
John Brennan	Young Irelands	1	2002
Mick Fennelly / James McGarry	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2009
Niall Rigney	James Stephens	1	2011
Tommy Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2012
Colm Bonnar / Andy Moloney	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2014
Aidan Fogarty	O'Loughlin Gaels	1	2016
Mark Dowling	Dicksboro	1	2017

List of finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Captain
1973	Fenians	7-08	James Stephens	5-10
1974	Fenians	0-10	Bennettsbridge	0-06	Martin Fitzpatrick
1975	James Stephens	1-14	Galmoy	1-05	Phil Larkin
1976	James Stephens	2-14	Rower-Inistioge	0-13	Phil Larkin
1977	Fenians	3-11	Rower-Inistioge	1-10	Mick Garrett
1978	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-15	Fenians	0-10	Denis Shefflin
1979	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-12	Erin's Own	1-06	Johnny Walsh
1980	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-13	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rovers	1-10	Richie Reid
1981	James Stephens	2-10	Fenians	0-08	Brian Cody
1982	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-10	James Stephens	2-04	Liam Fennelly
1983	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-14	James Stephens	1-08	Kevin Fennelly
1984	St. Martin's	1-14	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-07	Johnny Brennan
1985	Ballyhale Shamrocks	4-18	Glenmore	3-13	Frank Holohan
1986	Clara	3-10	Ballyhale Shamrocks	4-05	Tom O'Shea
1987	Glenmore	4-10	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-09	Christy Heffernan
1988	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-15	Thomastown	0-04	Seán Fennelly
1989	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-11	Glenmore	1-13	Wattie Phelan
1990	Glenmore	3-15	Clara	2-06	Ray Heffernan
1991	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-16	St. Martin's	1-08	Dermot Fennelly
1992	Glenmore	1-14	Tullaroan	2-06	Ray Heffernan
1993	Dicksboro	2-09	Fenians	1-09	John Marnell
1994	Tullaroan	1-06	Dicksboro	0-06	Derek Gaffney
1995	Glenmore	3-19	Fenians	1-14	Willie O'Connor
1996	Young Irelands	3-09	James Stephens	2-10	D. J. Carey
1997	Dunnamaggin	2-10	Young Irelands	2-07	Paul Cahill
1998	Graigue-Ballycallan	1-14	Fenians	0-12	Damien Cleere
1999	Glenmore	1-14	Graigue-Ballycallan	2-08	Denis Mullally
2000	Graigue-Ballycallan	0-16	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-09	James Young
2001	O'Loughlin Gaels	1-17	Graigue-Ballycallan	1-06	Andy Comerford
2002	Young Irelands	3-14	Dunnamaggin	1-15	Martin Carey
2003	O'Loughlin Gaels	2-12	Young Irelands	2-10	Andy Comerford
2004	James Stephens	2-16	Young Irelands	3-12	Peter Barry
2005	James Stephens	1-18	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-12	Peter Barry
2006	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-22	O'Loughlin Gaels	2-11	Tom Coogan
2007	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-20	St. Martin's	1-10	Patrick Reid
2008	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-11	James Stephens	0-12	Bob Aylward
2009	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-14	James Stephens	1-11	Éamonn Walsh
2010	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-17	Carrickshock	1-11	Martin Comerford
2011	James Stephens	1-20	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-15	Jackie Tyrrell
2012	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-16	Dicksboro	0-12	David Hoyne
2013	Clara	1-15	Carrickshock	2-10	Austin Murphy
2014	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-20	Clara	1-13	T. J. Reid
2015	Clara	2-12	O'Loughlin Gaels	1-13	Keith Hogan
2016	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-19	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-12	Brian Hogan
2017	Dicksboro	4-15	James Stephens	4-10	Ollie Walsh
2018	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-20	Bennettsbridge	2-17	Michael Fennelly
2019	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-21	James Stephens	1-15	Michael Fennelly

1979 - The first match ended in a draw: Ballyhale Shamrocks, 0-14, Erin's Own 0-14.
1980 - The first match ended in a draw: Ballyhale Shamrocks, 3-10, Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rovers 2-13.
1993 - The first match ended in a draw: Dicksboro 0-12, Fenians 0-12.
1996 - The first match ended in a draw: Young Irelands 2-10, James Stephens 0-16.
2003 - The first match ended in a draw: O'Loughlin Gaels 3-09, Young Irelands 2-12.
2011 - The first match ended in a draw: James Stephens 1-08, Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-11.
Finals listed by year

Year	Winner	Opponent
2019	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-21	James Stephens 1-15
2018	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-20	Bennettsbridge 2-17
2017	Dicksboro 4-15	James Stephens 4-10
2016	O'Loughlin Gaels 0-19	Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-12
2015	Clara 2-12	O'Loughlin Gaels 1-13
2014	Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-20	Clara 1-13
2013	Clara 1-15	Carrickshock 2-10
2012	Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-16	Dicksboro 0-12
2011	James Stephens 1-08, 1-20	Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-11, 0-15
2010	O'Loughlin Gaels 0-17	Carrickshock 1-11
2009	Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-14	James Stephens 1-11
2008	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-11	James Stephens 0-12
2007	Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-20	St. Martin's 1-10
2006	Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-21	O'Loughlin Gaels 2-11
2005	James Stephens 1-18	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-12
2004	James Stephens 2-16	Young Ireland's 3-12
2003	O'Loughlin Gaels 3-09, 2-12	Young Ireland's 2-12, 2-10
2002	Young Ireland's 3-14	Dunnamaggin 1-15
2001	O'Loughlin Gaels 1-17	Graigue-Ballycallan 1-6
2000	Graigue-Ballycallan 0-16	O'Loughlin Gaels 0-09
1999	Glenmore 1-14	Graigue-Ballycallan 2-8
1998	Graigue-Ballycallan 1-14	The Fenians 0-12
1997	Dunnamaggin 2-10	Young Ireland's 2-07
1996	Young Ireland's 2-10, 3-09	James Stephens 0-16, 2-10
1995	Glenmore 3-19	The Fenians 1-14
1994	Tullaroan 1-06	Dicksboro 0-06
1993	Dicksboro 0-12, 2-09	The Fenians 0-12, 1-09
1992	Glenmore 1-14	Tullaroan 2-06
1991	Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-16	St Martin's 1-08
1990	Glenmore 3-15	Clara 2-06
1989	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-11	Glenmore 1-13
1988	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-15	Thomastown 0-04
1987	Glenmore 4-10	Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-09
1986	Clara 3-10	Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-05
1985	Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-18	Glenmore 3-13
1984	St Martin's 1-14	Ballyhale Shamrocks 1-07
1983	Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-14	James Stephens 1-08
1982	Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-10	James Stephens 2-04
1981	James Stephens 2-10	The Fenians 0-08
1980	Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-10, 3-13	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rovers 2-13, 1-10
1979*	Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-14, 3-12	Erin's Own 0-14, 1-06
1978	Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-15	The Fenians 0-10
1977	The Fenians 3-11	Rower-Inistiogue 1-10
1976	James Stephens 2-14	Rower-Inistiogue 0-13
1975	James Stephens 1-14	Galmoy 1-05
1974	The Fenians 0-10	Bennettsbridge 0-06
1973	The Fenians 7-08	James Stephens 5-10
1972	The Fenians 3-10	Bennettsbridge 1-06
1971	Bennettsbridge 3-10	The Fenians 1-07
1970	The Fenians 2-11	James Stephens 3-05
1969	James Stephens 8-05	The Fenians 2-07
1968	Rower-Inistiogue 3-09	Bennettsbridge 3-07
1967	Bennettsbridge 3-10	Thomastown 1-04
1966	Bennettsbridge 4-08	Mooncoin 2-04
1965	Mooncoin 2-08	Bennettsbridge 1-08
1964	Bennettsbridge 4-09	Glenmore 1-04
1963	St. Lachtains 1-07	Tullogher 0-03
1962	Bennettsbridge 5-07	Lisdowney 2-08
1961	St. Lachtains 4-05	Near South 0-12
1960	Bennettsbridge 4-05	Glenmore 3-04
1959	Bennettsbridge 4-06	Erin's Own 1-04
1958	Tullaroan 1-12	Bennettsbridge 3-02
1957	John Lockes 4-04	Slieverue 0-05
1956	Bennettsbridge 2-08	John Lockes 3-03
1955	Bennettsbridge 6-06	Mooncoin 1-04
1954	Slieverue 6-05	Tullaroan 4-03
1953	Bennettsbridge 3-11	Sliabh Rua 3-06
1952	Bennettsbridge 5-03	Tullaroan 4-05
1951	Carrickshock 5-06	Tullaroan 4-05
1950	Dicksboro 3-17, 4-06	Éire Óg 6-08, 1-05
1949	Graigue 3-12	Tullaroan 2-14
1948	Tullaroan 1-12	Carrickshock 2-03
1947	Éire Óg 3-10	Tullaroan 0-13
1946	Thomastown 5-04	Carrickshock 4-05
1945	Éire Óg 2-07, 4-08	Carrickshock 1-10, 1-07
1944	Éire Óg 7-09	Carrickshock 4-04
1943	Carrickshock 3-06	Mullinavat 1-03
1942	Carrickshock 3-02	Threecastles 2-03
1941	Carrickshock 4-05	Éire Óg 3-07
1940	Carrickshock 1-04	Mullinavat 1-02
1939	Éire Óg 3-07	Carrickshock 3-05
1938	Carrickshock 2-05	Éire Óg 1-05
1937	James Stephens 3-08	Dicksboro 1-02
1936	Mooncoin 4-02	Tullaroan 4-01
1935	James Stephens 3-05	Carrickshock 2-05
1934	Tullaroan 6-06	Carrickshock 1-05
1933	Tullaroan 6-05	Carrickshock 5-04
1932	Mooncoin 6-04	Carrickshock 5-05
1931	Carrickshock 5-08	Urlingford 3-08
1930	Tullaroan 4-04	Urlingford 0-03
1929	Mooncoin 3-02, 5-01	Carrickshock 3-02, 3-03
1928	Mooncoin 4-02	Dicksboro 3-02
1927*	Mooncoin 4-02, 4-03, 2-04, 2-04	James Stephens 3-02, 2-04, 1-03, 2-02
1926	Dicksboro 5-05	Mooncoin 1-04
1925	Tullaroan 3-04	Dicksboro 3-03
1924	Tullaroan 4-04	Clonmanto 2-02
1923	Dicksboro 7-04	Mooncoin 3-01
1920–1922	Not played
1919*	Unfinished
1918*	Mooncoin
1917*	Mooncoin
1916	Mooncoin 4-01, 5-02	Tullaroan 4-01, 2-03
1915	Tullaroan 7-02	Dicksboro 2-02
1914	Johnstown 3-01	Erin's Own 0-00
1913	Mooncoin 5-07	Tullaroan 3-04
1912	Not played
1911	Tullaroan 4-03	Mooncoin 2-05
1910	Tullaroan 7-01	Piltown 3-00
1909	Erin's Own 1-12	Mooncoin 1-07
1908	Mooncoin 5-17	Threecastles 3-05
1907	Tullaroan 2-06	Mooncoin 1-03
1906*	Mooncoin 3-06	Tullaroan 1-12
1905	Erin's Own 5-06	Tullaroan 2-08
1904	Tullaroan 6-14	Piltown 1-06
1903	Threecastles 0-03, 2-10	Kilmanagh 0-02, 0-05
1902	Tullaroan 3-16	Mooncoin 0-01
1901	Tullaroan 5-10	Threecastles 3-07
1900	Mooncoin 5-09	Freshford 1-15
1899	Tullaroan 3-06	Young Irelands, Tullaroan 1-05
1898	Threecastles 4-01	Confederation 2-03
1897	Tullaroan 3-11	Mooncoin 2-01
1896	Confederation w/o	Callan scr.
1895	Tullaroan 1-04	Threecastles 1-02
1894	Confederation 2-05	Callan 1-01
1893	Confederation 1-04	Callan 0-00
1891–1892	Not played
1890	Bennettsbridge 1-04	Callan 0-01
1889	Tullaroan 0-01	Graine 0-00
1888	Mooncoin 2-02	Confederation 0-00
1887*	Tullaroan 1-01	Mooncoin 0-04

Notes:

1887 - Goal outweighed any number of points.
1906 - Mooncoin awarded title.
1917-18 - Combined with 1916 Championship.
1919 - Tullaroan and Mooncoin failed to agree on a venue, declared null and void.
1927 - Late goal scored after final whistle. Replay agreed.
1927 - Objection, replay agreed.
1927 - Unfinished due to conditions.
1979 - Game unfinished. Ballyhale awarded the title.
Top winners

Pos.	Team	No. of wins	Winning Years	Runners-up	Years runners-up
1st	Tullaroan	20	1887, 1889, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1924, 1925, 1930, 1933, 1934, 1948, 1958, 1994	11	1905, 1906, 1913, 1916, 1936, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1992,
2nd	Ballyhale Shamrocks	17	1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019.	6	1984, 1986, 1987, 2005, 2011, 2016
3rd	Mooncoin	12	1888, 1900, 1906, 1908, 1913, 1916, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1936, 1965	10	1887, 1897, 1902, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1923, 1926, 1955, 1966
3rd	Bennettsbridge	12	1890, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1971	6	1958, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 2018
4th	James Stephens	9	1935, 1937, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1981, 2004, 2005, 2011	10	1927, 1970, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1996, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2019
5th	Carrickshock	7	1931, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1951	12	1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 2010, 2013
6th	Fenians	5	1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977	7	1969, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1993, 1995, 1998
6th	Glenmore	5	1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999	4	1960, 1964, 1985, 1989
6th	Dicksboro	5	1923, 1926, 1950, 1993, 2017	6	1915, 1925, 1928, 1937, 1994, 2012
7th	Eire Og	4	1939, 1944, 1945, 1947	3	1938, 1941, 1950
7th	O'Loughlin Gaels	4	2001, 2003, 2010, 2016	3	2000, 2006, 2015
8th	Confederation	3	1893, 1894, 1896	2	1888, 1898
8th	Clara	3	1986, 2013, 2015	2	1990, 2014
9th	Threecastles	2	1898, 1903	3	1895, 1901, 1908
9th	Erin's Own	2	1905, 1909	1	1914
9th	St. Lachtain's	2	1961, 1963	0
9th	Graigue-Ballycallan	2	1998, 2000	2	1999, 2001
9th	Young Ireland's	2	1996, 2002	3	1997, 2003, 2004
10th	Johnstown	1	1914	0
10th	Thomastown	1	1946	2	1967, 1988
10th	Graigue	1	1949	0
10th	Slieverue	1	1954	1	1957
10th	John Lockes	1	1957	4	1890, 1893, 1894, 1956
10th	Rower-Inistioge	1	1968	2	1976, 1977
10th	St. Martin's	1	1984	2	1991, 2007
10th	Dunnamaggin	1	1997	1	2002
11th	Piltown	0		2	1904, 1910
11th	Erins Own	0		2	1959, 1979
11th	Urlingford	0		2	1930, 1931
11th	Kilmanagh	0		1	1903
11th	Graine	0		1	1889
11th	Freshford	0		1	1900
11th	Clonmanto	0		1	1924
11th	Mullinavat	0		1	1943
11th	Slieve Rua	0		1	1953
11th	Near South	0		1	1961
11th	Lisdowney	0		1	1962
11th	Tullogher	0		1	1963
11th	Galmoy	0		1	1975
11th	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers	0		1	1980

Records

Teams

By decade

The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

1880s: 2 for Tullaroan
1890s: 3 each for Tullaroan and Confederation
1900s: 4 for Tullaroan
1910s: 4 for Mooncoin
1920s: 3 for Tullaroan
1930s: 3 for Tullaroan
1940s: 4 for Carrickshock
1950s: 5 for Bennettsbridge
1960s: 5 for Bennettsbridge
1970s: 5 for Fenians
1980s: 6 for Ballyhale Shamrocks
1990s: 4 for Glenmore
2000s: 4 for Ballyhale Shamrocks
2010s: 4 for Ballyhale Shamrocks
Gaps / Wins

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

62 years: Bennettsbridge
43 years: Dicksboro
36 years: Tullaroan
32 years: James Stephens
29 years: Mooncoin
27 years: Clara
24 years: Dicksboro
24 years: Dicksboro
23 years: James Stephens
15 years: Ballyhale Shamrocks
Gaps / Appearances

Top ten longest gaps between appearances in a final :

67 years: John Lockes
62 years: Bennettsbridge
59 years: Carrickshock
44 years: Bennettsbridge
43 years: Dicksboro
34 years: Tullaroan
32 years: James Stephens
23 years: Clara
21 years: Glenmore
21 years: Thomastown
21 years: Thomastown
Most appearances in Final

Pos.	Club	Won	Lost	Total	Period	Win %
1	Tullaroan	20	11	31	1887-1994	64.5%
2	Ballyhale Shamrocks	17	6	23	1978-2019	73.9%
3	Mooncoin	12	10	22	1888-1966	54.5%
4	James Stephens	9	10	19	1927-2019	47.4%
4	Carrickshock	7	12	19	1929-2013	36.8%
5	Benettsbridge	12	6	18	1890-2018	66.6%

Biggest wins

The most one sided Kilkenny finals since 1896 when goals were made equal to three points:
* 24 points – 1902: Tullaroan 3-16 – 0-01 Mooncoin
* 23 points – 1904: Tullaroan 6-14 – 1-6 Piltown
* 18 points – 1908: Mooncoin 5-17 – 3-05 Threecastles
* 17 points – 1955: Benettsbridge 6-06 – 1-04 Mooncoin
* 17 points – 1988: Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-15 – 0-04 Thomastown
* 16 points – 1934: Tullaroan 6-06 – 1-04 Carrickshock
* 16 points – 1969: James Stephens 8-05 – 2-07 Fenians
* 15 points – 1915: Tullaroan 7-02 – 2-02 Dicksboro
* 15 points – 1923: Dicksboro 7-04 – 3-01 Mooncoin
* 14 points – 1944: Eire Og 7-09 – 4.04 Carrickshock
* 14 points – 1964: Bennettsbridge 4-09 - 1-04 Glenmore
* 14 points – 1991: Ballyhale Shamrocks 3-16 – 1-08 St. Martin's
Top scorers / Team

Final

Pos.	Year	Club	Goals	Points	Total
1	1904	Tullaroan	6	14	32
2	1944	Eire Og	7	9	30
2	1985	Ballyhale Shamrocks	4	18	30
3	1969	James Stephens	8	5	29
3	1973	The Fenians	7	8	29
4	1995	Glenmore	3	19	28
5	2017	Dicksboro	4	15	27
5	2019	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2	21	27
6	1950	Dicksboro	3	17	26
6	1950	Eire Og	6	8	26
7	1973	James Stephens	5	10	25
7	1901	Tullaroan	5	10	25
7	1923	Dicksboro	7	4	25
7	1991	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3	16	25

NOTES:

1950 - Drawn match
1973'' - Highest score by a losing team
Top scorers

FINALS from 1995 to 2019

Pos.	Name	Club	Goals	Points	Total
1	TJ Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3	58	67
1	DJ Carey	Young Ireland's	11	34	67
2	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	1	45	48
3	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0	41	41
4	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	4	26	38
5	Eoin Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	4	19	31
6	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels	0	28	28
7	Keith Hogan	Clara	0	18	18
8	Adrian Ronan	Graigue-Ballycallan	3	8	17
9	Colin Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0	16	16
10	Mark Aylward	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2	9	15

By year

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
2016	Richie Hogan	Danesfort	0-40	40
2017	David Walton	James Stephens	1-51	54
2018	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-41	50
2019	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-34	37

Finals

Final	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1992	Ray Heffernan	Glenmore	1-10	13
1993	Tommy Bawle	Dicksboro	0-06	6
1993	Sam Morrissey	Dicksboro	1-02	5
1994	Derek Gaffney	Tullaroan	0-04	4
1995	Ray Heffernan	Glenmore	0-07	7
1996	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	1-05	8
1996	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	2-04	10
1997	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	1-02	5
1998	Damien Cleere	Graigue-Ballycallan	0-08	8
1998	Brendan Ryan	Fenians	0-08	8
1999	Michael Murphy	Glenmore	1-01	4
2000	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-05	5
2001	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	1-09	12
2002	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	2-07	13
2003	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	2-03	9
2003	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	1-07	10
2003	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	1-07	10
2004	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	3-06	15
2005	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	0-09	9
2006	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-10	10
2007	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-10	10
2008	Eoin Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-02	5
2009	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-03	6
2009	Eoin Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-06	6
2010	Richie Power	Carrickshock	0-12	12
2011	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-07	7
2011	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	1-11	14
2012	Martin Gaffney	Dicksboro	0-08	8
2013	Keith Hogan	Clara	0-10	10
2014	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-10	10
2015	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-08	8
2016	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-11	11
2017	David Walton	James Stephens	1-05	8
2018	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-10	13
2019	Eoin Guilfoyle	James Stephens	0-08	8

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