Leinster Minor Hurling Championship


The Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship. It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year - except for a three-year absence during the Emergency - since the 1928 championship.
The final, usually held on the last Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during April, May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Hanrahan Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship, however, the championship has since incorporated a round-robin system.
The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Munster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Leinster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final group stage.
11 teams currently participate in the Leinster Championship.

Trophy

At the end of the Leinster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Hanrahan Cup is named after Walter Hanrahan, the first Secretary of the Leinster Council.

General statistics

Performance by county

Biggest Leinster final wins

  1. Kilkenny were disqualified from the championship due to their registration not being in order.
  2. Laois were awarded the title following an objection.

    Records and statistics

By decade

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

Overall

YearNameTeamScoreTotal
Offaly1-1821
Dublin1-2932
Kilkenny5-3247
Wexford2-3036
Wexford3-3746
Westmeath3-2130
Westmeath1-2629
Laois1-2326
Dublin3-2938
Kilkenny4-3547
Kilkenny3-2938
Laois3-2332
Wexford3-3342
Kilkenny3-3847
Kilkenny2-5763
Kildare8-3761

Finals

YearNameTeamScoreTotal
Kilkenny0-077
Kilkenny0-1111
Kilkenny0-088
Dublin1-025
Dublin1-058
Kilkenny0-1010
Kilkenny2-039
Dublin0-1010
Dublin1-036
Kilkenny1-0912
Dublin2-0814
Wexford1-1114