Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championship
Irish hurling competition
The Kerry Under-21 Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Acorn Life Kerry County Under-21 Hurling Championship [ 1] ) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association for the top Under-21 hurling teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland .
The first County Championship at this age grade took place in 1979 and was won by Causeway . Prior to this, Under-21 championships were held at divisional level only.
The series of games are played during the autumn and winter months. Weather conditions and fixture congestion have, on a number of occasions, led to the final stages of the competition not being completed within the calendar year.
The 2009 competition does not appear to have been completed, with the final (due to be contested between St Brendan's, Ardfert and Kilmoyley ) unplayed. The 2020 and 2021 competitions were not commenced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games .
Trophy
The original Atlantic Oils Perpetual Cup was presented to the winners from 1979 until 2007. The original trophy was replaced in 2008 when a new trophy was presented by Brendan Horgan of Atlantic Oils to the Kerry County Board . This trophy is sometimes referred to as the Denis Horgan Cup in memory of the founder of the Atlantic Oils company.[ 2]
Roll of honour
#
Team
Wins
Years won
Runner-up
Years runner-up
1
St Brendan's, Ardfert
9
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2024
9
1980, 1981, 1987, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023
2
Ballyheigue
6
1980, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
1
1982
Kilmoyley
6
1981, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2011
5
1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2004
4
Lixnaw
5
1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2016
8
1979, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2019
Ballyduff
5
2000, 2001, 2010, 2013, 2023
4
1983, 1989, 1995, 1996,
6
Causeway
3
1979, 2014, 2017
3
2002, 2010, 2012
Kenmare
3
1987, 1988, 1989
3
1984, 1986, 1999
Crotta O'Neill's
3
1992, 2018, 2022
4
1993, 1994, 2008, 2017
9
Abbeydorney / Crotta O'Neill's
1
2012
1
1990 (as St. Bernard's)
Causeway / Ballyduff
1
2015
0
Kilgarvan / Kenmare / Dr.Crokes
1
2019
0
-
Abbeydorney
2
2001, 2022
-
Kenmare / Kilgarvan
1
2011
-
Abbeydorney / Ballyheigue
1
2015
-
Crotta O'Neill's /Kilmoyley
1
2024
Finals listed by year
Year
Winner
Score
Runner-up
Score
Final date
Final location
2024
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-11
Crotta O'Neill's /Kilmoyley
0-13
08/12/2024
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2023
Ballyduff
5-09
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-11
12/11/2023
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2022[ 3]
Crotta O'Neill's
1-21
Abbeydorney
0-18
17/09/2022
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2021
Competition cancelled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games
2020
2019[ 4]
Kilgarvan / Kenmare / Dr.Crokes
2-16
Lixnaw
1-14
28/10/2019
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2018[ 5]
Crotta O'Neills
0-13
Lixnaw
0-11
13/10/2018
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2017[ 6]
Causeway
1-12
Crotta O'Neills
0-10
11/11/2017
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2016[ 7]
Lixnaw
3-15
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-12
15/10/2016
Abbeydorney
2015[ 8]
Causeway / Ballyduff
2-17
Abbeydorney / Ballyheigue
3-08
07/11/2015
Lerrig
2014[ 9]
Causeway
0-18
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-09
14/12/2014
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2013[ 10]
Ballyduff
1-10
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-11
21/12/2013
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2012
Abbeydorney / Crotta O'Neill's
3-06
Causeway
0-11
03/11/2012
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2011
Kilmoyley
1-09
Kenmare / Kilgarvan
0-09
03/12/2011
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2010
Ballyduff
1-08
Causeway
0-10
05/12/2010
Lerrig
2009
Not completed
2008
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-18
Crotta O'Neill's
0-08
21/12/2008
Ballyheigue
2007
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-12
Lixnaw
0-03
02/12/2007
Ballyheigue
2006
Kilmoyley
1-11
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-12
24/03/2007
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2005
St Brendan's, Ardfert
4-11
Lixnaw
1-07
26/03/2006
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2004
Lixnaw
2-13
Kilmoyley
1-06
06/11/2004
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2003
Lixnaw
3-13
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-07
19/10/2003
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2002
Lixnaw
0-10
Causeway
1-04
13/10/2002
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
2001
Ballyduff
2-16
Abbeydorney
1-04
06/08/2001
Lerrig
2000
Ballyduff
w/o.
Lixnaw
scr.
1999
Lixnaw
2-16
Kenmare
0-03
13/11/1999
Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
1998
Kilmoyley
2-09
Lixnaw
2-05
14/11/1998
Ballyheigue
1997
Ballyheigue
w/o.
Lixnaw
scr.
1996
Ballyheigue
1-11
Ballyduff
1-04
17/11/1996
Causeway
1995
Ballyheigue
2-08
Ballyduff
2-03
10/12/1995
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
1994
Ballyheigue
2-13
Crotta O'Neill's
2-06
02/10/1994
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
1993
Kilmoyley
4-07
Crotta O'Neill's
1-14
21/11/1993
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
1992
Crotta O'Neill's
1-09
Kilmoyley
1-07
14/12/1992
Ardfert
1991
Ballyheigue
3-02
Kilmoyley
1-07
08/12/1991
Ardfert
1990
Kilmoyley
2-10
St Bernard's (Abbeydorney / Crotta O'Neill's )
1-08
11/11/1990
Causeway (2 replays required).
1989
Kenmare
2-07
Ballyduff
0-04
24/09/1989
Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
1988
Kenmare
2-07
Kilmoyley
1-04
02/10/1988
Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
1987
Kenmare
3-08
St Brendan's, Ardfert
2-07
01/11/1987
Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
1986
St Brendan's, Ardfert
5-07
Kenmare
0-08
05/10/1986
Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
1985
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-07
Kilmoyley
0-05
22/12/1985
Ballyheigue
1984
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-08
Kenmare
0-02
30/09/1984
Fitzgerald Stadium , Killarney
1983
St Brendan's, Ardfert
0-19
Ballyduff
1-08
11/09/1983
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
1982
St Brendan's, Ardfert
2-11
Ballyheigue
4-03
26/09/1982
Lixnaw
1981
Kilmoyley
2-06
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-06
30/08/1981
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
1980
Ballyheigue
2-04
St Brendan's, Ardfert
1-03
26/10/1980
Abbeydorney
1979
Causeway
2-09
Lixnaw
0-07
21/10/1979
Austin Stack Park , Tralee
References
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