Mayo Senior Hurling Championship

Mayo Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Mayo Senior Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1923
Region	Mayo (GAA)
Trophy	TJ Tyrrell Cup
No. of teams	3 (clubs) 1 (division)
Title holders	Tooreen (33rd title)
Most titles	Tooreen (33 titles)
Sponsors	Connacht Gold

The Mayo Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested since 1923 by the top Mayo GAA clubs.

In its current format, the Mayo Senior Championship begins in mid-summer. The 4 participating teams are into one groups and play each other in a round-robin system. The group winners and the runners-up proceed to the final match. The other two teams play the Senior B final. The winner of the Mayo Senior Championship qualifies for the Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Tooreen are the title holders, defeating Ballyhaunis by 1–21 to 0–22 after extra time in the 2024 final.

History

Team participation

As of 2024, the competition is contested by teams representing Ballyhaunis, Castlebar, St. Ciaran's and Tooreen. St Ciaran's are a divisional team made up of Intermediate and Junior club teams.

Ballina, Belmullet and Westport no longer compete in the Senior grade.

Teams

2024 Teams

The 4 teams competing in the 2024 Mayo Senior Hurling Championship are:

Team	Location	Colours	Club/division	Club's division side	Position in 2023	In championship since	Championship titles	Last championship title
Ballyhaunis	Ballyhaunis	Red and black	Club	St Ciarans	Runners-up	?	13	2020
Castlebar Mitchels	Castlebar	Red and gold	Club	St Ciarans	Runners-up (Mayo SBHC)	?	2	1955
St Ciarans	County Mayo	Black and white	Division	N / A	Champions (Mayo SBHC)	2023	0	—
Tooreen	Tooreen	Blue and white	Club	St Ciarans	Champions	?	34	2024

Clubs eligible for divisional teams

Division	Clubs eligible for divisional team
St Ciarans	Ballina Stephenites, Beal Atha Bhearraigh, Caiseal Gaels, Claremorris, Gaeltacht Lorrais, Moytura, Westport

Clubs

Mayo GAA clubs

Location of County Mayo in Ireland

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Trophy

The trophy presented to the winners is the TJ Tyrrell Cup.

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championship wins	Championship runner-up
1	Tooreen	34	19	1966, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024	1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020
2	Ballyhaunis	13	12	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020	1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
3	Westport	4	7	1962, 1964, 1969, 1970	1927, 1965, 1987, 1992, 1993, 2005, 2011
	Ballaghaderreen	4	0	1923, 1924, 1950, 1953	—
5	Ballinrobe	3	5	1973, 1976, 1977	1972, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980
	Ballina	3	0	1958, 1959, 1996	—
7	Castlebar Mitchels	2	11	1952, 1955	1956, 1974, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2019
	Claremorris	2	1	1968, 1971	1957
	Cong	2	1	1965, 1967	1966
	Manulla	2	0	1960, 1961	—
	Belmullet	2	0	1957, 2001	—
12	North Mayo	1	4	1988	1986, 1989, 1990, 1991
	Moy Slashers	1	1	1963	1964
	Ballina James Stephens	1	1	2007	2006
	Charlestown	1	0	1951	—
	Swinford	1	0	1956	—
	Ballyheane	1	0	1927	—
18	Tooreen/Ballyhaunis	0	1	—	1958

Notes

• Runners-up unknown: 1923–1924, 1950–1953, 1955, 1959–1962, 1967, 1969–1970

List of finals

Legend

• Gold – Connacht intermediate club champions
• Silver – Connacht intermediate club runners-up

List of Mayo SHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Tooreen	1-21 (A.E.T)	Ballyhaunis	0-22
2023[1]	Tooreen	0-13	Ballyhaunis	0-08
2022[2][3]	Tooreen	1-14	Ballyhaunis	2-05
2021[4]	Tooreen	0-15	Ballyhaunis	1-11
2020[5]	Ballyhaunis	1-15	Tooreen	1-12
2019[6]	Tooreen	0-18	Castlebar	1-13
2018[7]	Tooreen	0-15	Ballyhaunis	0-11
2017[8]	Tooreen	2-10	Ballyhaunis	0-06
2016[9][10]	Ballyhaunis	2-12, 2-13 (R)	Tooreen	1-15, 1-13 (R)
2015[11]	Ballyhaunis	0-20	Tooreen	1-14
2014[12]	Ballyhaunis	1-12	Tooreen	1-10
2013[13]	Tooreen	4-10	Ballyhaunis	1-06
2012[14]	Ballyhaunis	1-14	Tooreen	0-16
2011	Ballyhaunis	1-19	Westport	1-06
2010	Ballyhaunis	0-14	Tooreen	0-11
2009	Ballyhaunis	2-09	Tooreen	1-07
2008	Ballyhaunis	0-15	Tooreen	2-07
2007	Ballina	0-14	Ballyhaunis	1-10
2006[15]	Ballyhaunis	1-09	Ballina	1-04
2005	Ballyhaunis	3-10	Westport	0-07
2004	Ballyhaunis	2-11	Tooreen	0-08
2003	Tooreen	1-08	Ballyhaunis	0-07
2002	Ballyhaunis	4-10	Tooreen	3-08
2001 (After Replay)	Belmullet	3-14	Tooreen	1-11
2000	Tooreen	3-05	Ballyhaunis	0-09
1999	Tooreen	1-11	Ballyhaunis	1-09
1998	Tooreen	1-12	Castlebar	0-07
1997	Tooreen	2-14	Ballyhaunis	1-06
1996	Ballina	2-07	Tooreen	1-09
1995	Tooreen	3-11	Castlebar	2-06
1994	Tooreen	3-18	Castlebar	0-04
1993	Tooreen	3-17	Westport	0-09
1992	Tooreen	1-12	Westport	0-08
1991	Tooreen	2-11	North Mayo	1-01
1990	Tooreen	2-19	North Mayo	2-04
1989	Tooreen	3-11	North Mayo	0-09
1988	North Mayo	2-05	Tooreen	1-07
1987	Tooreen	2-15	Westport	3-02
1986	Tooreen	5-21	North Mayo	3-07
1985	Tooreen	2-17	Castlebar	1-05
1984	Tooreen	2-13	Castlebar	1-03
1983	Tooreen	0-18	Castlebar	1-06
1982	Tooreen	1-10	Castlebar	2-05
1981	Tooreen	2-10	Castlebar	2-05
1980	Tooreen	2-12	Ballinrobe	0-02
1979	Tooreen	2-11	Ballinrobe	2-07
1978	Tooreen	2-12	Ballinrobe	3-00
1977	Ballinrobe	3-06	Tooreen	1-09
1976	Ballinrobe	1-08	Tooreen	1-05
1975	Tooreen	2-06	Ballinrobe	0-06
1974	Tooreen	2-08	Castlebar	2-03
1973 (After Replay)	Ballinrobe	2-06	Tooreen	2-03
1972	Tooreen	3-09	Ballinrobe	2-03
1971	Claremorris		Tooreen
1970	Westport
1969	Westport
1968	Claremorris		Tooreen
1967	Cong
1966	Tooreen	3-05	Cong	1-03
1965	Cong		Westport
1964	Westport		Moy Slashers
1963	Moy Slashers	2-04	Tooreen	1-02
1962	Westport
1961	Manulla
1960	Manulla
1959	Ballina Stephenites
1958	Ballina		Tooreen/Ballyhaunis
1957	Belmullet	9-05	Claremorris	2-01
1956	Swinford	3-09	Castlebar	3-05
1955	Castlebar Mitchels
1954	No Championship
1953	Ballaghaderreen
1952	Castlebar Mitchels
1951	Charlestown
1950	Ballaghaderreen
1949	No Championship
1948	No Championship
1947	No Championship
1946	No Championship
1945	No Championship
1944	No Championship
1943	No Championship
1942	No Championship
1941	No Championship
1940	No Championship
1939	No Championship
1938	No Championship
1937	No Championship
1936	No Championship
1935	No Championship
1934	No Championship
1933	No Championship
1932	No Championship
1931	No Championship
1930	No Championship
1929	No Championship
1928	No Championship
1927	Ballyheane		Westport
1926	No Championship
1925	No Championship
1924	Ballaghaderreen
1923	Ballaghaderreen

See also

• Mayo Senior Football Championship

References

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10. "Mayo SHC final replay: Higgins the Ballyhaunis hero". Hogan Stand. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
11. "Mayo SHC final: Higgins fires Ballyhaunis to victory". Hogan Stand. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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14. thescore.ie 2012 final report Archived 2012-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
15. GAA website Archived 2007-03-28 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official Mayo Website
• Mayo on Hoganstand
• Mayo Club GAA
• Mayo Supporters Discussion Forum