Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship

For the Gaelic football equivalent, see Wicklow Senior Football Championship.

Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Iomána Sinsearach Chill Mhantáin
Code	Hurling
Founded	1903; 122 years ago (1903)
Region	Wicklow (GAA)
Trophy	O'Donoghue Cup
No. of teams	6
Title holders	Bray Emmets (10th title)
Most titles	Carnew Emmets (19 titles)
Sponsors	Lightning Protection Ireland[1]
Official website	Wicklow GAA

The Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Lightning Protection Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Wicklow SHC) is an annual club hurling competition organised by the Wicklow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the top-ranking senior clubs in the county of Wicklow in Ireland, deciding the competition winners through a group and knockout format. It is the most prestigious competition in Wicklow hurling.

In its current format, the Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship begins with a group stage. The six participating teams play each other in a round-robin system. The four top-ranking teams proceed to the knockout phase that culminates with the final match at Echelon Park. The winner of the Wicklow Senior Championship, as well as being presented with the O'Donoghue Cup, qualifies for the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 14 teams, 10 of which have won it more than once. Carnew Emmets is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 19 times. Bray Emmets are the reigning champions, having beaten Carnew Emmets by 0-23 to 4-08 in the 2024 final.^[2]

History

The first senior championship was won by Barndarrig in 1923. There was no Wicklow championship in 1938. There are currently seven teams taking part in the Championship:

• Carnew Emmets
• Glenealy
• Eire Óg
• Bray Emmets
• Kiltegan

Format

Group stage

Six clubs start in the group stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed five group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top four teams qualify for the knockout stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals: The top four teams from the group stage contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.

Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Teams

2024 teams

The 6 teams competing in the 2024 Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship are:

Club	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	In championship since	Championship titles	Last championship title
Bray Emmets	Bray	Navy and green	Champions	?	10	2024
Carnew Emmets	Carnew	Blue and yellow	Runners-up	?	19	2009
Éire Óg Greystones	Greystones	Blue and white	Semi-finals	?	0	—
Glenealy	Glenealy	Red and white	Relegated	?	16	2018
Kiltegan	Kiltegan	White and red	Semi-finals	?	8	2001
St Patrick's	Wicklow	Blue and white	Group stage	2024	6	1992

2023 grades

Championship	Club
Senior championships
Senior	Avondale
	Bray Emmets
	Carnew Emmets
	Éire Óg Greystones
	Glenealy
	Kiltegan
Intermediate championships
Intermediate	Arklow Rock Parnells
	Aughrim
	Avondale (2nd team)
	Bray Emmets (2nd team)
	Carnew Emmets (2nd team)
	Glenealy (2nd team)
	Kilcoole
	St Patrick's
	Western Gaels
Junior championships
Junior	Arklow Rock Parnells (2nd team)
	Barndarrig
	Bray Emmets (3rd team)
	Éire Óg Greystones (2nd team)
	Kilcoole (2nd team)
	Kiltegan (2nd team)
	Knockananna

Qualification for subsequent competitions

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

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Championships won
1	Carnew Emmets	19	1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009
2	Glenealy	16	1957, 1958, 1959, 1975, 1986, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018
3	Avondale	14	1908, 1915, 1931, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1983
4	Barndarrig	12	1923, 1924, 1926, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1988
5	Rathnew	11	1906, 1911, 1913, 1925, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1950.
6	Bray Emmets	10	1952, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
7	Kiltegan	8	1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
8	Arklow Rock Parnells	6	1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1985
	St Patrick's	6	1903, 1916, 1928, 1930, 1990, 1992
10	St Kevin's	2	1961, 1963
11	Baltinglass	1	1927
	Ballinacor	1	1935
	Avoca	1	1953
	Forestry College	1	1962

List of finals

Legend

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

List of Wicklow SHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up		#
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024	Bray Emmets	0-23	Carnew Emmets	4-08	[2]
2023	Bray Emmets	1-15	Carnew Emmets	2-10	[3]
2022	Bray Emmets	2-16	Glenealy	2-08	[4]
2021	Bray Emmets	1-16	Glenealy	1-11	[5]
2020	Bray Emmets	1-21	Carnew Emmets	1-04	[6]
2019	Bray Emmets	1-19	Glenealy	1-09	[7]
2018	Glenealy	4-10	Carnew Emmets	1-12	[8]
2017	Glenealy	2-12	Bray Emmets	0-11	[9]
2016	Bray Emmets	1-17	Carnew Emmets	1-06	[10]
2015	Bray Emmets	1-18	Carnew Emmets	1-09	[11]
2014	Bray Emmets	2-09	Glenealy	1-11	[12]
2013	Glenealy	0-17	Bray Emmets	0-14	[13]
2012	Glenealy	1-11	Carnew Emmets	0-10	[14]
2011	Glenealy	3-09	Carnew Emmets	3-06	[15]
2010	Glenealy	3-13	Carnew Emmets	0-09	[16]
2009	Carnew Emmets	0-18	Glenealy	1-13	[17]
2008	Glenealy	2-10	Carnew Emmets	0-10
2007	Glenealy	4-16	Kiltegan	3-14
2006	Carnew Emmets	2-08	Glenealy	0-11
2005	Glenealy	1-11	Carnew Emmets	0-06
2004	Carnew Emmets	0-16	Glenealy	1-08
2003	Glenealy	1-10	Carnew Emmets	1-07
2002	Carnew Emmets	2-12	St Patrick's	1-05
2001	Kiltegan	0-16	Glenealy	0-14
2000	Carnew Emmets	2-09	Glenealy	0-09
1999	Kiltegan	2-17	Carnew Emmets	1-08
1998	Kiltegan	1-10	Glenealy	0-03
1997	Kiltegan	1-11	St Patrick's	1-06
1996	Glenealy	3-07	Carnew Emmets	0-09
1995	Kiltegan	1-07	Carnew Emmets	1-05
1994	Kiltegan	2-10	St Patrick's	0-11
1993	Kiltegan	3-07	Glenealy	1-06
1992	St Patrick's	0-18	Carnew Emmets	2-10
1991	Carnew Emmets	1-09	Barndarrig	2-04
1990	St Patrick's	1-08	Barndarrig	0-08
1989	Carnew Emmets	2-07	St Patrick's	1-06
1988	Barndarrig	1-09	Kiltegan	1-07
1987	Kiltegan	3-06	Arklow Rock Parnells	1-08
1986	Glenealy	2-08	Carnew Emmets	2-06
1985	Arklow Rock Parnells	2-10	Kilcoole	1-09
1984	Carnew Emmets	3-09	Kiltegan	2-04
1983	Avondale	3-11	Kilcoole	1-09
1982	Arklow Rock Parnells	2-10	Carnew Emmets	0-06
1981	Carnew Emmets	3-05	Arklow Rock Parnells	0-08
1980	Carnew Emmets	1-08	Glenealy	0-09
1979	Carnew Emmets	0-14	Arklow Rock Parnells	0-04
1978	Carnew Emmets	3-06	Arklow Rock Parnells	2-02
1977	Arklow Rock Parnells	2-11	Glenealy	0-05
1976	Carnew Emmets		Avondale
1975	Glenealy	3-02	Arklow Rock Parnells	2-03
1974	Carnew Emmets	2-04	Glenealy	0-03
1973	Carnew Emmets	6-11	West District	3-06
1972[18]	Arklow Rock Parnells		No opponents
1971	Arklow Rock Parnells		Carnew Emmets
1970	Arklow Rock Parnells	4-04	Avondale	1-04
1969	Carnew Emmets	5-10	Kilcoole	2-07
1968	Carnew Emmets	1-13	Avondale	1-03
1967	Carnew Emmets		Avondale
1966	Avondale	1-07	Carnew Emmets	1-06
1965[19]	Carnew Emmets	1-08	Arklow Geraldines	2-04
1964	Avondale	2-10	Kilcoole	2-03
1963	St Kevin's, Bray	4-04	Kilcoole	3-01
1962	Forestry College	4-07	St Kevin's, Bray	3-03
1961	St Kevin's, Bray	8-02	Forestry College	3-05
1960	Avondale		Kilcoole
1959	Glenealy	4-04	Barndarrig	3-03
1958	Glenealy	4-07	Kilcoole	4-03
1957	Glenealy	3-02	Avondale	2-02
1956	Barndarrig	3-07	Avondale	3-04
1955	Barndarrig	5-02	Avondale	3-02
1954	Barndarrig	4-09	Kilcoole	4-01
1953	Avoca	5-07	Glenealy	2-01
1952	Bray Emmets	4-05	Avondale	2-03
1951	Barndarrig	5-07	Avondale	2-04
1950	Rathnew	5-06	Bray Emmets	2-01
1949	Avondale	2-07	Barndarrig	1-01
1948	Barndarrig	3-05	Avondale	3-03
1947	Avondale		Barndarrig
1946	Avondale		Wicklow
1945	Barndarrig		Avondale
1944	Barndarrig	5-09	Avondale	1-03
1943	Barndarrig	5-01	St Killian's (Greystones)	2-04
1942	Avondale		Barndarrig
1941	Avondale		Rathnew
1940	Avondale		Rathnew
1939	Rathnew		Avondale
1938	No Championship
1937	Rathnew	5-00	Whitestown	6-03
1936	Avondale		Ballincor (Arklow)
1935	Ballincor (Arklow)		Avondale
1934	Rathnew		Wicklow
1933	Rathnew		Avondale
1932	Rathnew	4-01	Barndarrig	2-03
1931	Avondale		Wicklow
1930	Rathnew		Avondale
1929	Rathnew		Avondale
1928	Wicklow		Baltinglass
1927	Baltinglass		Barndarrig
1926	Barndarrig		Avondale
1925	Rathnew		Avondale
1924	Barndarrig		Avondale
1923	Barndarrig		Avondale
1922	No Championship
1921	No Championship
1920	No Championship
1919	Avondale
1918	Avondale
1917	Avondale
1916	Wicklow
1915	Avondale	2-04	Wicklow	3-00
1914	No Championship
1913	Rathnew		Avondale
1912	No Championship
1911	Rathnew		Ballymoney
1910	Ballymoney
1909	No Championship
1908	Avondale
1907	No Championship
1906	Rathnew
1905	No Championship
1904	No Championship
1903	Wicklow	1-06	Baltinglass	0-01

Notes

• 1937- Although Whitestown (Baltinglass) won on the day they were later stripped of the title and suspended for playing illegal players.
• 2008 - The first match ended in a draw: Glenealy 1-12, Carnew Emmets 1-12.^[20]
• 2016 - The first match ended in a draw: Bray Emmets 1-10, Carnew Emmets 0-12.^[21]
• 2022- The first match ended in a draw: Bray Emmets 1-16, Glenealy 1-16.^[22]

Records and statistics

Final

Team

• Most wins: 19:
  • Carnew Emmets (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009)
• Most consecutive wins: 6:
  • Bray Emmets (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Most appearances in a final: 39:
  • Carnew Emmets (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024)
• Most appearances in a final without ever winning: 8:
  • Kilcoole (1954, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1983, 1985)
• Most defeats in a final: 20:
  • Carnew Emmets (1966, 1971, 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024)

Teams

By decade

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

• 1910s: 2 for Rathnew (1911-13)
• 1920s: 3 for Barndarrig (1923-24-26)
• 1930s: 5 for Rathnew (1932-33-34-37-39)
• 1940s: 6 for Avondale (1940-41-42-46-47-49)
• 1950s: 4 for Barndarrig (1951-54-55-56)
• 1960s: 4 for Carnew Emmets (1965-67-68,-69)
• 1970s: 5 for Carnew Emmets (1973-74-76-78-79)
• 1980s: 4 for Carnew Emmets (1980-81-84-89)
• 1990s: 6 for Kiltegan (1993-94-95-97-98-99)
• 2010s: 6 for Glenealy (2010-11-12-13-17-18)
• 2020s: 5 for Bray Emmets (2020-21-22-23-24)

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 62 years: Bray Emmets (1952-2014)
• 60 years: St Patrick's (1930-1990)
• 32 years: Barndarrig (1956-1988)

See also

• Wicklow Senior Football Championship
• Wicklow Intermediate Hurling Championship
• Wicklow Junior Hurling Championship

References

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External links

• Official Wicklow Website
• Wicklow on Hoganstand
• Wicklow Club GAA