Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship

The Leinster GAA Post-Primary Schools Senior A Hurling Championship, is an annual inter-schools hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is the highest inter-schools hurling competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year, except on two occasions, since 1918.

Leinster GAA PPS Senior A Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Iarbhunscoileanna Laighean
CodeHurling
Founded1918 (1918)
RegionLeinster (GAA)
TrophyCorn Uí Dhúill
No. of teams9
Title holders Offaly Schools (1st title)
First winner Castleknock College
Most titles St Kieran's College (56 titles)
SponsorsTop Oil
Official websiteOfficial website

The final, usually held in February, serves as the culmination of a round robin and knockout series of games played between November and January. Eligible players must be under the age of 19.

The Leinster Colleges Championship is an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Colleges Championship. The winners and runners-up of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Conancht Championships and Munster, advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals or semi-finals.

The title has been won at least once by 20 different schools, 10 of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are St Kieran's College, who have won the competition 56 times.

Offaly Schools are the current champions, having beaten St Kieran's College in the 2023 final.[1]

History
St Kieran's College

The Leinster Championship, like its counterpart in Munster, was organised for the first time in 1918.[2][3] Participation was limited to voluntary secondary schools. Castleknock College, a school which later prohibited the playing of Gaelic games, claimed the title for the only time in their history with a 5-01 to no score defeat of O'Connell School in the final at Croke Park on 4 May 1918.[4] No competition took place in 1919, however, following its resumption Offaly-based Cistercian College, Roscrea won four titles in five years from 1920 to 1924.[5]

This period of dominance was short-lived, as St Kieran's College, after winning their inaugural title in 1922, went on to win 24 titles up to 1959. In spite of this dominance, a number of Dublin schools won their first of only titles during this period, including Colasite Caoimhin (1930), Blackrock College (1935), St Joseph's CBS, Fairview (1945) and O'Connell School (1946).[6] Patrician College, Ballyfin became the first Laois school to win the title in 1942, while Knockbeg College claimed Carlow's only success in 1955.[7]

St Peter's College, Wexford broke the St Kieran's College hegemony by winning five titles from seven finals appearances between 1960 and 1968.[8][9][10] St Peter's College won further titles in 1973 and 1978, however, St Kieran's College and their Kilkenny rivals Kilkenny CBS claimed seven titles between them over the course of the rest of the decade. Offaly school St Brendan's Community School won four titles between 1979 and 1986, however, St Kieran's subsequently set the all-time record by winning eight Leinster titles in-a-row between 1987 and 1994.[11] Their great run of success was brought to an end by Good Counsel College, Wexford, who won two titles in 1995 and 1997.[12]

The turn of the century saw St Kieran's College continue to dominate by winning 12 titles between 2000 and 2019. By that stage, vocational schools were permitted to field teams in the competition after the merging of the vocational schools' and colleges' championships in 2013. A number of amalgamated teams also enjoyed success, with Dublin Colleges claiming titles in 2001 and 2008.[13] The success of this team in promoting hurling in Dublin resulted in the eventual creation of a Dublin South and a Dublin North team, with the latter winning the Leinster title in 2018. Offaly Schools, a team made up of players from six different schools, won their first title in 2023.

Current format

Participating teams

The following nine teams participated in the 2023 championship:

Team Location Colours
Coláiste Eoin Booterstown Yellow, white and black
Coláiste Mhuire Johnstown Blue and green
Dublin North Schools North Dublin Blue and white
Dublin South Schools South Dublin Navy and blue
Good Counsel College New Ross Blue and white
Kilkenny CBS Kilkenny Maroon and yellow
Offaly Schools Offaly Green, white and gold
St Kieran's College Kilkenny Black and white
St Peter's College Wexford Green and white

Championship

The championship begins with a group stage. The six individual colleges and schools are divided into two groups of three teams. Each team meets the others in the group once in a round-robin format. The two group winners and one of the group runners-up automatically qualify for the semi-final stages. The other group runners-up play the winners of the amalgamated group teams section, who play a knockout series of games to determine a winner.

Qualification for the All-Ireland Championship

As of 2005, the winners and runners up of the Leinster Championship qualify for the All-Ireland Colleges Championship.[14] The runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals, while on some occasions the champions receive a bye to the semi-final stage, however, this is done in rotation with the Connacht and Leinster champions.

Sponsorship

Top Oil became the title sponsor of the championship in November 2016.[15]

Trophy and medals

The Corn Uí Dhúill is the current prize for winning the championship.[16] The cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. In accordance with GAA rules, the Connacht Council awards a set of gold medals to the championship winners.

Roll of honour
# Team County Won Years won
1 St Kieran's College Kilkenny 56 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949,
1950, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016,
2017, 2019
2 Kilkenny CBS Kilkenny 8 1936, 1970, 1976, 1981, 1983, 2006, 2013, 2014
St Peter's College Wexford 8 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1982
4 Cistercian College, Roscrea Offaly 5 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1947
5 Patrician College, Ballyfin Laois 4 1942, 1952, 1956, 1963
Good Counsel College Wexford 4 1995, 1997, 2009, 2022
7 St Brendan's Community School Offaly 3 1980, 1985, 1986
8 Colasite Caoimhin Dublin 2 1930, 1934
O'Connell School Dublin 2 1946, 1954
Dublin Colleges Dublin 2 2001, 2008
11 Castleknock College Dublin 1 1918
Blackrock College Dublin 1 1935
St Joseph's CBS Dublin 1 1945
Knockbeg College Carlow 1 1955
Presentation College Birr Offaly 1 1979
Coláiste Éamann Rís Kilkenny 1 1998
Castlecomer Community School Kilkenny 1 2007
Dublin North Dublin 1 2018
Coláiste Eoin Dublin 1 2020

List of finals
Year Winners Score Runners-up Score
1918 Castleknock College 5-01 O'Connell School 0-00
1919 No competition
1920 Cistercian College 11-06 Belcamp College 0-00
1921 Cistercian College
1922 St Kieran's College w/o Cistercian College scr.
1923 Cistercian College 4-02 St Kieran's College 3-01
1924 Cistercian College 5-00 Blackrock College 4-02
1925 St Kieran's College 2-03 Blackrock College 2-02
1926 St Kieran's College 9-07 St Thomas's College 4-02
1927 St Kieran's College
1928 St Kieran's College 7-09 Colasite Caoimhín 3-02
1929 St Kieran's College 10-03 Patrician College 0-00
1930 Colasite Caoimhín 4-01 St Kieran's College 1-01
1931 St Kieran's College 5-03 Colasite Caoimhín 0-03
1932 St Kieran's College 9-03 St. Enda's School 5-02
1933 St Kieran's College 11-03 Colasite Caoimhín 3-02
1934 Colasite Caoimhín 2-03 St Kieran's College 2-02
1935 Blackrock College 6-01 St Kieran's College 4-02
1936 Kilkenny CBS 3-04 Blackrock College 1-01
1937 St Kieran's College 4-08 Kilkenny CBS 2-01
1938 St Kieran's College 4-03 Colasite Caoimhín 0-04
1939 St Kieran's College 2-08 O'Connell School 0-03
1940 St Kieran's College 10-04 Knockbeg College 0-01
1941 St Kieran's College 4-03 O'Connell School 2-01
1942 Patrician College 1-02 St Joseph's CBS 1-00
1943 St Kieran's College 8-09 St Joseph's CBS 4-02
1944 St Kieran's College 4-04 St Joseph's CBS 2-02
1945 St Joseph's CBS 4-06 St Kieran's College 2-05
1946 O'Connell School 2-04 St Kieran's College 1-01
1947 Cistercian College 5-00 O'Connell School 1-01
1948 St Kieran's College 3-06 St Joseph's CBS 1-04
1949 St Kieran's College 5-05 St Joseph's CBS 1-01
1950 St Kieran's College 11-04 Cistercian College 2-01
1951 St Kieran's College 3-08 Patrician College 3-01
1952 Patrician College 6-07 Knockbeg College 5-00
1953 St Kieran's College 2-04 Cistercian College 1-04
1954 O'Connell School 3-07 Cistercian College 3-03
1955 Knockbeg College 7-08 St Joseph's CBS 4-05
1956 Patrician College 6-02 St Joseph's CBS 2-04
1957 St Kieran's College 6-03 Patrician College 3-00
1958 St Kieran's College 10-04 Cistercian College 3-04
1959 St Kieran's College w/o
1960 St Peter's College 2-10 St Kieran's College 3-06
1961 St Kieran's College 8-14 Patrician College 2-02
1962 St Peter's College 4-03 Kilkenny CBS 1-04
1963 Patrician College 4-04 St Kieran's College 3-05
1964 St Peter's College 3-05 Cistercian College 2-04
1965 St Kieran's College 4-05 St Peter's College 4-03
1966 St Kieran's College 3-10 St Peter's College 3-05
1967 St Peter's College 3-10 St Kieran's College 4-05
1968 St Peter's College 2-04 St Kieran's College 0-09
1969 St Kieran's College 3-07 Kilkenny CBS 4-03
1970 Kilkenny CBS 3-06 St Kieran's College 3-04
1971 St Kieran's College 2-15 St Peter's College 1-07
1972 St Kieran's College 7-10 Coláiste Éamann Rís 3-07
1973 St Peter's College 3-12 St Kieran's College 1-07
1974 St Kieran's College 5-11 St Peter's College 2-03
1975 St Kieran's College 6-12 Presentation College Birr 4-03
1976 Kilkenny CBS 1-12 Presentation College Birr 2-03
1977 St Kieran's College 4-06 St Peter's College 2-11
1978 St Peter's College 1-06 St Kieran's College 0-05
1979 Presentation College Birr 2-13 Kilkenny CBS 2-04
1980 St Brendan's Community School 4-03 St Peter's College 1-01
1981 Kilkenny CBS 1-08 St Brendan's Community School 1-07
1982 St Peter's College 1-08 Kilkenny CBS 0-08
1983 Kilkenny CBS 3-13 St Kieran's College 1-13
1984 St Kieran's College 3-06 St Brendan's Community School 2-04
1985 St Brendan's Community School 3-05 St Kieran's College 2-07
1986 St Brendan's Community School 5-06 St Kieran's College 0-06
1987 St Kieran's College 4-08 St Brendan's Community School 3-09
1988 St Kieran's College 8-17 St. Mary's CBS, Enniscorthy 1-06
1989 St Kieran's College 2-11 Birr Community School 1-09
1990 St Kieran's College 2-09 Kilkenny CBS 1-07
1991 St Kieran's College 0-11 Kilkenny CBS 0-06
1992 St Kieran's College 2-13 Coláiste Éamann Rís 2-02
1993 St Kieran's College 8-10 St Peter's College 2-05
1994 St Kieran's College 2-10 Good Counsel College 0-08
1995 Good Counsel College 0-11 St Kieran's College 1-06
1996 St Kieran's College 1-07 Good Counsel College 1-06
1997 Good Counsel College 2-11 St Kieran's College 0-14 [17]
1998 Coláiste Éamann Rís 1-10 St Kieran's College 0-09 [18]
1999 St Kieran's College 3-13 Dublin Colleges 1-11 [19]
2000 St Kieran's College 2-13 Dublin Colleges 1-10 [20]
2001 Dublin Colleges 1-09 Good Counsel College 1-06 [21]
2002 St Kieran's College 1-15 Kilkenny CBS 2-03 [22]
2003 St Kieran's College 3-10 St Peter's College 1-11 [23]
2004 St Kieran's College 0-13 St Peter's College 1-04 [24]
2005 St Kieran's College 1-19 St Brendan's Community School 1-12 [25]
2006 Kilkenny CBS 1-14 Dublin Colleges 2-09 [26]
2007 Castlecomer Community School 0-11 Kilkenny CBS 0-06 [27]
2008 Dublin Colleges 2-16 Kilkenny CBS 1-06 [28]
2009 Good Counsel College 1-13 Castlecomer Community School 2-08 [29]
2010 St Kieran's College 2-14 Kilkenny CBS 1-10 [30]
2011 St Kieran's College 3-07 Castlecomer Community School 0-07 [31]
2012 St Kieran's College 2-09 Kilkenny CBS 1-10 [32]
2013 Kilkenny CBS 2-09 St Kieran's College 1-07 [33]
2014 Kilkenny CBS 2-13 St Kieran's College 0-13 [34]
2015 St Kieran's College 1-14 St Peter's College 1-06 [35]
2016 St Kieran's College 2-12 Kilkenny CBS 1-11 [36]
2017 St Kieran's College 1-14 Kilkenny CBS 0-13 [37]
2018 Dublin North 1-14 St Kieran's College 1-11 [38]
2019 St Kieran's College 1-17 Coláiste Eoin 1-16 [39]
2020 Coláiste Eoin 1-16 St Kieran's College 0-17 [40]
2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [41]
2022 Good Counsel College 1-23 Dublin South 0-14 [42]
2023 Offaly Schools 1-16 St Kieran's College 1-14
  • Teams in bold went on to win the Dr Croke Cup in the same year.

Records and statistics

Final
  • Most wins: 56:
    • St Kieran's College (1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)
  • Most consecutive wins: 8:

By decade

The most successful college of each decade, judged by number of championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

Longest gaps between successive championship titles:

See also

Sources
  • "Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championships". Leinster GAA. 3 May 2007. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  • Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible

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