Donegal Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
Sponsors:	None
Irish:	Craobh Iománaíocht Sinsear Co. Dhún na nGall
Current:	Setanta
Currentordinal:	18
Super:	nd
Most:	Burt
Mostordinal:	39
Region:	Donegal
No. Of Teams:	8
Teams:	8
Code:	Hurling
Currentlyrunning:	2024 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship

The Donegal Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Donegal GAA clubs. The County Final is usually played at O'Donnell Park in Letterkenny.

Setanta are the title holders, defeating St Eunan's by 4-13 to 0-14 in the 2023 final.

History

Burt hold the most SHC titles of any club in the country, having passed out Waterford Senior Hurling Championship club Mount Sion's total of 35 a few years ago.

Teams

2023 Teams

Club	Location	Colours	Championship titles	Last championship title
An Clochán Liath	Dungloe	Red and white	0	—
Aodh Ruadh	Ballyshannon	Green and white	5	1977
Buncrana	Buncrana		0	—
Burt	Burt	Primrose and blue	39	2018
Carndonagh	Carndonagh		3	1959
Seán MacCumhaills			2	2016
Setanta	Killygordon	Green and black	18	2023
St Eunan's	Letterkenny	Amber and black	2	2021

2023 Hurling Grades

Championship	Club
Senior / Intermediate
Senior	An Clochán Liath
	Aodh Ruadh
	Buncrana
	Burt
	Carndonagh
	Seán MacCumhaills
	Setanta
	St Eunan's
Junior
Junior	Burt (2nd team)
	Four Masters
	Letterkenny Gaels
	Setanta (2nd team)
	St Eunan's (2nd team)

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Munster Cup.^[1]

The winning club qualifies to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

List of finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Score	Notes
1924^[2]	Aodh Ruadh	5-08	Letterkenny	0-01
1925	Aodh Ruadh
1926	Letterkenny
1927	Finner Camp
1928
1929	Aodh Ruadh
1930
1931
1932	Letterkenny
1933	Letterkenny
1934	Carrowmore
1935	Carrowmore
1936	Carrowmore
1937	Carrowmore
1938	Letterkenny
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943	Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar)		Aodh Ruadh
1944	Carndonagh
1945	Letterkenny
1946
1947	Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar)		Burt
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952	Burt
1953	Letterkenny
1954	Carndonagh
1955	Burt
1956	Burt
1957	Burt
1958	Lifford
1959	Carndonagh
1960	Lifford
1961	Burt
1962	Burt
1963	Glenswilly
1964	Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)
1965	Burt
1966	Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)
1967	Burt
1968	Burt
1969	Burt
1970	Burt	3-12	Na Cealla Beaga	1-03
1971	Burt	9-11	Aodh Ruadh	3-02
1972	St Eunan's	3-03	Burt	2-01
1973	Setanta		Burt
1974	Setanta		Carndonagh
1975	Aodh Ruadh	4-03	Burt	2-04
1976	Burt	3-07	Aodh Ruadh	2-06
1977	Aodh Ruadh	6-08	Roger Casement's	1-01
1978			Robert Emmet's & Burt	1-08 2-05	The 1978 final ended in a draw and was never replayed.
1979	Burt	3-09	Setanta	1-05
1980	Setanta	2-08	Burt	0-08
1981	Setanta	2-07	Burt	1-03
1982	Burt	1-08	Setanta	1-06
1983	Setanta	2-14	Burt	2-08
1984	Setanta	3-14	Carndonagh	1-05
1985^[3]	Setanta	3-07	Carndonagh	4-03
1986	Setanta	2-02	Burt	1-04
1987	Setanta	5-08	Burt	2-09
1988	Setanta		Carndonagh
1989	Burt	4-06	Aodh Ruadh	1-11
1990	Setanta	3-08	Burt	0-16
1991	Burt	2-12	Naomh Mura	1-09
1992	Burt	2-12	Naomh Mura	2-08
1993	Burt	2-11	Setanta	3-07
1994	Burt	4-07	Naomh Mura	1-04
1995	Burt	0-16	Naomh Mura	2-05
1996^[4]	Burt	1-16	Naomh Mura	1-06
1997	Burt	3-17	Naomh Mura	3-09
1998	Burt	3-13	Seán MacCumhaills	0-03
1999	Burt	1-12	Setanta	1-08
2000^[5]	Burt	5-17	Setanta	0-06
2001	Burt		Four Masters
2002	Burt	3-21	St Eunan's	2-09
2003	Burt		Setanta
2004	Burt		Setanta
2005^[6]	Burt	3-08	Setanta	0-11
2006	Burt	0-17	Setanta	0-15
2007	Setanta	3-08	Burt	0-07
2008	Setanta	4-07	Burt	1-07
2009	Burt	3-13	Seán MacCumhaills	2-12
2010	Seán MacCumhaills	0-15	Setanta	0-12
2011	Burt	3-11	Setanta	2-07
2012^[7]	Burt	3-14	Seán MacCumhaills	1-12
2013^[8]	Burt	3-13	Setanta	2-14
2014^[9]	Burt	6-09	Seán MacCumhaills	1-09
2015^[10]	Burt	2-07	Seán MacCumhaills	0-12
2016^[11]	Seán MacCumhaills	2-13	Burt	2-09
2017^[12]	Setanta	1-16	St Eunan's	1-08
2018^[13]	Burt	3-14	Setanta	1-14
2019^[14]	Setanta	3-13	St Eunan's	0-13
2020^[15]	Setanta	2-19	St Eunan's	2-13
2021^[16]	St Eunan's	2-09	Setanta	0-14	Conor O'Grady was the winning captain.^[17]
2022^[18]	Setanta	1-20	Burt	0-18
2023^[19]	Setanta	4-13	St Eunan's	0-14

Roll of honour

	Team	Titles	Years won
1	Burt	39	1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
2	Setanta	18	1973, 1974, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
3	Letterkenny	6	1926, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1945, 1953
4	Aodh Ruadh	5	1924, 1925, 1929, 1975, 1977
5	Carrowmore	4	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937
6	Carndonagh	3	1944, 1954, 1959
7	Erin's Hope (Ballybofey and Stranorlar)	2	1943, 1947
	Lifford	2	1958, 1960
	Erne Valley (Gleann-Eirne)	2	1964, 1966
	Seán MacCumhaills	2	2010, 2016
	St Eunan's	2	1972, 2021
12	Finner Camp	1	1927
12	Glenswilly	1	1963

2023 championship

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Setanta	5	5	0	134	75	59	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	St Eunan's	6	5	1	149	69	80	10
3	Burt	6	4	2	155	101	54	8
4	Buncrana	7	4	3	102	117	-15	8
5	Seán MacCumhaills	5	2	3	79	100	-21	4	Transfer to Intermediate championship
6	Carndonagh	6	1	5	69	119	-50	2
7	Aodh Ruadh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
8	An Clochán Liath	6	0	6	65	172	-107	0

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

St Eunan's 1-12 - 1-10 Burt

Setanta 5-22 - 0-12 Buncrana

Final

St Eunan's 0-14 - 4-13 Setanta

Intermediate Championship