Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Explained

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship
Irish:	Craobh Iománaíochta Mionúir Laighin
Code:	Hurling
Region:	Leinster
Trophy:	Hanrahan Cup
Teams:	11
Title Holders:	Galway
Currentordinal:	1
Super:	st
Most Titles:	Kilkenny
Mostordinal:	58
Sponsors:	Electric Ireland
Tv:	TG4
Website:	Official website

The Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Electric Ireland Leinster GAA Hurling Minor Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition for male players under the age of 17 in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year – except for a three-year absence during the Emergency – since the 1928 championship. Despite the name, the competition also includes teams from Ulster and Connacht.

The final, usually held on the last Sunday in June, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during April, May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Hanrahan Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship, however, the championship has since incorporated a round-robin system.

The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Munster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Leinster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final group stage.

11 teams currently participate in the Leinster Championship.

Trophy

At the end of the Leinster final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The Hanrahan Cup is named after Walter Hanrahan (Wexford), the first Secretary of the Leinster Council.^[1]

General statistics

Performance by county

	County	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
1	Kilkenny	59	19	1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021	1928, 1929, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1963. 1964, 1968, 1970, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2023
2	Dublin	16	24	1928, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1965, 1983, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018	1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1951, 1961, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017
3	Wexford	8	26	1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1980, 1985, 2019	1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2021
4	Offaly	5	10	1986, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2022	1948, 1950, 1957, 1982, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2020
5	Laois	4	12	1934, 1940, 1941, 1964	1930, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1953, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1990, 1991, 2013, 2022
6	Meath	1	1	1929	1931
	20px|border Galway	1	0	2023
7	Carlow	0	1		2006
	Antrim	0	1		1979

Biggest Leinster final wins

• The most one sided Leinster finals:
  • 29 points – 1974: Kilkenny 8-19 (43) – (14) 3-5 Dublin
  • 27 points – 1972: Kilkenny 7-10 (31) – (4) 0-4 Wexford
  • 26 points – 2006: Kilkenny 4-22 (34) – (8) 1-5 Carlow
  • 25 points – 1971: Kilkenny 7-18 (39) – (14) 3-5 Wexford
  • 25 points – 1946: Dublin 7-5 (26) – (1) 0-1 Laois
  • 25 points – 1935: Kilkenny 7-8 (29) – (4) 1-1 Laois

Miscellaneous

• Kilkenny hold the record for the longest streak of success. For ten championship seasons between 1990 and 1999 the county failed to lose a game and won ten Leinster titles in-a-row.
• Kilkenny hold the record for the most consecutive appearances in Leinster finals. They played in twelve in a row between 1968 and 1979, with success coming on ten of those occasions.
• Four counties have completed the minor and senior double in the same year:
  • Kilkenny in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2021
  • Dublin in 1928, 1938, 1952
  • Wexford in 1968, 1970, 2019
  • Offaly in 1989

List of Leinster Finals

	All-Ireland champions
	All-Ireland runners-up

Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Score	Venue	Winning Captain
1928^1	Dublin	w/o	Kilkenny	scr.
1929	Meath	10-01 (31)	Kilkenny	6-01 (19)	O'Connor Park
1930	Kilkenny	6-03 (21)	Laois	3-05 (14)	Nowlan Park
1931	Kilkenny	4-09 (21)	Meath	0-03 (3)	Croke Park	John Shortall
1932	Kilkenny	9-06 (33)	Dublin	6-01 (19)	Croke Park
1933	Kilkenny	5-08 (23)	Dublin	2-06 (12)	Wexford Park
1934	Laois	8-04 (28)	Dublin	2-00 (6)	O'Moore Park
1935	Kilkenny	7-08 (29)	Laois	1-01 (4)	Nowlan Park	Paddy Grace
1936	Kilkenny	3-13 (22)	Dublin	1-01 (4)	Nowlan Park	Éamonn Tallent
1937	Kilkenny	6-12 (30)	Dublin	2-04 (10)	Dr. Cullen Park
1938	Dublin	5-04 (19)	Laois	1-03 (6)	O'Moore Park
1939	Kilkenny	3-08 (17)	Dublin	2-02 (8)	O'Moore Park
1940^2	Dublin	10-05 (35)	Laois	3-03 (12)	Nowlan Park
1941	Laois	3-05 (14)	Kilkenny	2-04 (10)	Nowlan Park
1942	Kilkenny	3-10 (19)	Dublin	0-04 (4)	Croke Park
1943-1944	Championship suspended due to the Emergency
1945	Dublin	5-04 (19)	Kilkenny	3-01 (10)	Croke Park	Des Healy
1946	Dublin	7-05 (26)	Laois	0-01 (1)	Croke Park	Geoff Sutton
1947 (R)	Dublin	1-05 (8) 3-02 (11)	Kilkenny	2-02 (8) 2-04 (10)	O'Moore Park Croke Park
1948	Kilkenny	5-02 (17)	Offaly	3-06 (15)	O'Connor Park
1949	Kilkenny	4-06 (18)	Dublin	0-04 (4)	Nowlan Park
1950	Kilkenny	4-02 (14)	Offaly	3-02 (11)	Nowlan Park	Pat Lennon
1951	Kilkenny	5-11 (26)	Dublin	2-02 (8)	Nowlan Park
1952	Kilkenny	4-07 (19)	Carlow	0-01 (1)	Sports Grounds
1953	Dublin	2-06 (12)	Laois	1-04 (7)	O'Moore Park
1954	Dublin	4-12 (24)	Kilkenny	4-07 (19)	Nowlan Park	Bernie Boothman
1955 (R)	Kilkenny	3-10 (19) 0-11 (11)	Wexford	5-04 (19) 0-8 (8)	Croke Park
1956	Kilkenny	4-07 (19)	Wexford	3-07 (16)	Croke Park
1957	Kilkenny	5-10 (25)	Offaly	4-02 (14)	Croke Park
1958	Kilkenny	5-11 (26)	Laois	1-07 (10)	Wexford Park
1959	Kilkenny	7-09 (30)	Wexford	3-04 (13)	Croke Park
1960	Kilkenny	6-14 (32)	Wexford	5-05 (20)	Croke Park	Billy Grace
1961	Kilkenny	4-12 (24)	Dublin	0-07 (7)	Croke Park	Joe Dunphy
1962	Kilkenny	5-07 (22)	Wexford	5-04 (19)	Croke Park	Joe Dunphy
1963	Wexford	6-10 (28)	Kilkenny	6-08 (26)	Croke Park	Willie Bernie
1964	Laois	4-09 (21)	Kilkenny	3-08 (17)	Croke Park
1965	Dublin	4-07 (19)	Wexford	1-06 (9)	Croke Park	Liam Martin
1966	Wexford	7-06 (27)	Laois	1-07 (10)	Croke Park	Pat Bernie
1967	Wexford	6-07 (25)	Dublin	2-03 (9)	Croke Park
1968	Wexford	4-11 (23)	Kilkenny	4-04 (16)	Croke Park	Tom Byrne
1969	Kilkenny	3-09 (18)	Dublin	2-07 (13)	Croke Park
1970	Wexford	3-10 (19)	Kilkenny	1-10 (13)	Dr. Cullen Park
1971	Kilkenny	7-18 (39)	Wexford	3-05 (14)	Croke Park
1972	Kilkenny	7-10 (31)	Wexford	0-04 (4)	Croke Park	Brian Cody
1973	Kilkenny	3-10 (19)	Wexford	2-09 (15)	Croke Park	Kevin Robinson
1974	Kilkenny	8-19 (43)	Dublin	3-05 (14)	Croke Park
1975	Kilkenny	2-18 (24)	Dublin	3-04 (13)	Croke Park	Harry Ryan
1976	Kilkenny	2-14 (20)	Wexford	1-08 (11)	Croke Park
1977	Kilkenny	5-10 (25)	Wexford	3-06 (15)	Croke Park	Seán Fennelly
1978	Kilkenny	4-19 (31)	Laois	2-06 (12)	Croke Park
1979	Kilkenny	5-13 (28)	Antrim	1-09 (12)	Croke Park
1980	Wexford	1-10 (13)	Dublin	2-06 (12)	Croke Park
1981	Kilkenny	3-10 (19)	Wexford	3-09 (18)	Croke Park	Eddie Kennedy
1982	Kilkenny	3-16 (25)	Offaly	3-04 (13)	Croke Park
1983	Dublin	5-14 (29)	Wexford	4-12 (24)	Croke Park
1984	Kilkenny	2-10 (16)	Wexford	1-11 (14)	Croke Park
1985	Wexford	0-12 (12)	Kilkenny	0-08 (8)	Croke Park
1986	Offaly	4-07 (19)	Wexford	1-12 (15)	Croke Park	Michael Hogan
1987	Offaly	2-13 (19)	Kilkenny	0-12 (12)	Croke Park	Tomás Moylan
1988	Kilkenny	2-16 (22)	Offaly	0-06 (6)	Croke Park	Patsy Brophy
1989 (R)	Offaly	0-14 (14) 4-13 (25)	Kilkenny	0-14 (14) 0-13 (13)	Croke Park O'Moore Park	Brian Whelahan
1990	Kilkenny	3-15 (24)	Laois	0-15 (15)	Croke Park	James McDermott
1991	Kilkenny	1-20 (23)	Laois	0-04 (4)	Croke Park	Dan O'Neill
1992	Kilkenny	1-09 (12)	Wexford	0-11 (11)	Croke Park
1993	Kilkenny	4-14 (26)	Dublin	0-11 (11)	Croke Park	Shane Doyle
1994	Kilkenny	2-13 (19)	Offaly	3-06 (15)	Croke Park
1995	Kilkenny	4-16 (28)	Offaly	2-06 (12)	Croke Park
1996	Kilkenny	1-16 (19)	Dublin	1-11 (14)	Croke Park	Michael Hoyne
1997	Kilkenny	3-16 (25)	Offaly	1-10 (13)	Croke Park	Michael Hoyne
1998 (R)	Kilkenny	1-11 (14) 2-15 (21)	Wexford	1-11 (14) 0-6 (6)	Croke Park Dr. Cullen Park	Paul Shefflin
1999 (R)	Kilkenny	0-13 (13) 2-13 (19)	Wexford	0-13 (13) 1-11 (14)	Croke Park Dr. Cullen Park
2000	Offaly	0-13 (13)	Dublin	0-08 (8)	Croke Park
2001	Kilkenny	3-16 (25)	Wexford	1-09 (12)	Croke Park
2002	Kilkenny	2-15 (21)	Wexford	2-08 (14)	Croke Park	Michael Rice
2003	Kilkenny	0-18 (18)	Offaly	0-13 (13)	Croke Park	Richie Power
2004^[2]	Kilkenny	1-15 (18)	Dublin	1-04 (7)	Croke Park	Matthew Ruth
2005	Dublin	0-17 (17)	Wexford	0-12 (12)	Croke Park	John McCaffrey
2006	Kilkenny	4-22 (34)	Carlow	1-05 (8)	Croke Park	Colin McGrath
2007	Dublin	2-14 (20)	Kilkenny	1-10 (13)	Croke Park	Barry O'Rouke
2008	Kilkenny	1-19 (23)	Wexford	0-12 (12)	Croke Park	Thomas Breen
2009	Kilkenny	1-19 (22)	Wexford	0-11 (11)	Croke Park	Canice Maher
2010	Kilkenny	1-20 (23)	Dublin	0-10 (10)	Croke Park	Cillian Buckley
2011	Dublin	1-14 (17)	Kilkenny	1-11 (14)	Croke Park	Chris Crummey
2012 ^[3]	Dublin	2-15 (21)	Wexford	1-14 (17)	Croke Park
2013^[4]	Kilkenny	1-18 (21)	Laois	0-08 (8)	Croke Park
2014^[5]	Kilkenny	2-19 (25)	Dublin	2-10 (16)	Croke Park
2015^[6]	Kilkenny	1-17 (20)	Dublin	1-15 (18)	Croke Park
2016 ^[7]	Dublin	2-12 (18)	Wexford	0-12 (12)	Croke Park
2017^[8]	Kilkenny	3-15 (24)	Dublin	1-17 (20)	Croke Park	Adrian Mullen
2018	Dublin	6-19 (37)	Kilkenny	7-12 (33)	O'Moore Park	Donal Leavy
2019	Wexford	3-14 (23)	Kilkenny	3-10 (19)	Croke Park	Richie Lawlor
2020	Kilkenny	2-21 (27)	Offaly	3-09 (18)	MW Hire O'Moore Park	Timmy Clifford
2021	Kilkenny	1-15 (18)	Wexford	2-10 (16)	Dr. Cullen Park	Harry Shine
2022	Offaly	0-21 (21)	Laois	0-13 (13)	MW Hire O'Moore Park	Dan Ravenhill
2023	Galway	2-20 (26)	Kilkenny	0-14 (14)	MW Hire O'Moore Park

1. Kilkenny were disqualified from the championship due to their registration not being in order.
2. Laois were awarded the title following an objection.

Records and statistics

By decade

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

• 1930s: 8 for Kilkenny (1930-31-32-33-35-36-37-39)
• 1940s: 3 each for Kilkenny (1942-48-49) and Dublin (1945-46-47)
• 1950s: 7 for Kilkenny (1950-51-55-56-57-58-59)
• 1960s: 4 each for Kilkenny (1960-61-62-69) and Wexford (1963-66-67-68)
• 1970s: 9 for Kilkenny (1971-72-73-74-75-76-77-78-79)
• 1980s: 4 for Kilkenny (1981-82-84-88)
• 1990s: 10 for Kilkenny (1990-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99)
• 2000s: 7 for Kilkenny (2001-02-03-04-06-08-09)
• 2010s: 5 for Kilkenny (2010-13-14-15-17)
• 2020s: 2 for Kilkenny (2020-21)

Top scorers

Overall

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Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
			1-18	21
			1-29	32
			5-32	47
			2-30	36
			3-37	46
			3-21	30
			1-26	29
			1-23	26
			3-29	38
			4-35	47
			3-29	38
			3-23	32
			3-33	42
			3-38	47
			2-57	63
			8-37	61
			1-42	45
			0-29	29
			3-48	57

Finals

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Year	Name	Team	Score	Total
			0-07	7
			0-11	11
			0-08	8
			1-02	5
			1-05	8
			0-10	10
			2-03	9
			0-10	10
			1-03	6
			1-09	12
			2-08	14
			1-11	14
			0-13	13
			0-07	7
		Offaly	0-10	10
		Laois

External links

• All-time roll of honour
• 2012 Leinster Minor Hurling Championship fixtures
• Complete Roll of Honour on Kilkenny GAA bible

Notes and References

1. News: Cups and trophies . 15 February 2012 . GAA website . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223132644/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/cups__trophies.html . 23 February 2011 .
2. Web site: Business as usual for Kilkenny . 2 July 2013 . . 5 July 2004.
3. Web site: Clinical Winters strike helps Dublin secure crowning glory . 9 July 2012 . . 9 July 2012.
4. Web site: Leinster MHC final: Ten out of ten for Murphy . 9 July 2013 . . 7 July 2013.
5. Web site: Hoban delights in revenge after seeing players 'ridiculed' within own county . 7 July 2014 . . 7 July 2014.
6. Web site: Proud Hoban hails bench as Cats finish with a flourish . 6 July 2015 . . 6 July 2015.
7. Web site: Dublin minors strike with deadly late barrage . 5 July 2016 . . 4 July 2016.
8. Web site: Mullen magic fires Kilkenny minors to victory . 7 July 2017. . 2 July 2017.