Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship Explained

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Currentlyrunning:	2023 Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Irish:	Craobh Laighean
Code:	Hurling
Region:	Leinster
Trophy:	O'Neill Cup
Teams:	8
Title Holders:	O'Loughlin Gaels
Currentordinal:	3
Super:	th
Most Titles:	Ballyhale Shamrocks
Mostordinal:	12
Sponsors:	Allied Irish Banks
Tv:	TG4
Motto:	The toughest of them all
Website:	Official website

The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the AIB Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Club Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the champion senior clubs in the province of Leinster in Ireland. It is the most prestigious club competition in Leinster hurling.

Introduced in 1971, it was initially a straight knockout tournament open to all 12 county senior champions from the 1970 championship season. The competition is currently limited to the eight champion club teams from the strongest hurling counties in Leinster.

In its current format, the Leinster Club Championship begins in November following the completion of the individual county championships. The eight participating teams compete in a single-elimination tournament which culminates with the final match on the first Sunday in December. The winner of the Leinster Club Championship, as well as being presented with the O'Neill Cup, qualifies for the subsequent All-Ireland Club Championship.

The competition has been won by 18 teams, 10 of which have won it more than once. Kilkenny clubs have accumulated the highest number of victories with 23 wins. Ballyhale Shamrocks is the most successful team in the tournament's history, having won it 12 times.

O'Loughlin Gaels are the reigning champions, having beaten Na Fianna by 0-22 to 1-18 in the 2023 final.^[1]

Format

Overview

The Leinster Championship is a single elimination tournament. Each team is afforded only one defeat before being eliminated from the championship. Pairings for matches are drawn at random and there is no seeding.

Each match is played as a single leg. If a match is drawn there is a period of extra time, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay takes place and so on until a winner is found.

Format

Quarter-finals: Eight teams contest this round. The four winning teams advance directly to the semi-final stage. The four losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Semi-finals: The two winning teams advance directly to the final. The two losing teams are eliminated from the championship.

Final: The final is contested by the two semi-final winners.

Teams

Qualification

County	Championship	Qualifying team
Carlow	Carlow Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Dublin	Dublin Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Kildare	Kildare Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Kilkenny	Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Laois	Laois Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Offaly	Offaly Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Westmeath	Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship	Champions
Wexford	Wexford Senior Hurling Championship	Champions

Managers

Managers in the Leinster Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

+ Winning managers
Manager	Team	Wins	Winning years
Pad Joe Whelehan	Birr	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007
Adrian Finan	James Stephens	2	2004, 2005
Maurice Aylward	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2	2006, 2008
Mattie Kenny	Cuala	2	2016, 2017
Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2	2018, 2019
Pádraig Horan	Birr	1	1994
Tom Ryan	Glenmore	1	1995
Frank Keenan	Camross	1	1996
Dan Quigley	Rathnure	1	1986,1987,1998
Jim Neary	Graigue-Ballycallan	1	2000
Michael Nolan	O'Loughlin Gaels	1	2003
Mick Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2009
Michael Nolan	O'Loughlin Gaels	1	2010
Ken Hogan	Coolderry	1	2011
Danny Owens	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1	2012
Tom Mullally	Mount Leinster Rangers	1	2013
Andy Moloney	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2014
Frank Flannery	Oulart–The Ballagh	1	2015
James O' Connor	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2021
Pat Hoban	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1	2022

Qualification for subsequent competitions

The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners contest the All-Ireland semi-finals with the other three provincial representatives.

Titles listed by club

	Club	County	Wins	Runners Up	Years won	Years runners up
1	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	12	2	1978, 1980, 1983, 1989, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022	1988, 1991
2	Birr	Offaly	7	3	1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007	2003, 2006, 2008
3	Rathnure	Wexford	6	2	1971, 1973, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1998	1970, 1972
4	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	4	4	1970, 1972, 1982, 1993	1973, 1974, 1975, 1992
	James Stephens	Kilkenny	4	1	1975, 1981, 2004, 2005	1976
6	Buffer's Alley	Wexford	3	1	1985, 1988, 1992	1982
	O'Loughlin Gaels	Kilkenny	3	1	2003, 2010, 2023	2016
8	Camross	Laois	2	3	1976, 1996	1979, 1986, 1990
	Cuala	Dublin	2	2	2016, 2017	1989, 2015
	Glenmore	Kilkenny	2	0	1990, 1995	-
11	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	1	6	2015	1994, 1995, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
	Kilcormac–Killoughey	Offaly	1	2	2012	2014, 2017
	The Fenians	Kilkenny	1	1	1974	1977
	Crumlin	Dublin	1	1	1979	1978
	Coolderry	Offaly	1	1	2011	1980
	St. Martin's	Kilkenny	1	0	1984
	Graigue-Ballycallan	Kilkenny	1	0	2000
	Mount Leinster Rangers	Carlow	1	0	2013
19	Kinnitty	Offaly	0	3		1983, 1984, 1985
	Castletown	Laois	0	3		1997, 1999, 2001
	University College Dublin	Dublin	0	3		2000, 2004, 2005
	Portlaoise	Laois	0	2		1987, 1998
	Ballyboden St. Enda's	Dublin	0	2		2007, 2018
	Bennettsbridge	Kilkenny	0	1		1971
	Faythe Harriers	Wexford	0	1		1981
	Dicksboro	Kilkenny	0	1		1993
	O'Toole's	Dublin	0	1		1996
	Young Irelands	Kilkenny	0	1		2002
	Tullamore	Offaly	0	1		2009
	St. Mullin's	Carlow	0	1		2019
	Clough–Ballacolla	Laois	0	1		2021
	Kilmacud Crokes	Dublin	0	1		2022
	Na Fianna	Dublin	0	1		2023

Titles listed by county

By county

County	Titles	Runners-up	Total
Kilkenny	24	8	32
Offaly	13	14	27
Wexford	10	10	20
Dublin	3	11	14
Laois	2	9	11
Carlow	1	1	2

County	Winners	Winning Clubs	Runners-Up	Runner-Up Clubs
Kilkenny	24	Ballyhale Shamrocks (12), James Stephens (4), O'Loughlin Gaels (3), Glenmore (2), The Fenians, St. Martin's, Graigue-Ballycallan	8	Ballyhale Shamrocks (2), James Stephens (1), O'Loughlin Gaels, The Fenians, Young Irelands, Dicksboro, Bennettsbridge
Offaly	13	Birr (7), St. Rynagh's (4), Kilcormac/Killoughey, Coolderry	14	St. Rynagh's (4), Birr (3), Kinnitty (3), Kilcormac/Killoughey (2), Coolderry, Tullamore
Wexford	10	Rathnure (6), Buffer's Alley (3), Oluart-the Ballagh	10	Oluart-the Ballagh (6), Rathnure (2), Buffer's Alley, Faythe Harriers
Dublin	3	Cuala (2), Crumlin	11	University College Dublin (3), Ballyboden St. Enda's (2), Cuala (2), Crumlin (1), O'Toole's (1), Kilmacud Crokes (1), Na Fianna (1)
Laois	2	Camross (2)	9	Castletown (3), Camross (3), Portlaoise (2), Clough/Ballacolla (1),
Carlow	1	Mount Leinster Rangers	1	St. Mullin's

List of Finals

Year	Winner	County	Score	Opponent	County	Score	Referee
2023^[2]	O'Loughlin Gaels	Kilkenny	0-22	Na Fianna	Dublin	1-18	Caymon Flynn (Westmeath)
2022–23^[3]	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	2-22	Kilmacud Crokes	Dublin	2-19	Paud O'Dwyer (Carlow)
2021–22^[4]	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	6-23	Clough–Ballacolla	Laois	0-14	Richie Fitzsimons (Offaly)
2020-21
2019-20	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	1-21	St. Mullin's	Carlow	0-15	Sean Stack (Dublin)
2018–19	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	2-21	Ballyboden St Endas	Dublin	0-11	Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
2017–18	Cuala	Dublin	1-23	Kilcormac/Killoughey	Offaly	1-09	Sean Cleere (Kilkenny)
2016–17^[5]	Cuala	Dublin	3-19	O'Loughlin Gaels	Kilkenny	1-16	Mick Murtagh (Westmeath)
2015–16^[6]	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	2-13	Cuala	Dublin	0-13	David Hughes (Carlow)
2014–15^[7]	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	0-21	Kilcormac/Killoughey	Offaly	1-14	Paud O’Dwyer (Carlow)
2013–14^[8] ^[9]	Mount Leinster Rangers	Carlow	0-11	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	0-08	John Keenan (Wicklow)
2012–13^[10]	Kilcormac–Killoughey	Offaly	1-12	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	0-11	Sean Cleere (Kilkenny)
2011-12	Coolderry	Offaly	1-15	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford^[11]	1-11	James McGrath (Westmeath)
2010-11	O'Loughlin Gaels	Kilkenny	0-14	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	1-08	Tony Carroll (Offaly)
2009-10	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	1-16	Tullamore	Offaly	1-08	James Owens (Wexford)
2008-09	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	2-13	Birr	Offaly	1-11	Fergus Smith (Meath)
2007-08	Birr	Offaly	1-11	Ballyboden St Endas	Dublin	0-13	Anthony Stapleton (Laois)
2006-07	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	1-20	Birr	Offaly	1-08	James McGrath (Westmeath)
2005-06	James Stephens	Kilkenny	2-13	UCD	Dublin	1-12	James Owens (Wexford)
2004-05	James Stephens	Kilkenny	1-13	UCD	Dublin	1-12
2003-04	O'Loughlin Gaels	Kilkenny	0-15	Birr	Offaly	0-09
2002-03	Birr	Offaly	2-05	Young Irelands	Kilkenny	1-02
2001-02	Birr	Offaly	0–10; 2-10 (R)	Castletown	Laois	1-07; 0-05 (R)
2000-01	Graigue-Ballycallan	Kilkenny	0-14	UCD	Dublin	1-08
1999-00	Birr	Offaly	1-16	Castletown	Laois	0-11
1998–99	Rathnure	Wexford	1-13	Portlaoise	Laois	1-06
1997–98	Birr	Offaly	0-11	Castletown	Laois	0-05
1996–97	Camross	Laois	1-12	O'Toole's	Dublin	2-05
1995–96	Glenmore	Kilkenny	2-13	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	2-10
1994–95	Birr	Offaly	3-07	Oulart–The Ballagh	Wexford	2-05
1993–94	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	1-14	Dicksboro	Kilkenny	2-10
1992–93	Buffer's Alley	Wexford	2-13	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	0-13
1991–92	Birr	Offaly	2-14	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	0-03
1990–91	Glenmore	Kilkenny	0-15	Camross	Laois	1-09
1989–90	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	2-11	Cuala CLG	Dublin	0-07
1988–89	Buffer's Alley	Wexford	1-12	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	1-09
1987–88	Rathnure	Wexford	3-08	Portlaoise	Laois	1-13
1986–87	Rathnure	Wexford	2-16	Camross	Laois	3-09
1985–86	Buffer's Alley	Wexford	3-09	Kinnitty	Offaly	0-07
1984–85	St. Martin's	Kilkenny	2-11	Kinnitty	Offaly	0-12
1983–84	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	3-06	Kinnitty	Offaly	0-09
1982–83	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	1-16	Buffer's Alley	Wexford	2-10
1981–82	James Stephens	Kilkenny	0-13	Faythe Harriers	Wexford	1-09
1980–81	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	3-10	Coolderry	Offaly	1-08
1979–80	Crumlin	Dublin	3-05	Camross	Laois	0-11
1978–79	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kilkenny	1-13	Crumlin	Dublin	1-06
1977–78	Rathnure	Wexford	0-16	The Fenians	Kilkenny	1-10
1976–77	Camross	Laois	3-09	James Stephens	Kilkenny	1-14
1975–76	James Stephens	Kilkenny	1-14	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	2-04
1974–75	The Fenians	Kilkenny	2-06	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	1-06
1973–74	Rathnure	Wexford	1-18	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	2-09
1972–73	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	5-05	Rathnure	Wexford	2-13
1971–72	Rathnure	Wexford	2-12	Bennettsbridge	Kilkenny	1-08
1970–71	St. Rynagh's	Offaly	4-10	Rathnure	Wexford	2-09

Records and statistics

Team

• Most wins: 12:
  • Ballyhale Shamrocks (1978, 1980, 1983, 1989, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• Most consecutive wins: 4:
  • Ballyhale Shamrocks (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• Most appearances in a final: 14:
  • Ballyhale Shamrocks (1978, 1980, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• Most appearances in a final without ever winning: 3
  • Kinnitty (1983, 1984, 1985)
  • Castletown (1997, 1999, 2001)
  • University College Dublin (2000, 2004, 2005)
• Most appearances in a final without losing (streak): 8
  • Ballyhale Shamrocks (2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• Most defeats: 6
  • Oulart–The Ballagh (1994, 1995, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

Most consecutive appearances

Pos.	No.	Club	Years in sequence
1st	4	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2018, 2019, 2021, 2022
		St. Rynagh's	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975
		Rathnure	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
		Oulart–The Ballagh	2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
2nd	3	Kinnitty	1983, 1984, 1985
		Birr	2001, 2002, 2003
		Birr	2006, 2007, 2008
		Cuala	2015, 2016, 2017

Teams

County representatives

+
Year	Carlow	Dublin	Kilkenny	Laois	Offaly	Westmeath	Wexford
							Rathnure
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							St. Martin's
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							Shelmaliers
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							Oulart–The Ballagh
							St. Martin's
							Naomh Éanna
							St. Martin's
	No championship
							Rapparees

By decade

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

• 1970s: 3 for Rathnure (1971-73-77)
• 1980s: 3 for Ballyhale Shamrocks (1980-3-89)
• 1990s: 4 for Birr (1991-94-97-99)
• 2000s: 3 each for Birr (2001-02-07) and Ballyhale Shamrocks (2006-08-09)
• 2010s: 3 for Ballyhale Shamrocks (2014-18-19)
• 2020s: 2 for Ballyhale Shamrocks (2020-22)

Successful defending

Only 5 teams of the 14 who have won the championship have ever successfully defended the title. These are:

• Ballyhale Shamrocks on 4 attempts out of 10 (2009, 2019, 2021, 2022)
• Birr in 1 attempts out of 7 (2002)
• Rathnure in 1 attempt out of 6 (1987)
• James Stephens in 1 attempt out of 4 (2005)
• Cuala on 1 attempt out of 1 (2017)

Gaps

Top five longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 23 years: James Stephens (1981–2004)
• 20 years: Camross (1976–1996)
• 17 years: Ballyhale Shamrocks (1989–2006)
• 13 years: O'Loughlin Gaels (2010–2023)
• 11 years: Rathnure (1987–1998)
• 11 years: St. Rynagh's (1982–1993)

Top scorer

Overall

Year	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1976	Frank Keenan	Camross	3-15	24
1977
1978	John Leonard	Brownstown	4-10	22
1979	Frank Keenan	Camross	4-17	29
1980	John Quigley	Rathnure	0-19	19
1981
1982	Pádraig Horan	St. Rynagh's	2-20	26
1983	Billy Bohane	Portlaoise	2-22	28
1984	Tom Moran	St. Martin's	4-08	20
1985	Paddy Corrigan	Kinnitty	3-21	30
1986	Eamon Quirke	Naomh Eoin	5-10	25
	Jimmy Houlihan	Rathnure	0-25
1987	Billy Bohane	Portlaoise	1-22	25
1988	Seán McDermott	St. Vincent's	3-14	23
1989	Martin Wallace	Cuala	6-02	20
1990	Ray Heffernan	Glenmore	0-21	21
1991	Declan Pilkington	Birr	0-17	17
1992	Tom Dempsey	Buffer's Alley	0-24	24
1993	Michael Conneely	St. Rynagh's	1-23	26
1994	Mick Slye	Naomh Eoin	0-13	13
	John Keogh	Kiltegan	1-10
1995	Seán Dunne	Oulart–The Ballagh	3-14	23
1996	Jamesie Brennan	O'Toole's	0-28	28
1997	Jamesie Brennan	O'Toole's	1-15	18
1998	Paul Codd	Rathnure	1-14	17
1999	John O'Connor	St. Martin's	3-05	14
2000	Joey O'Toole	Trim	3-09	18
2001	Simon Whelehan	Birr	2-14	20
2002	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	4-10	22
2003	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-21	21
2004	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	3-18	27
2005	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	2-23	29
2006	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-08	14
2007	David Curtin	Ballyboden St. Enda's	0-13	13
2008	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-25	25
2009	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-23	26
2010	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels	1-23	26
2011	Eoin Moore	Oulart–The Ballagh	2-12	18
2012	Ciarán Slevin	Kilcormac/Killoughey	1-20	23
2013	Denis Murphy	Mount Leinster Rangers	0-26	26
2014	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-18	21
	Ciarán Slevin	Kilcormac/Killoughey	0-21
2015	David Treacy	Cuala	0-28	28
2016	Con O'Callaghan	Cuala	6-10	28
2017	David Treacy	Cuala	0-25	25
2018	Paul Ryan	Ballyboden St. Enda's	0-34	34
2019	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-34	40
2020	No championship
2021	Eoin Cody	Ballyhale Shamrocks	3-12	21
2022	Oisín O'Rorke	Kilmacud Crokes	1-30	33

Single game

Year	Top scorer	Team	Opposition	Score	Total
1979	Frank Keenan	Camross	Castletown Geoghegan	3-08	17
1980	Johnny Walsh	Ardclough	Camross	2-07	13
1981
1982	Noel Geraghty	Castletown Geoghegan	Slasher Gaels	4-02	14
1983	Seán Grace	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Kiltale	3-02	11
1984	John Kennedy	Naomh Moninne	Slasher Gaels	2-06	12
1985	Paddy Corrigan	Kinnitty	Ardclough	2-09	15
1986	Eamon Quirke	Naomh Eoin	Naomh Moninne	4-09	21
1987	Declan Murray	Trim	Slasher Gaels	2-05	11
1988	Tim Massey	Trim	Wolfe Tones	4-02	14
1989	Pat Murphy	St. Mullin's	Naomh Moninne	0-11	11
1990	Michael Conneely	St. Rynagh's	Castletown Geoghegan	1-09	12
1991	Mick Deeley	Moorefield	Slasher Gaels	0-10	10
1992	Mick Slye	Naomh Eoin	Wolfe Tones	2-03	9
	Tom Dempsey	Buffer's Alley	Trim
1993	Seán McDermott	St. Vincent's	Wolfe Tones	3-04	13
1994	John Keogh	Kiltegan	Naas	0-08	8
1995	Martin Massey	Killyon	Naomh Moninne	0-11	11
1996	Jamesie Brennan	O'Toole's	Naomh Bríd	0-11	11
1997	Jamesie Brennan	O'Toole's	St. Mullin's	1-09	12
1998	Damien Cleere	Graigue-Ballycallan	Coill Dubh	2-07	13
1999	Michael Moran	Kiltegan	Erin's Own	3-02	12
2000	Joey O'Toole	Trim	Carnew Emmets	3-03	12
2001	Simon Whelehan	Birr	Castletown	1-08	11
	Connie Ring	Craobh Chiaráin	Longford Slashers	0-11
2002	D. J. Carey	Young Irelands	Kilmessan	2-05	13
2003	Adrian McAndrew	Coill Dubh	Clonguish	3-04	13
2004	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	University College Dublin	1-07	10
2005	Des Mythen	Oulart–The Ballagh	Knockbridge	3-03	12
	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	Castletown	1-09
2006	Alan McCrabbe	Craobh Chiaráin	Birr	1-05	8
	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Birr
	Seán Michael Murphy	Mount Leinster Rangers	Craobh Chiaráin	0-08
2007	Paul O'Meara	Birr	Ballyboden St. Enda's	1-04	7
	Zane Keenan	Camross	Ballyboden St. Enda's	0-07
	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Mount Leinster Rangers
2008	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Raharney	0-10	10
2009	Brendan Murtagh	Clonkill	Clough-Ballacolla	1-09	12
2010	Paul Ryan	Ballyboden St. Enda's	O'Loughlin Gaels	2-05	11
	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels	Ballyboden St. Enda's	0-11
2011	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	Oulart-the Ballagh	0-11	11
2012	Ciarán Slevin	Kilcormac/Killoughey	Mount Leinster Rangers	1-10	13
2013	Ciarán Slevin	Kilcormac/Killoughey	Oulart-the Ballagh	1-07	10
	Niall O'Brien	Castletown Geoghegan	Mount Leinster Rangers	0-10
2014	Seán McGrath	Kilmacud Crokes	Rathdowney-Errill	0-15	15
2015	David Treacy	Cuala	Coolderry	0-12	12
	Keith Hogan	Clara	Cuala
2016	Con O'Callaghan	Cuala	Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton	4-03	15
2017	Niall O'Brien	Castletown Geoghegan	Kilcormac/Killoughey	1-08	11
	Joe Coleman	St. Martin's	Cuala	0-11
2018	Brian Carroll	Coolderry	Ballyboden St. Enda's	2-16	22
2019	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	St. Martin's	2-16	22
2020	No championship
2021	Ronan Hayes	Kilmacud Crokes	Raharney	2-06	12
	Stephen Maher	Clough/Ballacolla	Rapparees Starlights	1-09
	Denis Murphy	Mount Leinster Rangers	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-12
2022	Eoin Cody	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Castletown Geoghegan	2-09	15

Finals

Final	Top scorer	Team	Score	Total
1970	Gerry Burke	St. Rynagh's	1-04	7
1971	Watty Kennedy	Bennettsbridge	1-04	7
1972	Dan Quigley	Rathnure	2-03	9
1973	Dan Quigley	Rathnure	1-15	18
1974	Mick Garrett	Fenians	1-01	4
	Billy Fitzpatrick	Fenians	0-04
	Barney Moylan	St. Rynagh's
1975	Liam O'Brien	James Stephens	0-08	8
1976	Frank Keenan	Camross	1-04	7
1977	Billy Fitzpatrick	Fenians	0-07	7
1978	Brendan Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-05	8
1979	Bernard Donovan	Crumlin	2-01	7
1980	Patrick Holden	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-01	7
1981	Brendan Murphy	Faythe Harriers	1-02	5
1982	Pádraig Horan	St. Rynagh's	1-08	11
1983	Liam Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-01	7
1984	Tom Moran	St. Moran's	2-04	10
1985	Colm Doran	Buffers Alley	2-01	7
1986	Jimmy Houlihan	Rathnure	0-12	12
1987	Jimmy Houlihan	Rathnure	0-05	5
1988	Ger Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-07	10
	Mick Butler	Buffers Alley
1989	Ger Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-02	5
1990	Ray Heffernan	Glenmore	0-09	9
1991	Declan Pilkington	Birr	0-09	9
1992	Tom Dempsey	Buffers Alley	0-08	8
1993	Michael Conneely	St. Rynagh's	0-07	7
1994	Paul Murphy	Birr	2-00	6
1995	Seán Dunne	Oulart–The Ballagh	2-01	7
1996	Joe Dollard	Camross	0-07	7
1997	Gary Cahill	Birr	0-04	4
1998	Brian Bohan	Portlaoise	1-03	6
1999	Paul Cuddy	Castletown	0-05	5
	Simon Whelehan	Birr
2000	Adrian Ronan	Graigue-Ballycallan	0-05	5
	Jim Byrne	University College Dublin
2001	Simon Whelehan	Birr	1-08	11
2002	Rory Hanniffy	Birr	1-02	5
	Simon Whelehan	Birr
2003	Nigel Skehan	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-08	8
2004	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	1-07	10
2005	Eoin Larkin	James Stephens	0-08	8
2006	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-05	8
2007	Paul O'Meara	Birr	1-04	7
2008	Henry Shefflin	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-07	7
	Simon Whelehan	Birr
2009	Shane Dooley	Tullamore	1-04	7
2010	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels	0-06	6
2011	Cathal Parlon	Coolderry	1-03	6
2012	Nicky Kirwan	Oulart–The Ballagh	0-06	6
2013	Denis Murphy	Mount Leinster Rangers	0-08	8
2014	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-10	10
2015	David Treacy	Cuala	0-10	10
2016	David Treacy	Cuala	0-11	11
	Mark Bergin	O'Loughlin Gaels
2017	David Treacy	Cuala	0-10	10
2018	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-09	9
2019	Marty Kavanagh	St. Mullin's	0-12	12
2020	No final
2021	Eoin Cody	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-06	9
2022	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-08	8
	Oisín O'Rorke	Kilmacud Crokes

See also

• South Leinster Senior Club Championship
• List of Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship winners

Sources

• Roll of Honour on Leinster GAA website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bergin keeps his cool as O'Loughlin Gaels crowned Leinster champions. RTÉ. 2 December 2023. 2 December 2023.
2. Web site: Bergin keeps his cool as O'Loughlin Gaels crowned Leinster champions. RTÉ. 2 December 2023. 2 December 2023.
3. Web site: Ballyhale prevail despite remarkable Kilmacud fightback. RTÉ. 4 December 2022. 4 December 2022.
4. Web site: Ballyhale Shamrocks land 11th Leinster crown after 27-point hammering of Clough-Ballacolla. The 42. 19 December 2021. 19 December 2021.
5. News: `Cuala Win Leinster SHC . 4 December 2016 . . 4 December 2016.
6. News: Oulart-The Ballagh finally enjoy glory day . 30 November 2015 . . 30 November 2015.
7. Web site: Ballyhale Shamrock survive major scare against Kilcormac/Killoughey to land Leinster title . 8 December 2014 . . 7 December 2013.
8. Web site: Carlow’s Mount Leinster shock Oulart to win first Leinster senior title . 1 December 2013 . The Score . 2 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005935/http://www.thescore.ie/oulart-leinster-rangers-report-1201047-Dec2013/ . 3 December 2013 .
9. Web site: Mighty Rangers march out of the blue for famous win . 2 December 2013 . . 2 December 2013.
10. News: Glory day finally arrives for Kilcormac/Killoughey . 10 December 2012 . . 12 December 2012.
11. Web site: Parlon puts Coolderry on path to glory. 28 November 2011. Irish Independent. 15 December 2011.