2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 2018-19
Championship Details
Dates28 October 2018 – 17 March 2019
Teams16
All Ireland Champions
WinnersBallyhale Shamrocks (7 win)
CaptainMichael Fennelly
ManagerHenry Shefflin
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upSt. Thomas's
CaptainConor Cooney
ManagerKevin Lally
Provincial Champions
MunsterBallygunner
LeinsterBallyhale Shamrocks
UlsterRuairí Óg, Cushendall
ConnachtNot Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played15
Total Goals60 (4.00 per game)
Total Points520 (34.67 per game)
Top ScorerColours of Down.svg Pauric Mahony (1-42)
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2019-20 →

The 2018-19 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 49th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 28 October 2018 and ended on 17 March 2019.

Cuala of Dublin were the defending champions. They were eliminated by Kilmacud Crokes in the semi-final of the 2018 Dublin Championship.[1][2]

On 17 March 2019, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship following a 2-28 to 2-11 defeat of St. Thomas's in the All-Ireland final. This was their seventh All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2015.[3]

Ballygunner's Pauric Mahony was the championship's top scorer with 1-42.

Competition Format[]

County Championships

The top hurling teams in Ireland's counties compete in their senior club championship. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions – it can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.

Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the county championship at the highest stage.

Provincial Championships

Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht discontinued their senior club championship after 2007 but they do organise intermediate and junior championships. The Galway champions represent Connacht in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals as Galway club hurling is at higher level than the hurling in the other four Connacht counties.

Some Leinster, Munster and Ulster counties also enter their senior champions in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship (tier 2) as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties.

All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

All-Ireland

The two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in early February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March.

All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

Initial Schedule

County championships April 2018 to November 2018
Provincial championships October 2018 to December 2018
All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2019
All-Ireland final 17 March 2019

County Finals[]

Connacht County Finals[]

Galway Senior Hurling Championships:

Colors of New York.svg St. Thomas's 2-13

Colours of Limerick.svg Liam Mellows 0-10

Leinster County Finals[]

Carlow Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Down.svg Mount Leinster Rangers 3-10

Colours of Limerick.svg St. Mullin's 1-13


Dublin Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Wexford.svg Kilmacud Crokes 1-20 R 1-15

Colours of Laois.svg Ballyboden St Endas 2-17 R 2-15


Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Limerick.svg Ballyhale 2-20

Colours of Kerry.svg Bennettsbridge 2-17


Laois Senior Hurling Championships:

Flag of Hungary.svg Rathdowney-Errill 0-19

Colours of Kilkenny.svg Camross 2-15


Offaly Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry 2-17

Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcormac-Killoughey 0-17


Westmeath Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill 1-13

Colours of Laois.svg Raharney 2-09


Wexford Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Galway.svg St. Martin's 0-13

Colours of Limerick.svg Naomh Éanna, Gorey 2-11

Munster County Finals[]

Cork Senior Hurling Championships:

As Imokilly are a divisional team, Midleton proceeded to the Munster Club Championship.[4]

Colours of Cork.svg Imokilly 4-19

Colours of Sligo.svg Midleton 1-18


Clare Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea 1-20

Colours of Laois.svg Cratloe 1-14


Limerick Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Dublin.svg Na Piarsaigh 2-22

Colours of Cork.svg Doon 3-10


Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Dublin.svg Nenagh Éire Óg 2-13

Colours of Kerry.svg Clonoulty-Rossmore 0-23


Waterford Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Down.svg Ballygunner 2-19

Tipperary colours.PNG Abbeyside 0-13

Ulster County Finals[]

Antrim Senior Hurling Championships:

Colours of Galway.svg Ruairí Óg, Cushendall

Colours of Derry.svg Loughgiel Shamrocks


Derry Senior Hurling Championships:

Galway colours.PNG Slaughtneil 2-18

Galway colours.PNG Banagher 0-14


Down Senior Hurling Championships:

Kilkenny colours.PNG Ballycran 2-13

Tipperary colours.PNG Portaferry 1-14

Team Summaries[]

Team County Captain Manager(s) Most recent success
All-Ireland Provincial County
Border Ballyboden St. Enda's Border Dublin Simon Lambert Joe Fortune 2013
Border Ballycran Border Down Michael Hughes Gary Savage
Gary Gordon 		1993
Border Ballyea Border Clare Tony Kelly Kevin Sheehan 2016 2016
Border Ballygunner Border Waterford Stephen O'Keeffe
Shane O'Sullivan 		Fergal Hartley 2001 2017
Border Ballyhale Shamrocks Border Kilkenny Michael Fennelly Henry Shefflin 2015 2014 2014
Border Camross Border Laois Niall Holmes Danny Owens 1996
Border Clonkill Border Westmeath Brendan Murtagh Kevin O'Brien 2015
Border Clonoulty-Rossmore Border Tipperary John O'Keeffe John Devane 1997
Border Coolderry Border Offaly Kevin Connolly Joachim Kelly 2011 2015
Border Midleton Border Cork Luke O'Farrell Paddy Fitzgerald 1988 1987 2013
Border Mount Leinster Rangers Border Carlow Gary Kelly Brendan Fennelly 2013
Border Na Piarsaigh Border Limerick William O'Donoghue Paul Beary 2016 2017 2017
Border Naomh Éanna Border Wexford Brendan Travers Louis Cullen
Border Ruairí Óg Border Antrim Paddy Burke Eamon Gillan 2015 2015
Border Slaughtneil Border Derry Michael McShane 2017 2017
Colors of New York.svg St. Thomas's Border Galway Conor Cooney John Burke 2013 2016

Provincial Championships[]

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship[]

Quarter-finals

4 November 2018 Quarter-final Coolderry Colours of Limerick.svg 1-22 - 1-16 Colours of Down.svg Mount Leinster Rangers O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1:30 pm B Carroll 1-5 (3f), K Connolly 0-7, S Corcoran 0-5f, M Bergin 0-3, C Molloy 0-2. Report C Nolan 1-3, D Murphy (2f), D Byrne 0-3 each, E Byrne, J Murphy 0-2 each, J Nolan, M Malone, T Joyce 0-1 each. Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow)
4 November 2018 Quarter-final Camross Colours of Kilkenny.svg 2-16 - 3-18 Colours of Limerick.svg Naomh Éanna O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
2:00 pm Z Keenan 1-8 (1-7 frees, 0-1 ’65), O Bennett 1-1, N Holmes 0-3 (one free), C Collier 0-1, M Dowling 0-1, D Gilmartin 0-1, E Gaughan 0-1. Report P Doyle 0-9 (five frees, one ’65), D O’Brien 2-2, C McDonald 1-1, D Hughes 0-3 (two frees), C McGuckin 0-2, G Molloy 0-1. Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)
6 November 2018 Quarter-final Ballyboden St. Enda's Colours of Waterford.svg 2-25 – 2-19
(aet)		 Colours of Kerry.svg Clonkill Parnell Park, Dublin
8:00 pm P Ryan 0-15 (12f, 3 ’65), P Doherty 1-2, N Ryan 1-1, C Keaney, A Mellett 0-2 each, N McMorrow, J Roche, S O’Connor 0-1 each. Report B Murtagh 0-11 (7f), L Loughlin 1-2, E Price 0-4, N Mitchel 1-0, A Price, M Keegan 0-1 each. Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Semi-finals

18 November 2018 Semi-final Naomh Éanna Colours of Limerick.svg 4-11 - 6-21 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Ballyhale Shamrocks Innovate Wexford Park, Wexford
C Dunbar (2-3), P Doyle (0-6, 3fs, 1 '65), J Cullen (1-2), C McDonald (1-0 penalty). Report C Fennelly (4-4), TJ Reid (0-6, 1 '65, 1f), E Cody (1-1), E Reid (1-0), A Mullen (0-3), B Cody (0-2), E Shefflin (0-1), D Mullen (0-1), R Corcoran (0-1), R Reid (0-1), J Cuddihy (0-1). Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)
18 November 2018 Semi-final Ballyboden St. Enda's Colours of Waterford.svg 5-28 - 5-25
(aet)		 Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry Parnell Park, Dublin
P Ryan 0-14 (11f, 1 ‘65’), C Basquel 3-3, C Keaney 1-1, N Ryan 1-0, P Doherty 0-3, S Durkin, S O’Connor, D Curtin 0-2 each, A Mellett 0-1. Report B Carroll 2-16 (11f), D Parlon 1-1, C Molloy 1-0, S Corcoran (pen) 1-0, K Connolly 0-3, D Miller, C Parlon, M Bergin, W Malone, M Corcoran 0-1 each. Referee: J Heffernan (Wexford)

Final

2 December 2018 Final Ballyhale Shamrocks Colours of Fermanagh.svg 2-21 - 0-11 Colours of Waterford.svg Ballyboden St. Enda's Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
TJ Reid 0-9 (0-8 frees), A Mullen 2-1, E Reid and E Cody 0-3 each, C Fennelly 0-2, E Shefflin, M Fennelly, R Corcoran 0-1 each. Report P Ryan 0-5 (all frees), C Basquel and N Ryan 0-2 each, S Durkin, N McMorrow 0-1 each. Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship[]

Quarter-final

28 October 2018 Quarter-final Ballygunner Colours of Down.svg 1-18 - 2-13 Colours of Sligo.svg Midleton Walsh Park, Waterford
Pauric Mahony 0-12 (11f, 0-1 '65), C Power 1-1, T O'Sullivan 0-2, B O'Keeffe, JJ Hutchinson, P Hogan 0-1 each Report C Lehane 1-4 (1-3f), C Beausang 1-2 (0-1 sideline), C Walsh 0-3, L Dineen, P White, L O'Farrell, J Nagle 0-1 each. Referee: J Murphy (Limerick)

Semi-finals

4 November 2018 Semi-final Na Piarsaigh Colours of Dublin.svg 3-22 - 0-13 Colours of Leitrim.svg Clonoulty-Rossmore Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
P Casey (2-2); A Breen (0-6); S Dowling (0-5, frees); K Downes (1-1, 0-1 free); R Lynch (0-3, 1 free); C Grimes (0-2); D Dempsey, A Dempsey, C Boylan (0-1 each). Report T Hammersley (0-8, 5 frees); P White (0-2); C Bourke, C Hammersley, D Quirke (sideline) (0-1 each). Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)
4 November 2018 Semi-final Ballygunner Colours of Down.svg 2-26 - 2-23
(aet)		 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballyea Walsh Park, Waterford
Pauric Mahony 0-14 (8fs), C Power 1-2, Philip Mahony 1-0, Brian O’Sullivan 0-3, Barry O’Sullivan 0-2, P Horgan, I Kenny, B O’Keeffe, C Sheehan and JJ Hutchinson 0-1 each. Report N Deasy 2-10 (5fs, 165), M O’Leary 0-4, T Kelly 0-3 (1 sideline), T Lynch, G Brennan, and P Lillis 0-2 each. Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Final

18 November 2018 Final Na Piarsaigh Colours of Dublin.svg 2-08 - 2-14 Colours of Down.svg Ballygunner Semple Stadium, Thurles
S Dowling (1-4, 1-3 frees); K Downes (1-0); R Lynch (0-2); A Dempsey, A Breen (0-1 each). Report Pauric Mahony (1-6, 1-5 frees); S O’Keeffe (pen)(1-0), Brian O’Sullivan (0-3); Barry O’Sullivan (0-2); H Barnes, C Power, S O’Sullivan (0-1 each). Referee: N Wall (Carrigaline)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship[]

Semi-final

28 October 2018 Semi-final Ballycran Colours of Kilkenny.svg 4-15 - 1-14 Colours of Galway.svg Slaughtneil Corrigan Park, Belfast
2:30 pm S Nicholson (0-7, 0-4 frees), J Coyle (2-0), C McManus (0-6 frees), N Breen (1-0), C Egan (1-0), C Woods (0-1), L Savage (0-1). Report C O’Doherty (0-7 frees), M McGrath (1-0), B Rogers (0-2), G Bradley (0-1), Se McGuigan (0-1), B Cassidy (0-1), M McGuigan (0-1), C McKaigue (0-1). Referee: James Clarke (Cavan)

Final

11 November 2018 Final Ruairí Óg, Cushendall Colours of Galway.svg 1-15 - 0-10 Colours of Kilkenny.svg Ballycran Athletic Grounds, Armagh
3:00 pm N McManus (0-9, 7f, 1'65); S McAfee (1-0), D McNaughton (0-2), P Burke (0-1); S Delargy (0-1), E Campbell (0-1), F McCambridge (0-1). Report C McManus (0-3f), C Woods (0-3, 1f), S Nicholson (0-2), N Breen (0-1), J Coyle (0-1). Referee: J Connors

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship[]

All-Ireland Semi-finals[]

The Leinster, Munster and Ulster champions qualify for the All-Ireland semi-finals. The Galway champions represent Connacht and enter the competition at the semi-final stage.

9 February 2019 Semi-final Ruairí Óg, Cushendall Colours of Galway.svg 2-11 - 0-18 Colors of New York.svg St. Thomas's Parnell Park, Dublin
3:00 pm N McManus 1-6 (1-0pen, 0-4f, 0-2 65), F McCambridge 1-1, P McGill 0-2, S McAfee, E Campbell 0-1. Report Darragh Burke 0-6 (0-4f), E Burke 0-3, B Burke, J Regan 0-2, D Sherry, S Cooney (0-1f), C Cooney, K Burke, D McGlynn 0-1. Referee: P O'Dwyer (Carlow)
9 February 2019 Semi-final Ballygunner Colours of Down.svg 0-13 - 1-15 Colours of Fermanagh.svg Ballyhale Shamrocks Semple Stadium, Thurles
5:00 pm Pauric Mahony (0-10, 9f, 1 65), B O'Sullivan (0-2), P Hogan (0-1). Report E Cody (1-4), TJ Reid (0-4 3f), P Mullen (0-2); A Mullen (0-2), E Reid (0-2), E Shefflin (0-1). Attendance: 3,944
Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

All-Ireland Final[]

17 March 2019 Final St. Thomas's Colors of New York.svg 2-11 - 2-28 Colours of Limerick.svg Ballyhale Shamrocks Croke Park, Dublin
2:00 pm Darragh Burke 0-7 (5f, 1’65’), C Cooney (pen), David Burke 1-0 each, B Burke, D McGlynn, J Regan, B Farrell 0-1 each. Report TJ Reid 0-9 (5f), C Fennelly 2-4, A Mullin 0-5, E Cody, B Cody, P Mullin 0-2 each, E Shefflin, R Reid, R Corcoran, M Aylward 0-1 each. Attendance: 17,819
Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

2018-19 Club Hurler of the Year[]

Adrian Mullen (Ballyhale Shamrocks)

Championship statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Top scorer overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 1-42 45 4 11.25
2 Paul Ryan Ballyboden St. Enda's 0-34 34 3 11.33
3 Brian Carroll Coolderry 3-21 30 2 15.00
4 Colin Fennelly Ballyhale Shamrocks 6-10 28 4 7.00
T. J. Reid Ballyhale Shamrocks 0-28 28 4 7.00
5 Neil McManus Ruairí Óg 1-15 18 2 9.00
6 Adrian Mullen Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-11 17 4 4.25
7 Niall Deasy Ballyea 2-10 16 1 16.00
Eoin Cody Ballyhale Shamrocks 2-10 16 4 4.00
8 Pádraig Doyle Naomh Éanna 0-15 15 2 7.50
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Score Total Opposition
1 Brian Carroll Coolderry 2-16 22 Ballyboden St. Enda's
2 Colin Fennelly Ballyhale Shamrocks 4-04 16 Naomh Éanna
Niall Deasy Ballyea 2-10 16 Ballygunner
3 Paul Ryan Ballyboden St. Enda's 0-15 15 Clonkill
4 Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-14 14 Ballyea
Paul Ryan Ballyboden St. Enda's 0-14 14 Coolderry
5 Colm Basquel Ballyboden St. Enda's 3-03 12 Coolderry
Pauric Mahony Ballygunner 0-12 12 Midleton
6 Zane Keenan Camross 1-08 11 Naomh Éanna
Brendan Murtagh Clonkill 0-11 11 Ballyboden St. Enda's

Miscellaneous[]

References[]

  1. ^ McKeon, Conor (24 March 2017). "Cuala finish with four late points to finally see off Na Piarsaigh challenge and retain All-Ireland title". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ^ O'Meara, Stephen (7 October 2018). "All-Ireland club champions Cuala dumped out in Dublin semi-final by Dalo's Kilmacud". The 42. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ Breheny, Martin (17 March 2019). "Colin Fennelly inspires Ballyhale to All Ireland glory as Henry Shefflin reaches another milestone". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Conor Lehane defends presence of divisional sides in Cork championship as Midleton prepare for Munster campaign". Irish Independent. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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