Munster Hurling Cup
Munster Hurling Cup | |
---|---|
Current season or competition:![]() | |
![]() | |
Irish | Sraith Shinsir Iomána na Mumhan |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 2016 |
Region | Munster (GAA) |
Trophy | Munster Senior League Trophy |
No. of teams | 5 (2022) |
Title holders | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
Sponsors | Co-Op Superstores |
Official website | Official website |
The Munster Hurling Cup, formerly the Munster Senior Hurling League is an annual hurling competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 2016 for the top inter-county teams in the province of Munster in Ireland.
The series of games are played during January. The Munster Senior Hurling League is effectively a pre-season tournament. It allows teams to blood new players and to experiment prior to the opening of the National Hurling League.
2019 was the first year that all six eligible teams participated in the Munster Senior Hurling League. Participation or non-participation can be decided on an annual basis.[1] Limerick are the current champions.
For 2022, the tournament was renamed the "Munster Hurling Cup" as it was no longer run as a league.
Format[]
In the tournament's first three years, each team played all the others once in a single round-robin system (of 4 or 5 county teams), with the top two teams progressing to the final. In 2019 and 2020, all six counties competed, and they were drawn into two separate groups, with the two group winners meeting in the final.
In 2022 the competition was a straight knockout, with 5 teams.
Stadia[]
Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|
Limerick | Gaelic Grounds | 44,023 |
Killarney | Fitzgerald Stadium | 38,000 |
Ennis | Cusack Park | 19,000 |
Dungarvan | Fraher Field | 15,000 |
Tralee | Austin Stack Park | 12,000 |
Waterford | Walsh Park | 11,046 |
Mallow | Mallow GAA Complex | 8,000 |
Sixmilebridge | O'Garney Park | 7,000 |
Kilmallock | FitzGerald Park | 4,000 |
Nenagh | MacDonagh Park |
As of the 2022 season, Munster League hurling has been played in eleven stadiums since the formation of the league in 2016.
While the traditional county grounds are sometimes used for league matches, smaller club grounds have usually been used for games which may not have had such a high profile.
Munster League matches are usually played on a rolling home and away basis.
The stadiums for the 2017 league showed a large disparity in capacity: Gaelic Grounds, the home ground of Limerick has a capacity of 50,500 with O'Garney Park, one of the grounds used by Clare, having a capacity of 7,000. The combined total capacity of the Munster League in the 2017 season was 111,000.
Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the Munster Council and the individual county boards.
Roll of honour[]
Wins by county[]
Team | Wins | Years won |
---|---|---|
![]() |
3 | 2018, 2020, 2022 |
![]() |
2 | 2016, 2019 |
![]() |
1 | 2017 |
Tournament not held in 2021.
List of finals[]
Year | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Score | Venue | Winning Captain(s) | Winning Team | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Clare | 0-18 | Limerick | 0-17 | Gaelic Grounds | Cian Dillon Tony Kelly |
A Fahy; J Browne, P O’Connor, P Flanagan; C Dillon, D McInerney, C Cleary; G O’Connell, D Reidy; P Duggan, C Ryan, D Fitzgerald; J Conlon, D Honan, B Duggan. Subs: T Kelly, B Bolger, S Golden, C O’Connell. |
4,583[2] |
2017 | Cork | 1-21 | Limerick | 1-20 | Gaelic Grounds | Stephen McDonnell | A Nash, S McDonnell, C Spillane, D Cahalane, M Ellis, C Joyce, M Coleman, L McLoughlin, D Kearney, C Lehane, L Meade, S Kingston, A Cadogan, P Horgan, D Fitzgibbon. Subs: D Griffin, K Burke, D Brosnan, S Harnedy, C O’Sullivan. |
2,372[3] |
2018 | Limerick | 0-16 | Clare | 0-10 | Gaelic Grounds | Paul Browne Declan Hannon |
N Quaid; T Condon, S Hickey, R English; D Byrnes, D Morrissey, W O’Meara; P Browne, C Lynch; T Morrissey, D O’Donovan, B O’Connell; A Gillane, S Flanagan, G Hegarty. Subs: B Murphy, D Reidy, A La Touche Cosgrave |
3,209[4] |
2019 | Clare | 4-19 | Tipperary | 1-18 | Gaelic Grounds | Tony Kelly | D Tuohy; J McCarthy, D McInerney, R Hayes; A McCarthy, C Cleary, C Malone; S Golden, R Taylor; D Ryan, T Kelly N Deasy; C Guilfoyle, C McInerney, M O’Neill. Subs: P Collins, D Conroy, M O’Malley, G Cooney, J Browne. |
4,531[5][6] |
2020 | Limerick | 1-32 | Cork | 0-20 | Gaelic Grounds | Cian Lynch | Barry Hennessey; Tom Condon, Richie English, Aaron Costello; Diarmuid Byrnes, Dan Morrissey, Barry Nash; Robbie Hanley, Cian Lynch (capt); Darragh O’Donovan, Tom Morrissey, David Dempsey; Graeme Mulcahy, David Reidy, Aaron Gillane Subs: Sean Finn, Gearoid Hegarty, Mark Quinlan, Brian O’Grady, Jerome Boylan |
5,295[7] |
2022 | Limerick | 0-27 | Clare | 0-18 | Cusack Park, Ennis | Barry Nash | David McCarthy; Barry Nash, Dan Morrissey, Richie English; Colin Coughlan, Ronan Connolly, Paddy O’Loughlin; William O’Donoghue, Brian O’Grady; David Reidy, Cathal O’Neill, Gearoid Hegarty; Darren O’Connell, Pat Ryan, Oisin O’Reilly. Subs: Adam English, Rory Duff, Conor Boylan |
7,992[8] |
Top scorers[]
All time[]
Pos. | Name | Team | Goals | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Shane Nolan | Kerry | 0 | 55 | 55 |
2 | David Reidy | Limerick | 4 | 28 | 40 |
3 | Stephen Bennett | Waterford | 3 | 30 | 39 |
4 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 2 | 28 | 34 |
Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 2 | 28 | 34 | |
5 | Declan Dalton | Cork | 0 | 33 | 33 |
6 | Barry Nash | Limerick | 5 | 15 | 30 |
7 | David Reidy | Clare | 2 | 23 | 29 |
Niall Deasy | Clare | 1 | 26 | 29 | |
8 | Declan Hannon | Limerick | 1 | 23 | 26 |
Pádraig Boyle | Kerry | 1 | 23 | 26 |
Overall[]
year | Name | Team | Goals | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Declan Hannon | Limerick | 1 | 21 | 24 |
2017 | Patrick Horgan | Cork | 2 | 27 | 33 |
2018 | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 1 | 21 | 24 |
2019 | Stephen Bennett | Waterford | 2 | 25 | 31 |
Single game[]
year | Name | Team | Goals | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Declan Hannon | Limerick | 1 | 9 | 12 |
2017 | Pauric Mahony | Waterford | 0 | 14 | 14 |
2018 | Pádraig Boyle | Kerry | 1 | 10 | 13 |
2019 | Stephen Bennett | Waterford | 2 | 12 | 18 |
Finals[]
year | Name | Team | Goals | Points | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Declan Hannon | Limerick | 0 | 7 | 7 |
2017 | Peter Casey | Limerick | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Patrick Horgan | Cork | 0 | 9 | 9 | |
2018 | Aaron Gillane | Limerick | 0 | 8 | 8 |
2019 | Tony Kelly | Clare | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Séamus Callanan | Tipperary | 0 | 9 | 9 |
References[]
- ^ "Colleges excluded from Munster pre-season competitions". Hogan Stand. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Clare take Munster SHL title after tight tussle with Limerick". Irish Times. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "First trophy of season goes to Cork". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Limerick lift Munster Hurling League with final win over Clare".
- ^ "Tony Kelly in top form as Clare topple Tipp to claim title". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ Breheny, Martin (13 January 2019). "Tony Kelly notches 2-3 as Clare land the first silverware of the 2019 hurling season". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Clinical Limerick thump Cork to claim Munster Hurling League title".
- ^ "Limerick land more hurling silverware with Munster pre-season win over Clare". the42. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- Munster Senior Hurling League
- Hurling cup competitions in Munster
- Munster GAA inter-county hurling competitions