Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry Senior Hurling Championship | |
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Irish | Craobh Sinsear Iomána Chiarraí |
Code | Hurling |
Founded | 1889; 135 years ago (1889) |
Region | ![]() |
Trophy | Neilus Flynn Cup |
No. of teams | 10 |
Title holders | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() |
Sponsors | Garvey's SuperValu |
Official website | https://www.kerrygaa.ie/ |
The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Garvey's SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1889 for the top hurling teams in the county of Kerry in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer months, with the county final currently being played in Austin Stack Park in August. Initially played a knock-out competition, the championship currently uses a double elimination format whereby each team is guaranteed at least two games. The 2020 championship reverted to a straight knock-out format due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Kerry County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Kerry county final join the intermediate champions of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship.
The title has been won at least once by 21 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Kilmoyley who have won 26 titles.
Abbeydorney are the current title-holders after defeating Ballyduff by 1-17 to 1-10 in the 2024 championship final played at Austin Stack Park in Tralee.
History
Beginnings
The inaugural championship took place in 1889 with just five clubs entering. These were Abbeydorney, Ballyduff, Kenmare, Kilgarvan and Kilmoyley. The very first championship match was held on 10 March 1889 when Abbeydorney beat Ballyduff by 1-1 to 0-1. Walkovers and delays were regular occurrences in the early years of the championship, while no records exist for some championship finals. More clubs fielded teams as the years went on, with the championships of 1905 and 1913 being held on a league basis.[citation needed]
The championship suffered severe disruption between 1920 and 1924 due to the War of Independence and subsequent Civil War. Several championships were abandoned midway through, while the championships of 1921 and 1923 were cancelled. The last championship which failed to be completed was in 1935.[citation needed]
Club dominance
Since the beginning, the championship has been dominated at various times by Ballyduff and Kilmoyley who are collectively known as the "big two". They have won 51 championship titles between them. Kilmoyley dominated the first 25 years of the championship, winning ten titles between 1890 and 1914. The 1920s and 1930s saw a number of first-time winners, including Austin Stacks, Causeway and Lixnaw. Crotta O'Neill's also won their first championship in 1939 and dominated the next twelve years by winning eight titles in total.[citation needed]
The second half of the 20th century was dominated by Ballyduff. The club won 19 championship titles in a forty-year period between 1955 and 1995. The only club who came close to matching their dominance was Causeway who won six championships between 1979 and 1987. The first two decades of the 21st century has seen the Kilmoyley-Ballyduff hegemony continue. Kilmoyley won their first title after a 30-year fallow period in 2001, before claiming seven more titles up to 2016. Ballyduff won five championships between 2006 and 2017.[citation needed] Kilmoyley won back to back titles in 2020-21 to give them ten titles in 20 years.
The 2022 final included a first, a live referee microphone for its national broadcast on TG4.[1] It was also the first time the Kerry County Hurling Final was shown on live national TV.[2]
Format
Group stage
The 9 clubs are divided into three groups of three. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed two group games. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and zero for a loss. The teams are ranked in the group stage table by points gained, then scoring difference and then their head-to-head record. The top two teams in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
Knockout stage
Following the completion of the group stage, the top two teams from each group are ranked (1-6) in terms of points accumulated and scoring difference. The two top-ranking teams receive byes to separate semi-finals.
Quarter-finals: Teams designated 3-6 contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the semi-finals.
Semi-finals: The two quarter-final winners and teams designated 1-2 contest this round. The two winners from these two games advance to the final.
Final: The two semi-final winners contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.
Relegation
The three bottom-placed teams from the group stage take part in a series of play-offs, with the losing team being relegated to the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Qualification
At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.
Teams
2024 Teams (10)
Team | Location | Colours | Division | Championship titles | Last championship title |
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![]() | Abbeydorney | Black and amber | North Kerry | 5 | 2024 |
![]() | Ballyduff | Green and white | North Kerry | 25 | 2017 |
![]() | Ballyheigue | Orange and black | North Kerry | 5 | 2000 |
![]() | Causeway | Maroon and white | North Kerry | 9 | 2022 |
![]() | Kilflynn | Red and green | North Kerry | 10 | 2023 |
![]() | Killarney | Black and amber | East Kerry | 0 | — |
![]() | Kilmoyley | Green and gold | North Kerry | 26 | 2021 |
![]() | Lixnaw | Green and gold | North Kerry | 9 | 2018 |
![]() | Ardfert | Blue and white | North Kerry | 7 | 2013 |
![]() | Tralee | Blue and white | Tralee District | 2 | 1919 |
Trophy
The Neilus Flynn Cup is presented to the winners of the championship and is named after Neilus Flynn, who captained Causeway and St Brendan's (Div.) to County Championship successes in 1932 and 1936 respectively. The Flynn family donated both the original trophy (in 1987) and the new cup to the Kerry County Board. The current trophy, which was designed by silversmith Fintan Foley, was presented for the first time to the 2018 champions, Lixnaw.
Roll of honour
By club
# | Team | Titles | Runners-Up | Winning years | Losing years |
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1 | ![]() | 26 | 16 | 1890, 1892, 1894, 1895, 1900*, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1914, 1948, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1970, 1971, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021 | 1889, 1891, 1893, 1903, 1908, 1946, 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1965, 1983, 1988, 2007, 2014, 2018 |
2 | ![]() | 25 | 12 | 1891, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 | 1890, 1892, 1912, 1938, 1949, 1981, 1990, 1996, 2000, 2016, 2022, 2024 |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 10 | 1939, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1968, 2023 | 1952, 1957, 1967, 1972, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1998, 1999, 2011 |
4 | ![]() | 9 | 21 | 1933, 1954, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2014, 2018 | 1894, 1896, 1901, 1907, 1914*, 1942, 1953, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1982, 1993, 1994, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2023 |
![]() | 9 | 8 | 1932, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1998, 2019, 2022 | 1973, 1978, 1984, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2020 | |
6 | ![]() | 7 | 12 | 1949, 1952, 1967, 1975, 1986, 1990, 2013 | 1937, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1989, 1992, 2009, 2015, 2021 |
7 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1893, 1896, 1913, 1974, 2024 | 1900*, 1954, 1971, 2005 |
![]() | 5 | 4 | 1946, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000 | 1941, 1948, 1995, 2001 | |
8 | ![]() | 4 | 9 | 1889, 1902, 1916*, 1942 | 1895, 1904, 1910, 1916, 1917, 1943, 1945, 1947, 1991 |
10 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | 1953, 1956, 1958 | 1918, 1919, 1944, 1959, 1975 |
![]() | 3 | 3 | 1928, 1929, 1931 | 1968, 1969, 1974 | |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 1908, 1911, 1912 | — | |
13 | Tralee Celtic | 2 | 1 | 1903, 1904 | 1902 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1918, 1919 | 1911 | |
Kilflynn Pearses* | 2 | 0 | 1937, 1938 | — | |
16 | Killarney | 1 | 2 | 1969 | 1951, 1970 |
Tullig | 1 | 0 | 1916* | — | |
Tubrid | 1 | 0 | 1917 | — | |
Tralee | 1 | 0 | 1925 | — | |
St. Brendans[3] | 1 | 0 | 1936 | — | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1940 | — | |
22 | Boherbee | 0 | 2 | — | 1928, 1929 |
Kilflynn | 0 | 2 | — | 1931, 1933 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | — | 1925 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | — | 1932 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | — | 1936 | |
Shannon Rovers | 0 | 1 | — | 1939 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | — | 1940 |
Roll of honour notes
- 1900 — as Kilmoyley A
- 1900 — as Abbeydorney B
- 1905 and 1913 — run on a league basis
- 1914 — as Lixnaw Davis'
- 1916 — disputed
- 1928, 1929, 1931 — All as Rock Street
- Kilflynn Pearses — Divisional team (Crotta & Kilflynn)
- St. Brendans — Divisional team (Ardfert, Causeway & Ballyheigue) [3]
List of Finals
Legend
- Gold – Munster intermediate club champions
- Silver – Munster intermediate club runners-up
List of Kerry SHC finals
Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
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Club | Score | Club | Score | |
2024 | Abbeydorney | 1-17 | Ballyduff | 1-10 |
2023 | Crotta O'Neill's | 0-15 | Lixnaw | 1-09 |
2022[4] | Causeway | 2-15 | Ballyduff | 0-16 |
2021 | Kilmoyley | 1-14 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 1-11 |
2020 | Kilmoyley | 2-12 | Causeway | 1-14 |
2019[5] | Causeway | 2-13 | Lixnaw | 1-13 |
2018[6] | Lixnaw | 1-16 | Kilmoyley | 2-11 |
2017[7][8] | Ballyduff | 4-13 | Lixnaw | 1-19 |
2016[9][10] | Kilmoyley | 1-17, 1-18 (R) | Ballyduff | 2-14, 2-13 (R) |
2015[11] | Kilmoyley | 3–15 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 1–13 |
2014[12] | Lixnaw | 1–12 | Kilmoyley | 0–12 |
2013[13][14] | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 0–13, 0–13 (R) | Lixnaw | 1–10, 0–08 (R) |
2012[15] | Ballyduff | 1–15 | Lixnaw | 1–09 |
2011[16] | Ballyduff | 2–11 | Crotta O'Neill's | 0–15 |
2010[17] | Ballyduff | 2–18 | Lixnaw | 2–09 |
2009[18] | Kilmoyley | 1–19 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 2–08 |
2008[19] | Kilmoyley | 2–18 | Causeway | 0–08 |
2007[20] | Lixnaw | 1–15 | Kilmoyley | 2–06 |
2006[21] | Ballyduff | 1–17 | Causeway | 1–11 |
2005[22] | Lixnaw | 0–17 (replay) | Abbeydorney | 0–06 |
2004[23] | Kilmoyley | 2–15 | Causeway | 2–09 |
2003[24] | Kilmoyley | 2–10 | Lixnaw | 1–05 |
2002[25] | Kilmoyley | 1–16 | Lixnaw | 2–07 |
2001 | Kilmoyley | 2–08 | Ballyheigue | 2–07 |
2000[26] | Ballyheigue | 1–06 | Ballyduff | 0–08 |
1999 | Lixnaw | 0–09 (replay) | Crotta O'Neill's | 1–05 |
1998 | Causeway | 1-14 | Crotta O'Neill's | 2-10 |
1997 | Ballyheigue | 0-13 | Causeway | 0-05 |
1996 | Ballyheigue | 2-09 | Ballyduff | 0-07 |
1995 | Ballyduff | 3-09 | Ballyheigue | 2-05 |
1994 | Ballyduff | 2-07 | Lixnaw | 0-10 |
1993 | Ballyduff | 2-10 | Lixnaw | 0-08 |
1992 | Ballyheigue | 1-10 | St. Brendan's, Ardfert | 1-09 |
1991 | Ballyduff | 0–11 | Kenmare | 0–07 |
1990 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 3–08 | Ballyduff | 0–14 |
1989 | Ballyduff | 1–12 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 0–06 |
1988 | Ballyduff | 1-05 | Kilmoyley | 1-04 |
1987 | Causeway | 2-11 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 1-09 |
1986 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 3-11 | Crotta O'Neill's | 2-04 |
1985 | Lixnaw | 2-11 | Crotta O'Neill's | 0-11 |
1984 | Ballyduff | 3-08 | Causeway | 2-03 |
1983 | Lixnaw | 1-09 | Kilmoyley | 1-06 |
1982 | Causeway | 2-11 | Lixnaw | 0-09 |
1981 | Causeway | 2-11 | Ballyduff | 1-10 |
1980 | Causeway | 0-11 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 0-05 |
1979 | Causeway | 4-06 | Crotta O'Neill's | 1-12 |
1978 | Ballyduff | 0-09 | Causeway | 0-06 |
1977 | Ballyduff | 4-06 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 1-00 |
1976 | Ballyduff | 2-08 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 2-06 |
1975 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 5-07 | Kilgarvan | 3-06 |
1974 | Abbeydorney | 3-08 | Austin Stacks | 1-04 |
1973 | Ballyduff | 1-14 | Causeway | 1-06 |
1972 | Ballyduff | 2-09 | Crotta O'Neill's | 0-07 |
1971 | Kilmoyley | 2-12 | Abbeydorney | 1-12 |
1970 | Kilmoyley | 2-12 | Killarney | 4-04 |
1969 | Killarney | 2-06 | Austin Stacks | 2-05 |
1968 | Crotta O'Neill's | 1-06 | Austin Stacks | 1-05 |
1967 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 1-08 | Crotta O'Neill's | 1-06 |
1966 | Ballyduff | 3-08 | Lixnaw | 3-07 |
1965 | Ballyduff | 2-11 | Kilmoyley | 2-03 |
1964 | Kilmoyley | 4-14 | Lixnaw | 5-05 |
1963 | Kilmoyley | W/O | St Brendan's, Ardfert | |
1962 | Kilmoyley | 7-10 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 4-03 |
1961 | Ballyduff | 5-07 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 4-04 |
1960 | Ballyduff | 1-07 | Lixnaw | 1-05 |
1959 | Ballyduff | 3-05 | Kilgarvan | 2-02 |
1958 | Kilgarvan | 2-05 | Kilmoyley | 0-03 |
1957 | Ballyduff | 5-05 | Crotta O'Neill's | 2-00 |
1956 | Kilgarvan | 6-06 | Kilmoyley | 2-03 |
1955 | Ballyduff | 3-01 | Kilmoyley | 1-02 |
1954 | Lixnaw | 5-04 | Abbeydorney | 1-01 |
1953 | Kilgarvan | 4-04 | Lixnaw | 2-01 |
1952 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 3-04 | Crotta O'Neill's | 2-02 |
1951 | Crotta O'Neill's | 3-03 | Killarney | 2-01 |
1950 | Crotta O'Neill's | 6-02 | Kilmoyley | 4-01 |
1949 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 4-02 | Ballyduff | 2-04 |
1948 | Kilmoyley | 5-02 | Ballyheigue | 3-06 |
1947 | Crotta O'Neill's | 4-07 | Kenmare | 1-03 |
1946 | Ballyheigue | 2-01 | Kilmoyley | 0-02 |
1945 | Crotta O'Neill's | 5-07 | Kenmare | 2-05 |
1944 | Crotta O'Neill's | 9-05 | Kilgarvan | 2-02 |
1943 | Crotta O'Neill's | 3-03 | Kenmare | 1-03 |
1942 | Kenmare | 2-04 | Lixnaw | 2-02 |
1941 | Crotta O'Neill's | 4-03 | Ballyheigue | 2-03 |
1940 | Banna | 5-03 | Dingle | 2-03 |
1939 | Crotta O'Neill's | 8-06 | Shannon Rovers | 6-00 |
1938 | Kilflynn Pearses | 4-03 | Ballyduff | 4-01 |
1937 | Kilflynn Pearses | 7-01 | St Brendan's, Ardfert | 3-01 |
1936 | St. Brendan's (Div) | 5-01 | John Mitchels | 1-01 |
1935 | Not Played | |||
1934 | Not Completed | |||
1933 | Lixnaw | 2-01 | Kilflynn | 0-03 |
1932 | Causeway | 3-07 | Rathmore | 2-02 |
1931 | Rock Street | 8-02 | Kilflynn | 7-03 |
1930 | Abandoned | |||
1929 | Rock Street | 5-02 | Boherbee | 0-06 |
1928 | Rock Street | 4-02 | Boherbee | 0-02 |
1927 | Championship Not Held | |||
1926 | Championship Not Held | |||
1925 | Tralee | 8-05 | North Kerry | 2-03 |
1924 | Abandoned | |||
1923 | Not Played | |||
1922 | Not Completed | |||
1921 | Not Played | |||
1920 | Abandoned | |||
1919 | Tralee Parnells | W/O | Kilgarvan | |
1918 | Tralee Parnells | 1-10 | Kilgarvan | 4-00 |
1917 | Tubridy | (game abandoned) | Kenmare | |
1916 | Tullig Gamecocks | 2-04 | Kenmare | 2-01 |
1915 | Not Played | |||
1914 | Kilmoyley | W/O | Lixnaw Davis' | |
1913 | Abbeydorney | Run on a league basis | ||
1912 | Tralee Mitchels | 5-01 | Ballyduff | 5-00 |
1911 | Tralee Mitchels | 5-03 | Tralee Parnells | 1-02 |
1910 | Kilmoyley | 4-04 | Kenmare | 0-02 |
1909 | Not held | |||
1908 | Tralee Mitchels | 2-10 | Kilmoyley | 0-06 |
1907 | Kilmoyley | 1-00 | Lixnaw | 0-01 |
1906 | Not held | |||
1905 | Kilmoyley | Run on league basis | ||
1904 | Tralee Celtic | 2-10 | Kenmare | 0-05 |
1903 | Tralee Celtic | 2-05 | Kilmoyley | 1-00 |
1902 | Kenmare | 2-02 | Tralee Celtic | 0-03 |
1901 | Kilmoyley | 2-09 | Lixnaw | 1-04 |
1900 | Kilmoyley A | 3-07 | Abbeydorney B | 1-02 |
1898-99 | Not held | |||
1897 | No record of championship | |||
1896 | Abbeydorney | 1-03 | Lixnaw | 0-04 |
1895 | Kilmoyley | 1-10 | Kenmare | 0-03 |
1894 | Kilmoyley | 3-07 | Lixnaw | 1-04 |
1893 | Abbeydorney | W/O | Kilmoyley | |
1892 | Kilmoyley | W/O | Ballyduff | |
1891 | Ballyduff | 1-00 | Kilmoyley | 0-02 |
1890 | Kilmoyley | 2-02 | Ballyduff | 0-00 |
1889 | Kenmare | 1-00 | Kilmoyley | 0-03 |
Player records
Winning captains
- 1889: Lawrence Egan (Kenmare)
- 1890: Jack W. Quane (Kilmoyley)
- 1891: John O'Mahony (Ballyduff)
- 1892: Jack W. Quane (Kilmoyley)
- 1893: Davy Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)
- 1894: John Gurnett (Kilmoyley)
- 1895: Jack W. Quane (Kilmoyley)
- 1896: Davy Fitzgerald (Abbeydorney)
- 1897: John Ban McCarthy (Lixnaw)
- 1898: No Record
- 1899: No Record
- 1900: Patsy O'Rourke (Kilmoyley)
- 1901; Patsy O'Rourke (Kilmoley)
- 1902: George Maybury (Kenmare)
- 1903: Chris Horan (Tralee Celtic)
- 1904: Paddy Guerin (Tralee Celtic)
- 1905: Tim Meehan (Kilmoyley)
- 1906: No Record
- 1907: Pat Meehan (Kilmoyley)
- 1908: Dan Mullins (Tralee Mitchels)
- 1909: No Record
- 1910: Tim Meehan (Kilmoyley)
- 1911: Paddy O'Mahoney (Tralee Mitchels)
- 1912: Tom Costelleo (Tralee Mitchels)
- 1913: Maurice Treacy (Abbeydorney)
- 1914: Tim Meehan (Kilmoyley)
- 1915: No Record
- 1916: Willie Mangan (Tullig)
- 1917: Pat Carmody (Tubird)
- 1918: John Dunne (Tralee Parnells)
- 1919: John Dunne (Tralee Parnells)
- 1920: No Record
- 1921: Not Held
- 1922: Not Finished
- 1923: Not Held
- 1924: Championship abandoned
- 1925: Jer "Pluggy" Moriarty (Tralee)
- 1926: No Record
- 1927: Not Held
- 1928: Joe Barrett (Rock Street)
- 1929: Dan Rayn (Rock Street)
- 1930: No Record
- 1931: Joe Barrett (Rock Street)
- 1932: Neilus Flynn (Causeway)
- 1933: Joe Barrett (Austin Stacks)
- 1934: Not Finished
- 1935: Not Played
- 1936: Neilus Flynn (St Brendan's)
- 1937: Willie Shanahan (Pearses)
- 1938: John Twomey (Pearses)
- 1939: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1940: Johnny Hussey (Banna)
- 1941: Jack Kenney (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1942: Jerry McCarthy (Kenmare)
- 1943: Pat Ladie (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1944: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1945: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1946: Christy O’Mahony (Ballyheigue)
- 1947: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1948: Mick McGrath (Kilmoyley)
- 1949: Frank Kissane (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 1950: Jimmy Flaherty (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1951: Tom Nolan (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1952: Johnny Hussey (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 1953: Richie Purcell (Kilgarvan)
- 1954: Jim Hogan (Lixnaw)
- 1955: Michael Hennessy (Ballyduff)
- 1956: Paudie Healy (Kilgarvan)
- 1957: Brendan Hennessy (Ballyduff)
- 1958: Denis Hegarty (Kilgarvan)
- 1959: Teddy Hennessy (Ballyduff)
- 1960: Stephen O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
- 1961: Richie McCarthy (Ballyduff)
- 1962: Michael Curran (Kilmoyley)
- 1963: John Flanagan (Kilmoyley)
- 1964: Michael Regan (Kilmoyley)
- 1965: Mike Joe Quinlan (Ballyduff)
- 1966: Thomas Leen (Ballyduff)
- 1967: John O' Sullivan (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 1968: Tom Kenny (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 1969: Con O' Mara (Killarney)
- 1970: Patsy O'Connor (Kilmoyley)
- 1971: Mike Fitzgerald (Kilmoyley)
- 1972: Johnny Bunyan (Ballyduff)
- 1973: Pat Costello (Ballyduff)
- 1974: Tony Behan (Abbeydorney)
- 1975: James McGrath (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 1976: Eamonn O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
- 1977: Liam Boyle (Ballyduff)
- 1978: Mike Carroll (Ballyduff)
- 1979: Roger Hussy (Causeway)
- 1980: Roy Dineen (Causeway)
- 1981: Maurice Leahy (Causeway)
- 1982: Gerald O'Grady (Causeway)
- 1983: Moss McKenna (Lixnaw)
- 1984: Tom O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
- 1985: Moss Allen (Lixnaw)
- 1986: John Crowley (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 1987: Anthony O'Connor (Causeway)
- 1988: Tadgh O'Halloran (Ballyduff)
- 1989: John Hennessy (Ballyduff)
- 1990: Philip Stack (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 1991: Jimmy O'Sullivan (Ballyduff)
- 1992: Patrick O’Mahony (Ballyheigue)
- 1993: Liam Ross (Ballyduff)
- 1994: Noel Browne (Ballyduff)
- 1995: Christy Ross (Ballyduff)
- 1996: Patrick O’Mahony (Ballyheigue)
- 1997; Nicholas Roche (Ballyheigue)
- 1998: Maurice O'Carroll (Causeway)
- 1999: Trevor McKenna (Lixnaw)
- 2000: Michael ‘Boxer’ Slattery (Ballyheigue)
- 2001: James McCarthy (Kilmoyley)
- 2002: Ian Brick (Kilmoyley)
- 2003: Maurice Murnane (Kilmoyley)
- 2004: Shane Brick (Kilmoyley)
- 2005: Fergus Fitzmaurice (Lixnaw)
- 2006: David Slattery (Ballyduff)
- 2007: Patrick Dowling (Lixnaw)
- 2008: Tom Murnane (Kilmoyley)
- 2009: Micheal Regan (Kilmoyley)
- 2010: Padraig O'Grady (Ballyduff)
- 2011: Ally O'Connor (Ballyduff)
- 2012: Aidan Boyle (Ballyduff)
- 2013: Eamon Corridon (St Brendan's, Ardfert)
- 2014: Maurice Corridan (Lixnaw)
- 2015: Sean Maunsell (Kilmoyley)
- 2016: Aidan McCabe (Kilmoyley)
- 2017: Mikey Boyle (Ballyduff)
- 2018: Darragh Shanahan (Lixnaw)
- 2019: Muiris Delaney (Causeway)
- 2020: John B. O'Halloran (Kilmoyley)
- 2021: Florence McCarthy (Kilmoyley)
- 2022: Jason Diggins (Causeway)
- 2023: Bill Keane (Crotta O'Neill's)
- 2024 James O'Connor (Abbeydorney)
Team records and statistics
Teams
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Kerry Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1890s: 4 for Kilmoyley (1890-92-94-95)
- 1900s: 4 for Kilmoyley (1900-01-05-07)
- 1910s: 2 each for Kilmoyley (1910–14), Tralee Mitchels (1911-12) and Tralee Parnells (1918–19)
- 1920s: 2 for Austin Stacks (as Rock Street) (1928–29)
- 1930s: 2 for Kilflynn Pearses (1938–39)
- 1940s: 5 for Crotta O'Neill's (1941-43-44-45-47)
- 1950s: 3 each for Kilgarvan (1953-56-58) and Ballyduff (1955-57-59)
- 1960s: 4 for Ballyduff (1960-61-65-66)
- 1970s: 5 for Ballyduff (1972-73-76-77-78)
- 1980s: 4 for Causeway (1980-81-82-87)
- 1990s: 4 for Ballyduff (1991-93-94-95)
- 2000s: 6 for Kilmoyley (2001-02-03-04-08-09)
- 2010s: 4 for Ballyduff (2010-11-12-17)
- 2020s: 2 for Kilmoyley (2020-21)
Gaps
Longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 64 years: Ballyduff (1891-1955)
- 61 years: Abbeydorney (1913-1974)
- 55 years: Crotta O'Neill's (1968-2023)
- 50 years: Abbeydorney (1974-2024)
- 47 years: Causeway (1932-1979)
- 46 years: Ballyheigue (1946-1992)
- 40 years: Kenmare (1902-1942)
- 34 years: Kilmoyley (1914-1948)
- 30 years: Kilmoyley (1971-2001)
- 29 years: Lixnaw (1954-1983)
- 23 years: St Brendan's, Ardfert (1990-2013)
- 21 years: Causeway (1998-2019)
- 20 years: Lixnaw (1934-1954)
Active gaps
Longest active gaps since last championship title:
- 104 year: Tralee Parnells (1919–present)
- 80 years: Kenmare (1942–present)
- 65 years: Kilgarvan (1958–present)
- 23 years: Ballyheigue (2000–present)
See also
- Kerry Senior Football Championship
- Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
- Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship
References
- ^ "TG4 feature live referee mic for first time in Kerry SHC final". Hogan Stand. 8 August 2022.
- ^ Stack, Damian (8 July 2022). "Kerry hurling final to be broadcast live by TG4 in a first for the competition". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ a b Kerry County Board records
- ^ "Causeway regain Kerry SHC title with win over Ballyduff". Irish Examiner. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Harty the giant for Causeway as they dethrone champions Lixnaw". 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Conway is star man for Lixnaw on day referee requires Garda escort at finale". Irish Independent. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "Kerry SHC final: Conway comes to Lixnaw's rescue". Hogan Stand. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Kerry SHC final replay: Boyle is Ballyduff's hat-trick hero". Hogan Stand. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ "Kerry SHC final: Boyle forces replay". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Kilmoyley survive fightback in Kerry replay". Irish Independent. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Kilmoyley kingpins for 23rd time". Irish Examiner. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "Kerry SHC final replay: Eighth title for Lixnaw". Hogan Stand. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ "Egan saves Saints with dramatic late equaliser". Irish Examiner. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
- ^ "Famine over for Brendan's". Irish Examiner. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
- ^ "Ballyduff land 24th title". Irish Examiner. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Kerry SHC: Ballyduff battle back to deny O'Neill's". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Kerry SHC: Ballyduff power to 22nd title". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Kerry SHC: Kilmoyley win record 22nd title". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Kerry SHC final: Daly's Kilmoyley cruise to victory". Hogan Stand. 20 October 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Lixnaw take the title in surprise win". Irish Independent. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
- ^ "Ballyduff triumph in Kerry hurling decider". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Lixnaw capture SHC title". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Four in-a-row for Kilmoyley". Hogan Stand. 4 October 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Three-in-a-row for Kilmoyley". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Kilmoyley retain Kerry SHC crown". Hogan Stand. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Fifth title for Ballyheigue". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
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