Wikipedia / Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship
Wikipedia / Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship
The Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Monaghan GAA clubs. The Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1909.
Castleblayney Hurling Club are the title holders (2025), having defeated Truagh in the Final.
History
The trophy presented to the winners was the Blayney Shoe Company Cup (1945-1996) and now the Mick Quigley Cup (since 1997). The winners of the Monaghan Championship qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship or Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship or All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.
The Mick Hannon DHL (Development Hurling League) is the Monaghan reserve hurling league. It was renamed in 2020, with Inniskeen being the first team to win the Mick Hannon Cup in 2021, defeating Carrickmacross in the final on a scoreline of 3-07 to 1-07.
Format
The format was changed in 2025 to a straight knock-out structure.
With currently 7 teams competing the highest place in the Monaghan Senior Hurling League (SHL) qualifies for the semi-finals. The remaining 6 teams compete 3 quarter-finals.
The 3 winner and the SHL champion compete the semi-finals. The winners advance to the final.
The 3 quarter-final losers contest the Junior championship with the highest placed team in the SHL advancing directly to the final.
Teams
2026 Teams
The 7 teams competing in the 2026 Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship are:
Team | Location | Colours | Position in 2025 | Championship titles | Last championship title |
Green and yellow | Semi-finals | 9 | 1975 | ||
Green and gold | Champions | 35 | 2025 | ||
Saffron and white | Junior Semi-final | 17 | 2003 | ||
Green, Red and White | Semi-finals | 4 | 2023 | ||
Latton O'Rahilly | Latton | White and blue | Junior Runners-up | 0 | — |
Monaghan Harps Hurling Club | Green and white | Junior Champions | 6 | 1998 | |
Red and black | Runners-up | 0 | — |
Qualification for subsequent competitions
Intermediate
At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.
Junior
At the end of the championship, the runners-up play the Junior champions and the winner will qualify to the subsequent Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.
List of finals
Legend
(r) = replay
List of Monaghan SHC finals
Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
Club | Score | Club | Score | |
1909 | Greenan's Cross Tír na nÓg | 5-06 | Monaghan Harps | 3-07 |
1910 | Monaghan Harps | 7-00 | Greenan's Cross Tir na nOg | 3-00 |
1911 | Clones | 5-01 | Greenan's Cross Tir na nOg | 0-00 |
1912 | Unfinished | |||
1913 | No Championship | |||
1914 | 3-02 | Clones and Monaghan | 0-00 | |
1915 | South Monaghan (Carrickmacross) | 3-03 | North Monaghan (Clones and Monaghan) | 0-03 |
1916 | South Monaghan (Carrickmacross) | 3-02 | North Monaghan (Clones and Monaghan) | 2-01 |
1917 | No Championship | |||
1918 | No Championship | |||
1919 | No Championship | |||
1920 | No Championship | |||
1921 | No Championship | |||
1922 | No Championship | |||
1923 | No Championship | |||
1924 | No Championship | |||
1925 | No Championship | |||
1926 | No Championship | |||
1927 | No Championship | |||
1928 | No Championship | |||
1929 | No Championship | |||
1930 | No Championship | |||
1931 | No Championship | |||
1932 | No Championship | |||
1933 | No Championship | |||
1934 | No Championship | |||
1935 | No Championship | |||
1936 | No Championship | |||
1937 | No Championship | |||
1938 | Clones | 7-04 | Monaghan | 4-04 |
1939 | Unfinished | |||
1940 | No Championship | |||
1941 | No Championship | |||
1942 | No Championship | |||
1943 | 6-03 | 3-01 | ||
1944 | Unfinished | |||
1945 | 3-01 (r) | 1-04 (r) | ||
1946 | Unfinished | |||
1947 | No Championship | |||
1948 | No Championship | |||
1949 | No Championship | |||
1950 | Clones | 2-03 | Monaghan | 1-01 |
1951 | Clones | 4-03 | Monaghan | 3-01 |
1952 | No Championship | |||
1953 | No Championship | |||
1954 | No Championship | |||
1955 | 3-07 | Monaghan | 2-08 | |
1956 | Monaghan | 4-05 | 3-03 | |
1957 | 5-06 | Monaghan | 2-04 | |
1958 | 1-02 | Keady | 1-01 | |
1959 | 5-01 | 0-00 | ||
1960 | Unfinished | |||
1961 | No Championship | |||
1962 | Castleblayney Eire Og | 4-00 | 2-03 | |
1963 | 3-04 | 1-00 | ||
1964 | 4-03 | 3-04 | ||
1965 | Unfinished | |||
1966 | 2-04 | 1-01 | ||
1967 | 6-03 | 1-06 | ||
1968 | Clones | 5-07 | 1-02 | |
1969 | 5-03 | 4-05 | ||
1970 | 4-07 | Clones | 3-05 | |
1971 | 5-06 | 3-04 | ||
1972 | No Championship | |||
1973 | 3-13 | 6-03 | ||
1974 | 5-11 (r) (1-02) | Emyvale | 2-02 (r) (1-02) | |
1975 | 7-06 | Emyvale | 3-03 | |
1976 | 1-06 | 0-08 | ||
1977 | 6-07 | 0-06 | ||
1978 | 3-08 | 1-05 | ||
1979 | 1-07 | 1-06 | ||
1980 | 2-07 | Monaghan Harps | 0-05 | |
1981 | 4-15 | 1-09 | ||
1982 | 3-12 | 2-07 | ||
1983 | 4-11 | 2-07 | ||
1984 | 4-03 | 1-02 | ||
1985 | 2-11 | Monaghan Harps | 0-06 | |
1986 | 3-07 | Monaghan Harps | 0-05 | |
1987 | 3-07 | Monaghan Harps | 0-05 | |
1988 | 3-07 (r) (0-14) | 2-03 (r) (2-08) | ||
1989 | 1-06 (r) (1-06) | 0-04 (r) (1-06) | ||
1990 | 2-10 | 1-09 | ||
1991 | 3-10 | 2-09 | ||
1992 | 4-08 | 2-09 | ||
1993 | Monaghan Harps | 4-09 | 5-04 | |
1994 | 4-08 | Monaghan | 2-05 | |
1995 | Monaghan Harps | 2-13 | 1-13 | |
1996 | Monaghan Harps | 1-06 | 0-08 | |
1997 | 1-12 | 0-04 | ||
1998 | Monaghan Harps | 4-06 | 0-08 | |
1999 | 0-10 (r) | Monaghan | 0-06 (r) | |
2000 | 2-11 | 1-11 | ||
2001 | 2-11 | 1-10 | ||
2002 | 2-10 | Monaghan Harps | 0-09 | |
2003 | 4-04 (r) | 1-07 (r) | ||
2004 | 3-14 | Monaghan Harps | 1-07 | |
2005 | 3-15 | 2-05 | ||
2006 | 2-09 | 1-10 | ||
2007 | 0-15 | Latton | 1-10 | |
2008 | 0-17 | 0-10 | ||
2009 | 3-17 | Latton | 1-05 | |
2010 | 0-17 | 2-10 | ||
2011 | 2-16 | 1-07 | ||
2012 | 1-13 | 1-11 | ||
2013 | 0-13 | 1-09 | ||
2014 | 1-13 | 0-09 | ||
2015 | 2-13 | 0-09 | ||
2016 | 5-15 | Monaghan Harps | 1-06 | |
2017 | 1-17 | 0-15 | ||
2018 | 6-17 | 0-09 | ||
2019 | 1-20 | 1-10 | ||
2020 | 2-22 | 0-08 | ||
2021 | 2-23 | 1-10 | ||
2022 | 2-15 | 1-08 | ||
2023 | 1-11 | 0-13 | ||
2024 | 2-20 | 0-11 | ||
2025 | 1-19 | 2-08 |
Roll of honour
By club
# | Club | Titles | Runners-up | Championships won | Championships runner-up |
1 | 35 | 18 | 1943, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 | 1945, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2013, 2023 | |
2 | 17 | 10 | 1966, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2003 | 1968, 1971, 1979, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2008 | |
3 | 9 | 11 | 1914, 1915, 1916, 1945, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975 | 1943, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2021, 2022 | |
4 | Monaghan Harps | 6 | 8 | 1910, 1956, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998 | 1909, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2002, 2004, 2016 |
5 | Clones | 5 | 1 | 1911, 1938, 1950, 1951, 1968 | 1970 |
6 | 4 | 8 | 2010, 2013, 2016, 2023 | 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2024 | |
7 | Greenan's Cross Tír na nÓg | 1 | 2 | 1909 | 1910, 1911 |
1 | 0 | 1976 | — | ||
9 | Monaghan | 0 | 7 | — | 1938, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1994, 1999 |
0 | 3 | — | 2019, 2020, 2025 | ||
North Monaghan (Clones and Monaghan) | 0 | 2 | — | 1915, 1916 | |
Emyvale | 0 | 2 | — | 1974, 1975 | |
Latton | 0 | 2 | — | 2007, 2009 | |
Clones and Monaghan | 0 | 1 | — | 1914 | |
Keady | 0 | 1 | — | 1958 | |
0 | 1 | — | 1959 | ||
0 | 1 | — | 1962 |
Monaghan Junior Hurling Championship
The Monaghan Junior Hurling Championship (Abbreviated to the Monaghan JHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Monaghan County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the junior clubs in the county of Monaghan in Ireland. It is the second tier in the Monaghan hurling championship system.
Truagh are the title holders, defeating Monaghan Harps Hurling Club by 1-19 - 2-10 in the 2023 final.
Format
Format: Teams that finished 4th to 7th place in the group stage of the Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship contest the championship.
Qualification for subsequent competitions
At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.
List of finals (2023–)
Year | Winners | Runners-up | ||
Club | Score | Club | Score | |
2023 | 1-19 | Monaghan Harps Hurling Club | 2-10 | |
2024 | 3-13 | 2-10 | ||
2025 | Monaghan Harps | 5-14 | Latton | 0-14 |
Roll of honour (2023–)
Winner | Titles | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
2 | 0 | 2023, 2024 | — | |
Monaghan Harps Hurling Club | 1 | 1 | 2025 | 2023 |
0 | 1 | — | 2024 | |
Latton | 0 | 1 | — | 2025 |
See also
References
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