The Derry Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Derry GAA clubs. The Derry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1887.
| Derry Senior Hurling Championship | |
|---|---|
Current season or competition: 2023 Derry Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Irish | Craobh Shinsear Iomána Dhoire |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Trophy | Fr Collins Cup[1] |
| Title holders | Slaughtneil (17th title) |
| Most titles | Kevin Lynch's, Dungiven (23 titles) |
| Sponsors | McGurk Chartered Architects[1] |
Slaughtneil are the title holders, defeating Kevin Lynch's in the Final in September 2023 to win their eleventh title in a row.
Honours
The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Collins Cup.[1]
The winners qualify to represent their county in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.
Slaughtneil are the only Derry team to have ever won the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship lifting the Four Seasons Cup in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2021[2]
Format
Group stage
The 8 teams in the Derry Hurling Championship are divided into two groups of four.[3] Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three 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.
Knockout stage
Senior final: The top teams in each group contest the senior final.
Intermediate final: The second-placed teams in each group contest the intermediate final.
Junior final: The third-placed teams in each group contest the junior final.
Teams
2024 Teams
8 teams will compete in the 2024 Derry Senior Hurling Championship.
| Club | Location | Colours | Championship titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ballinascreen | Draperstown | Maroon and white | 3 | 1939 |
| Banagher | Feeny / Park | Maroon and white | 3 | 2005 |
| Eoghan Rua | Coleraine | Maroon and green | 0 | — |
 Kevin Lynch's | Dungiven | White and black | 23 | 2011 |
 Lavey | Lavey | Orange and black | 18 | 2010 |
 Na Magha | Derry | Green, white, and black | 0 | — |
| Slaughtneil | Maghera | Maroon and white | 17 | 2023 |
 Swatragh | Swatragh | Green and white | 1 | 2012 |
List of finals
| Year | Winner | Score | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | Ballinascreen | |||
| 1889 | Hibernians | |||
| 1890 | No competition | |||
| 1891 | St Patrick's, Waterside† | |||
| 1892 | No competition | |||
| 1893 | No competition | |||
| 1894 | No competition | |||
| 1895 | No competition | |||
| 1896 | No competition | |||
| 1897 | No competition | |||
| 1898 | No competition | |||
| 1899 | No competition | |||
| 1900 | No competition | |||
| 1901 | No competition | |||
| 1902 | No competition | |||
| 1903 | No competition | |||
| 1904 | No competition | |||
| 1905 | St Patrick's, Waterside† | |||
| 1906 | Éire Óg | |||
| 1907 | No competition | |||
| 1908 | No competition | |||
| 1909 | No competition | |||
| 1910 | No competition | |||
| 1911 | No competition | |||
| 1912 | No competition | |||
| 1913 | No competition | |||
| 1914 | No competition | |||
| 1915 | No competition | |||
| 1916 | No competition | |||
| 1917 | No competition | |||
| 1918 | No competition | |||
| 1919 | No competition | |||
| 1920 | No competition | |||
| 1921 | No competition | |||
| 1922 | No competition | |||
| 1923 | No competition | |||
| 1924 | No competition | |||
| 1925 | No competition | |||
| 1926 | No competition | |||
| 1927 | No competition | |||
| 1928 | No competition | |||
| 1929 | No competition | |||
| 1930 | Burt | |||
| 1931[4] | Burt | 4-00 | Gaels | 1-02 |
| 1932 | No competition | |||
| 1933 | Sarsfields, Derry | |||
| 1934 | Sarsfields, Derry | |||
| 1935 | No competition | |||
| 1936 | No competition | |||
| 1937 | Aileach | |||
| 1938 | Ballinascreen | |||
| 1939 | Ballinascreen | |||
| 1940 | Lavey | |||
| 1941 | No competition | |||
| 1942 | No competition | |||
| 1943 | Mitchels Coleraine | Lavey | ||
| 1944 | Lavey | Sarsfields, Derry | ||
| 1945 | Mitchels Coleraine | |||
| 1946 | Lavey | Kevin Barry's, Derry† | ||
| 1947 | No competition | |||
| 1948 | Lavey | |||
| 1949 | No competition | |||
| 1950 | No competition | |||
| 1951 | No competition | |||
| 1952 | No competition | |||
| 1953 | No competition | |||
| 1954 | No competition | |||
| 1955 | No competition | |||
| 1956 | No competition | |||
| 1957 | No competition | |||
| 1958 | No competition | |||
| 1959 | No competition | |||
| 1960 | No competition | |||
| 1961 | No competition | |||
| 1962 | Lavey | |||
| 1963 | St Finbarr's, Loup | |||
| 1964 | St Finbarr's, Loup | |||
| 1965 | Slaughtneil | |||
| 1966 | Slaughtneil | |||
| 1967 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1968 | Slaughtneil | |||
| 1969 | Slaughtneil | |||
| 1970 | No competition | |||
| 1971 | No competition | |||
| 1972 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1973 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1974 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1975 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1976 | Kevin Lynch's | Ballinascreen | ||
| 1977 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1978 | Banagher | |||
| 1979 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1980 | Banagher | |||
| 1981 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1982 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1983 | Kevin Lynch's | |||
| 1984 | Kevin Lynch's | Ballinascreen | ||
| 1985 | Lavey | Kevin Lynch's | ||
| 1986 | Lavey | Kevin Lynch's | ||
| 1987 | Kevin Lynch's | Ballinascreen | ||
| 1988 | Lavey | Ballinascreen | ||
| 1989 | Kevin Lynch's | Ballinascreen | ||
| 1990 | Lavey | Drum | ||
| 1991 | Lavey | Kevin Lynch's | ||
| 1992 | Lavey | Slaughtneil | ||
| 1993 | Slaughtneil | Lavey | ||
| 1994 | Lavey | Slaughtneil | ||
| 1995 | Lavey | Slaughtneil | ||
| 1996 | Kevin Lynch's | Banagher | ||
| 1997 | Lavey | Ballinascreen | ||
| 1998 | Kevin Lynch's | Slaughtneil | ||
| 1999 | Lavey | Kevin Lynch's | ||
| 2000 | Slaughtneil | 1-14 | Banagher | 2-08 |
| 2001 | Lavey | 3-18 | Banagher | 2-11 |
| 2002 | Lavey | 1-12 | Slaughtneil | 0-07 |
| 2003 | Kevin Lynch's | Ballinascreen | ||
| 2004 | Kevin Lynch's | 4-09 | Slaughtneil | 1-09 |
| 2005 | Banagher | 2-09 | Kevin Lynch's | 1-11 |
| 2006 | Kevin Lynch's | 3-12 | Banagher | 2-14 |
| 2007 | Kevin Lynch's | 2-17 | Banagher | 1-11 |
| 2008[1], [2] | Kevin Lynch's | 1-12 | Swatragh | 0-12 |
| 2009 | Kevin Lynch's | 2-15 | Slaughtneil | 1-13 |
| 2010 | Lavey | 3-10 | Kevin Lynch's | 0-11 |
| 2011 | Kevin Lynch's | 5-11 | Lavey | 1-07 |
| 2012[5] | Swatragh | 2-10 | Banagher | 1-07 |
| 2013[6] | Slaughtneil | 4-13 | Ballinascreen | 2-11 |
| 2014[7] | Slaughtneil | 2-11 | Kevin Lynch's | 2-09 |
| 2015[8] | Slaughtneil | 5-26 | Swatragh | 1-05 |
| 2016[9] | Slaughtneil | 2-19 | Banagher | 1-12 |
| 2017[10] | Slaughtneil | 2-18 | Banagher | 0-14 |
| 2018 | Slaughtneil | 2-12 | Banagher | 0-10 |
| 2019[11] | Slaughtneil | 1-23 | Kevin Lynch's | 2-12 |
| 2020 | Slaughtneil | 0-23 | Kevin Lynch's | 0-11 |
| 2021[12] | Slaughtneil | 1-17 | Kevin Lynch's | 2-09 |
| 2022[13] | Slaughtneil | 2-18 | Kevin Lynch's | 1-08 |
| 2023[14] | Slaughtneil | 3-23 | Kevin Lynch's | 1-09 |
- Notes
† 1891, 1905: St Patrick's, Waterside is now defunct. It was a club from the Waterside in Derry City.
†† 1946: Kevin Barry's is now defunct. It was a club from Derry City.
Roll of honour
| # | Club | Titles | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Lynch's | 23 | 1967†, 1972†, 1973†, 1974†, 1975†, 1976†, 1977†, 1979†, 1981†, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
| 2 | Lavey | 18 | 1940, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1962, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010 |
| 3 | Slaughtneil | 17 | 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,[12] 2022, 2023 |
| 4 | Banagher | 3 | 1978, 1980, 2005 |
| Ballinascreen | 3 | 1887, 1938, 1939 | |
| 6 |  Burt†† | 2 | 1930, 1931 |
| St Patrick's, Waterside | 2 | 1891, 1905 | |
| Sarsfields Derry | 2 | 1933, 1934 | |
| Mitchels Coleraine | 2 | 1943, 1945 | |
| St Finbarr's Loup | 2 | 1963, 1964 | |
| 11 | Hibernians | 1 | 1889 |
| Éire Óg | 1 | 1906 | |
| Aileach | 1 | 1937 | |
| Swatragh | 1 | 2012 |
- Notes
† The 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1981 titles were won as Dungiven GAC.
†† Burt is a Donegal club.