All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Founded1974
Country Ireland
 England
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Most championshipsLondon (5 titles)
WebsiteOfficial GAA site

The All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association between 1974 and 2004 for the so-called 'weaker' hurling teams in Ireland. The teams now play in the Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2 of the All Ireland Championship).

The series of games began every year immediately after the completion of the National Hurling League with the All-Ireland final being played in June or July, initially in Croke Park, Dublin but later in provincial venues around the country and in Britain.

The title was won by 11 different teams, 6 of which won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are London, who won the competition 5 times. The history of the championship was bookended by victories for Kildare, winners of the first title in 1974 and the last in 2004.

Format

The championship was open to all hurling teams who did not take part in the proper All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was a knock-out competition whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship.

Teams

2004 Championship

The championship was suspended after the completion of the 2004 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship. Three counties competed in 2004:

County Location Stadium Province Position in 2003Championship Championship Titles Last Championship Title
Kildare Newbridge St Conleth's Park Leinster — 4 2004
Mayo Castlebar MacHale Park Connacht — 0 —
Wicklow Aughrim Aughrim County Ground Leinster Champions 1 2003

List of All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship counties

Team Total years First year in championship Most recent year in championship Championship titles Last championship title Position in 2023 championship Best Senior B finish Current championship Lvl
Antrim 1974
Carlow 1974
Down 1974
Hertfordshire 1974
Kerry 1974
Kildare 1974
Laois 1976
London 1975
Meath 1974
Roscommon 1975
Westmeath 1974
Wicklow 1974

Team appearances (1974-1977)

# Team No. Years in championship
1 Antrim 4 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Carlow 4 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
3 Kerry 3 1974, 1975, 1976
Down 3 1974, 1975, 1977
Meath 3 1974, 1975, 1977
Wicklow 3 1974, 1975, 1977
Roscommon 3 1975, 1976, 1977
London 3 1975, 1976, 1977
9 Westmeath 2 1974, 1975
Laois 2 1976, 1977
11 Hertfordshire 1 1974
Kildare 1 1974

Roll of Honour

Performances in the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship by county
County Title(s) Runners-Up Years won Years runner-up
London 5 16 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Kildare 4 1 1974, 1980, 1989, 2004 1990
Antrim 3 1 1978, 1981, 1982 1974
Kerry 3 0 1976, 1983, 1986 -
Westmeath 3 0 1975, 1984, 1991 -
Laois 3 0 1977, 1979, 2002 -
Wicklow 1 2 2003 1995, 2002
Carlow 1 1 1992 1987
Meath 1 1 1993 1985
Roscommon 1 1 1994 2003
New York 1 0 1996 -
Down 0 1 - 1988
Derry 0 1 - 1996
Mayo 0 1 - 2004
Performances in the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship by province
Province Title(s) Runners-Up Total
Leinster 13 5 18
Britain 5 16 21
Ulster 3 3 6
Munster 3 0 3
Connacht 1 2 3
North America 1 0 1

List of finals

Year Date Winners Runners-up Venue Winning margin
County Score County Score
2005- Counties compete in the Christy Ring Cup
2004 24 July Kildare 3-14 Mayo 3-07 Croke Park 7
2003 Wicklow 4-16 Roscommon 2-13 Croke Park 9
2002 Laois 2-20 Wicklow 2-07 Semple Stadium 13
1997-2001 No championship
1996 New York 4-16 Derry 0-13 15
1995 London 2-07 Wicklow 0-08 O'Moore Park 5
1994 Roscommon 1-10 London 1-09 McGovern Park 1
1993 Meath 2-16 London 1-16 3
1992 Carlow 2-15 London 3-10 2
1991 Westmeath 2-12 London 2-06 6
1990 London 1-15 Kildare 5-02 1
1989 Kildare 2-06 London 1-07 2
1988 London 2-06 Down 1-07 2
1987 London 0-20 Carlow 1-15 2
1986 Kerry 3-10 London 1-09 7
1985 London 1-09 Meath 1-06 3
1984 Westmeath 4-10 London 1-16 3
1983 Kerry 2-08 London 1-07 4
1982 Antrim 2-16 London 2-14 2
1981 Antrim 3-17 London 3-14 3
1980 Kildare 2-20 London 2-14 6
1979 Laois 1-20 London 0-17 6
1978 Antrim 1-16 London 3-07 3
1977 Laois 3-21 London 2-09 15
1976 Kerry 0-15 London 1-10 2
1975 22 June Westmeath 3-23 London 2-07 Croke Park 19
1974 23 June Kildare 1-26 Antrim 3-13 Croke Park 7

Team records and statistics

Team results

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • SF/QF/PR – Semi-finals/Quarter-finals/Preliminary round

For each year, the number of counties (in brackets) are shown.

Team 1974 (9) 1975 (9) 1976 (6) 1977 (8) 1978 (5) 1979 (8) Total
Antrim 2nd SF HF HF 1st SF 6
Carlow FR QF SF FR — — 4
Down FR QF — SF HF — 4
Hertfordshire SF — — — — — 1
Kerry FR HF 1st — — SF 4
Kildare 1st — — — — HF 2
Laois — — QF 1st — 1st 3
London — 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 5
Meath QF SF — FR SF — 4
Roscommon — QF SF FR SF QF 5
Westmeath SF 1st — — — QF 3
Wicklow FR QF — SF — QF 4

Teams

County Wins Most recent win
Antrim 3 1982
Carlow 1 1992
Kerry 3 1986
Kildare 4 2004
Laois 3 2002
London 5 1995
Meath 1 1993
New York 1 1996
Roscommon 1 1994
Westmeath 3 1991
Wicklow 1 2003

Performances by province

Province Title(s) Runners-Up Last Title (Year) Biggest Contributor (Titles
Leinster 13 5 Kildare (2004) Kildare (4)
Britain 5 16 London (1995) London (5)
Ulster 3 3 Antrim (1982) Antrim (3)
Munster 3 0 Kerry (1986) Kerry (3)
Connacht 1 2 Roscommon (1994) Roscommon (1)
North America 1 0 New York (1996) New York (1)

See also

References

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