Armagh Senior Hurling Championship

The Armagh Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Armagh GAA clubs. Hurling has always been more popular in the north and west of the county. Camlough and Bessbrook are the only south Armagh clubs to have won the Senior Championship.

Keady Lámh Dhearg are the title holders (2026) defeating Middletown Na Fianna in the Final.

History The trophy presented to the winners is the Jimmy Carlisle Cup. The winner qualifies to represent their county in either the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship or the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, depending on the winner's recent record when competing at provincial level. Following their 2013 success, Cúchulainn's represented Armagh in the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, leaving Armagh without representation in the Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship for that year. Keady became the first Ulster Intermediate Champions from Armagh in 2007 and to date they are the first and only representatives from the county to reach the Ulster Senior Final, doing so in 2010.

Format

Group stage The 6 clubs start in the groups stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed four 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 the group qualify for the final.

Knockout stage Semi-Final: The 1st placed team faces the 4th placed team and the 2nd placed team faces the 3rd placed team.

Final: The winners of the semi-final contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Qualification for subsequent competitions 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.

Teams

2026 teams The 6 teams competing in the 2026 Armagh Senior Hurling Championship are:

ClubLocationColoursPosition in 2024Championship titlesLast championship title Craobh RuaBessbrookRed and whiteSemi-finals0— Cúchulainn'sArmaghYellow and whiteGroup stage242013 DerrynooseDerrynooseBlue and whiteSemi-finals0— Keady Lámh DheargKeadyBlue and goldRunners-up262026 Killeavy St Moninna'sKilleanGreen and blackGroup stage0— MiddletownMiddletownBlack and whiteChampions212025

2026 grades ChampionshipClubSenior championshipsSenior Craobh Rua Cúchulainn's Derrynoose Keady Lámh Dhearg Killeavy St Moninna's MiddletownJunior championshipsJunior Cúchulainn's (2nd team) Middletown (2nd team) Seán Treacy's St Malachy's

Roll of honour

By club # Club Titles Championship wins1 Keady Lámh Dhearg261949, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018, 20262 Cúchulainn's241951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1989, 20133 Middletown211981, 1985, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 20254 Éire Óg, Keady31927, 1932, 1933Keady Michael Dwyer's31935, 1936, 1937 CBS Armagh PPU31945, 1946, 19487 St Malachy's, Portadown21966, 19678 Shane O'Neill's11907 Young Irelands11928 Red Hands, Armagh11931 O'Donnell's, Armagh11934 Bessbrook Geraldines11947 Hugh Carberry's Rocks11950

List of finals

Legend

– Ulster intermediate club champions – Ulster intermediate club runners-up (r) = replay

List of Armagh SHC finals Year Winners Runners-up Club Score Club Score2026Keady Lámh Dhearg0-17Middletown Na Fianna0-15 2025 Middletown Na Fianna 0-21 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0–19 2024 Middletown Na Fianna 1–12 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0–13 2023 Middletown Na Fianna 1–15 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0–11 2022 Middletown Na Fianna 1–19 Keady Lámh Dhearg 2–12 2021 Middletown 2-20 Keady Lámh Dhearg 2–12 2020 Middletown 0-20 Cúchulainn's 1-06 2019 Middletown 2–17 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1–13 2018 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0–16 Middletown 0–13 2017 Middletown 0–17 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1–12 2016 Middletown 2–19 Cúchulainn's 2-08 2015 Middletown 2–10 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1-08 2014 Keady Lámh Dhearg 2–19 Cúchulainn's 1–13 2013 Cúchulainn's 1-07, 2-12 (r) Keady Lámh Dhearg 0–10, 1-13 (r) 2012 Middletown 0–13 Cúchulainn's 0–12 2011 Middletown 0–19 Keady Lámh Dhearg 0–10 2010 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's 2009 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg 2008 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown 2007 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown 2006 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg 2005 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's 2004 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's 2003 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown 2002 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown 2001 Keady Lámh Dhearg Middletown 2000 Middletown 1999 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg 1998 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1997 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1996 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1995 Middletown 1994 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's 1993 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cúchulainn's 1992 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1991 Middletown 1990 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1989 Cúchulainn's 1988 Cúchulainn's 1987 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1986 Middletown 3-08 Cúchulainn's 2-06 1985 Middletown 1984 Cúchulainn's Middletown 1983 Cúchulainn's Portadown 1982 Cúchulainn's Middletown 1981 Middletown Keady Lámh Dhearg 1980 Cúchulainn's Keady Lámh Dhearg 1979 Cúchulainn's Keady Lámh Dhearg 1978 Keady Lámh Dhearg Seán Treacy's 1977 Cúchulainn's Seán Treacy's 1976 Cúchulainn's Keady Lámh Dhearg 1975 Keady Lámh Dhearg Cuchulain's 1974 Cúchulainn's 1973 Cúchulainn's 1972 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1971 Cúchulainn's 1970 Cúchulainn's 1969 Cúchulainn's 1968 Cúchulainn's 1967 St Malachy's, Portadown 1966 St Malachy's, Portadown 1965 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1964 Cúchulainn's 1963 Cúchulainn's 1962 Cúchulainn's 1961 Cúchulainn's 1960 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1959 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1955–1958No competition 1954 Cúchulainn's 1953 Cúchulainn's 1952 Cúchulainn's 1951 Cúchulainn's 1950 Hugh Carberry's Rocks 1949 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1948 CBS Armagh PPU 1947 Bessbrook Geraldines 1946 CBS Armagh PPU 1945 CBS Armagh PPU1938–1944No competition 1937 Keady Michael Dwyer's 1936 Keady Michael Dwyer's 1935 Keady Michael Dwyer's 1934 O'Donnell's, Armagh 1933 Éire Óg, Keady 1932 Éire Óg, Keady 1931 Red Hands, Armagh 1929–1930No competition 1928 Young Irelands 1927 Éire Óg, Keady 1908–1926 1907 Shane O'Neill's Camlough

Armagh Intermediate Hurling Championship

The Armagh Intermediate Hurling Championship (Abbreviated to the Armagh IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Armagh County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association and contested by the junior clubs in the county of Armagh in Ireland. It is the second tier in the Armagh hurling championship system. Up to 2025 it was called Armagh Junior Hurling Championship.

St Malachy's are the title holders, defeating St. Malachy's by 2–13 to 1–09 in the 2025 final.

Format Group stage: The 4 clubs start in the groups stage. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed four 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 the group qualify for the semi-finals.

Semi-Finals: The top two teams face the 5th and 6th placed teams from the senior championship. The 2 winners qualify for the final.

Final: The winners of the semi-final contest the final. The winning team are declared champions and promoted to the Armagh Senior Hurling 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–) YearWinnersRunners-up#ClubScoreClubScore2026Killeavy St Moninna's0-19Seán Treacy's0-11Replay St Malachy's 2-13 Middletown II 1-09 2025 St Malachy's 3-12 Middletown II 2-15 2024 Seán Treacy's 0–11 Keady Lámh Dhearg 1–05 2023 Killeavy St Moninna's 2–17 Seán Treacy's 2–12

Roll of honour (2023–) ClubTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-upKilleavy St Moninna's202023, 2026— Seán Treacy's1220242023, 2026 St Malachy's10 2025—Keady Lámh Dhearg01—2024Middletown II01—2025

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