Derry Senior Hurling Championship

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.

Slaughtneil are the title holders, defeating Kevin Lynch's in the Final in September 2026 to win their fourteenth title in a row.

Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Collins Cup.

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 on Six occasions

Format

Group stage The 8 teams in the Derry Hurling Championship are divided into two groups of four. Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the othersplay each other in the group, resulting in each team being guaranteed at least three games 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 two teams in each group contest the senior semi finals (nominally called the "Senior/Intermediate playoff").

Intermediate final: The losing senior semi-finalists contest the intermediate final.

Junior final: The 3rd and 4th placed teams contest a semi-final, for a place in the junior final.

Qualification At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

2026 Teams 8 teams compete in the 2026 Derry Senior Hurling Championship. Team Location Colours Position in 2025 Championship titles Last championship title BallinascreenDraperstownMaroon and whiteIntermediate runners up31939 BanagherFeeny / ParkMaroon and whiteJunior runners-up32005 Eoghan RuaColeraineMaroon and greenJunior semi-final0— Kevin Lynch'sDungivenWhite and blackRunners-up 232011 LaveyLaveyOrange and blackJunior champion 182010 Na MaghaDerryGreen, white, and blackJunior semi-final0— SlaughtneilSlaughtneilMaroon and whiteChampions192025 SwatraghSwatraghGreen and whiteIntermediate Champions12012

List of finals

Legend

– Ulster senior club champions – Ulster senior club runners-up

List of Derry SHC finals Year Winners Runners-up Club Score Club Score 2026 Slaughtneil 0-20 Kevin Lynch's 1-14 2025 Slaughtneil 3-24 Kevin Lynch's 1-10 2024 Slaughtneil 0-16 Banagher 0-04 2023 Slaughtneil 3-23 Kevin Lynch's 1-09 2022 Slaughtneil 2-18 Kevin Lynch's 1-08 2021 Slaughtneil 1-17 Kevin Lynch's 2-09 2020 Slaughtneil 0-23 Kevin Lynch's 0-11 2019 Slaughtneil 1-23 Kevin Lynch's 2-12 2018 Slaughtneil 2-12 Banagher 0-10 2017 Slaughtneil 2-18 Banagher 0-14 2016 Slaughtneil 2-19 Banagher 1-12 2015 Slaughtneil 5-26 Swatragh 1-05 2014 Slaughtneil 2-11 Kevin Lynch's 2-09 2013 Slaughtneil 4-13 Ballinascreen 2-11 2012 Swatragh 2-10 Banagher 1-07 2011 Kevin Lynch's 5-11 Lavey 1-07 2010 Lavey 3-10 Kevin Lynch's 0-11 2009 Kevin Lynch's 2-15 Slaughtneil 1-13 2008 , Kevin Lynch's 1-12 Swatragh 0-12 2007 Kevin Lynch's 2-17 Banagher 1-11 2006 Kevin Lynch's 3-12 Banagher 2-14 2005 Banagher 2-09 Kevin Lynch's 1-11 2004 Kevin Lynch's 4-09 Slaughtneil 1-09 2003 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen 2002 Lavey 1-12 Slaughtneil 0-07 2001 Lavey 3-18 Banagher 2-11 2000 Slaughtneil 1-14 Banagher 2-08 1999 Lavey Kevin Lynch's 1998 Kevin Lynch's Slaughtneil 1997 Lavey Ballinascreen 1996 Kevin Lynch's Banagher 1995 Lavey Slaughtneil 1994 Lavey Slaughtneil 1993 Slaughtneil Lavey 1992 Lavey Slaughtneil 1991 Lavey Kevin Lynch's 1990 Lavey Drum 1989 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen 1988 Lavey Ballinascreen 1987 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen 1986 Lavey Kevin Lynch's 1985 Lavey Kevin Lynch's 1984 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen 1983 Kevin Lynch's 1982 Kevin Lynch's 1981 Kevin Lynch's 1980 Banagher 1979 Kevin Lynch's 1978 Banagher 1977 Kevin Lynch's 1976 Kevin Lynch's Ballinascreen 1975 Kevin Lynch's 1974 Kevin Lynch's 1973 Kevin Lynch's 1972 Kevin Lynch's 1970–1971 No competition 1969 Slaughtneil 1968 Slaughtneil 1967 Kevin Lynch's 1966 Slaughtneil 1965 Slaughtneil 1964 St Finbarr's, Loup 1963 St Finbarr's, Loup 1962 Lavey 1949–1961 No competition 1948 Lavey 1947 No competition 1946 Lavey Kevin Barry's, Derry† 1945 Mitchels Coleraine 1944 Lavey Sarsfields, Derry 1943 Mitchels Coleraine Lavey 1941–1942 No competition 1940 Lavey 1939 Ballinascreen 1938 Ballinascreen 1937 Aileach 1935–1936 No competition 1934 Sarsfields, Derry 1933 Sarsfields, Derry 1932 No competition 1931Donegal News 1903-current, Saturday, 27 June 1931; Page: 3 Burt 4-00 Gaels 1-02 1930 Burt 1907–1929 No competition 1906 Éire Óg 1905 St Patrick's, Waterside† 1892–1904 No competition 1891 St Patrick's, Waterside† 1890 No competition 1889 Hibernians 1887 Ballinascreen

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

By club # Club Titles Runners-up Championship wins Championships runner-up 1 Kevin Lynch's 2314 1967†, 1972†, 1973†, 1974†, 1975†, 1976†, 1977†, 1979†, 1981†, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 20111985, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 2 Slaughtneil 207 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 20261992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 20093 Lavey 183 1940, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1962, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 20101943, 1993, 2011 4 Banagher 310 1978, 1980, 20051996, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024 Ballinascreen38 1887, 1938, 19391976, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2003, 20136 Sarsfields Derry21 1933, 19341944 Burt†† 20 1930, 1931— St Patrick's, Waterside20 1891, 1905 — Mitchels Coleraine20 1943, 1945— St Finbarr's Loup20 1963, 1964 —11 Swatragh12 20122008, 2015 Hibernians10 1889— Éire Óg10 1906— Aileach10 1937—15 Gaels01—1931 Kevin Barry’s01—1946 Drum01—1990

Notes

† — The 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1981 titles were won as Dungiven GAC. †† — Burt is a Donegal club.

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