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 (2026), 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 Carrickmacross HurlingCarrickmacrossGreen and yellowSemi-finals91975 Castleblayney Hurling ClubCastleblayneyGreen and goldChampions352025 Clontibret O'NeillsClontibretSaffron and whiteJunior Semi-final172003 Inniskeen GrattansInniskeenGreen, Red and WhiteSemi-finals42023 Latton O'RahillyLattonWhite and blueJunior Runners-up0— Monaghan Harps Hurling ClubMonaghanGreen and whiteJunior Champions61998 TruaghEmyvaleRed and blackRunners-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 Carrickmacross 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 Castleblayney Hurling Club 6-03 Carrickmacross 3-01 1944 Unfinished 1945 Carrickmacross 3-01 (r) Castleblayney Hurling Club 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 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-07 Monaghan 2-08 1956 Monaghan 4-05 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-03 1957 Castleblayney Hurling Club 5-06 Monaghan 2-04 1958 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-02 Keady 1-01 1959 Castleblayney Hurling Club 5-01 Dungannon Thomas Clarkes 0-00 1960 Unfinished 1961 No Championship 1962 Castleblayney Eire Og 4-00 Castleblayney Faughs 2-03 1963 Carrickmacross 3-04 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-00 1964 Carrickmacross 4-03 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-04 1965 Unfinished 1966 Clontibret O'Neills 2-04 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-01 1967 Carrickmacross 6-03 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-06 1968 Clones 5-07 Clontibret O'Neills 1-02 1969 Clontibret O'Neills 5-03 Carrickmacross 4-05 1970 Clontibret O'Neills 4-07 Clones 3-05 1971 Carrickmacross 5-06 Clontibret O'Neills 3-04 1972 No Championship 1973 Clontibret O'Neills 3-13 Carrickmacross 6-03 1974 Castleblayney Hurling Club 5-11 (r) (1-02) Emyvale 2-02 (r) (1-02) 1975 Carrickmacross 7-06 Emyvale 3-03 1976 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1-06 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-08 1977 Castleblayney Hurling Club 6-07 Carrickmacross 0-06 1978 Clontibret O'Neills 3-08 Carrickmacross 1-05 1979 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-07 Clontibret O'Neills 1-06 1980 Clontibret O'Neills 2-07 Monaghan Harps 0-05 1981 Clontibret O'Neills 4-15 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-09 1982 Clontibret O'Neills 3-12 Carrickmacross 2-07 1983 Clontibret O'Neills 4-11 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-07 1984 Clontibret O'Neills 4-03 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-02 1985 Clontibret O'Neills 2-11 Monaghan Harps 0-06 1986 Clontibret O'Neills 3-07 Monaghan Harps 0-05 1987 Clontibret O'Neills 3-07 Monaghan Harps 0-05 1988 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-07 (r) (0-14) Clontibret O'Neills 2-03 (r) (2-08) 1989 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-06 (r) (1-06) Clontibret O'Neills 0-04 (r) (1-06) 1990 Clontibret O'Neills 2-10 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-09 1991 Clontibret O'Neills 3-10 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-09 1992 Castleblayney Hurling Club 4-08 Clontibret O'Neills 2-09 1993 Monaghan Harps 4-09 Carrickmacross 5-04 1994 Castleblayney Hurling Club 4-08 Monaghan 2-05 1995 Monaghan Harps 2-13 Carrickmacross 1-13 1996 Monaghan Harps 1-06 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-08 1997 Clontibret O'Neills 1-12 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-04 1998 Monaghan Harps 4-06 Clontibret O'Neills 0-08 1999 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-10 (r) Monaghan 0-06 (r) 2000 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-11 Clontibret O'Neills 1-11 2001 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-11 Clontibret O'Neills 1-10 2002 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-10 Monaghan Harps 0-09 2003 Clontibret O'Neills 4-04 (r) Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-07 (r) 2004 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-14 Monaghan Harps 1-07 2005 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-15 Carrickmacross 2-05 2006 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-09 Inniskeen Grattans 1-10 2007 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-15 Latton 1-10 2008 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-17 Clontibret O'Neills 0-10 2009 Castleblayney Hurling Club 3-17 Latton 1-05 2010 Inniskeen Grattans 0-17 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-10 2011 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-16 Inniskeen Grattans 1-07 2012 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-13 Inniskeen Grattans 1-11 2013 Inniskeen Grattans 0-13 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-09 2014 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-13 Inniskeen Grattans 0-09 2015 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-13 Inniskeen Grattans 0-09 2016 Inniskeen Grattans 5-15 Monaghan Harps 1-06 2017 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-17 Inniskeen Grattans 0-15 2018 Castleblayney Hurling Club 6-17 Inniskeen Grattans 0-09 2019 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-20 Truagh 1-10 2020 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-22 Truagh 0-08 2021 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-23 Carrickmacross 1-10 2022 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-15 Carrickmacross 1-08 2023 Inniskeen Grattans 1-11 Castleblayney Hurling Club 0-13 2024 Castleblayney Hurling Club 2-20 Inniskeen Grattans 0-11 2025 Castleblayney Hurling Club 1-19 Truagh 2-082026Castleblayney Hurling Club2-17Truagh1-13
Roll of honour
By club #ClubTitlesRunners-upChampionships wonChampionships runner-up 1 Castleblayney Hurling Club 36 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, 2026 1945, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2013, 2023 2 Clontibret O'Neills 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 Carrickmacross 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 Inniskeen Grattans 4 8 2010, 2013, 2016, 2023 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 20247 Greenan's Cross Tír na nÓg 1 2 1909 1910, 1911 Ballybay Pearse Brothers 1 0 1976—9 Monaghan 0 7— 1938, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1994, 1999 Truagh 0 4— 2019, 2020, 2025, 2026 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 Dungannon Thomas Clarkes 0 1— 1959 Castleblayney Faughs 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–) YearWinnersRunners-upClubScoreClubScore 2023 Truagh 1-19 Monaghan Harps Hurling Club 2-10 2024 Truagh3-13Clontibret O'Neills2-10 2025 Monaghan Harps 5-14 Latton 0-142026Latton1-18Clontibret O'Neills2-14
Roll of honour (2023–) WinnerTitlesRunners-upYears wonYears runners-upTruagh202023, 2024—Monaghan Harps Hurling Club1120252023Latton1120262025Clontibret O'Neills02—2024, 2026
See also
Monaghan Senior Football Championship
References
External links Official Monaghan Website Monaghan on Hoganstand Monaghan Club GAA