2025 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
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Dates5 July – 24 August 2025
Teams5
SponsorJJ Kavanagh & Sons
Champions
Mount Leinster Rangers (12th title)
Kevin McDonald (captain)
Paul O'Brien (manager)
Mount Leinster Rangers (12th title)Kevin McDonald (captain)
Paul O'Brien (manager)
| Dates | 5 July – 24 August 2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 5 | ||
| Sponsor | JJ Kavanagh & Sons | ||
| Champions | Mount Leinster Rangers (12th title) Kevin McDonald (captain) Paul O'Brien (manager) | ||
| Runners-up |  St Mullin'sPaul Doyle (captain) Tommy Buggy (manager) | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 13 | ||
| Goals scored | 47 (3.62 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 456 (35.08 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Chris Nolan (4–56) | ||
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The 2025 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship was the 96th staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1927. The championship ran from 5 July to 24 August 2025.
St Mullin's entered the championship as the defending champions.[1][2]
The final was played on 24 August 2025 at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow, between Mount Leinster Rangers and St Mullin's, in what was their 12th meeting in the final overall and a third successive meeting. Mount Leinster Rangers won the match by 1–19 to 0–16 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title in two years.[3][4]
The championship's top scorer was Chris Nolan with 4–56
Group stage table
Knockout stage
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| St Mullin's |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 86 | 26 | 6 |
| Mount Leinster Rangers |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 73 | 52 | 6 |
 Ballinkillen |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 92 | 4 | 4 |
 Naomh Eoin |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 98 | −15 | 4 |
 Bagenalstown Gaels |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 120 | −67 | 0 |
Group stage results
| 5 July 2025 Round 1 | Ballinkillen | 2–13 – 0–26 | Mount Leinster Rangers | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Whelan 0–7 (6fs), J Treacy1-2, P Hynes 1–1, S Murphy 0–2, E English 0–1 | Report | C Nolan 0–16 (65, 13fs), D Murphy 0–3, E Byrne, T Brennan, C Fitzpatrick, E Byrne, T Lawler, J Dundon, F Fitzpatrick 0–1 each |
| 5 July 2025 Round 1 | Bagenalstown Gaels | 0–10 – 2–20 | Naomh Eoin | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| TJ Darcy (1f), JP Treacy, J Doyle (fs), D Nolan (fs) 0–2 each, S Wall, M McDonald 0–1 each. | Report | C Abbey 0–9 (65 5fs), JM Nolan 0–6, C Quirke 1–2, J Smithers 1–1, D Kavanagh (65), M Nolan 0–1 each |
| 11 July 2025 Round 2 | Ballinkillen | 0–18 – 7–17 | St Mullin's | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Whelan 0–8 (4fs), S Murphy 0–4, E English 0–3, K Kavanagh 0–2, C Wall 0–1. | Report | M Kavanagh 2–5 (1–0 pen 4fs), P Boland 3–2, C Kavanagh 1–1, John Doyle 0–4, O Ryan 1–1, L Brennan 0–2, James Doyle (Dranagh), E O’Shea 0–1 each |
| 11 July 2025 Round 2 | Mount Leinster Rangers | 6–19 – 0–19 | Naomh Eoin | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Nolan 2–6 (2fs), E Byrne 2–1, D Murphy 0–4, D Dundon 1–1, T Joyce 1–0, J Nolan, D Tobin, T Brennan 0–2 each, F Fitzpatrick 0–1. | Report | C Abbey 0–10 (2-65s, 8fs), A Jordan 0–2, P Doyle, JM Nolan, J Smithers, P Abbey, C Tracey, D Dunne, E Hosey 0–1 each. |
| 19 July 2025 Round 3 | St Mullin's | 1–20 – 3–13 | Bagenalstown Gaels | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| M Kavanagh 0–10 (9fs), J Doyle (Dranagh) 0–5, Mosie Murphy 1–0, P Boland, C Kehoe 0–2 each, J Doyle (Drummond) 0–1 | Report | J Doyle 2–7 (7fs), TJ Darcy 1–4, JP Treacy, J Clarke 0–1 each |
| 19 July 2025 Round 3 | Naomh Eoin | 0–13 – 1–26 | Ballinkillen | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Abbey 0–6 (fs), J Smithers 0–2, P Abbey, A Jordan, C Quirke, D Dunne, JM Nolan 0–1 each | Report | C Whelan 0–11 (8fs), S Murphy 1–3, J Treacy 0–5, E English 0–4, P Hynes 0–2, K Kavanagh 0–1 |
| 26 July 2025 Round 4 | Bagenalstown Gaels | 1–12 – 5–15 | Ballinkillen | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| J Doyle 1–5 (fs), D Nolan 0–3 (2fs), TJ Darcy 0–2, JP Treacy, C Doyle 0–1 each. | Report | J Treacy 3–2, C Wall 2–3, C Whelan (4fs), E English (1f) 0–5 each. |
| 26 July 2025 Round 4 | St Mullin's | 5–14 – 1–18 | Mount Leinster Rangers | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| M Kavanagh 2–7 (4fs), P Boland 2–1, James Doyle (Dranagh) 1–3, E O’Shea 0–1, G Coady 0–1, John Doyle 0–1. | Report | C Nolan 1–11 (6fs, 1’65), F Fitzpatrick 0–2, E Byrne 0–2, D Tobin 0–1, T Joyce 0–1, J Nolan 0–1. |
| 2 August 2025 Round 5 | Mount Leinster Rangers | 5–26 – 0–06 | Bagenalstown Gaels | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| T Joyce 2–4 (1f), J Nolan 1–4, R Murphy 1–4 (1f), C Nolan 0–4 (3fs), D Murphy 1–1, F Fitzpatrick 0–3, E Kealy 0–2, M Malone, J Dundon, E Doyle, K McDonald (f), 0–1 each | Report | J Doyle 0–4 (sl 3fs), JP Treacy, R O’Neill 0–1, JP Treacy 0–1 each |
| 2 August 2025 Round 5 | Naomh Eoin | 1–22 – 0–22 | St Mullin's | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Abbey 0–11 (8fs), C Quirke 1–2, J M Nolan, J Kelly, P Abbey 0–2, A Jordan, D Dunne, C Tracey 0–1 each | Report | O Ryan, James Doyle, C Kehoe 0–4 each, John Doyle 0–3, P Boland, C Connolly, C Kavanagh 0–2 each, O Boland 0–1. |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
| 9 August 2025 Semi-final | Mount Leinster Rangers | 1–23 – 2–13 | Ballinkillen | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Nolan 0–9 (8fs), K McDonald 0–6 (4fs 2-65s), T Joyce 1–0, J Nolan, D Murphy 0–2 each, R Murphy, C Fitzpatrick, T Joyce, D Tobin 0–1 each | Report | C Whelan 0–7 (fs), J Treacy 0–3, C Wall, D Wall 1–0 each, E English 0–2, C Lomax 0–1. |
| 10 August 2025 Semi-final | St Mullin's | 3–23 – 0–13 | Naomh Eoin | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| M Kavanagh 2–10 (9fs), P Boland 1–3, C Kavanagh 0–4, John Doyle 0–2, James Doyle (Drummond), C Kehoe, O Boland, L Brennan 0–1 each | Report | C Abbey 0–5 (4fs 65), B Tracey(fs), JM Nolan 0–2 each, P Abbey, E Hosey, C Quirke, C Tracey 0–1 each |
Final
| 24 August 2025 Final | Mount Leinster Rangers | 1–19 – 0–16 | St Mullin's | Netwatch Cullen Park |
| C Nolan 1–10 (7fs 65), D Murphy 0–4, T Joyce 0–3, J Nolan 0–2. | M Kavanagh 0–7 (65 6fs), P Boland 0–3, P Doyle 0–2, John Doyle, J Kavanagh, C Kavanagh, J Doyle (Dranagh) 0–1 each. |