Derry Senior Hurling Championship
Annual hurling competition
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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.
| Derry Senior Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2024 Derry Senior Hurling Championship | |
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| Irish | Craobh Shinsear Iomána Dhoire |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Region | Derry (GAA) |
| Trophy | Fr Collins Cup[1] |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Title holders |  Slaughtneil (19th title) |
| Most titles |  Kevin Lynch's (23 titles) |
| Sponsors | McGurk Chartered Architects[1] |
Slaughtneil are the title holders, defeating Kevin Lynch's in the Final in October 2025 to win their thirteenth title in a row.
Honours
The trophy presented to the winners is the Fr Collins Cup.[1]
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[2]
Format
Group stage
The 8 teams in the Derry Hurling Championship are divided into two groups of four.[3] Over the course of the group stage, each team plays once against the others 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 third and fourth placed teams in each group 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
2025 Teams
8 teams will compete in the 2024 Derry Senior Hurling Championship.
| Team | Location | Colours | Position in 2024 | Championship titles | Last championship title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinascreen |
Draperstown | Maroon and white | Intermediate runners up | 3 | 1939 |
| Banagher |
Feeny / Park | Maroon and white | Runners-up | 3 | 2005 |
| Eoghan Rua |
Coleraine | Maroon and green | Group Stage | 0 | — |
| Kevin Lynch's |
Dungiven | White and black | Runners-up | 23 | 2011 |
 Lavey |
Lavey | Orange and black | Junior runners-up | 18 | 2010 |
 Na Magha |
Derry | Green, white, and black | Group stage | 0 | — |
| Slaughtneil |
Slaughtneil | Maroon and white | Champions | 19 | 2025 |
 Swatragh |
Swatragh | Green and white | Intermediate Champions | 1 | 2012 |
List of finals
Legend
- Gold – Ulster senior club champions
- Silver – Ulster senior club runners-up
List of Derry SHC finals
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 |
23 | 13 | 1967†, 1972†, 1973†, 1974†, 1975†, 1976†, 1977†, 1979†, 1981†, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 | 1985, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025 |
| 2 | Slaughtneil |
19 | 7 | 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1993, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,[6] 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009 |
| 3 | Lavey |
18 | 3 | 1940, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1962, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010 | 1943, 1993, 2011 |
| 4 | Banagher |
3 | 10 | 1978, 1980, 2005 | 1996, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2024 |
| Ballinascreen |
3 | 8 | 1887, 1938, 1939 | 1976, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2003, 2013 | |
| 6 | Sarsfields Derry | 2 | 1 | 1933, 1934 | 1944 |
 Burt†† |
2 | 0 | 1930, 1931 | — | |
| St Patrick's, Waterside | 2 | 0 | 1891, 1905 | — | |
| Mitchels Coleraine | 2 | 0 | 1943, 1945 | — | |
| St Finbarr's Loup |
2 | 0 | 1963, 1964 | — | |
| 11 | Swatragh |
1 | 2 | 2012 | 2008, 2015 |
| Hibernians | 1 | 0 | 1889 | — | |
| Éire Óg | 1 | 0 | 1906 | — | |
| Aileach | 1 | 0 | 1937 | — | |
| 15 | Gaels | 0 | 1 | — | 1931 |
| Kevin Barry’s | 0 | 1 | — | 1946 | |
| Drum | 0 | 1 | — | 1990 | |
Notes
- † — The 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1981 titles were won as Dungiven GAC.
- †† — Burt is a Donegal club.