Carlow Senior Football Championship

Carlow Senior Football Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsear Peile
Founded1889
Title holdersRathvilly (10th title)
Most titlesÉire Óg (31 titles)
SponsorsMichael Lyng Motors

The Carlow Senior Football Championship (currently also known for sponsorship reasons as the Michael Lyng Motors Carlow SFC), is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Carlow GAA clubs. The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1889.

Rathvilly are the title holders (2024) defeating Palatine in the Final.[1]

History

The Carlow Senior Club Football Championship began in 1889 when O'Gorman-Mahon's (Parish of Kilbride, Ballon and Rathoe) defeated Tullow Stars and Stripes by a very low scoreline of 1-01 to 0-00. There was no Carlow senior club football championship between 1891 and 1897. The 1941 championship was abandoned due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Éire Óg are the most successful team, having won the title on 31 occasions.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is ? The winning club qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winners of which progress to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

List of finals

(r) = replay

Year Winner Score Opponent Score
1889 Ballon O'Gorman Mahons Tullow Stars and Stripes
1890 Carlow Crecerin
1891 No competition
1892 No competition
1893 No competition
1894 No competition
1895 No competition
1896 No competition
1897 No competition
1898 Loughmartin Emmets Crosslaw
1899 Loughmartin Emmets
1900 Loughmartin Emmets
1901 Loughmartin Emmets
1902 Tullow St Patrick's Carlow Barrow Rangers
1903 Carlow Barrow Rangers Leaney
1904 Tullow St Patrick's
1905 No competition
1906 No competition
1907 No competition
1908 Carlow-Graigue Newtown
1909 Carlow-Graigue Tinryland
1910 Carlow-Graigue Borris
1911 Borris Knocksquire
1912 Carlow-Graigue Borris
1913 Carlow-Graigue
1914 Carlow-Graigue Tullow
1915 Carlow-Graigue
1916 Tullow St Patrick's Tinryland
1917 No competition
1918 Carlow-Graigue Palatine
1919 Palatine Carlow-Graigue
1920 Palatine Tinryland
1921 Carlow-Graigue Bagnelstown
1922 Carlow-Graigue O'Hanrahans
1923 Carlow-Graigue Tullow
1924 Carlow-Graigue Milford
1925 Carlow-Graigue Milford
1926 Milford Graiguecullen
1927 O'Hanrahans 0-05 Leighlinbridge 1-01
1928 O'Hanrahans 0-06 Leighlinbridge 0-04
1929 Leighlinbridge O'Hanrahans
1930 O'Hanrahans 2-01 Leighlinbridge 0-03
1931 O'Hanrahans 1-06 Bagnelstown/Carrig United 1-03
1932 O'Hanrahans 0-04 Leighlinbridge 1-00
1933 Milford Leighlinbridge
1934 Tinryland Shamrocks
1935 Kilbride Leighlinbridge
1936 Tinryland Leighlinbridge
1937 O'Hanrahans 1-07 Young Emmetts 0-03
1938 Fighting Cocks Tinryland
1939 Tinryland Kilbride
1940 Tinryland Fighting Cocks
1941 No competition
1942 O'Hanrahans League basis
1943 Tinryland O'Hanrahans
1944 Tinryland Ballymurphy
1945 O'Hanrahans 1-10 Ballymurphy 2-05
1946 Tinryland Ballymurphy
1947 Ballymurphy 1-03 Kilbride 0-2
1948 Tinryland Slaney Rovers
1949 Tinryland Ballymurphy
1950 Tinryland Palatine
1951 O'Hanrahans 3-05 Leighlinbridge 2-01
1952 Palatine Ballymurphy
1953 Ballymurphy Palatine
1954 O'Hanrahans 2-06 Tinryland 1-03
1955 Clonmore O'Hanrahans
1956 Clonmore O'Hanrahans
1957 Leighlinbridge Gaels
1958 O'Hanrahans 2-05 Clonmore 0-06
1959 Tullow Kildavin
1960 Éire Óg Tullow
1961 O'Hanrahans 3-13 Éire Óg 2-05
1962 Éire Óg O'Hanrahans
1963 Tullow Clonmore
1964 Tullow St Vincent's, Kildavin
1965 Éire Óg Clonmore
1966 St Vincent's, Kildavin Tullow
1967 Éire Óg Ballinabranna
1968 Éire Óg Ballinabranna
1969 Éire Óg Tullow
1970 St Vincent's, Kildavin Palatine
1971 Tinryland St Vincent's, Kildavin
1972 Tinryland Éire Óg
1973 St Vincent's, Kildavin Ballinabranna
1974 Éire Óg St Vincent's, Kildavin
1975 Tinryland Naomh Eoin
1976 Éire Óg St Vincent's, Kildavin
1977 Éire Óg St Andrew's
1978 Éire Óg St Andrew's
1979 Tinryland Éire Óg
1980 Éire Óg O'Hanrahans
1981 Tinryland Naomh Eoin
1982 Éire Óg St Vincent's, Kildavin
1983 Rathvilly Éire Óg
1984 Éire Óg Rathvilly
1985 Rathvilly Naomh Eoin
1986 Naomh Eoin Palatine
1987 Éire Óg Naomh Eoin
1988 Éire Óg Rathvilly
1989 Éire Óg Naomh Eoin
1990 Rathvilly Naomh Eoin
1991 Rathvilly Éire Óg
1992 Éire Óg Tinryland
1993 Éire Óg Slaney Rangers
1994 Éire Óg Rathvilly
1995 Éire Óg Rathvilly
1996 Éire Óg Palatine
1997 Old Leighlin Palatine
1998 Éire Óg 0-08 Rathvilly 0-04
1999 O'Hanrahans 2-12 Éire Óg 2-10
2000 O'Hanrahans 2-08 Éire Óg 0-11
2001 O'Hanrahans 1-11 Palatine 0-07
2002 Rathvilly 2-04, 3-04 (r) Palatine 1-07, 0-08 (r)
2003 O'Hanrahans 0-04, 0-09 (r) Old Leighlin 0-04, 0-06 (r)
2004 Rathvilly 0-09, 0-15 (r) Fenagh 0-09, 1-07 (r)
2005 Éire Óg 0-07 O'Hanrahans 0-06
2006 Palatine 1-09 Kildavin/Clonegal 0-11
2007 Éire Óg 1-07. 4-09 (r) Palatine 0-10, 1-09 (r)
2008 Éire Óg 1-10, 2-09 (r) Palatine 1-10, 0-11 (r)
2009 Rathvilly 2-08 Old Leighlin 0-07
2010 Old Leighlin 1-11 Rathvilly 0-07
2011 Old Leighlin 1-08 Tinryland 1-07
2012[2] Éire Óg 0-15 Palatine
2013[3] Old Leighlin 1-10 Rathvilly 1-08
2014[4] Rathvilly 2-09 Old Leighlin 1-10
2015[5] Palatine 2-12 Old Leighlin 2-08
2016[6] Palatine 2-13 Rathvilly 0-12
2017[7][8] Éire Óg 0-12, 2-08 (r) Rathvilly 1-09, 1-08 (r)
2018[9] Éire Óg 0-09 Palatine 0-05
2019[10] Éire Óg 1-16 Palatine 0-05
2020[11] Éire Óg 0-15 Rathvilly 0-09
2021[12] Rathvilly 2-12 Éire Óg 1-10
2022[13] Palatine 2-08 Tinryland 2-06
2023[14] Éire Óg 2-13 Tinryland 0-07
2024[1] Rathvilly 2-07, 2-10 (r) Palatine 1-10, 0-11 (r)

Roll of honour

By club

# Club Titles Championships won
1 Éire Óg 31 1960, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
2 O'Hanrahans (formerly Carlow and Carlow Barrow Rangers) 18 1890, 1903, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1937, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
3 Tinryland 15 1934, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1981
4 Graiguecullen 13 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
5 St Patrick's, Tullow (formerly Loughmartin and simply Tullow) 10 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1916, 1959, 1963, 1964
Rathvilly 1983, 1985, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2021, 2024
7 Palatine 7 1919, 1920, 1952, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2022
8 Old Leighlin 4 1997, 2010, 2011, 2013
9 Kildavin-Clonegal 3 1966, 1970, 1973
Mount Leinster Rangers (then St Carthages/Borris) 3 1911, 1947, 1953
11 Clonmore 2 1955, 1956
Leighlinbridge 2 1929, 1957
Milford 2 1926, 1933
14 Burrin Celtic B team 1 1669
Kilbride 1 1935
Na Coilig Troidhe 1 1938
Naomh Eoin 1 1986

References

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