Carlow Senior Football Championship

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.

Carlow Senior Football Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsear Peile
Founded	1889
Title holders	Rathvilly (10th title)
Most titles	Éire Óg (31 titles)
Sponsors	Michael Lyng Motors

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 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