Longford Senior Hurling Championship

The Longford Club Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Longford GAA among hurling clubs in County Longford, Ireland. The winner qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship.

Longford Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2025 Longford Senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Sinsear Iomána an Longfoirt
Code	Hurling
Founded	1904
Region	Longford (GAA)
Trophy	JJ Duignan Cup
No. of teams	3
Title holders	Wolfe Tones (21st title)
Most titles	Wolfe Tones (21 titles)
Official website	https://longfordgaa.ie

The winning club receives the JJ Duignan Cup, named for the proprietor of the Tally-Ho pub in Longford town; it is also called the Tally-Ho Cup for this reason.^[1][2]

Currently three clubs compete in the County Championship: Wolfe Tones, Longford Slashers and Clonguish Gaels.

Format

Group stage

The 3 clubs start in a groups stage. Each team plays once against the others in the group - home and away - guaranteed two group games. Two points are awarded for a win. The top two teams qualify for the final.

Final

The group stage winner and runners-up contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

Qualification for subsequent competition

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualifies for the Leinster Special Club Junior Hurling Championship.^[3]

Teams

2025 Teams

The 3 teams competing in the 2025 championship are:

Club	Location	Position in 2024	Championship titles	Last championship title
Clonguish Gaels	Newtownforbes	Group stage	7	2023
Longford Slashers	Longford	Runners-up	12	2021
Wolfe Tones	Edgeworthstown	Champions	21	2024

Roll of honour

By club

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championship wins	Championship runner-up
1	Wolfe Tones	21	8	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2024	1987, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2012, 2021
2	Longford Slashers	12	19	1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2021	1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
3	Clonguish Gaels	7	8	2003, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2019, 2022, 2023	2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
4	Granard	3	0	1932, 1933, 1934	—
5	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	2	4	1985, 1988	1982, 1983, 1984, 1989
6	Longford Leo Caseys	1	1	1904	1907
	Killoe Young Emmets	1	1	1907	1904
8	Ballymahon Gaels	0	2	—	2000, 2001
	Longford	0	1	—	1934
	Bunlahy	0	1	—	1986

List of finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024[4]	Wolfe Tones	2-15	Longford Slashers	3-10
2023[5]	Clonguish Gaels	2-14	Longford Slashers	1-14
2022[6]	Clonguish Gaels	1-15	Longford Slashers	1-13
2021[7]	Longford Slashers	4-11	Wolfe Tones	1-14
2020[8]	Wolfe Tones	3-10	Longford Slashers	1-06
2019[9]	Clonguish Gaels	1-19	Longford Slashers	0-10
2018	Wolfe Tones	1-11	Clonguish Gaels	0-10
2017[10]	Wolfe Tones	2-11	Longford Slashers	2-10
2016[11]	Wolfe Tones	2-15	Clonguish Gaels	1-05
2015	Wolfe Tones	4-11	Longford Slashers	0-10
2014[12]	Wolfe Tones	2-10	Clonguish Gaels	1-10
2013[13]	Wolfe Tones	3-12	Clonguish Gaels	2-14
2012[14][15]	Clonguish Gaels	1-10	Wolfe Tones	1-08
2011	Final Declared Null & Void
2010	Wolfe Tones	2-10	Clonguish Gaels	1-10
2009	Wolfe Tones	1-16	Clonguish Gaels	1-06
2008	Wolfe Tones	2-08	Clonguish Gaels	1-10
2007	Wolfe Tones	2-17	Longford Slashers	1-17
2006[16]	Clonguish Gaels	3-15	Longford Slashers	4-06
2005	Clonguish Gaels	3-11	Wolfe Tones	3-05
2004	Wolfe Tones	1-11	Clonguish Gaels	0-05
2003[17]	Clonguish Gaels	3-09	Wolfe Tones	1-05
2002	Wolfe Tones	0-16	Slashers Gaels	0-14
2001	Slashers Gaels	6-11	Ballymahon Gaels	1-04
2000	Slashers Gaels	3-13	Ballymahon Gaels	1-09
1999	Wolfe Tones	3-06	Slashers Gaels	0-07
1998	Wolfe Tones	4-09	Slashers Gaels	0-04
1997	Slashers Gaels	1-08	Wolfe Tones	0-08
1996	Wolfe Tones	2-09	Slashers Gaels	2-06
1995	Wolfe Tones	2-10	Slashers Gaels	0-10
1994	Wolfe Tones	2-08	Slashers Gaels	0-01
1993	Wolfe Tones	0-13	Slashers Gaels	0-05
1992	Wolfe Tones	2-06	Slashers Gaels	1-07
1991	Slashers Gaels	3-08	Wolfe Tones	0-02
1990	Slashers Gaels	3-08	Wolfe Tones	0-05
1989	Slashers Gaels	1-10	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	0-04
1988	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	1-14	Slashers Gaels	2-10
1987	Slashers Gaels	3-10	Wolfe Tones	0-06
1986	Slashers Gaels	6-11	Bunlahy	0-06
1985	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	2-18	Slashers Gaels	0-03
1984	Slashers Gaels	5-09	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	0-05
1983	Slashers Gaels	4-12	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	4-08
1982	Slashers Gaels	2-10	Naomh Ciarán (Rathcline)	1-06
1935-81	No Competition
1934	Granard	3-02	Longford	1-03
1933	Granard won by topping the table
1932	Granard won by topping the table
1908-31	No Competition
1907	Killoe Young Emmets	3-03	Longford Leo Caseys	0-00
1906	No Competition
1905	No Competition
1904	Longford Leo Caseys	2-03 (2-4)	Killoe Young Emmets	1-02 (0-1)

Notes

- 1904 Hurling Championship was organised alongside the 1904 Football Championship in late 1904, and both competitions ended up being completed in 1905. The hurling final was played on 19th February 1905 and was replayed on 7th May 1905 following an objection.

- 1907, 2012 & 2013 SHC's consisted of just two teams, hence SHC Competition was limited to one game (final).

- No losing finalist for 1932 or 1933 as the winner topped the table (i.e. No final - League format).

- Granard hurling club won the Cavan Senior Hurling Championship in 1950, beating Ballyhaise by 5-3 to 1-1 in the final.

- 2011 final was declared null and void by CCCC after a dispute arose over the scheduling of dates for the decider.

- Longford Slashers played hurling as Slashers Gaels until the 2000's.

See also

• Longford Senior Football Championship
• Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship

External links

• Longford GAA
• Longford Supporters Club
• Longford Gaelic Stats