Meath Senior Hurling Championship

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

Meath Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Meath Senior Hurling Championship
Irish	Craobh Iomána Sinsear An Mhí
Founded	1902
Trophy	Jubilee Cup
Title holders	Ratoath (2nd Title)
Most titles	Kilmessan (29 titles)
Sponsors	Ted Murtagh Clothing & Footwear, Trim

The first senior hurling championship was held in 1902 and Navan Hibernians finished as the inaugural winning team. In 2008, Kilmessan became the first Meath club to win a Leinster hurling club championship, when they won the Intermediate title.

Teams

2024 teams

The 12 teams competing in the 2024 Meath Senior Hurling Championship are:

Club	Location	Colours	Position in 2024	Championship titles	Last championship title
Blackhall Gaels	Batterstown and Kilcloon	Yellow and blue	Group stage	0	—
Clann na nGael	Ráth Chairn and Athboy	Green, white and yellow	Group stage	9 (as Athboy)	1972
Dunderry			Group stage	0	—
Kildalkey	Kildalkey	Blue and white	Semi-finals	7	2023
Killyon	Killyon	Red and green	Quarter-finals	7	2005
Kilmessan	Kilmessan	Blue and white	Semi-finals	29	2013
Kiltale	Kiltale	Maroon and green	Quarter-finals	9	2018
Longwood	Longwood	Black and white	Group stage	1	1936
Na Fianna	Enfield	Yellow and black	Group stage	0	—
Ratoath	Ratoath	Blue and gold	Champions	2	2024
St Peters Dunboyne	Dunboyne	Yellow and black	Group stage	5	1914
Trim	Trim	Red and white	Runners-up	28	2022

Qualification for subsequent competitions

At the end of the championship, the winning team qualify to the subsequent Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship.

Roll of Honour

#	Club	Wins	Years won
1	Kilmessan	29	1907, 1922, 1925, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013
2	Trim	28	1915, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2020, 2022
3	Kiltale	9	1982, 1983, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
4	Athboy	9	1924, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972
5	Kildalkey	7	1951, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023
	Killyon	7	1918, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1991, 2005
7	Boardsmill	6	1958, 1964, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975
8	St Peter's, Dunboyne	5	1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914
9	Navan Young Irelands	4	1903, 1904, 1905, 1906
10	Dunshaughlin	3	1909, 1910, 1923
	Erin's Own	3	1930, 1931, 1932
	Rathmolyon	3	1993, 1996, 2006
13	Ratoath	2	1963, 2024
	St Patrick's (Amalgamation)	2	1953, 1954
	Navan O'Mahony's	2	1985, 1986
16	Longwood	1	1936
	Navan Hibernians	1	1902

List of finals

Legend

• Gold – Leinster intermediate club champions
• Silver – Leinster intermediate club runners-up

List of Meath SHC finals

Year	Winners		Runners-up
	Club	Score	Club	Score
2024[1]	Ratoath	2-15	Trim	1-16
2023[2]	Kildalkey	0-19	Ratoath	0-16
2022[3]	Trim	1-13	Ratoath	1-10
2021[4]	Kildalkey	0-18	Kiltale	2-06
2020[5]	Trim	1-26 (AET)	Ratoath	1-25
2019[6][7]	Kildalkey	1–13, 1-17 (R)	Kiltale	1–13, 0-11 (R)
2018[8]	Kiltale	2-18	Trim	0-14
2017[9]	Kiltale	1-15	Kildalkey	1-14
2016[10]	Kiltale	0-17	Killyon	1-13
2015[11]	Kiltale	2-15	Kildalkey	0-12
2014[12]	Kiltale	1-25	Trim	0-12
2013[13]	Kilmessan	2-16	Longwood	0-11
2012[14]	Kiltale	1-14	Killyon	0-14
2011	Kildalkey	3-11	Navan O'Mahony's	0-10
2010	Kildalkey	1-21	Kilmessan	2-13
2009	Kildalkey	1-19	St Peter's, Dunboyne	2-08
2008	Kilmessan	0-13	Kildalkey	0-08
2007[15]	Kiltale	1-08	Kilmessan	0-09
2006	Rathmolyon	2-14	St Peter's, Dunboyne	2-12
2005	Killyon	2-09	Kildalkey	0-07
2004	Kilmessan	1-12	Trim	2-06
2003	Kilmessan	1-13	St Peter's, Dunboyne	2-08
2002	Kilmessan	1-14	St Peter's, Dunboyne	0-13
2001	Trim	1-13	Dunderry	0-08
2000	Trim	w/o	Kilmessan	scr
1999	Kilmessan	3-10	Killyon	1-08
1998	Trim		Kilmessan
1997	Kilmessan	1-18	Rathmolyon	1-07
1996	Rathmolyon	0-10	Kilmessan	1-02
1995	Trim	2-10	Kilmessan	0-08
1994	Trim	1-07	Kilmessan	0-07
1993	Rathmolyon	2-14	Wolfe Tones	4-07
1992	Trim	2-11	Kilmessan	0-12
1991	Killyon	2-09	Trim	1-11
1990	Kilmessan	0-11	Kildalkey	0-06
1989	Trim	4-05	Kilmessan	2-05
1988	Trim	2-06	Kildalkey	2-05
1987	Trim	0-08	Athboy	0-06
1986	Navan O'Mahony's	4-08	Athboy	3-07
1985	Navan O'Mahony's	1-08	Killyon	1-06
1984	Killyon	6-03	Rathmolyon	1-09
1983	Kiltale	0-11	Rathmolyon	1-05
1982	Kiltale	3-07	Rathmolyon	2-06
1981	Killyon		Athboy
1980	Killyon		Kildalkey
1979	Killyon		Boardsmill
1978	Kilmessan		Boardsmill
1977	Kilmessan		Athboy
1976	Kilmessan		Boardsmill
1975	Boardsmill		Kilmessan
1974	Boardsmill
1973	Boardsmill
1972	Athboy		Kilmessan
1971	Boardsmill
1970	Athboy
1969	Kilmessan		Ratoath
1968	Athboy		Ratoath
1967	Athboy		Ratoath
1966	Athboy
1965	Kilmessan		St Peter's, Dunboyne
1964	Boardsmill		St Peter's, Dunboyne
1963	Ratoath	9-03	St Peter's, Dunboyne	6-11
1962	Drumree		St Peter's, Dunboyne
1961	Kilmessan		Longwood
1960	Trim		Ratoath
1959	Trim
1958	Boardsmill		Kiltale
1957	Trim
1956	Trim
1955	Trim
1954	St Patrick's		Trim
1953	St Patrick's		Trim
1952	Trim
1951	Kildalkey
1950	Trim
1949	Trim
1948	Kilmessan
1947	Drumree
1946	Drumree
1945	Drumree
1944	Drumree
1943	Drumree
1942	Trim		Oberstown
1941	Trim		Kilmessan
1940	Trim		Kilmessan
1939	Kilmessan
1938	Null and Void
1937	Kilmessan
1936	Longwood		Kilmessan
1935	Trim
1934	Kilmessan
1933	Kilmessan
1932	Erin's Own		Athboy
1931	Erin's Own
1930	Erin's Own		Athboy
1929	Athboy
1928	Athboy
1927	Kilmessan
1926	Athboy
1925	Kilmessan
1924	Athboy
1923	Kilmessan
1922	Kilmessan
1921	Trim
1920	Trim
1919	Trim
1918	Killyon
1917	Null and Void
1916	Trim		Kilskyre
1915	Trim		St Peter's, Dunboyne
1914	St Peter's, Dunboyne
1913	St Peter's, Dunboyne
1912	St Peter's, Dunboyne
1911	St Peter's, Dunboyne
1910	Kilmessan
1909	Kilmessan
1908	St Peter's, Dunboyne
1907	Kilmessan
1906	Navan Young Irelands
1905	Navan Young Irelands
1904	Navan Young Irelands
1903	Navan Young Irelands
1902	Navan Hibernians

• Note: 2020 final was played on 8 August 2021 as final was delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

See also

• Meath Senior Football Championship
• Meath Senior B Hurling Championship (Tier 2)