Carlow Senior Football Championship
Annual Gaelic football competition
Carlow Senior Football Championship Irish Craobh Sinsear Peile Founded 1889 Title holders Éire Óg (31st title)Most titles Éire Óg (31 titles)Sponsors Michael 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.
Éire Óg are the title holders (2023) defeating Tinryland in the Final.
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 28 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[ 1]
Éire Óg
0-15
Palatine
2013[ 2]
Old Leighlin
1-10
Rathvilly
1-08
2014[ 3]
Rathvilly
2-09
Old Leighlin
1-10
2015[ 4]
Palatine
2-12
Old Leighlin
2-08
2016 [ 5]
Palatine
2-13
Rathvilly
0-12
2017 [ 6] [ 7]
Éire Óg
0-12, 2-08 (r)
Rathvilly
1-09, 1-08 (r)
2018 [ 8]
Éire Óg
0-09
Palatine
0-05
2019 [ 9]
Éire Óg
1-16
Palatine
0-05
2020[ 10]
Éire Óg
0-15
Rathvilly
0-09
2021[ 11]
Rathvilly
2-12
Éire Óg
1-10
2022[ 12]
Palatine
2-08
Tinryland
2-06
2023[ 13]
Éire Óg
2-13
Tinryland
0-07
Wins listed by club
#
Club
Wins
Years 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
6
Rathvilly
9
1983, 1985, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2021
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
10
Clonmore
2
1955, 1956
Leighlinbridge
2
1929, 1957
Milford
2
1926, 1933
11
Burrin Celtic B team
1
1669
Kilbride
1
1935
Na Coilig Troidhe
1
1938
Naomh Eoin
1
1986
References
External links
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