Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship


The J. J. Kavanagh & Sons Junior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1905 for the third-tier hurling teams in the county of Kilkenny in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Nowlan Park in October. The prize for the winning team is the Bob Aylward Cup. The championship has always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series.
The Kilkenny County Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster GAA Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Kilkenny county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
The title has been won at least once by fifty-six different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Mooncoin, John Locke's, Mullinavat, Glenmore, James Stephens, Thomastown and Carrickshock, who have all won the competition four times.
Dunnamaggin were the 2018 winners after defeating Piltown in the championship decider.
Mooncoin became the all-time leaders with 6 titles, when they defeated John Locke's in the 2016 final.

Top Winners

Roll of honour

YearWinnerOpponent
2019O'Loughlin Gaels 1-17Conahy Shamrocks 1-15
2018Dunnamaggin 1-16Piltown 2-08
2017John Lockes 1-17O'Loughlin Gaels 0-19
2016Mooncoin 2-19John Lockes 1-08
2015Glenmore 1-12Kilmacow 2-06
2014Bennettsbridge 1-17Mooncoin 1-07
2013Lisdowney 2-16Bennettsbridge 1-18
2012Thomastown 3-13Bennettsbridge 0-10
2011St. Patrick's, Ballyraggett 0-14Piltown 1-08
2010John Lockes 1-14Barrow Rangers 0-14
2009Blacks and Whites 0-17John Lockes 2-06
2008Tullogher-Rosbercon 2-10Lisdowney 0-08
2007Conahy Shamrocks 0-17Tullogher-Rosbercon 1-11
2006Danesfort 2-12Tullogher-Rosbercon 2-11
2005Thomastown 3-13Bennettsbridge 1-06
2004Galmoy 0-17Thomastown 1-04
2003Piltown 1-11 St. Patrick's, Ballyraggett 1-08
2002Blacks and Whites 0-10Kilmacow 1-06
2001Emeralds 3-11Windgap 1-11
2000James Stephens 0-10Piltown 0-07
1999Carrickshock 1-06Emeralds 0-08
1998Blacks and Whites 2-11Carrickshock 0-10
1997Tullogher-Rosbercon 0-12Galmoy 1-08
1996Piltown 0-11Dicksboro 1-03
1995O'Loughlin Gaels 2-13Piltown 1-11
1994Dunnamaggin 2-09Blacks and Whites 1-10
1993St. Lactain's 3-14Kilmacow 1-07
1992Tullogher-Rosbercon 2-13Blacks and Whites 1-10
1991Glenmore 3-07St. Lactain's 0-12
1990Barrow Rangers 6-09 Kilmacow 3-10
1989Tullogher-Rosbercon 2-15Galmoy 3-08
1988Barrow Rangers 4-12Slieverue 0-11
1987John Lockes 2-17Galmoy 3-08
1986Windgap 1-11Danesfort 2-01
1985Graigue-Ballycallen 1-12John Lockes 3-04
1984Mullinavat 3-09Emeralds 1-05
1983TullaroanBallyhale Shamrocks
1982Barrow RangersJohn Lockes
1981PiltownEmeralds
1980GlenmoreTullaroan
1979CarrickshockGraigue-Ballycallen
1978St. Patrick's, BallyraggettMullinavat
1977ClaraTullogher-Rosbercon
1976Conahy ShamrocksCarrickshock
1975O'Loughlin GaelsCarrickshock
1974Muckalee/Ballyfoyle RangersMullinavat
1973Ballyale ShamrocksThomastown
1972GraiguenamanaghEmeralds
1971Newpark ShamrocksGraiguenamanagh
1970WindgapGraigue-Ballycallen
1969ClaraTullogher-Rosbercon
1968FeniansGlenmore
1967CoonKnocktopher
1966GalmoyDunnamaggin
1965KnocktopherGalmoy
1964Young IrelandsThomastown Rangers
1963Rower-InstiogueGalmoy
1962ThomastownCoon
1961MooncoinCoon
1960LisdowneyKnocktopher
1959St. Lactain'sThomastown
1958Erin's OwnKnocktopher
1957Tullogher-RosberconYoung Irelands
1956St. Senan's, KilmacowSt. Fainbarr's, Castleinch
1955James StephensSt. Patrick's, Ballyraggett
1954CarrickshockGalmoy
1953GlenmoreFoulkstown
1952John LockesGalmoy/Urlingford
1951BennettsbridgeJohn Lockes
1950SlieverueUrlingford
1949GalmoyUrlingford
1948BennettsbridgeSlieverue
1947Johnstown-UrlingfordJohn Lockes
1946Graigue-BallycallenSt. Kieran's, Clogga
1945ThomastownSt. Rioch's
1944The RowerDanesfort
1943StoneyfordJames Stephens
1942MooncoinLisdowney
1941HugginstownHorse & Jockey
1940ThreecastlesKillarney
1939MullinavatFreshford
1938BallylineMullinavat
1937MooncoinHorse & Jockey
1936Eire OgMoonrue
1935BennettsbridgeSlieverue
1934North SelcetionSouth Selection
1933South SelectionNorth Selection
1932North SelectionSouth Selection
1931KnocktopherGalmoy
1930DanesfortCrowraddy
1929James StephensDunkitt
1928CarrickshockWellbrok
1927ThomastownO'Loughlin Gaels
1926KnockmoylanConahy
1925DanesfortKnockmoylan
1924James StephensThomastown
1923GlenmoreDicksboro
1922DicksboroClonmanto
1921No competition
1920MooncoinTulla
1919DicksboroKnocktopher
1918No competition
1917No competition
1916MullinavatDicksboro
1915MullinavatHorse & Jockey
1914DicksboroMooncoin
1913Mong Ballydoven
1912No competition
1911John LockesMooncoin
1910DicksboroMong
1909No competition
1908Suirside Rovers Erin's Own
1907No competition
1906Erins Own John O'Learys
1905Owen Ruas Tullaroan