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Christy Ring Cup

Annual hurling competition in Ireland

Summary

Annual hurling competition in Ireland

Field	Value
country
founded	2005–present
teams	6
promotion	Joe McDonagh Cup
relegation	Nicky Rackard Cup
levels	3
champions	[[Image:Colours of London.svg	20px	border]] London
most_champs	[[Image:Colours of Kildare.svg	20px	border]] Kildare (5 titles)
tv	TG4
season	2005
website	Official GAA site
current	2026 Christy Ring Cup

| runners-up = | play-off winners = The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by the six county teams ranked 18–23 in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. Each year, the champions of the Christy Ring Cup are promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup, and the lowest finishing team is relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup. The competition is named in honour of Christy Ring, a legendary player from Cork.

The Christy Ring Cup, which was introduced in 2005, replaced the All-Ireland B Hurling Championship (1974-2004). Originally introduced as a second-tier competition, it is currently the third tier overall in the inter-county hurling championship system. Between 2005 and 2017 the Christy Ring Cup was the second tier hurling championship. With the introduction of the Joe McDonagh Cup, the Christy Ring Cup is the highest tier of the championship system without entry to that year's All-Ireland finals series (the top two teams in the Joe McDonagh Cup usually gain entry to preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship).

At present (2021), Wicklow holds the longest tenure in the Christy Ring Cup. They have appeared in every season of the cup. Down and Kildare had appeared in every season until 2021, when they participated in the Joe McDonagh Cup.

The title has been won by 9 different counties, 6 of whom have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Kildare, who have won the cup on 5 occasions. London are the title-holders, defeating Derry by 1-27 to 1-24 in the 2025 final.

History

Creation

In 2003 the Hurling Development Committee (HDC) was charged with restructuring the entire hurling championship. The committee was composed of chairman Pat Dunny (Kildare), Liam Griffin (Wexford), P. J. O'Grady (Limerick), Ger Loughnane (Clare), Cyril Farrell (Galway), Jimmy O'Reilly (Down), Willie Ring (Cork), Pat Daly (GAA Games Development Officer) and Nicky English (Tipperary). Over the course of three months they held discussions with managers, players and officials, while also taking a submission from the Gaelic Players Association. The basic tenet of the proposals was to structure the hurling championship into three tiers in accordance with 2004 National Hurling League status. The top tier was confined to 12 teams, while the next ten teams would contest the second tier which was to be known as the Christy Ring Cup. There would also be promotion-relegation play-offs between the three championship tiers. The HDC also suggested that these games would be played as curtain raisers to All-Ireland quarter-finals and semi-finals.

The proposal were accepted at the 2004 GAA Congress. The Christy Ring Cup and the Nicky Rackard Cup competitions were launched at Croke Park on 8 December 2004.

Format history

2005–2007

The ten participating teams were divided into two groups of five and played in a round-robin format. Each team was guaranteed at least four games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out semi-finals of the competition.

The bottom two teams of both groups were involved in a four-way relegation play-off with the eventual loser being relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup. In 2006 the relegation play-off was limited to just the bottom teams in both groups, while in 2007 there was no relegation.

2008

The competition was expanded to include twelve teams. The participating teams were divided into four groups of three and played in a round-robin format, thus limiting each team to just two games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up qualified for the knock-out quarter-finals of the competition.

The bottom team in each group went into the relegation play-offs. The eventual losers were relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup, however, the relegation play-offs in 2008 were rendered meaningless as all four bottom-placed teams were relegated.

2009–2017

In 2009 a double elimination format was introduced, thus guaranteeing each team at least two games before being eliminated from the competition.

The eight teams play four Round 1 matches.

The winners in Round 1 advance to Round 2A.
The losers in Round 1 go into Round 2B. There are two Round 2A matches.
The winners in Round 2A advance to the semi-finals.
The losers in Round 2A go into the quarter-finals. There are two Round 2B matches.
The winners in Round 2B advance to the quarter-finals.
The losers in Round 2B go into the bottom playoff. The losers of this match play a relegation/promotion match with the winners of the Nicky Rackard Cup. If they lose they are relegated to the Nicky Rackard cup for the following year. There are two quarter-final matches between the Round 2A losers and Round 2B winners.
The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals.
The losers of the quarter-finals are eliminated. There are two semi-final matches between the Round 2A winners and the quarter-final winners.
The winners of the semi-finals advance to the final.
The losers of the semi-finals are eliminated. The winners of the final (with the exception of Down in 2013, are promoted to the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the following year.

From 2018

2018 saw the reintroduction of a group phase format to all tiers of the hurling Championship structure. The eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four and will play in a round-robin format. Each team will be guaranteed at least three games each. The eventual group winners and runners-up will qualify for the knock-out semi-finals of the championship.

2020 and the coronavirus pandemic

The Coronavirus pandemic in 2020 significantly affected the GAA season, with the Christy Ring Cup reverting for one season only to the partial double elimination format that existed until 2017.

Format

Development

In 2017, the majority delegates voted to restructure the championship once again. The new format led to the introduction of the round robin within the championship and the creation of the Joe McDonagh Cup, making the Christy Ring Cup the third tier in the championship.

Group stage

Group stage: There are six teams in the Cup. During the course of a season (from May to June) each team plays the others once (a single round-robin system) for a total of five games. Teams receive two points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points. The top two teams in the group contest the Christy Ring Cup final. The third, fourth and fifth-placed teams are eliminated from the championship and the 6th-placed team is relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup.

Tie-breakers

In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the tie shall be decided by the following means (in the order specified):

Where two teams only are involved – the outcome of the meeting of the two teams
Score difference – subtracting the total "Scores Against" from the total "Scores For"
Highest Total "Score For"
Highest Total "Goals For"
A Play-Off

Knockout stage

Final: The top two teams in the group stage contest the final. The winning team are declared champions.

The Christy Ring Cup is the highest tier in hurling competitions that does not provide a direct entry route to that year's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. To do so, the counties have to get promoted to at least the McDonagh Cup (tier 2).

Promotion

At the end of the championship, the winning team is promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup for the following season.

Relegation

The bottom team in the Christy Ring group stage is relegated to the fourth-tier Nicky Rackard Cup for the following year, being replaced by the champions of the Nicky Rackard Cup for that year.

Group Stage table and positional qualification

Team	Qualification
1st in Group	Advance to final, where the winner is promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup
2nd in Group
3rd in Group	Will contest next seasons Christy Ring Cup
4th in Group
5th in Group
6th in Group	Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

2026 teams

Six counties will compete in the 2026 Christy Ring Cup, with Kerry relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup and Roscommon promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup:

County	Location	Stadium	Province	Position in 2025 Championship	First year in Championship	In Championship Since	Championship Titles	Last Championship Title
[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry	Derry	Celtic Park	Ulster	Runners-up	2005	2018	0	—
[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg	border	20x20px]] Donegal	Ballybofey	MacCumhaill Park	Ulster	4th	2019	2025	0	—
[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg	border	20x20px]] Kerry	Tralee	Austin Stack Park	Munster	6th (Joe McDonagh Cup)	2005	2026	2	2015
[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath	Navan	Páirc Tailteann	Leinster	5th	2005	2025	3	2023
[[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg	border	20x20px]] Roscommon	Roscommon	Dr Hyde Park	Connacht	Champions Rackard Cup	2005	2026	0	—
[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow	Aughrim	Aughrim County Ground	Leinster	3rd	2005	2024	0	—

Personnel and kits

County	Manager	Captain(s)	Sponsor
[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry	Johnny McGarvey	—	Errigal Group
[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg	border	20x20px]] Donegal
[[File:Colours_of_London.svg	border	20x20px]] London	Kevin McMullan	Jack Goulding	Clayton Hotels
[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath
[[File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg	border	20x20px]] Tyrone	Stephen McGarry	—	McAleer & Rushe
[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow

Participation by province

Province	No.	County	No.	Years participated
[[File:Flag_of_Leinster.svg	border	20x20px]] Leinster	6	Wicklow	20	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025
Kildare	18	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
Meath	15	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2023, 2025
Carlow	6	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017
Westmeath	5	2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Offaly	2	2020, 2021
[[File:Flag_of_Ulster.svg	border	20x20px]] Ulster	6	Derry	19	2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Down	16	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Armagh	5	2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018
Antrim	3	2006, 2016, 2017
Tyrone	3	2023, 2024, 2025
Donegal	2	2019, 2025
[[File:Flag_of_Connacht.svg	border	20x20px]] Connacht	3	Mayo	15	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2023
Roscommon	9	2005, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Sligo	5	2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
[[File:Flag_of_Britain.svg	border	20x20px]] Britain	1	London	13	2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
[[File:Flag_of_Munster.svg	border	20x20px]] Munster	1	Kerry	11	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

Relegated teams

Year	No.	Teams
2024	1	Sligo
2023	1	Mayo
2022	1	Wicklow
2021	1	Roscommon
2020	0	—
2019	1	Donegal
2018	2	Armagh, Mayo
2017	1	Roscommon
2016	1	Derry
2015	1	Mayo
2014	0	—
2013	0	—
2012	0	—
2011	1	Armagh
2010	0	—
2009	0	—
2008	4	Armagh, London, Meath, Roscommon
2007	0	—
2006	1	Roscommon
2005	1	Derry

Venues

[[Croke Park]] in [[Dublin]], hosted the 2022 Christy Ring Cup final.

Group stage

Fixtures in the five group stage rounds of the cup are played at the home ground of one of the two teams. Each team is guaranteed at least two home games. During the inaugural staging of the competition some teams had three home games.

Final

The Christy Ring Cup final is played at Croke Park.

2024 Home Venues

County	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry	Derry	Ulster	Celtic Park	22,000
[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg	border	20x20px]] Kildare	Newbridge	Leinster	St Conleth's Park	8,200
[[File:Colours_of_London.svg	border	20x20px]] London	South Ruislip	Britain	McGovern Park	3,000
[[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg	border	20x20px]] Sligo	Sligo	Connacht	Markievicz Park	18,558
[[File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg	border	20x20px]] Tyrone	Omagh	Ulster	Healy Park	17,636
[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow	Aughrim	Leinster	Aughrim County Ground	7,000

Managers

Main article: Manager (Gaelic games)

Winning managers (2016–present)

#	Manager(s)	Winning team(s)	Titles(s)	Winning years
1	[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg	border	20x20px]] David Herity	Kildare	2	2020, 2022
2	[[File:Colours_of_Meath GAA.svg	border	20x20px]] Martin Ennis	Meath	1	2016
[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg	border	20x20px]] Colm Bonnar	Carlow	1	2017
[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg	border	20x20px]] Joe Quaid	Kildare	1	2018
[[File:Colours_of_Meath GAA.svg	border	20x20px]] TBD	Meath	1	2019
[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg	border	20x20px]] Michael Fennelly	Offaly	1	2021
[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg	border	20x20px]] Seoirse Bulfin	Meath	1	2023
2	[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg	border	20x20px]] Brian Dowling	Kildare	1	2024

Trophy and medals

At the end of the cup final, the winning team are presented with a trophy. The Christy Ring Cup is held by the winning team until the following year's final. The presentation is made at a special rostrum in the Ard Chomairle section of the Hogan Stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

The cup is named after Christy Ring. He was an eight time All-Ireland medal winner with Cork whose inter county career spanned twenty-four years from 1939 to 1963. Ring, who died in 1979, is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers in the history of the game, with many former players, commentators and fans rating him as the number one player of all time.

The winning team is presented with a set of gold medals.

List of finals

List of Christy Ring Cup finals

Year	Date	Winners	Runners-Up	Venue	Captains	Winning Margin	Referee	County	Score	County	Score
2025	31 May	London	1-27 (30)	Derry	1-24 (27)	Croke Park	Sean Glynn	Cormac O'Doherty	3	Padraig Dunne (Laois)
2024	2 June	Kildare	4-21 (33)	Derry	1-22 (25)	Croke Park	Paddy McKenna	Cormac O'Doherty	8	Brian Keon (Galway)
2023	3 June	Meath	1-23 (26)	Derry	1-21 (24)	Croke Park	Charlie Ennis & Jack Regan	Cormac O'Doherty	2	Kevin Jordan (Tipperary)
2022	21 May	Kildare	2-29 (35)	Mayo	0-19 (19)	Croke Park	Brian Byrne	Shane Boland	16	Michael Kennedy (Tipperary)
	2021	1 August	Offaly	0-41 (41)	Derry	2-14 (20)	Croke Park	Ben Conneely	Cormac O'Doherty	21	Thomas Gleeson (Dublin)
	2020	22 November	Kildare	3-16 (25)	Down	0-22 (22)	Croke Park	Brian Byrne	Stephen Keith	3	Chris Mooney (Dublin)
	2019	22 June	Meath	4-19 (31)	Down	2-15 (21)	Croke Park	Seán Geraghty	Stephen Keith	10	Sean Stack (Dublin)
	2018	23 June	Kildare	3-19 (28)	London	1-11 (14)	Croke Park	Brian Byrne	Liam Gavaghan	14	Patrick Murphy (Carlow)
	2017	10 June	Carlow	5-23 (38)	Antrim	4-15 (27)	Croke Park	Marty Kavanagh	Conor Carson	11	Mick Murtagh (Westmeath)
	2016	4 June	Meath	2-17 (23)
4-21 (33)	Antrim	1-20 (23)
5-17 (32)	Croke Park	James Toher	Neal McAuley	1	Cathal McAllister (Cork)
	2015	6 June	Kerry	1-20 (23)	Derry	0-12 (12)	Croke Park	John Griffin	Seán MacCullagh	11	John Keane (Galway)
	2014	7 June	Kildare	4-18 (30)	Kerry	2-22 (28)	Croke Park	Niall Ó Muineacháin	John Egan	2	Seán Cleere (Kilkenny)
	2013	8 June	Down	3-16 (25)	Kerry	2-17 (23)	Croke Park	Paul Braniff	Paud Costello	2	Christopher Browne (Galway)
	2012	9 June	London	4-18 (30)	Wicklow	1-17 (20)	Croke Park	Colm Quinn	Enan Glynn	10	Kevin Brady (Louth)
	2011	4 June	Kerry	2-21 (27)	Wicklow	2-08 (14)	Croke Park	Mikey Boyle	Jonathan O'Neill	13	Garrett Duffy (Antrim)
	2010	3 July	Westmeath	2-16 (22)	Kerry	1-18 (21)	Croke Park	Andrew Mitchell	Colin Harris	1	Tony Carroll (Offaly)
	2009	11 July	Carlow	1-15 (18)	Down	0-14 (14)	Croke Park	Mark Brennan	Graham Clarke	4	Tommy Ryan (Tipperary)
	2008	3 August	Carlow	3-22 (31)	Westmeath	4-16 (28)	O'Connor Park	Edward Coady	Brendan Murtagh	3	Noel Cosgrove (Tipperary)
	2007	5 August	Westmeath	2-15 (21)	Kildare	0-13 (13)	Croke Park	Darren McCormack	Colm Buggy	8	John Sexton (Cork)
	2006	6 August	Antrim	5-13 (28)	Carlow	1-07 (10)	Croke Park	Karl McKeegan	Robbie Foley	18	James McGrath (Westmeath)
	2005	14 August	Westmeath	1-23 (26)	Down	2-18 (24)	Croke Park	John Shaw	Simon Wilson	2	Denis Richardson (Limerick)

Roll of honour

Main article: Christy Ring Cup records and statistics

Performance by county

County	Titles	Runners-up	Years won
5	1	2014, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024	2007
3	1	2005, 2007, 2010	2008
3	1	2008, 2009, 2017	2006
3	0	2016, 2019, 2023	—
2	3	2011, 2015	2010, 2013, 2014
2	1	2012,2025	2018
1	4	2013	2005, 2009, 2019, 2020
1	2	2006	2016, 2017
1	0	2021	—
0	5	—	2015, 2021, 2023, 2024 2025
0	2	—	2011, 2012
0	1	—	2022

Performance by province

Province	Titles	Runners-up
15	5	20
2	10	12
2	3	5
2	1	3
0	1	1

Team records and statistics

Main article: Christy Ring Cup records and statistics

Team results

Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Semi-finals/Quarter-finals/Group Stage
– Relegated
AI – All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
JM – Joe McDonagh Cup
NR – Nicky Rackard Cup

For each year, the number of counties (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2005 (10)	2006 (10)	2007 (10)	2008 (12)	2009 (8)	2010 (8)	2011 (8)	2012 (8)	2013 (8)	2014 (8)	2015 (8)	2016 (8)	2017 (8)	2018 (8)	2019 (8)	2020 (7)	2021 (5)	2022 (6)	2023 (6)	2024 (6)	2025 (6)	Total	3
[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg	border	20x20px]] Antrim	AI	1st	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	2nd	2nd	JM	JM	JM	AI	JM	AI	AI	AI
[[File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg	border	20x20px]] Armagh	NR	NR	NR	GS	NR	NR	R2	NR	R2	RPO	NR	NR	NR	GS	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg	border	20x20px]] Carlow	SF	2nd	SF	1st	1st	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	1st	JM	AI	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM
[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry	RPO	NR	GS	SF	QF	R2	QF	QF	QF	QF	2nd	RPO	NR	SF	SF	R2	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd
[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg	border	20x20px]] Donegal	NR	NR	NR	NR	LM	LM	LM	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RPO	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	4th
[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg	border	20x20px]] Down	2nd	SF	GS	QF	2nd	QF	SF	SF	1st	RPO	SF	SF	SF	GS	2nd	2nd	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM
[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg	border	20x20px]] Kerry	GS	RPO	GS	QF	SF	2nd	1st	R2	2nd	2nd	1st	AI	AI	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM	JM
[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg	border	20x20px]] Kildare	SF	SF	2nd	QF	QF	SF	SF	QF	SF	1st	SF	SF	QF	1st	GS	1st	JM	1st	JM	1st	JM
[[File:Colours_of_London.svg	border	20x20px]] London	NR	GS	GS	GS	NR	NR	NR	1st	AI	AI	QF	QF	QF	2nd	RPO	—	—	4th	4th	3rd
[[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg	border	20x20px]] Mayo	RPO	GS	GS	QF	SF	R2	R2	R2	R2	SF	RPO	NR	RPO	GS	NR	NR	NR	2nd	6th	NR	NR
[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath	GS	GS	SF	GS	NR	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	QF	1st	AI	JM	1st	JM	JM	JM	1st	JM	5th
[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg	border	20x20px]] Offaly	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	JM	SF	1st	JM	JM	JM	AI
[[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg	border	20x20px]] Roscommon	RPO	RPO	NR	GS	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	QF	RPO	GS	SF	SF	QF	NR	NR	NR	NR
[[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg	border	20x20px]] Sligo	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	LM	LM	LM	LM	NR	R2	SF	5th	3rd	6th	NR
[[File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg	border	20x20px]] Tyrone	NR	NR	NR	NR	LM	NR	LM	LM	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	5th	4th	6th
[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg	border	20x20px]] Westmeath	1st	AI	1st	2nd	RPO	1st	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	AI	JM	JM	JM	JM	AI	AI	JM	JM
[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow	RPO	GS	GS	SF	RPO	SF	2nd	2nd	QF	QF	RPO	RPO	SF	SF	GS	R2	SF	6th	NR	5th	3rd

Debut of teams

Year	Debutants	Total
2005	[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg	border	20x20px]] Carlow, [[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry, [[File:Colours_of_Down.svg	border	20x20px]] Down, [[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg	border	20x20px]] Kerry, [[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg	border	20x20px]] Kildare, [[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg	border	20x20px]] Mayo, [[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath, [[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg	border	20x20px]] Roscommon, [[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg	border	20x20px]] Westmeath, [[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow	10
2006	[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg	border	20x20px]] Antrim, [[File:Colours_of_London.svg	border	20x20px]] London	2
2007	None	0
2008	[[File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg	border	20x20px]] Armagh	1
2009-18	None	0
2019	[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg	border	20x20px]] Donegal	1
2020	[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg	border	20x20px]] Offaly, [[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg	border	20x20px]] Sligo	2
2021-22	None	0
2023	[[File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg	border	20x20px]] Tyrone	1
Total		17

Seasons in Christy Ring Cup

The number of years that each county has played in the Christy Ring Cup between 2005 and 2025. A total of 17 counties have competed in at least one season of the Christy Ring Cup. Wicklow have participated in the most seasons. The counties in bold participate in the 2025 Christy Ring Cup.

Years	Counties
20	Wicklow
19	Derry
18	Kildare
16	Down
15	Mayo
14	Meath
13	London
11	Kerry
9	Roscommon
6	Carlow
5	Armagh, Sligo, Westmeath
3	Antrim, Tyrone
2	Donegal, Offaly

List of Christy Ring Cup counties

Team	Appearances	Debut	Most recent	Championship titles	Last championship title	Best Christy Ring Cup result
[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg	border	20x20px]] Antrim	3	2006	2017	1	2006	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg	border	20x20px]] Armagh	5	2008	2018	0	—	Group Stage
[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg	border	20x20px]] Carlow	6	2005	2017	3	2017	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry	19	2005	2025	0	—	2nd
[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg	border	20x20px]] Donegal	2	2019	2025	0	—	Group Stage
[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg	border	20x20px]] Down	16	2005	2020	1	2013	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg	border	20x20px]] Kerry	11	2005	2015	2	2015	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg	border	20x20px]] Kildare	18	2005	2024	5	2024	1st
[[File:Colours_of_London.svg	border	20x20px]] London	13	2006	2025	1	2012	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg	border	20x20px]] Mayo	15	2005	2023	0	—	2nd
[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath	14	2005	2025	3	2023	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg	border	20x20px]] Offaly	2	2020	2021	1	2021	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg	border	20x20px]] Roscommon	9	2005	2021	0	—	Semi-finals
[[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg	border	20x20px]] Sligo	5	2020	2024	0	—	3rd
[[File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg	border	20x20px]] Tyrone	3	2023	2025	0	—	5th
[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg	border	20x20px]] Westmeath	5	2005	2010	3	2010	1st
[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow	20	2005	2025	0	—	2nd

All time table

Legend

Colours
Currently competing in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship or the Joe McDonagh Cup
Currently competing in the Christy Ring Cup
Currently competing in the Nicky Rackard Cup

As of 23 June May 2025 (After 2025 Cup).

#	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Points
1	[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg	border	20x20px]] Kildare	78	52	2	24	106
2	[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg	border	20x20px]] Down	65	36	3	26	75
3	[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg	border	20x20px]] Meath	57	33	4	20	70
4	[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Derry	76	34	2	40	70
5	[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg	border	20x20px]] Wicklow	74	30	4	40	64
6	[[File:Colours_of_London.svg	border	20x20px]] London	58	26	3	29	55
7	[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg	border	20x20px]] Kerry	43	25	2	16	52
8	[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg	border	20x20px]] Carlow	31	22	2	7	46
9	[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg	border	20x20px]] Westmeath	25	18	1	6	37
10	[[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg	border	20x20px]] Mayo	54	14	0	40	28
11	[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg	border	20x20px]] Antrim	15	11	1	3	23
12	[[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg	border	20x20px]] Roscommon	37	9	0	28	18
13	[[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg	border	20x20px]] Sligo	20	5	0	15	10
14	[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg	border	20x20px]] Offaly	6	4	1	1	9
15	[[File:Colours_of_Tyrone.svg	border	20x20px]] Tyrone	15	3	1	11	7
16	[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg	border	20x20px]] Donegal	9	2	0	7	4
17	[[File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg	border	20x20px]] Armagh	13	1	0	12	2

Player records

Main article: Christy Ring Cup records and statistics

Top scorers overall

Year	Player	County	Score	Total
	2005	Mattie Dowd	[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] Kildare	2-39	45
	2006	Paul Braniff	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	border	20px]] Down	6-26	44
	2007	Shane Brick	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Kerry
	2008	Brendan Murtagh	[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20px]] Westmeath	2-37	43
	2009	Shane Brick	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Kerry	1-42	45
	2010	Darragh O'Connell	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Kerry	1-38	41
	2011	Darragh O'Connell	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Kerry	1-33	36
	2012	Martin Finn	[[File:Colours of London.svg	border	20px]] London	5-29	44
	2013	Paul Braniff	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	border	20px]] Down	3-34	43
	2014	Mikey Lee	[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg	border	20px]] Wicklow	4-38	50
	2015	Shane Nolan	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Kerry	2-35	41
	2016	Ciarán Clarke	[[File:Colours of Antrim.svg	border	20px]] Antrim	3-43	52
	2017	Denis Murphy	[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg	border	20px]] Carlow	0-45	45
2018
2019
2020
2021	Eoghan Cahill	[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	border	20px]] Offaly	0-36	36
2022	Shane Boland	[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg	border	20px]] Mayo	1-52	55
2023
2024	Jack Goulding	[[File:Colours of London.svg	border	20px]] London	5-50	65

Top scorers in the final

Year	Player	County	Score	Total
	2005	[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20px]] Andrew Mitchell	Westmeath	0–09	9
	2006	[[File:Colours of Antrim.svg	border	20px]] Johnny McIntosh	Antrim	2–04	10
	2007	[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] Billy White	Kildare	0–07	7
	2008	[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20px]] Brendan Murtagh	Westmeath	2–10	16
	2009	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	border	20px]] Simon Wilson	Down	0–07	7
	2010	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Darragh O'Connell	Kerry	0–08	8
	2011	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Darragh O'Connell	Kerry	1–09	12
	2012	[[File:Colours of London.svg	border	20px]] Jonathan Maher	London	3–04	13
	2013	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Shane Nolan	Kerry	1–09	12
2014	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Shane Nolan	Kerry	1–04	7
[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] Gerry Keegan	Kildare	1–04	7
	2015	[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg	border	20px]] Shane Nolan	Kerry	1–08	11
	2016	[[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg	border	20px]] James Toher	Meath	0–12	12
	2017	[[File:Colours of Antrim.svg	border	20px]] Ciarán Clarke	Antrim	2–09	15
	2018	[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] James Burke	Kildare	0–08	8
	2019	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	border	20px]] Paul Sheehan	Down	1–08	11
2020	[[File:Colours of Down.svg	border	20px]] O. McManus	Down	0–09	9
2021	[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	border	20px]] Eoghan Cahill	Offaly	0–13	13
2022	[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] James Burke	Kildare	0–11	11
2023	[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	1–14	17
2024	[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg	border	20x20px]] Cormac O'Doherty	Derry	1–11	14

Winning captains

Winning Captain	County	Title(s)	Year(s)
[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] Brian Byrne	Kildare	3	2018, 2020, 2022
[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20px]] John Shaw	Westmeath	1	2005
[[File:Colours of Antrim.svg	border	20px]] Karl McKeegan	Antrim	1	2006
[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20px]] Darren McCormack	Westmeath	1	2007
[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg	border	20px]] Edward Coady	Carlow	1	2008
[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg	border	20px]] Mark Brennan	Carlow	1	2009
[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg	border	20px]] Andrew Mitchell	Westmeath	1	2010
[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	border	20px]] Mikey Boyle	Kerry	1	2011
[[File:Colours of London.svg	border	20px]] Colm Quinn	London	1	2012
[[File:Colours of Down.svg	border	20px]] Paul Braniff	Down	1	2013
[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] Niall Ó Muineacháin	Kildare	1	2014
[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg	border	20px]] John Griffin	Kerry	1	2015
[[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg	border	20px]] James Toher	Meath	1	2016
[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg	border	20px]] Marty Kavanagh	Carlow	1	2017
[[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg	border	20px]] Seán Geraghty	Meath	1	2019
[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg	border	20px]] Ben Conneely	Offaly	1	2021
[[File:Colours of Meath GAA.svg	border	20px]] Jack Regan / Charlie Ennis	Meath	1	2023
[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg	border	20px]] Paddy McKenna	Kildare	1	2024

References

"Ár gCluichí, Ár Laochra #5 – Niall Ó Muineacháin".
Keys, Colm. (10 December 2003). "Hurling evangelists have radical tiers in their eyes". Irish Independent.
(23 March 2019). "Official Guide - Part 1".

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