Club Championships 2025/2026

Funny how we've been hearing so much about how people loving the club matches so much, yet there's 1 post on this thread since it opened a month ago.

This isn't the only GAA Forum that exists, vast majority of counties still at group stage too.

Wicklow championship mired in stupidity again today.

Carnew shock Rathnew by beating them in the QF, and a row involving spectators and players breaks out in the stand.

What a county

Had a run through the lay of the land of the different hurling championships to get an idea of where each county is. Seems almost all of the championships are into the last round of group games.

Carlow are the only county to have already finished their championship, and Waterford have made it to the final of theirs.

Here's a list of the counties whose winners will enter the Senior All Ireland.

Leinster

Carlow - Won by Mount Leinster Rangers

Kildare - QF (game set for the 10th)

Offaly - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Laois - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Wexford - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Dublin - Final Round of group games (on 12th &13th)

Westmeath- Final Round of group games (no date set yet)

Kilkenny - Final Round of League games which feeds into Championship (on 6th & 7th)

Ulster

Derry - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Antrim - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Down - Two rounds of group left (next round 13th & 14th)

Munster

Waterford - Final - Mount Sion vs Ballygunner (on 14th)

Clare - QF (on 6th & 7th)

Tipperary - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Cork - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

Limerick - Final Round of group games (no date yet)

Connacht

Galway - Final Round of group games (on 6th & 7th)

In Limerick, Na Piarsiagh are qualified for the semi finals with a game to spare. They are playing with efficiency and not conceding much.

Reigning champions Doon in pole position to get the 2nd semi final spot from group 1. They have two wins and two draws so far. Very lucky to snatch a win last weekend v Ballybrown.

Ballybrown, led by the outstanding Aidan O Connor, and Kilmallock look likely to get the two quarter final spots from group one. Ahane could still make it but will need to beat Doon in their last game.

Patrickswell have lost all 4 games and are relegated to group 2 for next year.

In group 2, Monaleen have secured a quarter final spot with a game to spare. Adare lead the race for the second spot but will need a result against Newcastle West to secure that. NCW drew their first three games and came within inches of drawing a fourth match v Monaleen last week. If Adare slip up it leaves the door open for Mungret if they can beat relegation threatened Dromin Athlacca.

In the Premier Intermediate, Garryspillane and newly promoted Croagh Kilfinny look the two form teams, with Effin not out of the reckoning.

They don't have the same balance across their team as the other leading contenders. Massively reliant on their three star players with the supporting cast struggling to make any impact. Gillane picked up a hand injury which was a hammer blow. Lynch appeared to tweak his hamstring in the crucial game against Ballybrown, they moved him into full forward rather than taking him off....

There is also Whatsthescor but I think a lot depends on self reporting like Teletext used to be so coverage varies club to club.

The vast majority of county championships are aimed at the sporting population of around 150 to 200k people. When you factor those tiny numbers what we have is actually very good.

in clare there will be a 12th different winner in the last 20 years after ballyea were beaten in an excellent game today the final between eire og and clooney/quin will end a famine , eire og last won it in 1990 , clooney in 1942 , eire og is the club of shane o'donnell and david reidy and clooney are the club of ryan taylor and peter duggan

Its to the "new" grade of Premier Intermediate. They were in Senior B for the last number of years, along with 7 other clubs (including my own). Senior B was away of clubs to say they were Senior, but in reality they were Intermediate.

There used to be 24 teams in Senior, but next year there'll be 16. It's part of a restructuring process that is coming from Croke Park.

The relegation match you reference was to relegate 1 team from Senior A. All 8 teams, bar the champions, in Senior B, along with the 8 quarter finalists in this year's Intermediate grade, will make up a 16 team premier Intermediate grade in 2026