Irish Hurling Sponsors PowerNI | Founded 1905 | |
Title holders Eire Óg Carrickmore (23rd title) Most titles Eire Óg Carrickmore (23) | ||
The Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association club competition between the top hurling clubs in Tyrone.
Since 2005, the competition involves five clubs playing each other once in a round robin group. After all games are completed, the top two teams play each other in the Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship Final for the Benburb Cup while the teams that finish 3rd and 4th play for the Tyrone Junior Hurling Championship.
The club that wins the Tyrone Senior Championship represents Tyrone in the Ulster Intermediate Hurling Club Championship while the club that wins the Tyrone Junior Championship represents Tyrone in the Ulster Junior Hurling Club Championship.
In 2008 The County final was decided in a replay, and was the first time the Tyrone Senior Hurling Club Championship final was ever played under floodlights. Carrickmore captured their 19th title, completing 3-in-row, for the second time in 7 years, and putting them one behind the leaders Eoghan Ruadh who have 20. Eoghan Ruadh are the longest serving club since 1944. Eoghan Ruadh Dún Geanainn won the 2009 final un-expectedly defeating arch rivals Éire Óg An Charraig Mhor to claim their 21st title.
In 2010 Eire Óg reclaimed the Benburb Cup over current holders Dungannon, it was one of the grestest wins for Eire Óg over their arch rivals Dungannon after the shock defeat in the previous year's final. In the 2014 Championship finals Eire Óg defeated Eoghan Ruadh in Healy Park to claim the clubs 23rd Senior Championship, making the Carrickmore outfit the record holders of the Benburb Cup.