The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The championship has been awarded almost every year since the first tournament in 1910.
The series of games is played during the autumn months with the final currently being played in November. The championship has always been played on a straight knock-out basis whereby once a team loses they were eliminated from the series.
The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Tipperary county final join the champions of the other five counties to contest the provincial championship.
Eight teams currently participate in the Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship.
Teams
Qualification The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship features eight teams in the final tournament. 28 teams contest the four divisional championships with the champions and runners-up automatically qualifying for the county series.
DivisionChampionshipQualifying teamsMid TipperaryMid Tipperary Junior A Hurling ChampionshipChampions and runners-upNorth TipperaryNorth Tipperary Junior A Hurling ChampionshipChampions and runners-upSouth TipperarySouth Tipperary Junior A Hurling ChampionshipChampions and runners-upWest TipperaryWest Tipperary Junior A Hurling ChampionshipChampions and runners-up
2024 teams
Mid Tipperary Boherlahan–DuallaDrom & InchHolycross–BallycahillJK BrackensLoughmore–CastleineyMoycarkey–BorrisThurles Sarsfields
North Tipperary BallinahinchBorris–IleighKildanganKilruane MacDonagh'sNenagh Éire ÓgRoscreaToomevara
South Tipperary Ballylooby–CastlegraceCahirCarrick SwansClonmel ÓgGrangemocklerMoyle RoversMullinahoneSt Patrick’s
West Tipperary Cashel King CormacsGaltee RoversLattin–CullenRockwell Rovers
Qualification for subsequent competitions The Tipperary Junior A Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship.
Roll of honour
By club # Team Wins Years won 1 Thurles Sarsfields 5 1955, 1956, 1958, 1987, 1995 Holycross-Ballycahill 5 1941, 1974, 1988, 2010, 20253 Mid Selection 4 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925 Boherlahen-Dualla 4 1916, 1934, 1935, 19365 North Selection 3 1926, 1929, 1930 South Selection 3 1928, 1931, 1932 Kilruane MacDonagh's 3 1969, 1978, 1985 Moyne-Templetuohy 3 1961, 1965, 1990 Ballinahinch 3 1980, 1994, 2002 Drom-Inch 3 1937, 1970, 2005 Knockshegowna 3 1969, 1993, 2006 Roscrea 3 1982, 1986, 201513 Borris-Ileigh 2 1910, 1933 Cappawhite 2 1942, 1948 Killenaule 2 1927, 1951 Solohead 2 1938, 1959 Shannon Rovers 2 1939, 1968 Burgess 2 1964, 1976 Silvermines 2 1972, 1979 Borrisokane 2 1940, 1981 Ballina 2 1984, 1996 Toomevara 2 1913, 1997 Nenagh Éire Óg 2 1983, 2000 Moyle Rovers 2 1998, 2007 Moneygall 2 1949, 2008 Moycarkey-Borris 2 1954, 2013 Kildangan 2 1971, 2016 Skeheenarinky 2 2014, 202129 Tipperary O'Learys 1 1922 Lorrha 1 1946 St. Mary's Nenagh 1 1947 Coolmoyne 1 1950 13th Battalion 1 1952 Newport 1 1957 Thurles Kickhams 1 1962 Carrick Davins 1 1963 Seán Treacy's 1 1966 Clonakenny 1 1967 Ballingarry 1 1973 St. Mary's Clonmel 1 1975 Éire Óg Annacarty 1 1977 Mullinahone 1 1989 Cashel King Cormacs 1 1991 Lattin-Cullen 1 1992 Galtee Rovers 1 1999 Fr. Sheehys 1 2001 Thurles Fennellys 1 2003 Grangemockler-Ballyneale 1 2004 Aherlow 1 2009 Rockwell Rovers 1 2011 Kilsheelan-Kilcash 1 2012 Ballybacon-Grange 1 2017
See also
Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (Tier 1) Tipperary Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship (Tier 2) Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship (Tier 3)
References