2022–23 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship

2022–23 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
Championship Details
Dates	29 October 2022 – 15 January 2023
Teams	33
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Ballygiblin (1st win)
Captain	Fionn Herlihy
Manager	Ronan Dwane
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Easkey
Captain	Bernard Feeney
Manager	Michael Gordon
Provincial Champions
Munster	Ballygiblin
Leinster	Horeswood
Ulster	Setanta
Connacht	Easkey
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	32
Total Goals	81 (2.53 per game)
Total Points	867 (27.09 per game)
Top Scorer	Andrew Kilcullen (4-32)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's junior inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 29 October 2022 to 14 January 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

The All-Ireland final was played on 14 January 2023 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Ballygiblin from Cork and Easkey from Sligo, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Ballygiblin won the match by 1-16 to 0-11 to claim their first ever championship title.^[5]

Easkey's Andrew Kilcullen was the championship's top scorer with 4-32.

Team summaries

Province	County Championship	Club
Connacht	Galway Junior Hurling Championship	Ballygar
	Leitrim Senior Hurling Championship	Carrick Hurling
	Sligo Senior Hurling Championship	Easkey

Leinster	Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship	Burren Rangers
	Dublin Junior Hurling Championship	Commercials
	Europe Senior Hurling Championship	Amsterdam
	Kildare Senior B Hurling Championship	Éire Óg-Corrachoill
	Kilkenny Premier Junior Hurling Championship	Blacks and Whites
	Laois Intermediate Hurling Championship	Mountmellick
	Longford Senior Hurling Championship	Clonguish
	Louth Senior Hurling Championship	St Fechin's
	Meath Intermediate Hurling Championship	Dunderry
	Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship	Shamrocks
	Westmeath Intermediate Hurling Championship	Ringtown
	Wexford Intermediate A Hurling Championship	Horeswood
	Wicklow Intermediate Hurling Championship	Kilcoole

Munster	Clare Junior Hurling Championship	Banner
	Cork Junior A Hurling Championship	Ballygiblin
	Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship	Kilgarvan
	Limerick Junior Hurling Championship	St Kieran's
	Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship	Grangemockler-Ballyneale
	Waterford Junior Hurling Championship	Colligan

Ulster	Antrim Junior Hurling Championship	Shane O’Neill's
	Armagh Junior Hurling Championship	Seán Treacy's
	Cavan Senior Hurling Championship	Cootehill Celtic
	Derry Junior Hurling Championship	Na Magha
	Donegal Senior Hurling Championship	Setanta
	Down Junior Hurling Championship	St. Peter's
	Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship	Carrickmacross
	Tyrone Junior Hurling Championship	Eoghan Ruadh, Dungannon

Britain	Lancashire Senior Hurling Championship	Fullen Gaels
	London Intermediate Hurling Championship	Kilburn Gaels
	Warwickshire Senior Hurling Championship	John Mitchel's

Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-Finals		Final

Easkey (Sligo)	3-25
Carrick Hurling Club (Leitrim)	1-06	Easkey (Sligo)	0-05
		Ballygar (Galway)	0-04

Connacht semi-final

5 November 2022 Semi-final	Easkey (Sligo)	3-25 - 1-06	Carrick Hurling Club (Leitrim)	Markievicz Park
	A Kilcullen (2-14), J McHugh (1-3), T Cawley (0-4), M Gordon (0-2), R McHugh (0-1, Fionn Connolly (0-1).	Report	C Cunniffe (0-6), C Beirne (1-0).

Connacht final

19 November 2022 Final	Easkey (Sligo)	0-05 - 0-04	Ballygar (Galway)	Connacht COE
	A. Kilcullen 0-4, T. Cawley 0-1	Report	S. Lohan 0-3, R. Duffy 0-1	Referee: J. Judge (Mayo)

Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Leinster first round

29 October 2022 First round	Kilcoole (Wicklow)	1-13 - 1-11	Amsterdam	Kilcoole GAA Grounds
	E Keddy 0-6, L Evans 0-4, C Frawley 1-0, C Doyle 0-1, C Carroll 0-1, J Toner 0-1.		G McDermott 0-7, D O'Farrell 1-1, C Mahon 0-2, B O'Malley 0-1.	Referee: D Ryan (Meath)

29 October 2022 First round	St Fechin's (Louth)	1-18 - 0-10	Dunderry (Meath)	Darver COE
	P Lynch 0-11, P Grace 1-2, S Conneely 0-1, E Kerrisk 0-1, P Mathews 0-1, D Stephenson 0-1, S Hodgins 0-1.		L Martyn 0-8, A Kelly 0-1, L Coogan 0-1.	Referee: M Redmond (Kildare)

29 October 2022 First round	Clonguish Gaels (Longford)	1-12 - 1-16	Ringtown (Westmeath)	Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
	B Hanley 0-8, J O'Brien 1-2, D Crossan 0-2.		R McAuley 1-2, M Cunningham 0-5, J Moran 0-3, L Moore 0-2, D Kilcoyne 0-1, J Lee 0-1, C Moran 0-1, E Corrigan 0-1.	Referee: SM Maher (Offaly)

29 October 2022 First round	Éire Óg-Corrachoill (Kildare)	2-15 - 1-16	Shamrocks (Offaly)	Kildare COE
	P Dolan 0-8, R O'Neill 1-1, C Kielty 1-0, L Dempsey 0-3, J Higgins 0-1, D Murray 0-1, S Cramer 0-1.		N Dunne 0-10, P Cantwell 1-2, D Molloy 0-3, S O'Toole-Greene 0-1.	Referee: B Heaney (Westmeath)

29 October 2022 First round	Burren Rangers (Carlow)	0-11 - 3-17	Mountmellick (Laois)	Netwatch Carlow Training Centre
	D Townsend 0-8, L Doyle 0-1, C Bolger 0-1, B Shanahan 0-1.		M Bermingham 1-10, J Hillard 1-1, J Connolly 1-1, B Mangan 0-2, R McEvoy 0-1, J Connolly 0-1, F Culleton 0-1.	Referee: B Kearney (Kildare)

Leinster quarter-finals

12 November 2022 Quarter-final	St Fechin's (Louth)	1-18 - 1-06	Kilcoole (Wicklow)	Carver COE
	P Lynch 0-11 (5f), M Byrne 1-0, S Conneely 0-3; S Hodgins 0-1, B Grace 0-1, D Ryan 0-1; J McDonnell 0-1.	Report	L Evans 1-1, E Keddy 0-4 (4f), R Keddy 0-1.

12 November 2022 Quarter-final	Commercials (Dublin)	1-27 - 0-10	Mountmellick (Laois)	O'Toole Park
	J O'Keeffe 1-6, D Ó Dualaing 0-7, C Ó Nualláin 0-4, J Flanagan 0-4, D Dungan 0-2, G Keogh 0-1, C Crokes 0-1, A Drewitt 0-1, D Molloy 0-1.		M Bermingham 0-5, J Connolly 0-2, J Hilliard 0-2, B Mangan 0-1.

12 November 2022 Quarter-final	Horeswood (Wexford)	0-20 - 0-13	Éire Óg-Corrachoill (Kildare)	St. Patrick's Park
	C Foley (0-5, 2 frees); S Nolan (0-4), D Murphy (0-3), J Kehoe (0-3); J Myler (0-2), S Hunt (0-1), S Stafford (0-1), M O’Hanlon (0-1 ’65).	Report	P Dolan (0-10, 4 frees, 1 ’65); L Dempsey (0-1); C Kielthy (0-1), K Connor (0-1).

12 November 2022 Quarter-final	Ringtown (Westmeath)	0-17 - 2-20 (aet)	Blacks and Whites (Kilkenny)	TEG Cusack Park
	M Cunningham 0-8 (3f, 2 ’65s’), J Moran (frees) and E Corrigan 0-3 each, C Moran 0-2, L Moore 0-1.	Report	R Murphy 0-13 (8f, 1 ’65’), Jamie Byrne 1-2, S Byrne 1-1, P Murphy, S Doyle, Jason Byrne and A Foley 0-1 each.

Leinster semi-finals

26 November 2022 Semi-final	Blacks and Whites (Kilkenny)	0-10 - 2-07	Commercials (Dublin)	UPMC Nowlan Park
	R Murphy 0-4, J Byrne 0-2, A O'Dowd 0-1, A Foley 0-1, S Byrne 0-1, S Doyle 0-1.		D Ó Dulaing 1-4, G Keogh 1-0, J O'Keeffe 0-2, J Flanagan 0-1.	Referee: É Furlong (Wexford)

26 November 2022 Semi-final	Horeswood (Wexford)	1-08 - 1-04	St Fechin's (Louth)	St. Patrick's Park
	S Nolan 1-1, C Foley 0-3, M O'Hanlon 0-2, D Murphy 0-1, A Harris 0-1.		J Murray 1-0, B Grace 0-2, S Conneely 0-1, P Lynch 0-1.

Leinster final

10 December 2022 Final	Horeswood (Wexford)	1-18 - 3-11	Commercials (Dublin)	Ferns Centre of Excellence
	C Foley 0-5 (4 frees), C Parker 1-1, S Nolan 0-4, J Myler and Declan Murphy 0-2 each, S Stafford, J Kehoe, D Flannelly and M O’Hanlon (free) 0-1 each.	Report	D O Dulaing 0-7 (4 frees, 1 65), A Drewett 1-2, J O’Keeffe and K Butler 1-0 each, G Keogh and C Morris 0-1 each.	Referee: P Dunne (Laois)

Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

5 November 2022 Quarter-final	Kilgarvan (Kerry)	1-15 - 2-15	The Banner, Ennis (Clare)	Dr. Crokes GAA Grounds
	C O’Connell (0-5, 5f), R O’Sullivan (1-1), G Fennessy (0-4, 2f, 1sl), D O’Sullivan (0-3), D Casey and R Foley (0-1 each).	Report	S Meehan (2-11, 6f), D O’Halloran (0-2), O McMahon and T Meenaghan (0-1 each)	Referee: J O'Halloran (Limerick)

5 November 2022 Quarter-final	Grangemockler-Ballyneale (Tipperary)	0-11 - 2-10	Ballygiblin (Cork)	FBD Semple Stadium
	D Shelley 0-9 (0-7f, 0-1 65), C Hahessy, J Lyons 0-1 each.	Report	J O’Sullivan 0-5 (0-4f), D Flynn 1-2, C O’Mahony 1-1 (0-1 sideline), D Barry, S O’Sullivan 0-1 each.	Referee: N Barry (Waterford)

Munster semi-finals

19 November 2022 Semi-final	The Banner, Ennis (Clare)	0-16 - 0-17	St. Kieran's (Limerick)	Cusack Park
	S Meehan (0-12, 9f), D O’Halloran (0-2), M McGrath (0-1), F Hayes (0-1).	Report	I Mackessy (0-6f), C Ambrose (0-3, 2f, 1 ’65), D Nolan (0-3), A Mullins (0-1), C McEnery (0-1), C Mann (0-1), J Muckell (0-1), M Flynn (0-1).	Referee: A Tierney (Tipperary)

20 November 2022 Semi-final	Ballygiblin (Cork)	1-19 - 0-10	Colligan (Waterford)	Páirc Uí Rinn
	J O’Sullivan (0-11, 0-3 ‘65s, 0-5 frees), D Flynn (1-1), S Beston and C O’Mahony (0-3 each), R Donegan (0-1).	Report	J Wall (0-4, frees), D Booth and J Booth (0-2 each), G Whelan and C Dunford (0-1 each).	Referee: J Mullins (Clare)

Munster final

4 December 2022 Final	Ballygiblin (Cork)	3-12 - 0-11	St. Kieran's (Limerick)	Mallow GAA Complex
	S Beston 3-3, J O’Sullivan 0-9 (0-7f, 0-1 65).	Report	I Mackessy 0-10 (0-8f, 0-1 65), D Treacy 0-1.	Referee: C Doyle (Tipperary)

Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship

Ulster quarter-finals

6 November 2022 Quarter-final	Na Magha (Derry)	4-18 - 1-12	St. Peter's (Down)	Celtic Park
	M Lynch (3-2), D Foley (0-7, 3f, 1 '65'), K Doherty (1-1), P Nelis (0-2), B Quigley (0-2), A Cutliffe (0-2), T Lally (0-1), T Rankin (0-1).	Report	J O'Kane (1-10, 8f, 1 '65'), A Higgins (0-1), T Murphy (0-1).

6 November 2022 Quarter-final	Setanta (Donegal)	1-16 - 2-11	Dungannon Eoghan Ruadh (Tyrone)	O'Donnell Park
	D Coulter 0-5, 4f; D Flynn 1-1; B Lafferty 0-3; O Marley 0-2; C McGettigan, R Campbell, G Gilmore, S Ward and J Cronnolly-McGee 0-1 each.	Report	B Molloy 1-2, M McCann 1-0; C Ferguson 0-4,3f; R Weir, SP McKiernan, L Devlin, T Morgan and J Ferguson 0-1 each

6 November 2022 Quarter-final	Cootehill Celtic (Cavan)	1-12 - 5-12	Seán Treacy's (Armagh)	Kingspan Breffni Park
	M Moffett 0-8 (6f), D Carney 1-0, F Hughes 0-2 (1f), N Clerkin 0-1 (1f), R Delaney 0-1.	Report	D Magee 3-6 (4f), R Daly 2-0, M Doran 0-3, T McKavanagh 0-1, S Holloway 0-1, K Lavery 0-1.

6 November 2022 Quarter-final	Carrickmacross (Monaghan)	1-12 - 4-27	Shane O'Neill's (Antrim)	Grattan Park
	O Kieran 1-3, J Guinan 0-2, E Collins 0-1, R McMahon 0-1.	Report	D Hamill 3-6, C Magill 0-10, N McGarel 1-2, D McLaughlin 0-3, S O'Boyle 0-3, D Black 0-2, K O'Boyle 0-2.

Ulster semi-finals

12 November 2022 Semi-final	Setanta (Donegal)	2-20 - 1-16	Na Magha (Derry)	O'Neill's Healy Park
	D Coulter 0-14,13f; S Ward and R Campbell 1-0; O Marley and J Cronnolly-McGee 0-2; D Flynn 0-1.	Report	D Foley 0-11, 11f; M Lynch 1-1; B Quigley 0-2; P Nelis and R McAdams 0-1.

12 November 2022 Semi-final	Shane O'Neill's (Antrim)	1-20 - 0-12	Seán Treacy's (Armagh)	Donaghmore Road
	K O'Boyle 1-4, D Hamill 0-7, N McGarel 0-4, S O'Boyle 0-3, C Magill 0-2.	Report	D Magee 0-10, K Laverty 0-1, T McKavanagh 0-1.

Ulster final

27 November 2022 Final	Setanta (Donegal)	1-22 - 0-15	Shane O'Neill's (Antrim)	Celtic Park
	D Flynn 1-7, D Coulter 0-10, O Marley 0-2, R Campbell 0-1, B Lafferty 0-1, G Gilmore 0-1.		D Hamill 0-6, N McGarrell 0-2, A Scullion 0-2, D Black 0-1, S O'Boyle 0-1, D McLaughlin 0-1, K O'Boyle 0-1, C Magill 0-1.

All-Britain Junior Club Hurling Championship

Britain semi-finals

13 November 2022 Semi-final

Kilburn Gaels
(London)

2-23 - 3-08

John Mitchel's
(Warwickshire)

McGovern Park

Britain final

20 November 2022 Final

Fullen Gaels
(Lancashire)

2-07 - 4-22

Kilburn Gaels
(London)

Páirc na hÉireann

All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-Finals		Semi-Finals		Final

		Easkey (Sligo)	3-15

		Kilburn Gaels (London)	4-06
Kilburn Gaels (London)	3-12

Setanta (Donegal)	0-17
				Easkey (Sligo)	0-11

				Ballygiblin (Cork)	1-16



		Ballygiblin (Cork)	1-12

		Horeswood (Wexford)	0-08

All-Ireland quarter-finals

3 December 2022 Quarter-final	Kilburn Gaels (London)	3-12 - 0-17	Setanta (Donegal)	Carrickmore Grounds
	C Nelson 0-8, 7f; D Reale 2-0; D O’Sullivan 1-0; P Earley 0-2; E Kelly and F Collins 0-1.	Report	D Coulter 0-9 5f, 2 65s; G Gilmore and B Lafferty 0-2; J Cronnolly-McGee, R Campbell, D Cullen and N Cleary 0-1 each.	Referee: J Judge (Mayo)

All-Ireland semi-finals

18 December 2022 Semi-final	Easkey (Sligo)	3-15 - 4-06	Kilburn Gaels (London)	Louth GAA Centre of Excellence, Darver
	A Kilcullen 2-9 (3f); R McHugh 1-1 (1-0 pen); T Cawley, R Molloy, F Cawley, M Gordon, J McHugh 0-1 each	Report	M O’Dwyer 2-0; C Nelson 0-5 (3f, 1 ‘65’); A Hands, D Reale 1-0 each; F Collins 0-1	Referee: K Brady (Louth)

18 December 2022 Semi-final	Ballygiblin (Cork)	1-12 - 0-08	Horeswood (Wexford)	Fraher Field
	D Flynn (1-4), J O’Sullivan (0-5 frees), R Donegan, S Beston and C O’Mahony (0-1 each).	Report	C Foley (0-4, 0-3 frees), C Parker, S Stafford, S Nolan and M O’Hanlon (0-1 each).	Referee: M Kennedy (Tipperary_

All-Ireland final

14 January 2023 Final	Ballygiblin (Cork)	1-16 - 0-11	Easkey (Sligo)	Croke Park
	J O’Sullivan 0-10 (0-6f, 0-1 65), C O’Mahony 0-3, D Flynn 1-0, S Beston 0-2, D Barry 0-1.	Report	A Kilcullen 0-5 (0-3f), J McHugh 0-2, R McHugh, M Gordon, D Hanley, T Cawley 0-1 each.	Referee: C Flynn (Westmeath)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Andrew Kilcullen	Easkey	4-32	44	4	11.00
2	Joseph O'Sullivan	Ballygiblin	0-40	40	5	8.00
3	Declan Coulter	Setanta	0-38	38	4	9.50
4	Shane Meehan	Banner	2-23	29	2	14.50
5	Darren Hamill	Shane O'Neill's	3-19	28	3	9.33
6	Danny Magee	Seán Treacy's	3-16	25	2	12.50
7	Paddy Lynch	St Fechin's	0-23	23	3	7.66
8	Diarmuid Ó Dulaing	Commercials	1-18	21	3	7.00
9	Darragh Flynn	Ballygiblin	4-07	19	5	3.80
10	Shane Beston	Ballygiblin	3-09	18	5	3.60
	Mick Bermingham	Mountmellick	1-15	18	2	9.00
	Paul Dolan	Éire Óg-Corrachoill	0-18	18	2	9.00
	Déaglán Foley	Na Magha	0-18	18	2	9.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Andrew Kilcullen	Easkey	2-14	20	Carrick
2	Shane Meehan	Banner	2-11	17	Kilgarvan
3	Andrew Kilcullen	Easkey	2-09	15	Kilburn Gaels
	Danny Magee	Seán Treacys	3-06	15	Cootehill Celtic
	Darren Hamill	Shane O'Neill's	3-06	15	Carrickmacross
6	Declan Coulter	Setanta	0-14	14	Na Magha
7	Mick Bermingham	Mountmellick	1-10	13	Burren Rangers
	John O'Kane	St. Peter's	1-10	13	Na Magha
	Ryan Murphy	Blacks and Whites	0-13	13	Ringtown
10	Shane Beston	Ballygiblin	3-03	12	St. Kieran's
10	Shane Meehan	Banner	0-12	12	St. Kieran's

Miscellaneous

Shane Beston's score of 3-03 against St. Kieran's is the highest individual score ever recorded by a player in a Munster final.
Ballygiblin became the first team to win consecutive Munster Championship titles.^[6]

References

^ "Draws made for 2021 AIB Ulster Football and Hurling Club Championships". Ulster GAA website. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Munster club hurling and football championship draws made". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Leinster club hurling draws 2021". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Draws for Connacht GAA Club Championships for 2021 Made". Connacht GAA website. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "Ballygiblin are All-Ireland junior club hurling champions". Echo Live. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ Ryan, Michael (7 December 2022). "Brilliant Ballygiblin make it back to back Munster hurling titles". The Corkman. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

[1] "Draws made for 2021 AIB Ulster Football and Hurling Club Championships". Ulster GAA website. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[2] "Munster club hurling and football championship draws made". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[3] "Leinster club hurling draws 2021". Hogan Stand. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[4] "Draws for Connacht GAA Club Championships for 2021 Made". Connacht GAA website. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

[5] "Ballygiblin are All-Ireland junior club hurling champions". Echo Live. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[6] Ryan, Michael (7 December 2022). "Brilliant Ballygiblin make it back to back Munster hurling titles". The Corkman. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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