Connacht Minor Hurling Championship

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Connacht Minor Hurling Championship

Founded	1931
Region	Connacht (GAA)
Number of teams	3
Current champions	Defunct
Website	Official website

The Connacht Minor Hurling Championship was an annual hurling competition organised sporadically by the Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association between 1931 and 1989 for the youngest competitors (under-18) in the province of Connacht in Ireland.^{[citation needed]}

The series of games were played during the summer months with the Connacht final usually being played in June or July. The prize for the winning team was an unnamed cup. The championship was always played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the series.^{[citation needed]}

The Connacht Championship was an integral part of the wider All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship. The winners of the Connacht final, like their counterparts in the other three provinces, advanced directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games.^{[citation needed]}

Only the strongest hurling teams participated in the Connacht Championship, namely Galway, Roscommon and Mayo.^{[citation needed]}

The title has been won at least once by two of the Connacht counties, both of which have won the title more than once. The all-time record-holders are Galway, who have won the competition 26 times.^{[citation needed]}