Down Senior Hurling Championship

Down Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Down Senior Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Iomána Sinsearach an Dún
CodeHurling
Founded1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Region Down (GAA)
TrophyJeremiah McVeagh Cup
No. of teams6
Title holders Portaferry (23rd title)
Most titles Ballycran (27 titles)
SponsorsMorgan Fuels
Official websiteDown GAA
James McVeagh (right), pictured in 1898

The Down Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Morgan Fuels Down GAA Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Down SHC) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Down GAA clubs. The Down County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1903. Ballycran won the 2021 championship defeating Portaferry in the Final after extra time.[1]

Portaferry are the title holders, defeating Ballycran by 0-20 to 0-16 in the 2023 final.

  1. ^ Crossan, Brendan (28 September 2020). "Portaferry end their six-year wait for Down SHC title against gutsy Ballycran". The Irish News. Retrieved 4 October 2020.