# Mayo county hurling team

The Mayo county hurling team represents Mayo in hurling and is governed by Mayo GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League. It formerly competed in the abolished Connacht Senior Hurling Championship.
Mayo's home ground is MacHale Park, Castlebar. The team's manager is Ray Larkin.
The team last won the Connacht Senior Championship in 1909, but has never won the All-Ireland Senior Championship or the National League.

## History

Although not a traditional hurling county, hurling is strong in certain parts of the county especially in the eastern region around Ballyhaunis and Tooreen. Mayo has four senior hurling clubs, each of which provides players for the Mayo senior hurling panel, which participates in the National Hurling League and the All-Ireland Nicky Rackard (Tier 3) Cup.
Mayo has 10 clubs that provide players for the Mayo underage hurling development panels. Mayo has development panels at under-14, under-15, under-16 and minor age-groups, and competes in the All-Ireland 'B' competitions each year.
The Mayo under-21 hurling team competes in the Connacht U-21B Hurling Championship each year alongside Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo.
Mayo's best performances in the Christy Ring Cup came in 2008 and 2009, when the Mayo side fell at the semi-final stage to Carlow and Down respectively.
Mayo won the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup, defeating Armagh by a scoreline of 2–16 to 1–15 at Croke Park.
Mayo lost the 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Final to Donegal by a scoreline of 3–18 to 0–21.

## Panel

Team as per Mayo vs London in the Christy Ring Cup (Round 3), 24 April 2022
| No. | Player | Position | Club |
| 1 | Bobby Douglas | Goalkeeper | Tooreen |
| 2 | Gary Nolan | Right corner back | Tooreen |
| 3 | Stephen Coyne | Full back | Tooreen |
| 4 | Paul Kirwan | Left corner back | Ballyhaunis |
| 5 | Mark Philips | Right half back | Ballyhaunis |
| 6 | Ger McManus | Centre back | St Jude's, Dublin |
| 7 | David Kenny | Left half back | Tooreen |
| 8 | Keith Higgins | Midfield | Ballyhaunis |
| 9 | Daniel Huane | Midfield | Tooreen |
| 10 | Sean Kenny | Right half forward | Tooreen |
| 11 | Joe Mooney | Centre forward | Loughrea, Galway |
| 12 | Eoin Delaney | Left half forward | Tooreen |
| 13 | Shane Boland (c) | Right corner forward | Tooreen |
| 14 | Joe McManus | Full forward | St Jude's, Dublin |
| 15 | Adrian Philips | Left corner forward | Ballyhaunis |
| No. | Player | Position | Club |
| 16 | Barry Lane | Substitute | Castlebar Mitchels |
| 17 | Danny Hill | Substitute | Ballyhaunis |
| 18 | Kealan Gallagher | Substitute | Wesport |
| 19 | Patrick Lyons | Substitute | Tooreen |
| 20 | Kenny Feeney | Substitute | Tooreen |
| 21 | Darren Murray | Substitute | Ballina Stephenites |
| 22 | Brian Hunt | Substitute | Ballyhaunis |
| 23 | Shane Crinnigan | Substitute | Tooreen |
| 24 | Conal Hession | Substitute | Tooreen |
| 25 | Conor Murray | Substitute | Castlebar Mitchels |
| 26 | Eoghan Roe | Substitute | Claremorris |
$^{INJ}$ Player has had an injury which has affected recent involvement with the county team. $^{RET}$ Player has since retired from the county team. $^{WD}$ Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

## Management team

Appointed 4 September 2024:
* Manager: Ray Larkin (Tooreen)
* Head coach: Nigel Shaughnessy (former Galway senior hurler, Loughrea)
* Backroom: Pádraig Mannion

## Managerial history

Mark Deeley 1997–2001
Gerry Kilbride 2001
Mattie Murphy Galway 2001–2002
Gerry Spellman or Spelman Galway 2003–2005
Frank Browne Wexford/Ballyhaunis 2005–2006
Martin Brennan Westport 2006–2011
Murt Connolly Galway 2011–2012
Christy Phillips Limerick 2013–2014
J P. Coen 2015–2017
Derek Walsh Ballyhaunis 2018–2022
Dave McConn & Tom Phillips 2022–23
Ray Larkin & Brian Finn 2023–24
Ray Larkin 2024–
Walsh was appointed in 2018, ratified for a fourth year in charge ahead of the 2021 season then resigned at the end of the 2022 season.

## Players
### Captaincy

* Shane Boland: 2022

### Awards

* Champion 15:
denotes that a player also won Player of the Year for the year in question.
2005: Keith Higgins 2006: Paddy Barrett 2009: Conor Ryan, Adrian Freeman 2010: Derek McConn 2011: Shane Morley 2012: Donal O'Brien 2013: Derek McDonnell 2014: Ciaran Charlton, David Kenny 2017: Ger McManus 2018: David Kenny$^{2nd}$ 2020: Cathal Freeman, Shane Boland 2021: David Kenny$^{3rd}$, Cathal Freeman$^{2nd}$, Keith Higgins $^{2nd}$ 2022: Keith Higgins$^{3rd}$ 2024: David Kenny$^{4th}$, Shane Boland$^{2nd}$

### Records

* Joe Henry (Tooreen) won Railway Cup medals with Connacht in the 1980s
* Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis), the dual player, played for the county football team in many's an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final from 2006 onwards
* Shane Boland, 2022 captain, finished as top scorer in the 2022 Christy Ring Cup
* Shane Crinnigan (Tooreen) won four Connacht medals for that club (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022).

## Honours
### National

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
** Semi-finalists (1): 1909
* All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship / Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
** Runners-up (1): 2004
* All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship / Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)
** Runners-up (1): 2022
** Semi-finalists (3): 2008, 2009, 2014
* All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship / Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
** Winners (5): 1980, 1981, 2003, 2016, 2021
** Runners-up (3): 1976, 1978, 2020
* All-Ireland Minor C Hurling Championship
** Winners (2): 2013, 2014
* National Hurling League Division 2B
** Winners (1): 2018
* National Hurling League Division 3
** Winners (7): 1966, 1980, 1986, 1988, 2003, 2005, 2024
* National Hurling League Division 4
** Winners (2): 1991, 2002

### Provincial

* Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
** Winners (1): 1909
** Runners-up (1): 1905
* Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship
** Winners (2): 1969, 2014
** Runners-up (2): 1968, 2013
* Connacht Junior Hurling Championship
** Winners (3): 1936, 1967, 2004
** Runners-up (10): 1934, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1975
* Jim Hogan Couriers Connacht U21 Hurling Championship
** Winners (2): 2015, 2016
* Connacht Minor Hurling Championship
** Winners (1): 1964
** Runners-up (2): 1935, 1952