List of hurling competitions

**Gaelic games competitions** are competitive events, organised either by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) on its own or in association with other organisations in which Gaelic games or a set of compromise rules are played.

## International

* Hurling/Shinty International Series – Annual competition played between Ireland and Scotland using a combination of rules from Hurling and Shinty.

## Interprovincial

* Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Cup – Formerly known as the Railway Cup. Contested by four teams each representing one of the Irish provinces Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

## Intercounty

The following are competitions contested by GAA county teams;

* All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (Liam McCarthy Cup) – Tier 1 inter-county competition contested by teams of players selected from all the clubs within a county. Includes the Provincial championships and played on a modified knockout basis. Most prestigious competition in hurling.
* Christy Ring Cup – Tier 2 inter-county competition
* Nicky Rackard Cup – Tier 3 inter-county competition
* Lory Meagher Cup – Tier 4 inter-county competition
* National Hurling League – Played in spring, Contested by teams selected from all the clubs within a county. Teams are divided into four divisions based on their performances from the previous year. Finishing top two teams from each division enter a knockout phase.
* All-Ireland Under 21 Championship – Knockout competition for players under the age of 21 at the start of the year.
* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship - Knockout competition for players under the age of 18 at the start of the year
* All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship - Knockout competition for second teams of senior counties
* Kehoe Cup – Winter competition for weaker Leinster counties and Universities
* Walsh Cup – Winter competition for Leinster counties and Universities plus Down and Antrim.
* Waterford Crystal Cup – Winter competition for Munster counties and Universities

## Club

* All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
* All-Ireland Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
* All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship
* Antrim Senior Hurling Championship
* Armagh Senior Hurling Championship
* Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
* Cavan Senior Hurling Championship
* Clare Senior Hurling Championship
* Clare Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Clare Junior Hurling Championship
* Clare Under-21 Hurling Championship
* Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
* Connacht Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
* Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship
* Cork Senior Hurling Championship
* Cork Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Cork Junior Hurling Championship
* Cork Under-21 Hurling Championship
* Derry Senior Hurling Championship
* Donegal Senior Hurling Championship
* Down Senior Hurling Championship
* Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
* Dublin Senior B Hurling Championship
* Dublin Senior Hurling League
* Dublin Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Dublin Junior Hurling Championship
* Dublin Minor Hurling Championship
* Duhallow Junior A Hurling Championship
* Fermanagh Senior Hurling Championship
* Galway Senior Hurling Championship (2014 Championship)
* Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
* Kildare Senior Hurling Championship
* Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
* Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship
* Laois Senior Hurling Championship
* Laois Junior Hurling Championship
* Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
* Leinster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
* Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship
* Leitrim Senior Hurling Championship
* Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
* Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Longford Senior Hurling Championship
* Louth Senior Hurling Championship
* Mayo Senior Hurling Championship
* Meath Senior Hurling Championship
* Monaghan Senior Hurling Championship
* Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
* Munster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
* Munster Junior Club Hurling Championship
* Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
* Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship
* Roscommon Senior Hurling Championship
* Sligo Senior Hurling Championship
* Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
* Tipperary Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Tyrone Senior Hurling Championship
* Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
* Ulster Senior Club Hurling League
* Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship
* Ulster Junior Club Hurling Championship
* Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
* Waterford Intermediate Hurling Championship
* Waterford Junior Hurling Championship
* Westmeath Senior Hurling Championship
* Wexford Senior Hurling Championship
* Wicklow Senior Hurling Championship

## Colleges

Competitions organised by Higher Education GAA for teams based at third-level education institutions.

* Fitzgibbon Cup – All-Ireland competition for the Universities of Ireland
* Ryan Cup
* British University Hurling Championship

## Secondary schools

### Dual

* All-Ireland Vocational Schools Championship - football and hurling competition. County teams made up of players from Vocational schools at Under-18, U-16 and U-14 levels.

### Hurling

* Dr. Croke Cup - All-Ireland hurling competition for secondary schools
* Dr. Harty Cup – Munster senior A Hurling championship for secondary schools
* Dean Ryan Cup – Munster schools junior hurling championship
* Leinster Colleges Senior Hurling Championship

## Competitions outside Ireland

### North American Board area

The four major divisions of the North American GAA each have a divisional championship in each code and each grade. Divisional winners, and sometimes runners-up, go on to the North American finals which are played over the Labor Day weekend in September.

* North American Senior Hurling Championship

### Colleges

* Northern California Collegiate Hurling Championship
* Midwest Collegiate Hurling Championship