The 2025 Lory Meagher Cup was the seventeenth edition of the Lory Meagher Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2009 and is the fifth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is contested by seven GAA county teams ranked 30âÂÂ36 in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The competition runs from 12 April to 31 May 2025.
Fermanagh, winner of the 2024 final, were promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup, replaced by Monaghan who were relegated back to this competition.
The top team from the round robin stage will play off against the semi-final winner in the final to decide the winner. The Lory Meagher Cup Final was played on 31 May 2025 at Croke Park in Dublin. New York defeated Cavan by 4-17 to 2-17.
New York competed in an All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship competition for the first-time in their history, previously competing in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and Connacht Hurling League, which they won in 2024.
Relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup
Debutant
Promoted to the Nicky Rackard Cup
Initially six teams play the each other five teams in single round-robin matches. The second-placed team after the round robin games will compete against New York in the Lory Meagher Cup Semi-Final. The top team after the round robin games compete in the Lory Meagher Cup Final.
The Lory Meagher Cup champions are automatically promoted to the following year's Nicky Rackard Cup and are replaced by the bottom-placed team in the Nicky Rackard Cup. In the case that New York are champions, no team will relegated from the Nicky Rackard Cup.
The participating teams, listed by province, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the 2025 National Hurling League before the championship were:
Britain (2)
Connacht (1)
Leinster (1)
Munster (0)
Ulster (2)
North America (1)
wins the Lory Meagher Cup. As a result, retain their status in the Nicky Rackard Cup for 2026.
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