This page details statistics of the Christy Ring Cup.
General performances
Wins by team
By province
Total Intermediate grade championship titles
Includes All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship and Christy Ring Cup.
Number of participating counties in the Christy Ring Cup
A total of 17 counties have played in the Christy Ring Cup. Season in bold represents teams qualified for the final that season.
Counties
Team results
Legend
For each year, the number of counties (in brackets) are shown.
Least successful counties
Out of the 17 counties who have participated, five counties have never been represented in a Christy Ring Cup Final. These are Armagh, Donegal, Roscommon, Sligo and Tyrone. Three of these counties have never competed in a semi-final: Armagh, Donegal, and Tyrone.
Donegal are the only team yet to win a Christy Ring Cup match.
A lot of the Christy Ring Cup counties are more prominent in the sport of gaelic football. Christy Ring Cup participants such as Armagh, Derry, Donegal, Kerry, Mayo, Roscommon and Tyrone are more competitive and higher up the tiers in football.
Team participation
Debut of teams
Seasons in Christy Ring Cup
The number of years that each county has played in the Christy Ring Cup between 2005 and 2024. A total of 17 counties have competed in at least one season of the Christy Ring Cup. Wicklow have participated in the most seasons. The counties in bold participate in the 2024 Christy Ring Cup.
List of Christy Ring Cup counties
All-time Christy Ring Cup rankings
All-time table
Legend
As of 2024 Cup (before final).
Teams
By Semi-Final Appearances
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Christy Ring Cup titles, is as follows:
- 2000s: 2 each for Westmeath (2005, 2007) and Carlow (2008, 2009)
- 2010s: 2 each for Kerry (2011, 2015), Kildare (2014, 2018) and Meath (2016, 2019)
- 2020s: 2 for Kildare (2020, 2022)
Match records
Other records
Finishing positions
- Most group stage finishes
- 3, Meath (2005, 2006, 2008)
- 3, London (2006, 2007, 2008)
- 3, Mayo (2006, 2007, 2018)
- 3, Wicklow (2006, 2007, 2019)
Unbeaten sides
Beaten sides
The group stage of the cup has resulted in 9 'back-door' Christy Ring Cup champions:
On 000 occasions a team was defeated twice but have remained in the championship:
- 000 (000) were beaten by 000 and 000 but still qualified for the final.
Final success rate
Only one county have appeared in the final more than once, being victorious on all occasions:
On the opposite end of the scale, only two counties has appeared in the final more than once, losing on each occasion:
Consecutive participations
Wicklow have the record number of consecutive participations in the Christy Ring Cup, taking part in 18 seasons.
Winning other trophies
Although not an officially recognised achievement, a number of teams have achieved the distinction of winning the Christy Ring Cup and their respective Division in the National Hurling League:
- Kerry in 2015 (Division 2A).
- Offaly in 2021 (Division 2A).
- Meath in 2023 (Division 2B).
Biggest wins
Scoring Events
- Most goals in a match:
- 0 â 0000: 0000
- Most points in a match:
- 0 â 0000: 0000
- Most goals by one team in a match:
- 0 â 0000: 0000
- Most points by one team in a match:
- 0 â 0000: 0000
- Highest aggregate score:
- 0 â 0000: 0000
- Lowest aggregate score:
- 0 â 0000: 0000
Successful defending
A total of nineteen seasons have been played and only one team has been successful in retaining the cup. (most teams were promoted after winning the Christy Ring Cup, therefore they were unable to defend the cup):
Gaps
Active gaps
- Longest active gaps between since last title:
- 19 years: Antrim (2006âÂÂ)
- 15 years: Westmeath (2010âÂÂ)
- 13 years: London (2012âÂÂ)
- 12 years: Down (2013âÂÂ)
- 10 years: Kerry (2015âÂÂ)
- 8 years: Carlow (2017âÂÂ)
- 4 years: Offaly (2021âÂÂ)
- 2 years: Meath (2023âÂÂ)
- 1 year: Kildare (2024âÂÂ)
- Longest active gaps since last cup final appearance:
- 15 years: Westmeath (2010âÂÂ)
- 13 years: Wicklow (2012âÂÂ)
- 10 years: Kerry (2015âÂÂ)
- 8 years: Antrim (2017âÂÂ)
- 8 years: Carlow (2017âÂÂ)
- 5 years: Down (2020âÂÂ)
- 4 years: Offaly (2021âÂÂ)
- 3 years: Mayo (2022âÂÂ)
- 2 years: Meath (2023âÂÂ)
- 1 year: Kildare (2024âÂÂ)
- 0 years: Derry (2025âÂÂ)
- 0 years: London (2025âÂÂ)
- Longest active gap since last cup appearance
- 15 years: Westmeath (2010âÂÂ)
Provinces
Christy Ring Cup final pairings
Longest undefeated run
The record for the longest unbeaten run stands at 00 games held by 000 (00-00).
Miscellaneous
- Best finish by a debuting team
- Champions, Westmeath (2005)
- Best finish by a debuting team (after 2005)
- Champions, Antrim (2006)
- Highest winning record
- 73%, Antrim (11 wins in 15 matches)
- Lowest winning record
- 0%, Donegal (0 wins in 4 matches)
- Most played match
- 000, 000 v 000 (0000)
Managers
Winning managers (2022âÂÂpresent)
Player records
Top Scorers Overall
Top Scorers In The Final
Miscellaneous
- Most Christy Ring Cup winners' medals: 3
- Joe Clarke (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Paul Greville (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Conor Jordan (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Enda Loughlin (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Darren McCormack (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Andrew Mitchell (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Brendan Murtagh (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- John Shaw (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Ronan Whelan (Westmeath) â 2005, 2007, 2010
- Richard Coady (Carlow) - 2008, 2009, 2017
- Paul Divilly (Kildare) - 2014, 2018, 2020
- Niall àMuineacháin (Kildare) - 2014, 2018, 2020
See also
References