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The Mayo county hurling team represents Mayo in
hurling Hurling (, ') is an outdoor Team sport, team game of ancient Gaelic culture, Gaelic Irish origin, played by men and women. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goa ...
and is governed by
Mayo GAA The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) () or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 County board (Gaelic games), county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo county teams. The M ...
, the
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of the
Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...
. The team competes in the
Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is ...
and the
National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...
. It formerly competed in the abolished
Connacht Senior Hurling Championship The Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship, was an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Connacht GAA, Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It was the highest inte ...
. Mayo's home ground is
MacHale Park MacHale Park () is a Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA stadium in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is the home of the Castlebar Mitchels GAA and Mayo GAA Gaelic football teams. Built in 1931, the ground currently has a capacity of 28,000 and i ...
,
Castlebar Castlebar () is the county town of County Mayo, Ireland. Developing around a 13th-century castle of the de Barry family, from which the town got its name, the town now acts as a social and economic focal point for the surrounding hinterland. Wi ...
. 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 Ballyhaunis () is a town in County Mayo, Ireland. It is at the crossroads of the N60 and N83 National secondary roads and on the railway line linking Dublin to Westport and Ballina. Ballyhaunis is within both the Roman Catholic and civil pa ...
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,
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and
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. Mayo's best performances in the
Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is ...
came in 2008 and 2009, when the Mayo side fell at the semi-final stage to
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and Down respectively. Mayo won the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup, defeating
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by a scoreline of 2–16 to 1–15 at
Croke Park Croke Park (, ) is a Gaelic games stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Named after Archbishop Thomas Croke, it is referred to as Croker by GAA fans and locals. It serves as both the principal national stadium of Ireland and headquarters of the Gaelic At ...
. Mayo lost the 2020 Nicky Rackard Cup Final to Donegal by a scoreline of 3–18 to 0–21.


Panel

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:'' *
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: Ray Larkin ( Tooreen) *
Head coach A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as associat ...
: Nigel Shaughnessy (former Galway senior hurler,
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) *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–


Players


Notable 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 Kenny2nd
2020: Cathal Freeman, Shane Boland
2021: David Kenny3rd, Cathal Freeman2nd, 2nd
2022: Keith Higgins3rd
2024: David Kenny4th, Shane Boland2nd


Records

*Joe Henry (Tooreen) won Railway Cup medals with Connacht in the 1980s * Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis), the
dual player Dual player or dual star is a term used in Hiberno-English to describe someone who competes in multiple sports — for example, in Victorian Ireland, cricket and hurling. The term today in Gaelic games typically describes a male player who plays ...
, played for the county football team in many's an
All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) () is the premier inter-county competition in Gaelic football. County (Gaelic games), County teams compete against each other and the winner is declared All-Ireland Champions. Organised by the ...
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 The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for ...
** Semi-finalists (1):
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* All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship /
Joe McDonagh Cup The Joe McDonagh Cup () is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the second-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier t ...
(Tier 2) ** Runners-up (1):
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All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling Intermediate All-Ireland Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Effectively contested by the second ...
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Christy Ring Cup The Christy Ring Cup () is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the third-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship is the first-tier trophy). It is ...
(Tier 3) ** Runners-up (1):
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All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship The All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was a hurling competition organized by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland. The competition was originally contested by the second teams of the strong counties, and the first teams of the weaker ...
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Nicky Rackard Cup The Nicky Rackard Cup (; often referred to as the Rackard Cup) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The cup forms the fourth-tier of Hurling for senior county teams (the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champi ...
(Tier 4) ** Winners (5): 1980, 1981, 2003,
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** Runners-up (3): 1976, 1978,
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*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

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Connacht Senior Hurling Championship The Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, known simply as the Connacht Championship, was an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Connacht GAA, Connacht Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It was the highest inte ...
** 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


References

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