The Dublin county hurling team represents

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 ...

hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of pla ...

and is governed by Dublin GAA, the county board of the

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. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition i ...

, the

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

and the

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual 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 league system. ...

. Dublin's home ground is

Parnell Park Parnell Park is a GAA stadium in Donnycarney, Dublin, Ireland with a capacity of 8,500. It is the home of the Dublin GAA hurling, football, camogie and ladies' football teams at all levels of competition. The ground is used by Dublin's int ...

, Donnycarney. The team's manager is Micheál Donoghue. The team last won the Leinster Senior Championship in 2013, the All-Ireland Senior Championship in 1938 and the National League in 2011.

History

In the 2005 league Dublin were relegated to Division Two in the

, while the minor side won the Leinster Championship for the first time since 1983. In 2006 Dublin gained promotion to Division One after victory over Kerry in the Division Two final. Following some indifferent displays in the 2006

, they still managed to save their status in the top flight of hurling counties and again contested the McCarthy Cup in 2007. In the

2007 National Hurling League The 2007 National Hurling League was the 76th season of the National Hurling League, the top leagues for inter-county hurling teams, since its establishment in 1925. The fixtures were announced on 28 November 2006. The season began on 18 February 2 ...

, meanwhile, despite being favourites to go down in 2007, Dublin managed to avoid relegation by finishing in fourth position. In 2009, former Clare manager, Anthony Daly was appointed manager of Dublin. Under his management, Dublin contested the Leinster Final, but lost by 2 goals to Kilkenny. Dublin won the National Hurling League in May 2011 after a 12-point win over Kilkenny, their first national title since they won the All Ireland in 1938. The hurlers have a very fervent following who travel in significant numbers to matches in the provinces. There has been a revival in the fortunes and popularity of Dublin hurling in recent years, and Dublin underage teams have had much success. On 7 July 2013, they won the Leinster Final against Galway on a 2–25 to 2–13 scoreline, scoring 2–21 from play. This was the first time they had won this important competition since 1961. In a nice touch, the Goalkeeper from the 1961 team, presented Dublin Captain, Johnny McCaffrey with the Bob O'Keefe trophy.

Support

Rivalries

Dublin shares rivalries with fellow provincial sides Kilkenny,

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and

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N1 ...

Current panel

Éamonn Dillon Éamonn Dillon (born 1992) is an Irish hurler who plays for Dublin Senior Championship club Naomh Fionnbarra and formerly at intercounty level with the Dublin senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a forward. Career A member of the N ...

^INJ ^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.

Current management team

:''Appointed on a three-year term in August 2022:'' *

Manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

: Micheál Donoghue *Backroom: Francis Forde, Noel Larkin, Shane O'Brien *

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: * Selectors:

Managerial history

Jimmy Boggan 1982–1988 Lar Foley 1988–1993 Jimmy Gray 1993–1996 Michael O'Grady 1996–2000 Kevin Fennelly 2001–2002

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2003 Humphrey Kelleher 2003–2005 John Bailey -

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- Tommy Ryan 2005 (interim) Tommy Naughton 2005–2008 Anthony Daly 2008–2014 Ger Cunningham 2014–2017 Pat Gilroy 2017–2018

Mattie Kenny Thomas Martin Kenny (born 1964), better known as Mattie Kenny, is an Irish hurling manager and former player who is the former manager of the Dublin senior hurling team. As a player he lined out with Galway Senior Championship club Abbey/Duni ...

2018–2022 Micheál Donoghue 2022–

Players

Notable players

* Conal Keaney: 2001–2020

Records

Most appearances

Top scorers

All Stars

Dublin has 8 All Stars, as of 2013. 7 different players have won, as of 2013. 1971:

Mick Bermingham Michael Bermingham is an Irish people, Irish sportsperson. He played hurling for the Kilmacud Crokes GAA, Kilmacud Crokes club from 1951 until 1983 and was a member of the Dublin GAA, Dublin senior inter-county team. Bermingham was selected on ...

1990: Brian McMahon
2009: Alan McCrabbe
2011:

Liam Rushe Liam Rushe (born 18 June 1990) is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a centre back for the Dublin senior team. Rushe made his first appearance for the team during the 2009 championship and has become a regular member of the starting fift ...

Gary Maguire
2013: Peter Kelly, Liam Rushe^2nd,

Danny Sutcliffe Danny Sutcliffe (born 24 February 1992) is a hurler who plays for the St Jude's club and at senior level for the Dublin county team. Sutcliffe was part of the Dublin minor football team in 2009 whom he won a Leinster title. Sutcliffe later ...

Honours

Dublin's hurlers have failed to replicate the success of the county's football side, having won the Senior All-Ireland Hurling final on 6 occasions, most recently in 1938. In terms of All-Ireland titles, they are significantly behind hurling's big three of Kilkenny, Cork and Tipperary. Their six titles do however place them fifth in the overall winners list, jointly tied with

. Dublin have won the

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on 24 occasions (the second highest total of any side), although they remain well behind Kilkenny, who have won the Leinster Championship 70 times. Dublin have won the

three times: in 1929, 1939 and 2011. This places them joint seventh (with

Clare Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley * Clare Valley, South Australia Canada * Clare (electoral district), an electoral district * Cl ...

) on the overall winners list, having won 16 fewer titles than top-ranked Tipperary.

National

** Winners (6): 1889, 1917, 1920, 1924,

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, 1938 ** Runners-up (15): 1892,

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, 1896, 1906,

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1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...

, 1921,

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a max ...

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

, 1942, 1944,

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

, 1952, 1961 *

** Winners (3): 1928–29, 1938–39, 2011 ** Runners-up (5): 1925–26, 1929–30, 1933–34, 1940–41, 1945–46

Provincial

** Winners (24): 1889, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1902, 1906, 1908, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1961, 2013 ** Runners-up (36): 1888, 1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1933, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1990, 1991, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2021

Fingal

In 2007, the GAA announced that a hurling team from

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. ...

(north county Dublin) would compete in parallel to the main Dublin team, to encourage hurling in an area of growing population where the game has not been strong. While players from Fingal are eligible for the main Dublin team, non-Fingal players cannot play for Fingal. The new team competed in the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2008, and the Kehoe Cup in 2009. They played in the National Hurling League up until 2016 when the Fingal Hurling project was disbanded.

References

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