2026 Galway Senior Hurling Championship

2026 Galway Senior Hurling Championship

Tournament details
County	Galway
Year	2026
Sponsor	Forvis Mazars

The 2026 Galway Senior Hurling Championship is the 129th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. The competition is sponsored by Forvis Mazars. Loughrea are the defending champions. The competition runs from 9 August until the end of October.

Competition format

16 teams compete for the championship title. The bottom team after a relegation play-off will be relegated to Intermediate. Compared to 2025 the Senior B competition ceases to exist and its teams are integrated in the Intermediate championship.

The Galway champion qualifies directly for the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship due to the lack of opposition from other counties in Connacht.

Group stage

Senior consists of 16 teams divided into four groups of four. The format is:

• Top team in each group → Quarterfinals
• 2nd and 3rd place → Preliminary Quarterfinals
• 4th place in each group → Relegation playoffs

The draw of the group took place on 22 June.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Tommy Larkin's	2	2	0	0	55	42	13	4
2	Loughrea	2	1	0	1	40	42	-2	2
3	Gort	2	1	0	1	49	54	-5	2
4	Moycullen	2	0	0	2	41	47	-6	0

9 August Round 1	Moycullen	2-18 - 1-24	Gort

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9 August Round 1	Tommy Larkin's	3-16 - 1-17	Loughrea

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23 August Round 2	Gort	1-19 - 1-27	Tommy Larkin's

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23 August Round 2	Loughrea	1-17 - 1-14	Moycullen

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6 September Round 3	Loughrea	v	Gort

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6 September Round 3	Moycullen	v	Tommy Larkin's

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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Clarinbridge	2	2	0	0	49	40	9	4
2	Craughwell	2	1	0	1	46	46	0	2
3	Liam Mellows	2	1	0	1	47	42	5	2
4	Cappataggle	2	0	0	2	36	50	-14	0

9 August Round 1	Cappataggle	2-13 - 2-20	Liam Mellows

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9 August Round 1	Craughwell	2-17 - 1-22	Clarinbridge

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23 August Round 2	Clarinbridge	2-18 - 0-17	Cappataggle

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23 August Round 2	Liam Mellows	1-18 - 0-23	Craughwell

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6 September Round 3	Craughwell	v	Cappataggle

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6 September Round 3	Liam Mellows	v	Clarinbridge

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Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	St Thomas'	2	2	0	0	55	47	8	4
2	Sarsfields	2	1	1	0	52	48	4	3
3	Castlegar	2	0	1	1	55	59	-4	1
4	Oranmore–Maree	2	0	0	2	40	48	-8	0

9 August Round 1	Sarsfields	2-21 - 1-24	Castlegar

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9 August Round 1	St Thomas'	0-23 - 0-19	Oranmore–Maree

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23 August Round 2	Castlegar	1-25 - 6-14	St Thomas'

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23 August Round 2	Oranmore–Maree	1-18 - 2-19	Sarsfields

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6 September Round 3	Oranmore–Maree	v	Castlegar

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6 September Round 3	Sarsfields	v	St Thomas'

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Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts
1	Athenry	1	2	0	0	52	47	5	4
2	Turloughmore	1	1	0	1	65	57	8	2
3	Ardrahan	1	1	0	1	46	48	-2	2
4	Killimordaly	1	0	0	2	53	64	-11	0

9 August Round 1	Ardrahan	1-22 - 1-21	Killimordaly

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9 August Round 1	Turloughmore	2-20 - 2-22	Athenry

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23 August Round 2	Athenry	1-21 - 1-18	Ardrahan

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23 August Round 2	Killimordaly	3-20 - 0-39	Turloughmore

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6 September Round 3	Killimordaly	v	Athenry

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6 September Round 3	Turloughmore	v	Ardrahan

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Relegation

Semi-finals

Relegation Semi-final		v

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Relegation Semi-final		v

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Final

Relegation Final		v

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Preliminary Quarterfinals

Preliminary Quarterfinal		v

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Preliminary Quarterfinal		v

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Preliminary Quarterfinal		v

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Preliminary Quarterfinal		v

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Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal		v

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Quarterfinal		v

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Quarterfinal		v

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Quarterfinal		v

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Semifinals

Semifinal		v

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Semifinal		v

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Final

Final		v

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Weblinks

https://www.galwaygaa.ie/competitions/