Gaelic Senior Hardball Singles

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Gaelic handball

Gaelic handball is a sport similar to Basque pelota, racquetball, squash and American handball . It is one of the four Gaelic games organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association...

 or senior softball singles

Gaelic Senior Softball Singles

The All-Ireland Senior Softball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by M. Joyce of Dublin, a player from Urlingford, County Kilkenny...

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The All-Ireland Senior Hardball Singles title is an all-Ireland Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 competition between all 32 counties of Ireland which first commenced in 1925. The first senior hardball singles title was won by W. Aldridge. The current All-Ireland Senior Hardball champion is Eoin Kennedy

Eoin Kennedy

Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.'Eoin Kennedy is currently an engineer and former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. He is the holder of 14 Senior handball titles. He also has won 3 Irish Nationals Open Singles and a Collegiate title representing DCU...

, who represents Dublin

Dublin GAA

Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...

 and St Brigids.

Top winners

	Team	Number of Wins	Winning Years
1	Dublin Dublin GAA Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...	15	1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 2003, 2004, 2005.
2	Kilkenny Kilkenny GAA The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...	13	1932, 1936 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1986, 1992.
3	Louth Louth GAA The Louth County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Louth GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Louth. The county board is also responsible for the Louth inter-county teams....	12	1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
4	Kildare Kildare GAA For more information see Kildare Senior Club Football Championship or Kildare Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Kildare County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Kildare GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kildare...	10	1925, 1943, 1950, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990.
4	Mayo Mayo GAA The Mayo County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Mayo GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Mayo and the Mayo inter-county teams.-History:...	10	1965, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983.
5	Meath Meath GAA The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :...	4	1933, 1935, 1998, 2001.
5	Wexford Wexford GAA The Wexford County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Wexford GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Wexford. The county board is also responsible for the Wexford inter-county teams.-History:Hurling has been played in...	4	1952, 1953,1956, 1957.
5	Kerry Kerry GAA The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry...	4	1958, 1959, 1960, 1962.
6	Carlow Carlow GAA The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the Carlow inter-county teams.-Gaelic football:...	2	1934, 2002.
6	Tipperary Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or C is one of over 30 regional executive boards throughout the world. These executive boards are known as County Boards even though some no longer correspond to the area under the jurisdiction of the counties from which their names...	2	1966, 1971
6	Limerick Limerick GAA The Limerick County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Limerick GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Limerick...	2	1979, 1980
7	Roscommon Roscommon GAA For more details of Roscommon GAA see Roscommon Senior Club Football Championship or Roscommon Senior Club Hurling Championship.The Roscommon County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Roscommon GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games...	1	1987.

Previous winners

Year	Player	County
1925	W. Aldridge	Kildare
1926-31	T. Soye	Dublin Dublin GAA Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
1932	J. Lucas	Kilkenny Kilkenny GAA The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...
1933	P. Bell	Meath Meath GAA The Meath County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Meath GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Meath, as well as for Meath inter-county teams.- Pre-1960s :...
1934	P. Reid	Carlow
1935	S. Tormey	Meath
1936-42	J.J. Gilmartin	Kilkenny
1943	M. Dowling	Kildare
1944	A. Clarke	Dublin
1945-47	J.J. Gilmartin	Kilkenny
1948-49	A. Clarke	Dublin
1950	R. Grattan	Kildare
1951	A. Clarke	Dublin
1952-53	J. Ryan	Wexford
1954-55	A. Clarke	Dublin
1956-57	J. Ryan	Wexford
1958-60	P. Downey	Kerry
1961	J. Maher	Louth
1962	P. Downey	Kerry
1963-64	J. Maher	Louth
1965	P. McGee	Mayo
1966	P. Hickey	Tipperary
1967	P. McGee	Mayo
1968-70	J. Maher	Louth
1971	P. Hickey	Tipperary
1972-77	P. McGee	Mayo
1978	C. Winders	Kildare
1979/80	P. McGarry	Limerick
1981	P. Winders	Kildare
1982-83	P. McGee	Mayo
1984	P. Winders	Kildare
1985	T. O’Rourke	Kildare
1986	B. Bourke	Kilkenny
1987	M. Walsh	Roscommon
1988-90	T. O’Rourke	Kildare
1991	P. McAuley	Louth
1992	B. Bourke	Kilkenny
1993-97	P. McAuley	Louth
1998	W. O’Connor	Meath
1999	No Championship
2000	No Championship
2001	W O’Connor	Meath
2002	K Kane	Carlow
2003	E Kennedy	Dublin
2004	E Kennedy	Dublin
2005	E. Kennedy Eoin Kennedy Eoin Kennedy is an Irish handball player from County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland.'Eoin Kennedy is currently an engineer and former lecturer at NUI Maynooth. He is the holder of 14 Senior handball titles. He also has won 3 Irish Nationals Open Singles and a Collegiate title representing DCU...	Dublin Dublin GAA Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association , or Dublin GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Dublin. The county board is also responsible for the Dublin inter-county teams...
2006
2007

External links

• Handball Roll of Honour
• Official GAA Handball Website