Mayo county hurling team


The Mayo county hurling team represents Mayo in hurling and is governed by Mayo GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the Christy Ring Cup and the National Hurling League. It formerly competed in the abolished Connacht Senior Hurling Championship.
Mayo's home ground is MacHale Park, Castlebar. 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 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 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, Roscommon and Sligo.
Mayo's best performances in the Christy Ring Cup came in 2008 and 2009, when the Mayo side fell at the semi-final stage to Carlow and Down respectively.
Mayo won the 2016 Nicky Rackard Cup, defeating Armagh by a scoreline of 2–16 to 1–15 at Croke Park.
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WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.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:

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

Captaincy

Awards

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
2025: Oisín Greally, Daniel Huane, Liam Lavin

Records

Honours

National

Provincial