The Celtic Challenge


The Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge was established in 2016 and has been hugely successful since its inception. The ethos is a developmental one with teams initially competing at group stages. Depending then on results teams are graded for the knockout stages giving all an opportunity to compete at their own level. The inclusion of second and even third teams from Tier 1 counties has proven very successful as it can result in teams from for example, Christy Ring counties playing teams from Liam McCarthy counties in a final. These are opportunities that players otherwise would not experience.

The Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge is named in recognition of the original juvenile hurling club known as ‘Celtic’. The Divisional trophies are named in memory of 6 of the 14 civilians who were shot dead in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday, 21st November 1920. Michael Hogan [aged 24], Tom Hogan [aged 21], John William Scott [aged 14], William Robinson [aged 11], Jerome O’Leary aged 10] and Michael Feery, who was buried in a common grave.

We are delighted that the 2023 Electric Ireland Celtic Challenge will have 38 teams from 30 counties taking part.

The competition starts on Saturday 8th April and all teams will qualify for a Quarter-Final spot on Saturday 6th May.

Winners will then advance to their respective Semi-Finals on Saturday 13th May.

Semi-Final winners will play their finals on Saturday 27th May.

Corn John Scott

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 1
North Cork
12:00
BYE

Corn Michael Feery

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 4
Wicklow Blue
12:00
BYE

Corn William Robinson

Saturday 27 May 2023

Final - Dunsilly
Antrim
2-20 2-11
Derry
Referee: Gerard Fox

Saturday 20 May 2023

SF 1 - Owenbeg
Derry
5-16 3-9
Meath
Referee: Noel Mullaney

Saturday 13 May 2023

QF 2 - Creggs GAA Pitch
Mayo
0-13 2-12
Meath
Referee: Noel Quinn
SF 2 - Páirc Colmcille, Carrickmore
Tyrone
2-10 5-17
Antrim
Referee: James Clarke

Sunday 7 May 2023

QF 1 - Letterkenny
Derry
4-18 0-13
Donegal
Referee: Stephen Mullan

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 3 - Healy Park, Omagh
Tyrone
4-9 1-14
Offaly
Referee: Aidan Mc Aleer
QF 4 - Dunsilly
Antrim
3-22 1-5
Kildare Lily Whites
Referee: Alan Nash

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - O'Tooles, Dublin
Dublin
0-7 4-13
Tipperary
Referee: Brian O Connor
Round 3 - Austin Stack Park
Kerry
0-9 3-17
West Cork
Referee: Joseph Murphy

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Johnstown
West Cork
1-20 0-10
Dublin
Round 2 - Fethard Town Park, Grass Pitch
Tipperary
5-29 0-5
Kerry
Referee: Maurice Flynn

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Cashel, Tipperary
Tipperary
0-21 1-9
West Cork
Referee: Maurice Flynn

Friday 7 April 2023

Round 1 - Portlaoise - LOETB C of Excel
Kerry
0-7 3-28
Dublin

Celtic Challenge Group 10

Sunday 30 April 2023

Round 2 - Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Longford
6-10 4-8
Leitrim
Referee: Aaron Clogher

Sunday 23 April 2023

Round 3 - Kilcoole GAA Grounds
Wicklow Blue
W/O v CC
Longford
Referee: Con O Ceadaigh

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Avant Money Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Leitrim
4-6 2-8
Cavan
Referee: Eadhmonn Macsuibhne

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Kingspan Breffni
Cavan
5-6 11-19
Wicklow Blue
Referee: David Hurson

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Leitrim Gaels
Leitrim
0-4 9-25
Wicklow Blue
Referee: Micheal Connolly

Friday 7 April 2023

Round 1 - C & D Devine Park
Longford
2-11 0-9
Cavan
Referee: Sean Carroll

Celtic Challenge Group 8

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - DkIT
Antrim
2-15 2-10
Offaly
Referee: Dean Alford
Round 3 - BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Armagh
4-10 1-8
Sligo

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Connacht GAA Centre
Sligo
4-13 1-14
Offaly
Referee: John Cahill
Round 2 - Pearse Ogs
Armagh
0-12 3-15
Antrim
Referee: Kieran Rice

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Faithful Fields
Offaly
4-11 0-9
Armagh
Referee: Kieran Pat Kelly
Round 1 - Dunsilly
Antrim
4-21 0-10
Sligo

Celtic Challenge Group 9

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Darver Pitch 1
Louth
1-3 9-16
Fermanagh
Referee: Bernard Heaney

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Bawnacre 4G Pitch
Fermanagh
2-9 2-11
Monaghan
Referee: James Callaghan

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Cloghan, Entekra COE
Monaghan
5-8 4-7
Louth
Referee: John Emo

Corn Michael Feery

Sunday 28 May 2023

Final - Abbottstown - GAA Centre of Excellence
Monaghan
0-8 2-17
Wicklow Blue
Referee: Kevin Brady

Saturday 13 May 2023

SF 1 - Cloghan, Entekra COE
Monaghan
6-13 2-6
Fermanagh
Referee: Máirtín Mc Gann
SF 2 - Darver Pitch 1
Louth
1-4 4-19
Wicklow Blue
Referee: Dean Alford

Sunday 7 May 2023

QF 2 - Glennon Brothers Pearse Park
Longford
2-10 2-23
Fermanagh
Referee: John Emo

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 1 - Cloghan, Entekra COE
Monaghan
3-24 3-8
Leitrim
Referee: Máirtín Mc Gann
QF 3 - Centre of Excellence, Darver
Louth
3-11 4-6
Cavan
Referee: Derek Maguire

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Dunlavin
Wicklow Gold
2-7 4-10
Meath
Referee: Alan Lagrue
Round 3 - Castlepollard
Westmeath
1-10 0-14
Derry
Referee: Sean Carroll

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Dunganny
Meath
7-18 1-7
Westmeath
Referee: Ciarán Flynn
Round 2 - Cloghan
Derry
1-21 1-7
Wicklow Gold
Referee: Máirtín Mc Gann

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Owenbeg
Derry
4-14 2-8
Meath
Referee: Aidan Mc Aleer
Round 1 - Ballinakill Centre of Excellence
Wicklow Gold
4-10 2-13
Westmeath
Referee: Paul Gahan

Celtic Challenge Group 6

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Cloghan
Kildare Cadets
2-3 0-15
Donegal
Referee: Jim O Rourke
Round 3 - Hastings Insurance MacHale Park, Castlebar
Mayo
1-8 1-10
Meath Royals
Referee: Conor Quinlan

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Dunganny
Meath Royals
0-7 4-20
Kildare Cadets
Round 2 - GAA Centre Convoy
Donegal
1-8 1-12
Mayo

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Hawkfield Kildare C of Excel
Kildare Cadets
1-13 1-19
Mayo
Referee: Owen Murphy
Round 1 - Dunganny
Meath Royals
0-11 3-15
Donegal
Referee: David Sweeney

Celtic Challenge Group 7

Saturday 29 April 2023

Round 2 - Hawkfield Kildare C of Excel
Kildare Lily Whites
3-24 1-10
Roscommon

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Athleague
Roscommon
6-16 0-4
Carlow
Referee: Christy Browne
Round 3 - Garvaghey
Tyrone
3-8 0-6
Kildare Lily Whites
Referee: Fionntan Mc Cotter

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Abbottstown - GAA Centre of Excellence
Carlow
2-5 6-14
Tyrone

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Garvaghey
Tyrone
3-14 1-16
Roscommon
Referee: James Callaghan
Round 1 - Carlow Town HC
Carlow
0-3 6-21
Kildare Lily Whites
Referee: Patrick Phelan

Corn John Scott

Saturday 27 May 2023

Final - Birr
East Cork
2-16 1-11
Dublin
Referee: Brian Keon

Saturday 13 May 2023

SF 2 - Faithful Fields
Offaly
3-14 4-23
Dublin
Referee: Sean Higgins
SF 1 - Kilworth
North Cork
1-17 4-21
East Cork

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 3 - O'Tooles, Dublin
Dublin
6-33 1-7
Kildare
Referee: Ciarán Flynn
QF 4 - Faithful Fields
Offaly
2-24 1-8
Kerry
Referee: Robert Phelan
QF 2 - UL Grounds
Limerick
1-16 2-18
East Cork
Referee: Pat O Mahony

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Kennedy Park NS
Wexford
1-23 1-17
East Cork
Referee: Eamonn Furlong

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - UPMC Nowlan Park
Kilkenny
5-17 0-18
Wexford
Referee: Cathal Mc Steen

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Fr O'Neills
East Cork
1-20 3-24
Kilkenny
Referee: Nicholas Barry

Corn Jerome O'Leary

Sunday 28 May 2023

Final - Robinstown
Westmeath
0-25 1-12
Roscommon
Referee: James Clarke

Saturday 13 May 2023

SF 2 - Ballyforan
Roscommon
2-11 0-10
Armagh
Referee: Paul Fahy
SF 1 - Robinstown
Westmeath
0-21 1-10
Wicklow Gold
Referee: Patrick Phelan

Monday 8 May 2023

QF 3 - Athleague
Roscommon
5-14 2-13
Sligo
Referee: Karol Collins

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 1 - Echelon Park, Aughrim
Wicklow Gold
1-14 1-8
Meath Royals
Referee: Eamonn Furlong
QF 2 - Glen Easton
Kildare Cadets
0-15 3-19
Westmeath
Referee: Dean Alford
QF 4 - BOX-IT Athletic Grounds, Armagh
Armagh
W/O v CC
Carlow
Referee: James Clarke

Saturday 29 April 2023

Round 2 - LOETB Centre of Excellence
Laois
2-20 1-11
Offaly

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Riverstown
Cork City
4-23 0-7
Laois
Referee: Eamonn Stapleton
Round 3 - Faithful Fields
Offaly
4-17 1-11
Kildare
Referee: Patrick Phelan

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Manguard Plus Kildare GAA COE, Hawkfield
Kildare
0-9 7-16
Cork City
Referee: Alan Lagrue

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - LOETB Centre of Excellence
Laois
1-21 1-6
Kildare
Referee: Cathal Mc Steen
Round 1 - Glenisk O'Connor Park
Offaly
0-11 5-24
Cork City

Corn Michael Hogan

Saturday 27 May 2023

Final - Birr
Galway
0-27 1-28
Tipperary
Referee: Matthew Farrell

Saturday 13 May 2023

SF 1 - Crinkle
Galway
2-23 2-13
Kilkenny
Referee: Padraig Dunne
SF 2 - Brinny
West Cork
2-15 2-16
Tipperary
Referee: Seamus Mulvihill

Saturday 6 May 2023

QF 1 - Portlaoise - LOETB C of Excel
Galway
6-18 1-14
Wexford
Referee: Thaigh Morley
QF 2 - UPMC Nowlan Park
Kilkenny
0-23 1-13
Clare
Referee: Cathal Mc Steen
QF 3 - Cashel, Tipperary
Tipperary
12-20 0-9
Laois
Referee: Sean Michael Maher
QF 4
Cork City
0-17 1-16
West Cork
Referee: Ciarán O Regan

Saturday 22 April 2023

Round 3 - Garryspillane
Limerick
0-22 0-16
North Cork
Referee: Sean Lonergan (B)
Round 3 - Loughrea
Galway
1-30 1-21
Clare
Referee: Noel Quinn

Saturday 15 April 2023

Round 2 - Tulla
Clare
3-21 1-14
North Cork
Referee: Noel Quinn
Round 2 - Ballinderreen
Galway
2-25 2-12
Limerick
Referee: Brian Keon

Saturday 8 April 2023

Round 1 - Dromina
North Cork
1-7 1-24
Galway
Referee: Johnny Murphy
Round 1 - UL Grounds
Limerick
1-15 1-27
Clare
Referee: Shane Scanlon