Table

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Group 1
*Down	3	2	0	1	94	75	4
*Derry	3	2	0	1	65	56	4
Wicklow	3	2	0	1	68	65	4
Donegal	3	0	0	3	56	87	0
Group 2
*Meath	3	3	0	0	85	48	6
*Roscommon	3	2	0	1	67	59	4
Kildare	3	1	0	2	59	75	2
London	3	0	0	3	53	82	0

Semi-Finals & Final

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
08.06.2019	Meath	3-24 (30)	Derry	2-18 (24)
08.06.2019	Down	3-18 (27)	Roscommon	1-15 (18)
	Final
22.06.2019	Down	2-15 (21)	Meath	4-19 (31)

Relegation Playoff

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoff
08.06.2019	London	2-18 (24)	Donegal	1-14 (17)

Group Stage Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Group 1
11.05.2019	Down	2-14 (20)	Derry	3-20 (29)
12.05.2019	Donegal	1-15 (18)	Wicklow	4-12 (24)
18.05.2019	Derry	0-20 (20)	Donegal	1-14 (17)
18.05.2019	Wicklow	2-19 (25)	Down	2-25 (31)
01.06.2019	Donegal	2-15 (21)	Down	7-22 (43)
01.06.2019	Derry	0-16 (16)	Wicklow	1-16 (19)
	Group 2
12.05.2019	Roscommon	0-20 (20)	Kildare	1-15 (18)
12.05.2019	Meath	2-23 (29)	London	0-13 (13)
18.05.2019	London	2-12 (18)	Roscommon	1-25 (28)
18.05.2019	Kildare	1-13 (16)	Meath	2-27 (33)
01.06.2019	London	2-16 (22)	Kildare	2-19 (25)
01.06.2019	Roscommon	0-19 (19)	Meath	0-23 (23)

Report

Meath won the GAA Hurling Christy Ring Cup in 2019, defeating Down 4-19 (31 Points) to 2-15 (21 Points) in the Final. The 2019 Christy Ring Cup was played in Group format followed by Semi-Finals and Final for the first time, with Down and Meath topping the two groups and joined in the Semi-Finals by Derry and Roscommon. Down, however, needed points differential to win Group A, having tied on 4 Points with boty Derry and Wicklow. Meath had an easier run in Group B, with convincing wins over London and Kildare, and a narrower win over Roscommon. Donegal, bottom of Group A, lost the Relegation playoff to London.

About Hurling

Hurling is an ancient Gaelic Irish Sport, and one of the four Charter GAA Sports of 1884. It is played with a Hurl or Hurley (stick) and a sliotar (ball) and is one of the fastest team sports in the world. It is 15-a-side and Goals (worth 3 points) are scored as well as points (over the bar – worth one point). It is organised on a Club and County basis like most GAA Sports and has County, Provncial and All-Ireland Championships. Within both Club and County Championships there is the Hurling League (usually run over winter) and the Hurling Championship (usually run over summer). There are about 12 Top Level (Division 1) Counties that play for the Liam McCarthy Cup, as well as the Christy Ring Cup (Division 2), and Nicky Rackard (Division 3) and Lory Meaghar Cups (Division 4). Outside of Ireland there are 14 Counties that also play Gaelic Football and sometimes Hurling, with London, Warwickshire and Lancashire taking part in the lower levels of the All-Ireland Championships. The Christy Ring Cup is the Level 2 All-Ireland County Championship in Hurling, named after the great Cork player.

References

Websites

Images

[1] Donegal Daily (2017) GAA Logo [Internet] Available from: http://www.donegaldaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/gaa-logo.png [Accessed 2 December 2017]

Websites

[2] GAA (2019) Hurling | Christy Ring Cup | Tables [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/christy-ring/tables [Accessed 2 October 2019]

[3] GAA (2019) Hurling | Christy Ring Cup [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/christy-ring/ [Accessed 2 October 2019]

Images

[4] GAA (2019) whxt66vhxu7fvtkqmzce Photo Caption: The Meath players celebrate with the Christy Ring Cup after victory over Down [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/api/images/image/private/w_1322,h_774,c_fill,g_auto,q_auto/whxt66vhxu7fvtkqmzce.jpg [Accessed 26 November 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gabriel McCloyne & Tom Dunne.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 26 November 2020

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