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 vacant.

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 (Tier 3) 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.

Current panel
Team as per Mayo vs London in the Christy Ring Cup (Round 3), 24 April 2022

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 WD Player has since withdrawn from the county team due to a non-injury issue.

Current management team
Manager: Vacant

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–?

Derek Walsh Ballyhaunis 2018–2022

Vacant 2022–

Walsh was appointed in 2018, ratified for a fourth year in charge ahead of the 2021 season then resigned at the end of the 2022 season.

Captaincy

 * Shane Boland: 2022

Records

 * Mayo's most famous hurlers:
 * Joe Henry (Tooreen), who won Railway Cup medals with Connacht in the 1980s
 * Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis), the dual player who played for the county football team in many's an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final from 2006 onwards
 * Shane Boland, 2022 captain, finished as top scorer in the 2022 Christy Ring Cup
 * Shane Crinnigan, Tooreen - Four Connaught Medals for Tooreen (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)

National

 * All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
 * Semi-finalists (1): 1909
 * All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship / Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
 * Runners-up (1): 2004
 * All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship / Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)
 * Runners-up (1): 2022
 * Semi-finalists (3): 2008, 2009, 2014
 * All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship / Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
 * Winners (5): 1980, 1981, 2003, 2016, 2021
 * Runners-up (3): 1976, 1978, 2020
 * All-Ireland Minor C Hurling Championship
 * Winners (2): 2013, 2014

Provincial

 * Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
 * Winners (1): 1909
 * Runners-up (1): 1905
 * Connacht Intermediate Hurling Championship
 * Winners (2): 1969, 2014
 * Runners-up (2): 1968, 2013
 * Connacht Junior Hurling Championship
 * Winners (3): 1936, 1967, 2004
 * Runners-up (10): 1934, 1935, 1939, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1975
 * Jim Hogan Couriers Connacht U21 Hurling Championship
 * Winners (2): 2015, 2016
 * Connacht Minor Hurling Championship
 * Winners (1): 1964
 * Runners-up (2): 1935, 1952