The Double (Gaelic games)

The Double is a term in Gaelic games that refers to a county winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in the same year. Other major trophies won in combination in the same year at minor or under-21 levels are also often referred to as doubles. Similarly, the winning of the All-Ireland and the National League titles in the same year may also be referred to as the Double, albeit an inferior one.

The Double

Historically it has been unusual for counties to be strong in both codes simultaneously. Indeed, historically many counties have tended to favour one code over the other long term. Dublin and Kerry, for example, have historically dominated football, but been weaker in hurling, while Kilkenny and Limerick are powerful in hurling, but much weaker in football. Only two counties have achieved this rare distinction at Senior level, both on two separate occasions; only Cork have done so in recent times, although Galway and Offaly have both come within a single win on one occasion:

County Year Won Titles won for the double
Cork 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary 1895 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Cork 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

National League-All-Ireland double

An All-Ireland, national league double involves winning both trophies in either sports code, rather than winning trophies in different codes. As might be expected, this is a much more common double.

Key
For Gaelic football double
For hurling double
County Year Won Titles won for the double
Cork 1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kerry 1929 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kerry 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kerry 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kilkenny 1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Limerick 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Limerick 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Mayo 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Cork 1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Cavan 1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Tipperary 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Tipperary 1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Cork 1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Wexford 1956 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Dublin 1958 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kerry 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Down 1960 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Tipperary 1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Tipperary 1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Galway 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Tipperary 1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kerry 1969 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Dublin 1976 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kilkenny 1982 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kerry 1982 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kilkenny 1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kerry 1984 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Galway 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Meath 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Cork 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kerry 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Tipperary 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kilkenny 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kilkenny 2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Tyrone 2003 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kerry 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kilkenny 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Kerry 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kerry 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kilkenny 2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Cork 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Dublin 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Kilkenny 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Dublin 2015 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Dublin 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League
Galway 2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, National Hurling League
Dublin 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, National Football League

Near Doubles

A great many sides over the years have come close to winning the coveted senior double but narrowly failed to do so by losing one or both of the championships at the end of the season.

The full list of these teams:

  • Wexford in 1890, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • Dublin in 1892, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Cork in 1893, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • Cork in 1894, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • Dublin in 1894, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Dublin in 1896, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • London in 1901, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • London in 1902, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • London in 1903, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • Dublin in 1906, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Cork in 1907, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • Dublin in 1908, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Wexford in 1918, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Dublin in 1920, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • Dublin in 1921, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Dublin in 1924, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • Galway in 1925, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Dublin in 1934, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • Dublin in 1942, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners
  • Cork in 1956, hurling championship runners-up/football championship runners-up
  • Offaly in 1981, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • Cork in 1999, hurling championship winners/football championship runners-up
  • Galway in 2001, hurling championship runners-up/football championship winners

See also

References

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