Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
| Dublin Senior Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2017 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
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| Irish | Craobh Sinsear Iomána Átha Cliath |
| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Region |
 Dublin (GAA) |
| No. of teams | 16 (2015) |
| Title holders | Cuala (5th title) |
| Most titles | Faughs (31 titles) |
| Sponsors | Evening Herald |
| TV partner(s) | TG4 |
| Official website | Dublin GAA |
The Dublin Senior Hurling Championship (Irish: Craobh Sinsear Iomána Átha Cliath) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Dublin County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) since 1887 for the top hurling clubs in County Dublin, Ireland.
Sixteen clubs compete. Initially the teams are divided into four groups of four with the group matches being played from April to May with a break to accommodate the All-Ireland Championship and resume during August or September. The group stage is followed by a knock-out phase which takes place during the months of October and November.
Sponsored by the Evening Herald, it is therefore officially known as the Evening Herald Dublin Senior Hurling Championship.
Since the establishment of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship in 1887, a total of 26 clubs have won the tournament. Faughs have been the most successful club having won 31 titles.
The game of hurling has been played in Dublin long since before the foundation of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship and the GAA. According to Irish historian James Ware (1594–1666), it was customary in the 13th century for the inhabitants of Dublin to organise hurling matches on festive days. On Easter Monday 1209, hundreds of Dublin citizens left the safety of the city walls and descended on the woods near Cullenswood, now Ranelagh, for a hurling match. Tragically, the hurlers and spectators were ambushed by rival clans who had come down from the Wicklow Mountains. Over three hundred Dubliners (including women and children) were slaughtered in the 1209 Cullenswood massacre. This day was commemorated by the citizens of Dublin for many centuries afterwards and became known as Black Monday.
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