Since the beginning, the championship has been dominated by Coolderry, Birr, Drumcullen and St Rynagh's.

Coolderry dominated the first twenty years of the championship, winning eleven titles between 1889 and 1917.

After this initial golden age, Coolderry regularly claimed championship titles in each of the following decades.

[citation needed] Drumcullen enjoyed their most successful decade when they won seven championships between 1950 and 1960.

After winning their first championship in twenty years in 1991, the club went on to claim eleven more titles between then and 2008.

He was also a president of the county board and was also a prominent referee at All-Ireland AND Leinster levels.