{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}} In hurling, the term "'''Big Three'''" ({{Langx|ga|An Triúr Mór}}) refers to the hurling county teams of Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/hurlings-big-three-never-fail-to-deliver-excitement-26466498.html|title=Hurling's Big Three never fail to deliver excitement|newspaper=Irish Independent|first=Cyrill|last=Farrell|date=2 August 2008|access-date=17 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="irishtimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/big-three-reign-supreme-1.521754|website=irishtimes.com|title=Big three reign supreme|access-date=2017-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MnS5BAAAQBAJ&q=%22big+three%22+hurling&pg=PT22|title=101 Things You May Not Have Known About Hurling|first=John DT|last=White|date=16 April 2012|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=9781908752703|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOL4AwAAQBAJ&q=%22big+three%22+hurling&pg=PT168|title=GAAconomics: The Secret Life of Money in the GAA|first=Michael|last=Moynihan|date=20 September 2013|publisher=Gill & Macmillan Ltd|isbn=9780717154548|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Historically, these three counties have dominated the sport. Together, they have won 95 out of 138 of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships (68.8%) and 53 of 96 (55.2%) National Hurling Leagues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/galway-waterford-all-ireland-3544342-Aug2017/|title=History Makers! First ever Galway Waterford All-Ireland senior hurling final in store|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KWWNAwAAQBAJ&q=%22big+three%22+hurling&pg=PT72|title=O'Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport|first=Eamonn|last=Sweeney|date=4 October 2012|publisher=The O'Brien Press|isbn=9781847175212|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oyWLnAdGwJ0C&q=%22big+three%22+hurling&pg=PT55|title=The Ecstasy and the Agony|first=Damien|last=Tiernan|date=7 July 2011|publisher=Hachette Books Ireland|isbn=9781444725841|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jFjXBAAAQBAJ&q=%22big+three%22+hurling&pg=PT239|title=Hell for Leather: A Journey Through Hurling in 100 Games|first1=Ronnie|last1=Bellew|first2=Dermot|last2=Crowe|date=6 November 2014|publisher=Hachette Books Ireland|isbn=9781444789928|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==Results== ''Accurate to 12 April 2026.'' {| class="wikitable" |- !County team !! All-Ireland !! Munster !! Leinster !! League |- |border|20px Kilkenny || 36 || {{n/a}} || 77 || 19 |- | border|20px Cork|| 30 || 55 || {{n/a}} || 15 |- | border|20px Tipperary || 29 || 42 || {{n/a}} || 19 |- | ''All other counties'' || 43 || 41 || 60 || 43 |}
==See also== *Cork–Kilkenny hurling rivalry *Cork–Tipperary hurling rivalry *Kilkenny–Tipperary hurling rivalry
==References== <references/>
Category:Cork county hurling team rivalries Category:Kilkenny county hurling team rivalries Category:Tipperary county hurling team rivalries