Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
CodeHurling
Founded1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Region Offaly (GAA)
TrophySeán Robbins Cup
No. of teams10 (Senior)
6 (Senior B)
Title holders Kilcormac–Killoughey (6th title)
First winner Killoughey
Most titles Coolderry (31 titles)
SponsorsMolloy Precast & Environmental Systems
TV partner(s)TG4 (final only)
Official websiteOfficial website

The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Molloy Environmental Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896.

Kilcormac–Killoughey are the title-holders, defeating Ballinamere by 0–16 to 1–11 in the 2024 final.

History

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The title has been won at least once by 12 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Coolderry, who have won a total of 31 titles.

Since the beginning, the championship has been dominated by Coolderry, Birr, Drumcullen and St Rynagh's. They have won a combined total of 90 of the 124 championship titles. 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. After making their own breakthrough in 1908, Drumcullen went on to become the team of the decade during the 1920s after winning eight titles between 1918 and 1933. Tullamore and Birr subsequently came to the fore, winning eleven titles between them between 1932 and 1948.[citation needed]

Drumcullen enjoyed their most successful decade when they won seven championships between 1950 and 1960. This would be their last championship title. St Rynagh's inscribed their name on the roll of honour for the first time in 1965. They became the preeminent team of the next three decades and won 16 championship titles between 1965 and 1993. By this stage Birr had begun their own golden era. After winning their first championship in twenty years in 1991, the club went on to claim eleven more titles between then and 2008.[citation needed]

Format

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The series of games are played during the spring, summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at O'Connor Park in November. The prize for the winning team is the Seán Robbins Cup. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage.

Teams

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2024 Teams

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The 10 teams competing in the 2024 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship are:

Team Location Colours Championship titles Last championship title
Ballinamere Ballykimurray Green and yellow 0 —
Belmont Belmont Green and white 0 —
Birr Birr Green and red 22 2008
Coolderry Coolderry Green and white 31 2018
Kilcormac–Killoughey Kilcormac and Killoughey Green and yellow 6 2024
Kinnitty Kinnitty Green and white 9 1985
Seir Kieran Clareen Black and amber 4 1998
Shinrone Shinrone Red and white 1 2022
St Rynagh's Cloghan and Banagher Blue and gold 20 2021
Tullamore Tullamore Blue and white 10 2009

Honours

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The winning team is presented with the Seán Robbins Cup. A native of Birr, Robbins served two terms as county chairman and served as Leinster Council chairman. He was also a president of the county board and was also a prominent referee at All-Ireland AND Leinster levels. The cup was first presented in 1960.[1]

The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. This place is reserved for club teams only as divisional and amalgamated teams are not allowed in the provincial championship.

The Offaly County Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Offaly county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.

List of finals

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Legend

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List of Offaly SHC finals

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Year Winners Runners-up
Club Score Club Score
1896 Killoughey 3-03 Rahan 0-01
1897 Killoughey Kinnitty
1898 Fortal Killoughey
1899 Coolderry Fortal
1900 Cadamstown Fortal
1901 Coolderry Killoughey
1902 Cadamstown Tullamore
1903 Coolderry Kilcormac
1904 Coolderry Tullamore
1905 Coolderry Kilcormac
1906 Coolderry Moneygall
1907 Killoughey Kilcormac
1908 Drumcullen Ballinamere
1909 Tullamore Drumcullen
1910 Coolderry Killoughey
1911 Coolderry Edenderry
1912 Birr Killoughey
1913 Birr Edenderry
1914 Coolderry Killoughey
1915 Birr Rahan
1916 Coolderry Rahan
1917 Coolderry Tullamore
1918 Drumcullen Rahan
1919 Drumcullen Rahan
1920 Kinnitty Coolderry
1921 No competition
1922 No competition
1923 Kinnitty Clara
1924 Drumcullen Clara
1925 Drumcullen Kinnitty
1926 Coolderry Tullamore
1927 Drumcullen 9-05 Clara 1-02
1928 Drumcullen 4-00 Birr 1-02
1929 Drumcullen 3-01 Coolderry 1-03
1930 Kinnitty Coolderry
1931 Coolderry Drumcullen
1932 Tullamore Coolderry
1933 Drumcullen Kinnitty
1934 Tullamore Drumcullen
1935 Tullamore Clara
1936 Tullamore Rahan
1937 Tullamore Coolderry
1938 Birr Coolderry
1939 Coolderry Clareen
1940 Birr 4-08 Edenderry 2-01
1941 Drumcullen 2-05 Birr 0-07
1942 Coolderry 5-03 Birr 3-04
1943 Birr Tullamore
1944 Birr Tullamore
1945 Coolderry Tullamore
1946 Birr Tullamore
1947 Coolderry Birr
1948 Birr Coolderry
1949 Coolderry Drumcullen
1950 Drumcullen Coolderry
1951 Drumcullen Birr
1952 Drumcullen Seir Kieran
1953 Coolderry Rahan
1954 Drumcullen Coolderry
1955 Tullamore Drumcullen
1956 Coolderry Drumcullen
1957 Drumcullen 10-07 Shannon Rovers 1-03
1958 Drumcullen Coolderry
1959 Tullamore Coolderry
1960 Drumcullen Shinrone
1961 Coolderry Drumcullen
1962 Coolderry Drumcullen
1963 Coolderry Drumcullen
1964 Tullamore 1-11 St Rynagh's 3-01
1965 St Rynagh's 2-12 Coolderry 1-09
1966 St Rynagh's 6-10 Drumcullen 4-05
1967 Kinnitty 4-08 Coolderry 3-06
1968 St Rynagh's 1-12 Coolderry 3-04
1969 St Rynagh's 4-07 Kinnitty 1-09
1970 St Rynagh's 1-12 Kinnitty 2-08
1971 Birr 2-10 St Rynagh's 2-09
1972 St Rynagh's 4-10 Kinnitty 1-06
1973 St Rynagh's 0-12 Drumcullen 1-07
1974 St Rynagh's 1-11 Birr 2-03
1975 St Rynagh's 0-05, 0-14 (r) Birr 0-05, 0-08 (r)
1976 St Rynagh's 3-11 Kinnitty 0-05
1977 Coolderry 1-07 Kinnitty 1-06
1978 Kinnitty 1-08 St Rynagh's 0-06
1979 Kinnitty 5-08 Coolderry 1-11
1980 Coolderry 3-03 Kinnitty 1-05
1981 St Rynagh's 1-10 Kinnitty 1-07
1982 St Rynagh's 2-09 Lusmagh 0-11
1983 Kinnitty 0-20 St Rynagh's 2-06
1984 Kinnitty 1-12 St Rynagh's 1-06
1985 Kinnitty 3-18 Seir Kieran 2-08
1986 Coolderry 3-08 St Rynagh's 1-10
1987 St Rynagh's 0-11 Seir Kieran 0-09
1988 Seir Kieran 3-13 St Rynagh's 4-06
1989 Lusmagh 1-11 Seir Kieran 1-10
1990 St Rynagh's 2-06 Birr 1-07
1991 Birr 1-12 Seir Kieran 1-11
1992 St Rynagh's 0-10 Lusmagh 0-09
1993 St Rynagh's 1-16 Birr 1-14
1994 Birr 0-08 Seir Kieran 0-07
1995 Seir Kieran 1–13, 0-10 (r) St Rynagh's 1–13, 0-09 (r)
1996 Seir Kieran 0-13 St Rynagh's 1-08
1997 Birr 0-14 Seir Kieran 2-04
1998 Seir Kieran 1–10, 1-11 (r) St Rynagh's 0–13, 0-09 (r)
1999 Birr 3-15 St Rynagh's 1-11
2000 Birr 3-21 Seir Kieran 1-09
2001 Birr 0-11 St Rynagh's 0-10
2002 Birr 3-11 Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-07
2003 Birr 1-18 Ballyskenagh 1-11
2004 Coolderry 3-10 Birr 2-11
2005 Birr 0-20 Coolderry 0-05
2006 Birr 0–11, 2-09 (r) Coolderry 1-08, 1-11 (r)
2007 Birr 0-15 Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-10
2008 Birr 1-15 Kinnitty 0-15
2009 Tullamore 2-12 Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-11
2010 Coolderry 3-15 Tullamore 1-12
2011[2] Coolderry 2-14 Birr 0-16
2012[3] Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-16 St Rynagh's 2-12
2013[4] Kilcormac–Killoughey 1-21 Birr 1-14
2014[5] Kilcormac/Killoughey 2-18 St Rynagh's 1-09
2015[6] Coolderry 2-15 St Rynagh's 1-16
2016[7] St Rynagh's 2-16 Birr 1-15
2017[8] Kilcormac/Killoughey 2-16 St Rynagh's 1-16
2018 Coolderry 2-17 Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-17
2019 St Rynagh's 0-16 Birr 1-12
2020 St Rynagh's 1-19 Kilcormac–Killoughey 1-13
2021 St Rynagh's 1-11 Coolderry 0-12
2022[9] Shinrone 0-26 Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-13
2023[10] Kilcormac–Killoughey 3-26 Shinrone 3-08
2024 Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-16 Ballinamere 1-11

Roll of honour

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By club

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# Club Titles Runners-up Championship wins Championship runner-up
1 Coolderry 31 18 1899, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1926, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1986, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018 1920, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2021
2 Birr 22 13 1912, 1913, 1915, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1971, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 1928, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1974, 1975, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019
3 St Rynagh's 20 16 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 1964, 1971, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
4 Drumcullen 17 11 1908, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960 1909, 1931, 1934, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1973
5 Tullamore 10 9 1909, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1955, 1959, 1964, 2009 1902, 1904, 1917, 1926, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 2010
6 Kinnitty 9 11 1920, 1923, 1930, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985 1897, 1925, 1933, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 2008
7 Kilcormac–Killoughey 6 8 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2023, 2024 1903, 1905, 1907, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2020, 2022
8 Seir Kieran 4 7 1988, 1995, 1996, 1998 1952, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000
9 Killoughey 3 5 1896, 1897, 1907 1898, 1901, 1910, 1912, 1914
10 Cadamstown 2 0 1900, 1902 —
11 Lusmagh 1 2 1989 1982, 1992
Fortal 1 2 1898 1899, 1900
Shinrone 1 2 2022 1960, 2023
14 Rahan 0 7 — 1896, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1936, 1953
Clara 0 4 — 1923, 1924, 1927, 1935
Edenderry 0 3 — 1911, 1913, 1940
Moneygall 0 1 — 1906
Clareen 0 1 — 1939
Shannon Rovers 0 1 — 1957
Ballinamere 0 1 — 2024

Records and statistics

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Managers

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Managers in the Offaly Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

Winning managers
Manager Team(s) Wins Winning years
Pad Joe Whelehan Birr 8 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008
Ken Hogan Birr
Coolderry
St Rynagh's 		6 1991, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2020, 2021
Danny Owens Kilcormac–Killoughey 3 2012, 2013, 2014
John Goode Birr 2 2005, 2006
Kevin Martin Tullamore 1 2009
Johnny Kelly Coolderry 1 2015
Francis Forde St Rynagh's 1 2016
Stephen Byrne Kilcormac–Killoughey 1 2017
Joachim Kelly Coolderry 1 2018
Trevor Fletcher Shinrone 1 2022
Shane Hand Kilcormac–Killoughey 1 2023

Teams

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By decade

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The most successful team of each decade, judged by the number of Offaly Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

Gaps

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Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Top scorers

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By year

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Year Top scorer Team Score Total
2008 Shane Dooley Tullamore 5-32 47
2009 Joe Bergin Seir Kieran 5-63 78
2010 Shane Dooley Tullamore 7-61 82
2011 Damien Murray Coolderry 2-40 46
2012 Ciarán Slevin Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-55 61
2013 Ciarán Slevin Kilcormac–Killoughey 1-75 78
2014 Brian Carroll Coolderry 4-63 75
2015 Damien Murray Coolderry 4-63 75
2016 Colm Coughlan Kinnitty 1-68 71
2017 Joe Bergin Seir Kieran 7-54 75
2018 Aidan Treacy St Rynagh's 1-82 85
2019 Eoghan Cahill Birr 2-83 89
2020
2021
2022 Eoghan Cahill Birr 1-64 67
2023 Brian Duignan Ballinamere 1-38 41

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Winning captains honoured at Offaly decider". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Connolly goal puts icing on cake for Coolderry". Irish Independent. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Glory for Kilcormac/Killoughey". Irish Examiner. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Kilcormac-Killoughey retain Offaly senior hurling crown". The Score. 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ^ "Currams leads charge for three-in-a-row Offaly champs". Irish Independent. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Brady's late strike revives Coolderry". Irish Independent. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  7. ^ "St Rynagh's withstand Birr charge". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Offaly SHC final: Kilcormac-Killoughey reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Shinrone make history with first Offaly SHC title". Hogan Stand. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Emphatic Kilcormac-Killoughey return to Offaly hurling summit". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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