1959 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

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1959 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Champions Colours of Cavan.svg Tullamore (8th title)
Runners-up Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry
1958 (Previous)(Next) 1960

The 1959 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. [1]

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Drumcullen entered the championship as the defending champions. [2]

The final, a replay, was played on 11 October 1959 at St Brendan's Park in Birr, between Tullamore and Coolderry, in what was their first meeting in the final in 14 years. Tullamore won the match by 3–12 to 3–01 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a first championship title in four years [3]

Results

Final

13 September 1959Final Tullamore 3-09 - 3-09 Coolderry St Brendan's Park

Final replay

11 October 1959Final replay Tullamore 3-12 - 3-01 Coolderry St Brendan's Park

References

  1. "Club Titles - Offaly". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. "Roll of honour". Offaly GAA website. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. "The Durrow connection with Ballinamere's long and arduous road towards the promised land". Offaly Live. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2025.