1985 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

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1985 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Champions Colours of Limerick.svg Kinnitty (9th title)
Mark Corrigan [1] (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Kilkenny.svg Seir Kieran
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The 1985 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 88th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896.

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

The final was played on 13 October 1985 at St Brendan's Park in Birr, between Kinnitty and Seir Kieran, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Kinnitty won the match by 3–18 to 2–08 to claim their ninth championship title overall and a third successive title. [3] [4]

Results

Semi-finals

29 September 1985Semi-final Seir Kieran 1-13 - 0-13 Coolderry St Brendan's Park
Joe Dooley 0-9, J Connors 1-1, K Dooley 0-2, J Mooney 0-1.P Moloughney 0-6, S Kennedy 0-4, J Miller 0-2, P O'Connor 0-1.
29 September 1985Semi-final Kinnitty 2-13 - 1-11 St Rynagh's St Brendan's Park
P Corrigan 0-7, S Coughlan 1-1, J Flaherty 1-1, B Kennedy 0-2, S Donoghue 0-1, D Egan 0-1.P Horan 0-6, M Conneely 1-1, H Dolan 0-1, S White 0-1, A Fogarty 0-1, D Fogarty 0-1.

Final

13 October 1985Final Kinnitty 3-18 - 2-08 Seir Kieran St Brendan's Park
P Corrigan 1-10, M Corrigan 2-2, J Flaherty 0-2, B Kennedy 0-2, P Delaney 0-1, S Coughlan 0-1.Joe Dooley 1-4, N Bergin 1-0, S Dooley 0-2, M Coughlan 0-1, E Coughlan 0-1.

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References

  1. ↑ "Winning captains honoured at Offaly decider". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Club Titles - Offaly". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Corrigan, Kevin (20 December 2023). "Offaly plunged into mourning with the death of one of its greatest ever hurlers". Offaly Live. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Swash-buckling buccaneers 1982 to 1987". Seir Kieran GAA website. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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