2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

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2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Dates10 April – 23 October 2016
Teams12
SponsorMolloy Environmental
Champions Colours of Tipperary.svg St Rynagh's (17th title)
Seán Dolan (captain)
Francis Forde (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Mayo.svg Birr
Brian Watkins (captain)
Paddy Kirwan (manager)
Relegated Colours of Kerry.svg Ballinamere
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored105 (2.63 per match)
Points scored1208 (30.2 per match)
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The 2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The championship ran from 10 April to 23 October 2016.

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Coolderry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Rynagh's in the quarter-finals. [1] [2]

The final was played on 23 October 2016 at O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between St Rynagh's and Birr, in what was their eighth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 15 years. St Rynagh's won the match by 2–16 to 1–15 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a first title in 23 years. [3] [4]

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoffs

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Birr 5500109723710
Seir Kieran 530210374316
Kinnitty 530210478266
Coolderry 530299100-16
Shamrocks 51045897-312
Tullamore 500571123-520

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoffs

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
St Rynagh's 540112585408
Shinrone 540110776318
Kilcormac–Killoughey 531110675317
Belmont 521212197245
Ballinamere 510471122-512
Lusmagh 500568143-750

Knockout stage

Relegation playoffs

3 September 2016Round 1 Ballinamere 2-13 - 3-14 Tullamore Clara Grounds
11 September 2016Round 1 Lusmagh 0-22 - 1-13 Shamrocks Páirc Naomh Raghnach
25 September 2016Final Ballinamere 0-14 - 1-12 Shamrocks Clara Grounds

Quarter-finals

10 September 2016Quarter-final Birr 1-21 - 2-11 Belmont O'Connor Park
E Nolan 1-5, E Cahill 0-8, B Murphy 0-5, R Hanniffy 0-2, B Harding 0-1.O Kelly 1-2, C Egan 1-1, M Egan 0-4, J Maher 0-2, D Egan 0-1, L Fox 0-1.
10 September 2016Quarter-final Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-20 - 3-10 Seir Kieran O'Connor Park
C Slevin 0-9, C Kiely 0-3, D Currams 0-2, C Mahon 0-2, P Geraghty 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, K Leonard 0-1.J Mulrooney 2-0, J Bergin 0-4, A Hynes 1-0, K Dunne 0-3, B Connors 0-1, T Carroll 0-1, E Murphy 0-1.
11 September 2016Quarter-final St Rynagh's 0-27 - 0-17 Coolderry St Brendan's Park
M Maloney 0-11, A Treacy 0-3, P Camon 0-2, P Quirke 0-2, R Hughes 0-2, S Dolan 0-2, D Molloy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, G Kelly 0-1, G Conneely 0-1, G Scales 0-1.B Carroll 0-9, K Connolly 0-3, D Miller 0-2, D King 0-1, B Teehan 0-1, J Brady 0-1.
11 September 2016Quarter-final Kinnitty 2-20 - 2-18 Shinrone St Brendan's Park
C Coughlan 0-15, S Kinsella 1-1, J Dempsey 1-0, K Bergin 0-1, B Coughlan 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, J Hardiman 0-1.C Doughan 0-5, JP Cleary 1-1, D Morkan 0-4, J Sampson 1-0, S Cleary 0-3, A Cleary 0-2, J Cleary 0-1, M Cordial 0-1, C Cleary 0-1.

Semi-finals

2 October 2016Semi-final Birr 1-19 - 0-16 Kinnitty O'Connor Park
E Cahill 1-11, E Nolan 0-3, B Murphy 0-2, S Ryan 0-1, R Hanniffy 0-1, C Mulrooney 0-1.C Coughlan 0-9, S Kinsella 0-3, E Callaghan 0-2, L Bergin 0-1, J Molloy 0-1.
2 October 2016Semi-final St Rynagh's 1-11 - 0-12 Kilcormac–Killoughey O'Connor Park
S Quirke 1-2, M Maloney 0-3, A Treacy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, R Hughes 0-1, G Kelly 0-1, S Dolan 0-1, G Scales 0-1.C Slevin 0-6, J Gorman 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, P Geraghty 0-1, C Kiely 0-1.

Final

23 October 2016Final St Rynagh's 2-16 - 1-15 Birr O'Connor Park
R Hughes (1-4); S Wynne (0-6, 5 frees); J O’Connor (1-2); S Quirke (0-3 frees); G Conneely (0-1) Report E Cahill (0-7 frees); C Mulrooney (1-1); E Nolan (0-3); B Harding, B Murphy, B Whelahan, S Ryan (0-1 each)

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References

  1. ↑ "Late drama in Offaly as Coolderry seal their 30th SHC title". The 42. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Offaly SHC: Rynagh's end Coolderry's reign". Hogan Stand. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "St Rynagh's withstand Birr charge". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ronan Hughes the hero as St Rynagh's reign in Offaly". RTÉ Sport. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
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