2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	30 March – 20 October 2019
Teams	8
Sponsor	Molloy Environmental
Champions	St Rynagh's (18th title) Conor Clancy (captain) Ken Hogan (manager)
Runners-up	Birr Barry Harding (captain) Barry Whelahan (manager)
Relegated	Kinnitty
Tournament statistics
Matches played	34
Top scorer(s)	Eoghan Cahill (2–82)
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The 2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The championship began on 30 March 2019 and ended on 20 October 2019.

Coolderry were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Belmont at the quarter-final stage. ^[1]

On 20 October 2019, St Rynagh's won the championship following a 0–16 to 1–12 defeat of Birr in the final at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park. ^[2] This was their 18th championship title overall and their first title since 2016.

Birr's Eoghan Cahill was the championship's top scorer with 2–83.

Group stage

Group stage table

  Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Rynagh's	7	5	1	1	153	121	32	11
Kilcormac–Killoughey	7	5	1	1	138	118	20	11
Belmont	7	4	2	1	148	131	17	10
Shinrone	7	5	0	2	155	130	25	10
Birr	7	2	3	2	137	129	8	7
Coolderry	7	2	0	5	129	139	−10	4
Ballinamare	7	1	0	6	124	179	−55	2
Kinnitty	7	0	1	6	102	139	−37	1

Group stage results

Shinrone v Kilcormac–Killoughey

30 March 2019Round 1	Shinrone	0-16 - 1-16	Kilcormac–Killoughey	Rath Grounds
	JP Cleary 0-6, K Sampson 0-2, D Dooughan 0-2, A Cleary 0-2, J Sampson 0-2, C Doughan 0-1, D Morkan 0-1.		Cìaran Slevin 0-7, D Murray 0-3, C Mahon 0-3, J Gorman 1-0, P Geraghty 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1.

Birr v Coolderry

30 March 2019Round 1	Birr	2-15 - 2-11	Coolderry	Rath Grounds
	E Cahill 0-8, T Bolger 1-2, C Mulrooney 1-2, P Cleary 0-1, B Watkins 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.		C Molloy 1-4, K Connolly 0-3, J Brady 1-0, M Corcoran 0-2, D Parlon 0-1, A Connolly 0-1.

Kinnitty v St Rynagh's

31 March 2019Round 1	Kinnitty	0-10 - 1-18	St Rynagh's	St Brendan's Park
	C Coughlan 0-5, A Flaherty 0-2, J Hardiman 0-1, J Dempsey 0-1, O Kealey 0-1.		A Treacy 0-10, M Maloney 1-3, G Kelly 0-2, G Conneely 0-2, C Flannery 0-1.

Ballinamere v Belmont

31 March 2019Round 1	Ballinamere	2-13 - 4-20	Belmont	St Brendan's Park
	P Murphy 1-2, B Duignan 0-5, J Murphy 1-1, J Maher 0-3, C Spollen 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1.		O Kelly 2-3, D Nally 0-7, C Egan 1-3, J Maher 1-1, D Kenny 0-2, A Egan 0-1, D Egan 0-1, D Cox 0-1, J Clancy 0-1.

Coolderry v Ballinamere

6 April 2019Round 2	Coolderry	2-19 - 0-16	Ballinamere	St Brendan's Park
	K Connolly 1-5, E Ryan 1-2, B Carroll 0-4, E Parlon 0-2, M Bergin 0-2, M Corcoran 0-1, A Connolly 0-1, D Parlon 0-1, S Corcoran 0-1.		J Maher 0-5, B Duignan 0-4, C Spollen 0-2, A Maher 0-2, D Wyer 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.

Kilcormac–Killoughey v St Rynagh's

6 April 2019Round 2	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1-13 - 2-12	St Rynagh's	St Brendan's Park
	Ciaran Slevin 0-9, C Mahon 1-1, D Murray 0-2, D Kilmartin 0-1.		A Treacy 0-10, A Kenny 1-0, R Hughes 1-0, C Flannery 0-1, M Maloney 0-1.

Birr v Kinnitty

7 April 2019Round 2	Birr	0-17 - 2-11	Kinnitty	Coolderry Grounds
	E Cahill 0-9, P Cleary 0-2, C Taylor 0-2, C Mulrooney 0-1, D Quegen 0-1, S Ryan 0-1.		C Coughlan 0-7, S Kinsella 1-1, J Armstrong 1-0, E Callaghan 0-2, K O'Connor 0-1.

Belmont v Shinrone

7 April 2019Round 2	Belmont	0-19 - 1-15	Shinrone	Rath Grounds
	D Nally 0-11, D Cox 0-2, D Egan 0-1, D Kenny 0-1, C Egan 0-1, O Kelly 0-1, R McEvoy 0-1, L Fox 0-1.		D Morkan 0-4, D Doughan 0-3, S Cleary 1-0, A Cleary 0-2, JP Cleary 0-2, J Sampson 0-1, K Sampson 0-1, Coleman Cleary 0-1, Ciaran Cleary 0-1.

Kilcormac–Killoughey v Kinnitty

13 July 2019Round 3	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1-18 - 0-13	Kinnitty	St Rynagh's Park
	C Mahon 1-3, Ciaran Slevin 0-5, P Geraghty 0-3, D Murray 0-3, Conor Slevin 0-2, K Leonard 0-1, J Gorman 0-1.		C Coughlan 0-6, J Dempsey 0-2, K O'Connor 0-1, S Kinsella 0-1, B Donnelly 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, J Armstrong 0-1.

Shinrone v Coolderry

13 July 2019Round 3	Shinrone	2-19 - 0-17	Coolderry	Rath Grounds
	K Sampson 0-6, C Ryan 1-2, C Doughan 0-5, C Cleary 1-1, S Cleary 0-3, M Cleary 0-1, JP Cleary 0-1.		B Carroll 0-13, K Connolly 0-3, D Parlon 0-1.

Birr v Ballinamere

14 July 2019Round 3	Birr	6-15 - 0-16	Ballinamere	Páirc Naomh Cormac
	E Cahill 0-9, S Ryan 2-1, M Watkins 1-1, C Mulrooney 1-0, D Hayden 1-0, T Bolger 1-0, C Taylor 0-1, B Watkins 0-1, A Whelehan 0-1, P Cleary 0-1.		B Duignan 0-10, J Maher 0-3, D Wyer 0-2, A Maher 0-1.

Belmont v St Rynagh's

14 July 2019Round 3	Belmont	1-22 - 3-16	St Rynagh's	St Brendan's Park
	D Nally 0-10, D Egan 0-5, J Maher 0-3, D Kenny 1-0, D Cox 0-2, J Clancy 0-1, L Fox 0-1.		S Quirke 1-3, A Kenny 1-2, A Treacy 0-4, S Dolan 0-3, C Flannery 1-0, J O'Connor 0-2, N Wynne 0-1, B Conneely 0-1.

St Rynagh's v Coolderry

27 July 2019Round 4	St Rynagh's	3-12 - 2-10	Coolderry	St Brendan's Park
	A Kenny 1-3, N Wynne 1-0, G Conneely 1-0, J O'Connor 0-2, C Flannery 0-2, S Quirke 0-1, D Shortt 0-1, A Treacy 0-1, S Dolan 0-1, M Maloney 0-1.		B Carroll 0-4, C Molloy 1-0, J Brady 1-0, K Connolly 0-2, M Bergin 0-2, D Parlon 0-1, A Connolly 0-1.

Shiinrone v Birr

27 July 2019Round 4	Shiinrone	2-16 - 0-20	Birr	St Brendan's Park
	C Doughan 0-6, A Cleary 1-1, C Ryan 1-0, K Sampson 0-3, D Doughan 0-2, C Carey 0-1, JP Cleary 0-1, M Morkan 0-1, D Cleary 0-1.		E Cahill 0-12, C Mulrooney 0-2, C Taylor 0-1, D Hayden 0-1, T Bolger 0-1, B Murphy 0-1, E Pilkington 0-1, M Watkins 0-1.

Ballinamere v Kinnitty

27 July 2019Round 4	Ballinamere	1-14 - 0-16	Kinnitty	Clareen Grounds
	B Duignan 1-1, D Wyer 0-4, J Murphy 0-2, J Maher 0-2, A Maher 0-2, D Magner 0-1, M O'Brien 0-1, P Murphy 0-1.		C Coughlan 0-9, B Donnelly 0-2, J Dempsey 0-2, S Kinsella 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, K Bergin 0-1.

Kilcormac–Killoughey v Belmont

28 July 2019Round 4	Kilcormac–Killoughey	0-19 - 0-17	Belmont	St Rynagh's Park
	Ciarán Slevin 0-8, C Mahon 0-4, P Geraghty 0-3, D Murray 0-1, K Leonard 0-1, O Mahon 0-1, T Geraghty 0-1.		D Nally 0-9, J Maher 0-3, D Egan 0-2, M Egan 0-1, D Kelly 0-1, A Egan 0-1.

Ballinamere v Shinrone

9 August 2019Round 5	Ballinamere	0-18 - 2-22	Shinrone	Lusmagh Grounds
	B Duignan 0-9, D Wyer 0-4, P Murphy 0-3, C McDonald 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.		K Sampson 1-6, C Doughan 0-6, S Cleary 1-2, JP Cleary 0-3, D Doughan 0-1, M Cleary 0-1, C Ryan 0-1, C Cleary 0-1, A Cleary 0-1.

Birr v St Rynagh's

10 August 2019Round 5	Birr	0-10 - 1-18	St Rynagh's	Rath Grounds
	M Watkins 0-6, P Cleary 0-2, B Hardin 0-1, C Mulrooney 0-1.		A Kenny 0-6, A Treacy 0-4, R Hughes 0-3, S Quirke 0-3, G Conneely 1-0, S Dolan 0-1, C Flannery 0-1.

Kinnitty v Belmont

10 August 2019Round 5	Kinnitty	1-14 - 2-14	Belmont	The Mill Field
	C Coughlan 0-6, K O'Connor 1-1, S Kinsella 0-2, L Bergin 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, J Dempsey 0-1.		D Nally 0-8, D Egan 1-2, D Cox 1-1, J Clancy 0-2, M Egan 0-1.

Coolderry v Kilcormac–Killoughey

10 August 2019Round 5	Coolderry	0-17 - 2-17	Kilcormac–Killoughey	St Mary's Field
	B Carroll 0-9, M Bergin 0-2, A Connolly 0-2, K Connolly 0-1, D King 0-1, C Molloy 0-1, B Teehan 0-1.		Ciaran Slevin 0-9, O Mahon 2-0, C Mahon 0-2, D Murray 0-1, P Geraghty 0-1, Cillian Kiely 0-1, J Gorman 0-1, Cathal Kiely 0-1, T Geraghty 0-1.

Shinrone v Kinnitty

24 August 2019Round 6	Shinrone	2-18 - 0-16	Kinnitty	St Brendan's Park
	A Cleary 1-3, C Doughan 1-2, S Cleary 0-4, K Sampson 0-2, D Morkan 0-2, D Doughan 0-1, J Sampson 0-1, D Cleary 0-1, C Ryan 0-1, C Cleary 0-1.		C Coughlan 0-10, A Kealey 0-2, S Kinsella 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, J Dempsey 0-1, K Bergin 0-1.

Belmont v Coolderry

24 August 2019Round 6	Belmont	1-17 - 0-18	Coolderry	St Brendan's Park
	C Flynn 1-3, D Nally 0-6, A Egan 0-2, J Clancy 0-2, M Egan 0-1, D Kenny 0-1, D Egan 0-1, O Kelly 0-1.		K Connolly 0-5, B Carroll 0-5, G McCormack 0-2, M Bergin 0-2, C Molloy 0-1, D Parlon 0-1, C Parlon 0-1, A Connolly 0-1.

St Rynagh's v Ballinamere

25 August 2019Round 6	St Rynagh's	5-18 - 0-16	Ballinamere	O'Connor Park
	G Scales 1-7, L O'Connor 2-3, N White 1-2, E Houlihan 1-1, J White 0-2, P Looby 0-2, T Cox 0-1.		J McEvoy 0-12, A Walsh 0-2, M Murphy 0-1, D Troy 0-1.

Kilcormac–Killoughey v Birr

25 August 2019Round 6	Kilcormac–Killoughey	2-15 - 1-18	Birr	St Finian's Park
	Ciaran Slevin 1-8, C Mahon 1-2, C Kiely 0-3, P Geraghty 0-1, T Geraghty 0-1.		E Cahill 1-10, D Hayden 0-3, M Watkins 0-2, C Mulrooney 0-1, S Lonergan 0-1, B Murphy 0-1.

Birr v Belmont

7 September 2019Round 7	Birr	0-15 - 0-15	Belmont	Lusmagh Grounds
	C Mulrooney 0-5, E Cahill 0-4, D Hayden 0-2, B Watkins 0-1, S Lonergan 0-1, B Murphy 0-1, M Watkins 0-1.		D Nally 0-5, O Kelly 0-3, L Fox 0-1, D Kelly 0-1, A Egan 0-1, C Egan 0-1, D Egan 0-1, J Maher 0-1, C Flynn 0-1.

Kinnitty v Coolderry

7 September 2019Round 7	Kinnitty	0-13 - 1-16	Coolderry	Rath Grounds
	C Coughlan 0-5, A Kealey 0-3, S Kinsella 0-2, B Donnelly 0-1, J Dempsey 0-1, K Bergin 0-1.		B Carroll 1-6, K Connolly 0-3, D Miller 0-3, D Parlon 0-1, C Parlon 0-1, E Parlon 0-1, D Connolly 0-1.

Shinrone v St Rynagh's

8 September 2019Round 7	Shinrone	0-22 - 1-18	St Rynagh's	Clareen Grounds
	K Sampson 0-10, C Doughan 0-4, S Cleary 0-2, Conor Cleary 0-1, C Ryan 0-1, Ciaran Cleary 0-1, A Cleary 0-1, Coleman Cleary 0-1, J Sampson 0-1.		A Kenny 1-4, J O'Connor 0-3, B Conneely 0-2, A Treacy 0-2, R Hughes 0-2, S Quirke 0-2, C Clancy 0-1, M Maloney 0-1, G Conneely 0-1.

Ballinamere v Kilcormac–Killoughey

8 September 2019Round 7	Ballinamere	0-16 - 1-16	Kilcormac–Killoughey	O'Connor Park
	B Duignan 0-8, J Maher 0-3, D Wyer 0-1, D Magner 0-1, P Murphy 0-1, A Maher 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.		Cathal Kiely 0-5, Ciaran Slevin 0-5, T Geraghty 0-3, Cillian Kiely 0-3, O Mahon 1-0.

Relegation stage

Relegation playoff

Kinnitty v Ballinamere

22 September 2019Playoff	Kinnitty	1–15 – 1–20	Ballinamere	Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
	S Kinsella 1-7, C Coughlan 0-7, E Callaghan 0-1.		B Duignan 0-11, M O'Brien 1-0, J Murphy 0-2, A Maher 0-2, D Magner 0-2, C Spollen 0-1, J Maher 0-1, P Murphy 0-1.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Shinrone v Birr

21 September 2019Quarter-final	Shinrone	0–15 – 0–18	Birr	Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
	K Sampson 0-4, D Morkan 0-3, C Doughan 0-2, J Sampson 0-2, C Ryan 0-1, D Doughan 0-1, JP Cleary 0-1, S Cleary 0-1.		E Cahill 0-10, S Ryan 0-2, B Harding 0-2, P Cleary 0-1, C Mulrooney 0-1, D Hayden 0-1, J Irwin 0-1.

Belmont v Coolderry

22 September 2019Quarter-final	Belmont	2–17 – 1–10	Coolderry	St Brendan's Park
	D Nally 0-10, O Kelly 1-3, D Egan 1-2, D Cox 0-1, S Nally 0-1, J Maher 0-1.		B Carroll 0-4, E Parlon 0-3, D Parlon 1-0, K Connolly 0-2, M Bergin 0-1.

Semi-finals

St Rynagh's v Belmont

5 October 2019Semi-final	St Rynagh's	0–14 – 0–12	Belmont	St Brendan's Park
	A Treacy 0-5, C Flannery 0-2, S Quirke 0-2, A Kenny 0-2, P Quirke 0-1, R Hughes 0-1, K O'Connor 0-1.		D Nally 0-6, L Fox 0-1, D Kelly 0-1, A Egan 0-1, C Egan 0-1, D Kenny 0-1, D Egan 0-1.

Kilcormac–Killoughey v Birr

6 October 2019Semi-final	Kilcormac–Killoughey	0–16 – 0–20	Birr	Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
	Ciaran Slevin 0-6, C Mahon 0-3, Cillian Kiely 0-2, T Geraghty 0-2, P Geraghty 0-1, Cathal Kiely 0-1, L Kavanagh 0-1.		E Cahill 0-15, D Hayden 0-3, B Watkins 0-2.

Final

St Rynagh's v Birr

20 October 2019Final	St Rynagh's	0–16 – 1–12	Birr	Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
	S Quirke 0–4; S Dolan, A Treacy (1f, 1 '65) 0–3 each; D Horan 0–2; G Kelly, A Kenny (f), R Hughes, J O'Connor 0–1 each.	Report	E Cahill 1–5 (3f); C Mulrooney 0–3; B Murphy, C Taylor, M Watkins, P Mullins 0–1 each.	Referee: K Dooley (Drumcullen)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Eoghan Cahill	Birr	2-82	88	9	9.77
2	David Nally	Belmont	0-72	72	8	8.00
3	Ciarán Slevin	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1-57	60	8	7.50
4	Colin Coughlan	Kinnitty	0-55	55	8	6.87
5	Brian Duignan	Ballinamere	1-48	51	7	7.28
6	Brian Carroll	Coolderry	1-45	48	7	6.85
7	Aidan Treacy	St Rynagh's	0-39	39	8	4.87
8	Killian Sampson	Shinrone	1-34	37	8	4.62
9	Aaron Kenny	St Rynagh's	4-18	30	9	3.33
10	Conor Doughan	Shinrone	1-26	29	8	3.62

References

1. Breheny, Martin (8 October 2018). "Coolderry take 31st title as exciting final belies state of Offaly hurling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
2. Roche, Frank (21 October 2018). "St Rynagh's dream a living nightmare for deflated Birr". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 December 2019.