2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	30 July – 19 September 2021
Teams	9
Sponsor	Garvey's SuperValu
Champions	Kilmoyley (26th title) Flor McCarthy (captain) John Meyler (manager)
Runners-up	St Brendan's Stephen Leen (captain) Tomás Moloney (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	31 (2.21 per match)
Points scored	431 (30.79 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cian Hussey (1-48)
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The 2021 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 15 July 2021. ^[1] The championship ran from 30 July to 19 September 2021.

Kilmoyley entered the championship as the defending champions. ^[2]

The final was played on 19 September 2021 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Kilmoyley and St Brendan's, in what was their fifth meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in six years. Kilmoyley won the match by 1–14 to 1–11 to claim a record-breaking 26th championship title overall and a second title in succession. ^[3]

Cian Hussey was the championship's top scorer with 1-48.

Team changes

To championship

Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Dr Crokes ^[4]

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Causeway	2	2	0	0	48	29	19	4
St Brendan's	2	1	0	1	36	50	-14	2
Ballyduff	2	0	0	2	37	42	-5	0

Group 1 results

Causeway v St Brendan's

31 July 2021Round 1	Causeway	3-20 - 0-13	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	B Lyons 0-8, G Dooley 2-1, K Carmody 0-4, S Leahy 1-0, C Harty 0-3, G Leen 0-1, G Carey 0-1, A Feely 0-1, J Diggins 0-1.		C Hussey 0-8, B O'Connor 0-2, F Mackessy 0-2, P O'Sullivan 0-1.

Ballyduff v Causeway

8 August 2021Round 2	Ballyduff	1-13 - 1-16	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	P Boyle 0-9, A Boyle 1-1, M Boyle 0-1, D Moriarty 0-1, K Goulding 0-1.		B Lyons 0-9, B Murphy 1-1, J Leahy 0-2, S Leahy 0-1, J Diggins 0-1, T Casey 0-1, G Dooley 0-1.

St Brendan's v Ballyduff

13 August 2021Round 3	St Brendan's	2-17 - 1-18	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	C Hussey 0-14 (0-7 frees, 0-1 ’65), F Mackessy 1-2, S Brosnan 1-1.	Report	P Boyle 0-14 (0-12 frees), A Boyle 1-0, K Goulding 0-2; M Boyle 0-1, K O’Connor 0-1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmoyley	2	2	0	0	61	36	25	4
Lixnaw	2	1	0	1	32	37	-5	2
Ballyheigue	2	0	0	2	30	50	-20	0

Group 2 results

Kilmoyley v Ballyheigue

30 July 2021Round 1	Kilmoyley	4-23 - 1-16	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins 1-11, M O'Connor 2-1, R Collins 1-2, J Brick 0-3, R Walsh 0-2, T Murnane 0-2, M Flaherty 0-1, P O'Connor 0-1.		N Guerin 0-8, P Carroll 1-0, C Walsh 0-3, M Leane 0-2, D Mahony 0-2, B O'Riordan 0-1.

Ballyheigue v Lixnaw

7 August 2021Round 2	Ballyheigue	1-08 - 1-12	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	N Guerin 1-7, P Carroll 0-1.		S Conway 0-9, J Buckley 1-2, R Galvin 0-1.

Lixnaw v Kilmoyley

15 August 2021Round 3	Lixnaw	1-14 - 1-23	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	S Conway (0-7, 5f), J Buckley (1-0), M Kelliher (0-2), J Brosnan (0-1), B Brosnan (0-1), C O'Keeffe (0-1), E McCarthy 0-1.	Report	D Collins (0-9, 8f), D Nolan 1-1, J Brick (0-3), D McCarthy (0-2), A Royle 0-2, D Kennedy (0-1), F McCarthy (0-1), D Fitzell (0-1), M Flaherty (0-1), R Collins (0-1), R Walsh (0-1).

Group 3

Group 3 table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Crotta O'Neill's	2	1	1	0	46	21	25	3
Abbeydorney	2	1	1	0	32	31	1	3
Dr Crokes	2	0	0	2	24	50	-26	0

Group 3 results

Abbeydorney v Dr Crokes

1 August 2021Round 1	Abbeydorney	0-18 - 0-17	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park
	K O'Connor 0-7, D Scanlon 0-3, B O'Leary 0-2, A Maunsell 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, R O'Donovan 0-1, S O'Donovan 0-1, D O'Leary 0-1, D Egan 0-1.		M Heffernan 0-11, D Carroll 0-2, J Lenihan 0-1, T Doyle 0-1, A Murphy 0-1, C Bohane 0-1.

Dr Crokes v Crotta O'Neill's

6 August 2021Round 2	Dr Crokes	1-04 - 3-23	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	A Murphy 1-0, M Heffernan 0-3, T Doyle 0-1.		Declan O'Donoghue 2-2, S Nolan 0-6, D Hunt 1-1, B Mahony 0-4, Darragh O'Donoghue 0-2, J Sheehan 0-2, D Quille 0-1, D Kennelly 0-1, P Quille 0-1, A O'Mahony 0-1, T O'Connor 0-1, R Nolan 0-1.

Crotta O'Neill's v Abbeydorney

14 August 2-21Round 3	Crotta O'Neill's	0-14 - 1-11	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	S Nolan ((0-7, 6f), B Mahony (0-2), Declan O'Donoghue (0-2), J Sheehan (0-1).	Report	K O'Connor (0-8, 6f, 2'65), M Slattery (1-0), J Sheehan (0-2), J Parker 0-1.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Lixnaw v Abbeydorney

21 August 2021Quarter-final	Lixnaw	2-18 - 1-09	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	S Conway (0-7, 7f), J Buckley (0-4), S McElligott 1-0, J Brosnan (1-0), M Conway (0-3), B Brosnan (0-1), C O'Keeffe (0-1), M Kelliher (0-1), J Flaherty 0-1.	Report	K O'Connor (0-4, 2f, 1'65), J Sheehan (1-0), D Egan (0-2), J O'Connor (0-1), R O'Donovan (0-1), PJ Keane 0-1.

St Brendan's v Crotta O'Neill's

21 August 2021Quarter-final	St Brendan's	1-16 - 0-18	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	C Hussey 1-13, F Mackessy 0-2, S O'Halloran 0-1.	Report	S Nolan 0-10, C Trant 0-2, D Hunt 0-2, B O'Mahony 0-2, Declan O'Donoghue 0-1, J Sheehan 0-1.

Semi-finals

Kilmoyley v Lixnaw

4 September 2021Semi-final	Kilmoyley	0-17 - 0-16	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins (0-12, 9 frees), P O’Connor, M O’Connor, J Brick, R Walsh, D Nolan (0-1 each).	Report	S Conway (0-12, 10 frees, 1 S/L), B Brosnan (0-2), W Costello, S McElligott (0-1 each).

St Brendan's v Causeway

5 September 2021Semi-final	St Brendan's	1-19 - 2-13	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	C Hussey (0-8, 7 frees, 1 65), F Mackessy (1-5), S Brosnan (0-2), E Leen, B O’Connor, J Egan, K Hannafin (0-1 each).	Report	B Murphy (0-5, 4 frees), B Lyons, G Dooley (1-1 each), J Diggins (2 frees), C Harty, D Goggin (0-2 each).

Final

Kilmoyley v St Brendan's

19 September 2021Final	Kilmoyley	1-14 - 1-11	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins (0-6, 5 f’s), M O’Connor (1-1), P O’Connor, D Nolan and A Royle (0-2 each), J Brick (0-1).	Report	C Hussey (0-5, 3f), K Hanafin (1-0), F Mackessy and S Brosnan (0-2 each), P O’Sullivan and S O’Halloran (0-1 each).	Referee: M Sexton (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Cian Hussey	St Brendan's	1-48	51	5	10.20
2	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	1-38	41	4	10.25
3	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-35	35	4	8.75
4	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	0-23	23	2	11.50
	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	0-23	23	3	7.66
6	Billy Lyons	Causeway	1-18	21	3	7.00
7	Fionán Mackessy	St Brendan's	2-13	19	5	3.80
	Keith O'Connor	Abbeydorney	0-19	19	3	6.33
9	Nathan Guerin	Ballyheigue	1-15	18	2	9.00
10	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-14	14	2	7.00

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Cian Hussey	St Brendan's	1-13	16	Crotta O'Neill's
2	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	1-11	14	Ballyheigue
	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	0-14	14	St Brendan's
	Cian Hussey	St Brendan's	0-14	14	Ballyduff
5	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-12	12	Lixnaw
	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-12	12	Kilmoyley
7	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-11	11	Abbeydorney
8	Nathan Guerin	Ballyheigue	1-07	10	Lixnaw
	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	0-10	10	St Brendan's
10	Shane Conway	Lixnaw	0-09	9	Ballyheigue
	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	0-09	9	Causeway
	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-09	9	Lixnaw
	Billy Lyons	Causeway	0-09	9	Ballyduff

Miscellaneous

• Dr Crokes make their first appearance at senior level.

References

1. "Hurling Championship format revealed". Kerry Sports Hub. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. "Record-equaling 25th Kerry SHC crown for Kilmoyley in thriller". Irish Examiner. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
3. "Kerry SHC: Late goal secures 26th Kerry crown for John Meyler's Kilmoyley". Irish Examiner. 19 September 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
4. "Crokes Crowned County Intermediate Hurling Champions". Radio Kerry. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2024.