2022 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

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2022 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Dates24 June – 2 October 2022
Teams10
SponsorMolloy Environmental
Champions Colours of Cork.svg Shinrone (1st title)
Jason Sampson (captain)
Trevor Fletcher (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcormac–Killoughey
Tom Spain (captain)
Shane Hand (manager)
Relegated Colours of Cavan.svg Clodiagh Gaels
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored60 (3 per match)
Points scored855 (42.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Mayo.svg Eoghan Cahill (1-64)
2021 (Previous)(Next) 2023

The 2022 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 124th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The group stage placings were confirmed on 28 May 2021. [1] The championship ran from 24 June to 2 October 2022.

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St Rynagh's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Shinrone in the quarter-finals. [2] [3] Clodiagh Gaels were relegated after losing a playoff to Seir Kieran. [4]

The final was played on 2 October 2022 at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between Shineorne and Kilcormac–Killoughey, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Shinrone won the match by 0–26 to 2–13 to claim their first ever championship title. [5]

Birr's Eoghan Cahill was the championship's top scorer with 1-64.

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Advanced to semi-finals  Advanced to quarter-finals  Advanced to relegation playoff

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Kilcormac–Killoughey 44008068128
St Rynagh's 42119076145
Birr 4202726934
Kinnitty 41127782-53
Clodiagh Gaels 40044872-240

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Advanced to semi-finals  Advanced to quarter-finals  Advanced to relegation playoff

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Belmont 44008671158
Ballinamere 4211888625
Shinrone 4211858325
Coolderry 41038081-12
Seir Kieran 40046684-180

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

3 September 2022Quarter-final Ballinamere 0-11 - 3-17 Birr Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
4 September 2022Semi-final St Rynagh's 1-13 - 1-15 Shinrone St Brendan's Park

Semi-finals

17 September 2022Semi-final Belmont 0-23 - 2-18 Shinrone St Brendan's Park

Final

2 October 2022Final Shinrone 0-26 - 2-13 Kilcormac–Killoughey Bord na Móna O'Connor Park
D Morkan 0-7 (4fs, 1 65), C Cleary 0-5, K Sampson, J Sampson 0-4 each, S Cleary 0-2, P Cleary, D Cleary, C Doughan, DJ McLoughlin all 0-1 each Report Cathal Kiely 0-7 (4fs, 1 65), Cillian Kiely 1-1 (0-1 65), G Healion 1-0, A Spain, C Mahon. J Kilmartin, L Kavanagh, C Mitchell all 0-1 each

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1 Eoghan Cahill Birr 1-6467611.16
2 David Nally Belmont 1-6063512.60
3 Cathal Kiely Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-434968.16
4 Joe Bergin Seir Kieran 2-404659.20
5 Brian Duignan Ballinamere 0-404058.00
6James Dempsey Kinnitty 3-213047.50
7 Brian Carroll Coolderry 1-232646.50
8 Jason Sampson Shinrone 3-152473.42
9Cillian Kiely Clodiagh Gaels 1-202363.83
10Aidan Treacy St Rynagh's 0-212154.20
In a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1 Eoghan Cahill Birr 1-1619 Clodiagh Gaels
2 Cathal Kiely Kilcormac–Killoughey 1-1215 St Rynagh's
3 David Nally Belmont 1-1114 Seir Kieran
Eoghan Cahill Birr 1-1114 St Rynagh's
David Nally Belmont 0-1414 Ballinamere
6 David Nally Belmont 0-1313 Coolderry
7 Joe Bergin Seir Kieran 1-091 Coolderry
Joe Bergin Seir Kieran 1-091 Clodiagh Gaels
David Nally Belmont 0-1212 Shinrone
10 Brian Duignan Ballinamere 0-1010 Shinrone

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