2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	16 June – 6 August 2023
Teams	9
Sponsor	Garvey's SuperValu
Champions	Crotta O'Neill's (10th title) Bill Keane (captain) Brendan Mahony (manager)
Runners-up	Lixnaw Conor O'Keeffe (captain) Barry Hennessy (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	42 (3 per match)
Points scored	536 (38.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shane Nolan (4-38)
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The 2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd 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 31 May 2023. ^[1] The championship ran from 16 June to 6 August 2023.

Causeway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Crotta O'Neill's at the quarter-final stage. ^{[2] [3]}

The final was played on 6 August 2023 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Crotta O'Neill's and Lixnaw, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 24 years. ^[4] Crotta O'Neill's won the match by 0–15 to 1–09 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a first title in 55 years. ^[5]

Shane Nolan was the championship's top scorer with 4-38.

Group A

Group A table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Lixnaw	2	2	0	0	49	28	21	4
Ballyduff	2	1	0	1	48	36	12	2
Ballyheigue	2	0	0	2	23	56	-33	0

Group A results

Ballyduff v Ballyheigue

16 June 2023Round 1	Ballyduff	4-20 - 0-11	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	K Goulding (2-2), E Ross (1-4, 1-2 fs), D Moriarty (0-6, 5fs), P Boyle (1-0), K O’Connor and M Boyle (0-2 each), D O’Carroll, J O’Sullivan, K O’Carroll and K Boyle (f) (0-1 each.	Report	P Lucid (0-6, 2fs, 2; 65’s), F O’Sullivan (0-2, 1f), S O’Fuarain, G Slattery and N Guerin (0-1 each).	Referee: C O'Regan (Cork)

Lixnaw v Ballyheigue

25 June 2023Round 2	Lixnaw	3-16 - 0-14	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	S Conway 0-8, M Kelliher 1-2, R Heffernan 1-0, E Stack 1-0, D Conway 0-2, M Conway 0-1, J Brosnan 0-1, J McKenna 0-1, J Buckley 0-1.	Report	P Lucid 0-9, F O'Sullivan 0-3, T Gaynor 0-2.

Ballyduff v Lixnaw

2 July 2023Round 3	Ballyduff	1-13 - 1-22	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	D Moriarty 0-5, K Goulding 1-0, E Ross 0-3, J O'Sullivan 0-1, K O'Carroll 0-1, J Enright 0-1, A O'Connor 0-1, K O'Connor 0-1.	Report	S Conway 0-12, M Kelliher 1-2, J Buckley 0-4, E Stack 0-2, D Conway 0-1, J McKenna 0-1.

Group B

Group B table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Crotta O'Neill's	2	1	1	0	58	36	22	3
Abbeydorney	2	1	1	0	47	34	13	3
Dr Crokes	2	0	0	2	34	69	-35	0

Group B results

Abbeydorney v Dr Crokes

17 June 2023Round 1	Abbeydorney	4-17 - 0-16	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park
	M O'Leary 2-6, O Maunsell 1-2, K Sheehan 1-1, B O'Leary 0-4, D O'Leary 0-2, D Egan 0-1, N O'Mahony 0-1.	Report	M Heffernan 0-9, T Doyle 0-2, C Keating 0-1, M O'Connor 0-1, M Lenihan 0-1, B O'Connor 0-1, G O'Connor 0-1.

Dr Crokes v Crotta O'Neill's

23 June 2023Round 2	Dr Crokes	1-15 - 4-28	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	M Heffernan (0-7, 5fs), C Keating (1-3), T Doyle (0-2), J Lenihan, M Lenihan and M Horgan (0-1 each).	Report	S Nolan (3-11, 6fs), Declan O’Donoghue (0-5), S Weir (1-1), Declan O’Donoghue (0-3), S McElligott, S O’Donoghue and D Nolan (0-2 each), C White and G Parker (0-1 each).	Referee: D Copps (Cork)

Crotta O'Neill's v Abbeydorney

30 June 2023Round 3	Crotta O'Neill's	1-15 - 2-12	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	S Nolan (0-6, 4fs), G Parker (1-1), Darragh O’Donoghue (0-3), S McElligott (0-2), T O’Connor, K McKenna and S Weir (0-1 each).	Report	M O’Leary (0-9, 8fs), D Egan (1-1), M Slattery (1-0), N O’Mahony (0-2).	Referee: M Sexton (Limerick)

Group C

Group C table

  Advance to knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmoyley	2	2	0	0	42	34	8	4
Causeway	2	1	0	1	43	39	4	2
St Brendan's	2	0	0	2	30	42	-12	0

Group C results

Causeway v Kilmoyley

17 June 2023Round 1	Causeway	1-15 - 4-13	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	C Harty 0-6, B Barrett 0-5, G Dooley 1-1, G Mahoney 0-1, D Goggin 0-1, T Barrett 0-1.	Report	M O'Connor 3-3, D Collins 0-6, P Maunsell 1-0, D Nolan 0-2, R Collins 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: E Stapleton (Limerick)

St Brendan's v Causeway

25 June 2023Round 2	St Brendan's	0-14 - 3-16	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	F Egan 0-6, G Horan 0-4, E Leen 0-2, F Mackessy 0-2.	Report	B Barrett 0-7, C Harty 2-0, K Carmody 0-4, J Diggins 1-0, P McGrath 0-1, E Murphy 0-1, B Lyons 0-1, G Dooley 0-1, A White 0-1.

Kilmoyley v St Brendan's

2 July 2023Round 3	Kilmoyley	0-17 - 1-13	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins 0-10, R Monaghan 0-2, D Nolan 0-1, R Collins 0-1, D McCarthy 0-1, P Maunsell 0-1, J Brick 0-1.	Report	F Egan 0-4, G Horan 1-0, F Mackessy 0-3, D Griffin 0-3, S Brosnan 0-2, F Horgan 0-1.	Referee: N Malone (Clare)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Abbeydorney v Ballyduff

14 July 2023Quarter-final	Abbeydorney	1-15 - 2-19	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	M O’Leary (0-10, 7 fs), B O’Leary (1-1), N O’Mahony (0-2), D O’Leary and J Sheehan (0-1 each)	Report	P Boyle (1-7, 5fs, 1’65), A O’Connor (1-1), K O’Carroll, K Goulding, D Moriarty (0-2 each), E Ross, J O’Sullivan, D O’Carroll, M Boyle and J Enright (0-1 each)	Referee: C O'Regan (Cork)

Causeway v Crotta O'Neill's

15 July 2023Quarter-final	Causeway	3-18 - 2-21 Penalties: 3-2	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	G Dooley (2-0), Joseph Diggins (0-6), B Barrett (1-3, 1-0 pen, 1f), K Carmody (0-5 frees), G Leen (0-2), P McGrath and M Murphy (0-1 each).	Report	S Nolan (1-11, 8fs), S McElligott (1-1), S Weir and B Mahony (1f) (0-2 each), T O’Connor, R Mahony, Declan and Darragh O’Donoghue and B Keane (0-1 each).	Referee: E Stapleton (Limerick)

Semi-finals

Lixnaw v Ballyduff

22 July 2023Semi-final	Lixnaw	0-17 - 1-12	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	S Conway (0-9, 7fs), D Conway (0-2), C Sheehy, M Kelliher, J Griffin, J Buckley, R Heffernan, J Galvin (0-1 each).	Report	P Boyle (0-7, 5fs), K Goulding 1-0, D Moriarty (0-2, 1s/l), A O’Connor, D Slattery, E Ross (0-1 each).	Referee: K Jordan (Tipperary)

Kilmoyley v Crotta O'Neill's

22 July 2023Semi-final	Kilmoyley	0-16 - 2-11	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	D Collins (0-7, all frees), M O’Connor, J Brick, R Monahan (0-2 each), P O Connor, D Nolan, R Walsh (0-1 each).	Report	S Nolan (0-6, 5f), S McElligott, J McKenna (1-0 each ), D O’Donoghue, S Weir (0-2 each), B Mahony (0-1).	Referee: N Malone (Clare)

Final

Lixnaw v Crotta O'Neill's

6 August 2023Final	Lixnaw	1-09 - 0-15	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	M Kelliher (1-2), S Conway (0-4, 1s/l, 2fs, 2 65s), J Buckley, J Brosnan and R Heffernan (0-1 each).	Report	S Nolan (0-2, frees) and J Conway (0-4 each), S McElligott (0-3), C Trant (0-2), B Mahony and Darragh O’Donoghue (0-1 each).	Referee: C O'Regan (Cork)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	4-38	50	5	10.00
2	Shane Conway	Lixaw	0-33	33	4	8.25
3	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	2-25	31	3	10.33
4	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-23	23	3	7.66
5	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	2-14	20	3	6.66
6	Brandon Barrett	Causeway	1-15	18	3	6.00
7	Kevin Goulding	Ballyduff	4-04	16	4	4.00
	Mikey Kelliher	Lixnaw	3-07	16	4	4.00
	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-16	16	2	8.00
10	Philip Lucid	Ballyheigue	0-15	15	2	7.50
	Dylan Moriarty	Ballyduff	0-15	15	4	3.75

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	3-11	20	Dr Crokes
2	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	1-11	14	Causeway
3	Maurice O'Connor	Kilmoyley	3-03	12	Causeway
	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	2-06	12	Dr Crokes
	Shane Conway	Lixaw	0-12	12	Ballyduff
6	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	1-07	10	Abbeydorney
	Daniel Collins	Kilmoyley	0-10	10	St Brendan's
	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	0-10	10	Ballyduff
9	Shane Conway	Lixaw	0-09	9	Ballyduff
	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-09	9	Abbeydorney
	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	0-09	9	Crotta O'Neill's
	Philip Lucid	Ballyheigue	0-09	9	Lixnaw

Miscellaneous

• Crotta O'Neill's won the championship for the first time since 1968.
• Crotta O'Neill's reached the championship final for the first time since 2011.
• The championship decider between Crotta O'Neill's and Lixnaw was the first meeting of these two sides since the 1999 final.

References

1. Murphy, Murt (6 August 2023). "Kerry SHC: Causeway and Kilmoyley drawn together in 'group of death'". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. "Causeway regain Kerry SHC title with win over Ballyduff". Irish Examiner. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
3. "O'Sullivan the hero as Crotta O'Neills knock champions Causeway out of Kerry SHC in dramatic penalty shoot-out". The Kerryman. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
4. Stack, Damian (5 August 2023). "Crotta O'Neill's and Lixnaw's paths to the Kerry SHC final". The Kerryman. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
5. Murphy, Mortimer (6 August 2023). "Crotta O'Neills joy as 55-year Kerry wait ends". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 August 2023.