2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	15 June – 4 August 2024
Teams	10
Sponsor	Garvey's SuperValu
Champions	Abbeydorney (5th title) James O'Connor (captain) Francis O'Halloran (manager)
Runners-up	Ballyduff Pádraig Boyle (captain) Barry O'Grady (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	58 (2.9 per match)
Points scored	738 (36.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Michael O'Leary (3-42)
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The 2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd 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 22 April 2024. ^[1] The championship ran from 15 June to 4 August 2024. ^[2]

Crotta O'Neill's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyheigue in the quarter-finals. ^{[3] [4]}

The final was played on 4 August 2024 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. ^[5] Abbeydorney won the match by 1–17 to 1–10 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in 50 years. ^[6]

Format change

A new format was created after the addition of a 10th team to the championship. The idea of two groups of five teams was rejected after a meeting with the clubs. As a result the clubs and the Kerry County Board decided upon a three-group format; one group containing four teams, and two containing three, making up the ten teams. No team was eliminated from the championship at the end of the group phase. Instead the top two teams in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The remaining four teams (the bottom two sides in the four-team group, and the bottom sides in the two three-team groups) played off in preliminary quarter-finals to join the other six sides. From that point on it was a knock-out competition. ^[7]

Team changes

To championship

Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Tralee Parnells ^[8]

Group A

Group A table

  Quarter-finalists  Preliminary quarter-finalists

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballyduff	3	3	0	0	64	50	14	6
Crotta O'Neill's	3	2	0	1	55	53	2	4
Causeway	3	1	0	2	61	60	1	2
St Brendan's	3	0	0	3	46	63	-17	0

Group A results

Ballyduff v St Brendan's

15 June 2024Round 1	Ballyduff	1-15 - 0-16	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	J Goulding (0-6, 4fs), P Boyle (0-4fs), J O’Sullivan (1-0), D Slattery, D Carroll, D Moriarty, J P O’Carroll and L Rochford (0-1 each).	Report	F Egan (0-10, 8fs), N O’Driscoll (0-3), S O’Halloran (0-2), and G Horan (0-1).

Crotta O'Neill's v Causeway

16 June 2024Round 1	Crotta O'Neill's	1-19 - 0-15	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	S Nolan 0-14 (13fs), J Conway 1-1, C Trant 0-2, J Sheehan and S McElligott 0-1 each	Report	D Goggin 0-5, K Carmody 0-3 (1f, 1’65), B Barrett (2fs), T Casey 0-2 each, J Diggins, C Harty, D Mahoney, 0-1 each

Causeway v Ballyduff

22 June 2024Round 2	Causeway	1-17 - 2-17	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	B Barrett 0-10 (8fs, 1 ‘65), B Lyons 1-0, D Goggin 0-3, C Harty 0-2, K Carmody, E Murphy (f) 0-1 each	Report	J Goulding 1-7, (6fs), L Rochford 1-1, K Goulding, J Sullivan 0-3 each, E Boyle, D Moriarty, D Carroll 0-1 each

St Brendan's v Crotta O'Neill's

22 June 2024Round 2	St Brendan's	1-12 - 0-19	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	F Egan 0-8 (5fs), L Óg O’Connor 1-0, G O’Riordan 0-2, M Davis, S Brosnan, 0-1 each	Report	S Nolan (3fs), C Trant, J Conway (2f) 0-3 each, A Behan 0-2, Darragh O’Donoghue, T O’Connor, C White, J Sheehan, Declan O’Donoghue, R Mahony, S McElligott, G Parker 0-1 each

Ballyduff v Crotta O'Neill's

28 June 2024Round 3	Ballyduff	3-14 - 0-14	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	D Moriarty (0-6, 5fs), L Rochford (1-2), A Segal (1-1), D Goulding (1-0), K Boyle (0-2, 1f, 1’65), J Bowler, Darragh Goulding and T Grady (0-1 each)	Report	S McElligott (1f) and G Parker (0-4each), S Murnane (1f) and Declan O’Donoghue (1f) (0-2 each), C White and R Nolan (0-1 each)

Causeway v St Brendan's

28 June 2024Round 3	Causeway	3-17 - 0-15	St Brendan's	Healy Park
	B Barrett 2-2 (2fs), D Goggin 1-2, C Harty 0-3, P McGrath (1f) 0-3 each, K Carmody, E Murphy, T Casey 0-2 each, D Mahoney 0-1.	Report	L Óg O’Connor (2f), S Brosnan 0-3 each, F Egan (2f), G Horan, G O’Riordan 0-2 each, N O’Driscoll, E Ferris, E Leen 0-1 each

Group B

Group B table

  Quarter-finalists  Preliminary quarter-finalists

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Abbeydorney	2	2	0	0	59	29	30	4
Lisnaw	2	1	0	1	37	43	-6	2
Tralee Parnells	2	0	0	2	22	46	-24	0

Group B results

Lixnaw v Tralee Parnells

14 June 2024Round 1	Lixnaw	0-16 - 0-14	Tralee Parnells	Austin Stack Park
	T Brosnan 0-5 (4fs, 1 65), E Stack 0-3, S McElligott 0-2, C Sheehy, J Brosnan, K Molloy, J Galvin, R Heffernan 0-1 each	Report	O O’Brien 0-7 (5fs), G O’Doherty 0-5fs, E Sheehy, M Madden 0-1 each

Tralee Parnells v Abbeydorney

23 June 2024Round 2	Tralee Parnells	0-08 - 1-27	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	O O’Brien 0-3 (2fs), S Healy 0-2 (1f), S Morrissey, G O’Doherty (f), J Sherman, (0-1 each)	Report	M O’Leary 0-11 (5fs, 1 ‘65), B O’Leary 1-1, D Egan, C O’Sullivan 0-3 each, J Sheehan 0-2, M Clifford, K O’Connor, D O’Leary, N O’Mahoney, O Maunsell (f), J Hannon, J O’Connor, 0-1 each

Abbeydorney v Lixnaw

29 June 2024Round 3	Abbeydorney	5-14 - 1-18	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	M O’Leary 3-8 (1-0 pen, 4fs, 2 ‘65’), O Maunsell 1-2, D O’Leary 1-1, M Clifford, N O’Mahoney, J Sheehan 0-1 each	Report	S Conway 1-7, R Heffernan 0-4 (4fs), R Galvin, J Brosnan 0-2 each, C Sheehy, E Stack, J Galvin, 0-1 each

Group C

Group C table

  Quarter-finalists  Preliminary quarter-finalists

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Ballyheigue	2	2	0	0	48	29	19	4
Kilmoyley	2	1	0	1	39	33	6	2
Dr Crokes	2	0	0	2	33	58	-25	0

Group C results

Ballyheigue v Kilmoyley

15 June 2024Round 1	Ballyheigue	0-16 - 0-13	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	P Lucid (0-12, 10 fs, 1’65), F O’Sullivan (0-2), B O’Riordan and E Walsh (0-1 each).	Report	R Walsh (0-11, 7fs, 1’65)), D Corridon and P Maunsell (0-1 each)

Ballyheigue v Dr Crokes

21 June 2024Round 2	Ballyheigue	2-26 - 0-16	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park
	P Lucid 1-11 (3f), E Walsh 1-4, F O’Sullivan 0-4, M Leane and D O’Mahony 0-2, each T Gaynor, C Walsh (65), N Guerin 0-1 each	Report	M Heffernan 0-8 (7fs, 1 ‘65’), C O’Hare 0-4, T Doyle 0-2, K Landers, and O Hayes 0-1 each

Dr Crokes v Kilmoyley

27 June 2024Round 3	Dr Crokes	1-14 - 1-23	Kilmoyley	Lewis Road
	M Heffernan 0-10 (8fs), C O’Cuiv 1-0, T Doyle 0-3, D Carroll 0-1	Report	R Walsh 0-11 (9fs), P Maunsell 1-2, T Brick 0-4, D Collins, P O’Connor 0-2 each, B O’Connor, D Fitzell, 0-1 each

Knockout stage

Preliminary quarter-finals

Causeway v Dr Crokes

5 July 2024Preliminary quarter-final	Causeway	4-17 - 1-12	Dr Crokes	Austin Stack Park
	B Barrett 1-6 (5fs), K Carmody 1-3, J Diggins 1-1, C Harty 1-0, D Goggin, P McGrath (1f) 0-3 each, D Legg 0-1.	Report	M Heffernan 0-10 (9fs), C O’Cuiv 1-0, C O’Hare, W Allen 0-1 each.

St Brendan's v Tralee Parnells

5 July 2024Preliminary quarter-final	St Brendan's	2-21 - 1-08	Tralee Parnells	Healy Park
	L Óg O'Connor 0-8, E Ferris 1-2, G Horan 1-2, S O'Halloran 0-4, N O'Driscoll 0-3, G O'Riordan 0-1, S Brosnan 0-1.	Report	O O'Brien 0-4, T Brick 1-0, C Dunne 0-2, E Sheehy 0-1, S Healy 0-1.

Quarter-finals

Abbeydorney v St Brendan's

12 July 2024Quarter-final	Abbeydorney	2-15 - 1-13	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	M O’Leary 0-7 (6fs), O Maunsell 2-1, D O’Leary 0-4, J Sheehan 0-2, D Egan 0-1.	Report	F Egan 0-10 (8fs), S O’Halloran 1-0, S Brosnan, N O’Driscoll, D Dineen 0-1 each

Ballyduff v Lixnaw

13 July 2024Quarter-final	Ballyduff	3-15 - 1-16	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	P Boyle (1-7, 3fs), D Moriarty (1-1), E Boyle (1-0), J O’Sullivan and L Rochford (0-2 each), D Slattery, D O’Carroll and M Boyle (0-1 each)	Report	S Conway (0-7, 6fs), C O’Keeffe (1-0), R Heffernan (0-3,2fs), C Sheehy (0-2), D Conway, J Brosnan, E Stack, and S McElligott (0-1 each)

Ballyheigue v Crotta O'Neill's

14 July 2024Quarter-final	Ballyheigue	3-24 - 2-22 (aet)	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	P Lucid ( 1-15, 12fs, 1’65), M Leane ( 0-4), C Casey and P Kenny ( 1-0 each), D O’Sullivan, F O’Sullivan, T Gaynor, B O’Riordan, and E Walsh ( 0-1 each)	Report	S Nolan (2-10, 1-8 frees, 1’65), J Conway ( 0-4,1f), R Mahony ( 0-3), G Parker ( 0-2), C Trant, T O’Connor, Declan O’Donoghue ( 0-1each)

Kilmoyley v Causeway

14 July 2024Quarter-final	Kilmoyley	3-16 - 3-13	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	R Walsh (0-6,3fs, 1’65), D Collins ( 0-5), P Maunsell ( 1-1), R Collins ( f) and K McCarthy ( 1-0 each), M O’Connor ( 0-3), D Nolan ( 0-1).	Report	B Barrett (1-5, 5fs, 1-0 pen), D Goggin ( 1-2), G Dooley ( 1-00, J Diggins ( 0-3), C Harty ( 0-2), P McGrath ( 0-1f)

Semi-finals

Abbeydorney v Ballyheigue

20 July 2024Semi-final	Abbeydorney	1-18 - 0-10	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	M O’Leary (0-9, 8f), O Maunsell (1-2), M Clifford, J O’Connor, R Donavan, D O’Leary, C O’Sullivan, J Sheehan, and D Egan ( 0-1 each).	Report	P Lucid ( 0-6, 5fs), M Leane, E Walsh, D O’Mahony and J Goggin ( 0-1 each)

Kilmoyley v Ballyduff

20 July 2024Semi-final	Kilmoyley	2-25 - 4-25	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	R Walsh ( 0-15, 9fs), P Maunsell ( 1-2), T Murnane ( 1-0), M O’Connor ( 0-3), J Brick ( 0-2), C Savage, D Collins ( 1f) and B O’Connor ( 0-1 each).	Report	P Boyle ( 2-12, 8fs,1’65), J Goulding ( 1-3), K Boyle ( 1-0), L Rochford (0-3), J Enright and K Goulding ( 0-2 each), J P O’Carroll, E Boyle and J O’Sullivan ( 0-1 each)

Final

Abbeydorney v Ballyduff

4 August 2024Final	Abbeydorney	1-17 - 1-10	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	M O’Leary (0-7, 6fs), O Maunsell (1-2), D O’Leary and J Sheehan (0-2 each), J O’Connor, N O’Mahoney, C O’Sullivan and B O’Leary (0-1 each).	Report	J O’Sullivan (1-2), P Boyle (0-4, 0-2fs, 1’65), K Goulding, A Segal, J Goulding and E Boyle (0-1 each).

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	3-42	51	5	10.20
2	Philip Lucid	Ballyheigue	2-44	50	4	12.50
3	Ronan Walsh	Kilmoyley	0-43	43	4	10.75
4	Brandon Barrett	Causeway	4-25	37	6	6.16
5	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	3-27	35	5	7.00
6	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	2-27	33	3	11.00
7	Fionan Egan	St Brendan's	0-30	30	4	7.50
8	Mark Heffernan	Dr Crokes	0-28	28	3	9.33
9	Oisín Maunsell	Abbeydorney	5-08	21	5	4.20
	Jack Goulding	Ballyduff	2-17	23	4	5.75

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	2-12	18	Kilmoyley
	Philip Lucid	Ballyheigue	1-15	18	Crotta O'Neill's
3	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	3-08	17	Lixnaw
4	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	2-10	16	Ballyheigue
5	Ronan Walsh	Kilmoyley	0-15	15	Ballyduff
6	Philip Lucid	Ballyheigue	1-11	14	Dr Crokes
7	Shane Nolan	Crotta O'Neill's	0-14	14	Causeway
8	Philip Lucid	Ballyheigue	0-12	12	Kilmoyley
9	Ronan Walsh	Kilmoyley	0-11	11	Dr Crokes
	Ronan Walsh	Kilmoyley	0-11	11	Ballyheigue
	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	0-11	11	Tralee Parnells

Miscellaneous

• Abbeydorney won the championship for the first time since 1974.
• Abbeydorney reached the championship final for the first time since 2005.
• Abbeydorney and Ballyduff faced each other in the final for the first time.
• Tralee Parnells make their first appearance at senior level since 1924.

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