2024 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship

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2024 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
Dates19 July - 5 October 2024
Teams6
SponsorMolloy Environmental
Champions Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcormac–Killoughey (2nd title)
Shane Melia (captain)
Runners-up First Flag of Argentina.svg Clodiagh Gaels
Clint Horan (captain)
Relegated Colours of Mayo.svg Birr
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored30 (1.58 per match)
Points scored700 (36.84 per match)
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The 2024 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship was the seventh staging of the Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 2018. The group stage placings were confirmed on 20 February 2024. [1] [2] The championship ran from 19 July to 5 October 2024.

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Kilcormac–Killoughey entered the championship as the defending champions. [3] They declined their automatic right to promotion due to the fact that their first team already participates in the Offaly SHC. [4]

The final was played on 5 October 2024 at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between Kilcormac–Killoughey and Clodiagh Gaels, in what was their second consecutive meeting in the final. [5] Kilcormac–Killoughey won the match by 1–13 to 0–09 to claim their second championship title overall and a second title in succession. [6]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship

Group stage

Group stage table

  Knockout stage  Relegation playoff

TeamMatchesScorePts
PldWDLForAgainstDiff
Kilcormac–Killoughey 5500137954210
Carrig & Riverstown 531111094167
Clodiagh Gaels 521210510145
Lusmagh 520399112-134
Birr 510494126-322
Clara 5105101118-172

Group stage fixtures and results

19 July 2024Round 1 Lusmagh 1-17 - 0-23 Clara Moystown Grounds
Report
3 August 2024Round 2 Carrig & Riverstown 1-22 - 0-12 Lusmagh Crinkle Grounds
3 August 2024Round 2 Clara 1-16 - 1-21 Birr Moystown Grounds
16 August 2024Round 3 Lusmagh 1-24 - 0-24 Clodiagh Gaels Drumcullen Grounds
16 August 2024Round 3 Carrig & Riverstown 0-26 - 1-15 Birr Crinkle Grounds
31 August 2024Round 4 Kilcormac–Killoughey 2-20 - 1-16 Carrig & Riverstown Crinkle Grounds
31 August 2024Round 4 Clodiagh Gaels 1-20 - 2-11 Clara The Mill Field
31 August 2024Round 4 Birr 0-15 - 1-16 Lusmagh St Rynagh's Park
7 September 2024Round 5 Carrig & Riverstown 1-19 - 0-20 Clara St Rynagh's Park
7 September 2024Round 5 Clodiagh Gaels 1-21 - 0-20 Birr Kinnitty Grounds

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

20 September 2024Playoff Birr 1-13 - 1-17 Clara Faithful Fields
N Lyons 0-6 (5f), T Bolger 0-3, A Fitzgerald 1-1 penalty and 65’, R Fitzsimons, R Bergin and E Pilkinton 0-1 each. Report C Delaney 0-9 (8f), B Egan 1-2, S Griffith 0-2, M Dalton, C Egan, L Flynn and C O’Meara 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

21 September 2024Semi-final Clodiagh Gaels 2-15 - 0-15 Carrig & Riverstown Glenisk O'Connor Park
L Langton 0-8 (7f), C Brady 2-0, C Langton and R Dunne 0-2 each, B O'Brien, S Brady, P Lyons 0-1 each. Report L Hogan 0-7 (5f), C King and L Hoare (2f) 0-2 each, C Freeman, D Egan, A Coakley, M O'Brien 0-1 each.
22 September 2024Semi-final Kilcormac–Killoughey 0-29 - 2-18 Lusmagh Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
D Hand 0-7 (7f), L Kavanagh 0-6 (3f), P Geraghty 0-5, JK Kilmartin and C Quinn 0-3 each, S Guinan, T Geraghty, J, Gorman, D Currams, M Mulrooney, 0-1 each. Report P Kinsella 1-12 (9f) (goal from a penalty and 7f), R Quinlan 1-0, D Healy 0-3, G Lynch, A Kelly, E Kelly 0-1 each.

Final

5 October 2024Final Clodiagh Gaels 0-09 - 1-13 Kilcormac–Killoughey Glenisk O'Connor Park
L Langton 0-6 (6f), J Keenaghan, C Brady and C Langton 0-1 each. Report C Quinn 0-5 (4f and 1 '65'), C Kilmartin 1-0, S Guinan, P Geraghty and T Geraghty 0-2 each, M Mulrooney and L Kavanagh (f) 0-1 each.

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  3. ↑ Corrigan, Kevin (30 September 2022). "Superior Kilcormac-Killoughey knock resistance out of suspension hit Clodiagh Gaels". Offaly Live. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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