2025 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2025 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	13 June – 3 August 2025
Teams	9
Sponsor	Garvey's SuperValu
Champions	Abbeydorney (6th title) James O'Connor (captain) Francis O'Halloran (manager)
Runners-up	Ballyduff Jack O'Sullivan (captain) Pádraig Harrington (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	40 (2.86 per match)
Points scored	474 (33.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Pádraig Boyle (1–33)
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The 2025 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 124th 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 12 May 2025. ^[1] The championship ran from 13 June to 3 August 2025.

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

The final was played on 3 August 2025 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff, in what was their second consecutive meeting in the final. ^[3] Abbeydorney won the match by 0–23 to 0–17 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a second title in succession. ^[4]

Ballyduff's Pádraig Boyle was the championship's top scorer with 1–33.

Group A

Group A table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Brendan's	2	2	0	0	44	37	7	4
Ballyduff	2	1	0	1	36	39	-3	2
Crotta O'Neill's	2	0	0	2	45	49	-4	0

Group A results

St Brendan's v Crotta O'Neill's

15 June 2025Round 1	St Brendan's	1-23 - 3-15	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	F Egan (0-8, 6fs, 1x65’), S Brosnan (1-2), N O’Driscoll (0-4), L Og O’Connor (0-3), G O’Riordan and S O’Halloran (0-2 each), E O’Flaherty and J Egan (0-1 each).	Report	S Nolan (1-10, 1-0 pen, 8fs, 1x’65), J Conway (2-0), B Mahony and E O’Sullivan (0-2 each), S McElligott (0-1).

Crotta O'Neill's v Ballyduff

22 June 2025Round 2	Crotta O'Neill's	1-18 - 1-20	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	S Nolan (1-8, 1-5fs), J Conway (0-3), B Mahony, C Trant and S McElligott (0-2 each), O Heaton (0-1)	Report	P Boyle (1-11, 1-10fs), E Boyle and J Enright (0-2 each), A Segal, A Kavanagh, D Moriarty, L Rochford and S Carrig (0-1 each)

Ballyduff v St Brendan's

28 June 2025Round 3	Ballyduff	0-13 - 3-09	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	P Boyle (0-7, 4fs), A Kavanagh and K Boyle (1f) (0-2 each), L Rochford and D Moriarty (0-1 each)	Report	F Egan (2-4, 1-2fs), L Óg O’Connor (1-2), E O’Flaherty (0-2), S Brosnan (0-1).

Group B

Group B table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilmoyley	2	2	0	0	44	39	5	4
Ballyheigue	2	1	0	1	39	37	2	2
Lixnaw	2	0	0	2	32	39	-7	0

Group B results

Kilmoyley v Ballyheigue

15 June 2025Round 1	Kilmoyley	1-20 - 1-18	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	R Collins ( 1-13, 8fs, 2x65’s), J Brick and D Collins ( 0-2 each), B O’Connor, D McCarthy and P O’Connor ( 0-1 each).	Report	P Lucid (0-9, 6fs), C Casey (1-2), N Guerin (0-3), C Walsh (0-2), F O’Sullivan and P Kenny (0-1 each).

Lixnaw v Kilmoyley

22 June 2025Round 2	Lixnaw	0-18 - 2-15	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
		Report

Ballyheigue v Lixnaw

27 June 2025Round 3	Ballyheigue	0-18 - 0-14	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	P Lucid (0-8, 5fs), D O’Sullivan and F O’Sullivan (0-3 each), C Casey, N Guerin, M Leane and R O’Halloran (0-1 each).	Report	S Conway (0-7, 5fs), I Conway and E Stack (0-2 each), G O’Keeffe, R Heffernan (f) and K Molloy (0-1 each).

Group C

Group C table

  Knockout stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Abbeydorney	2	2	0	0	59	33	26	4
Causeway	2	0	1	1	39	49	-10	1
Tralee Parnells	2	0	1	1	38	54	-16	1

Group C results

Abbeydorney v Causeway

13 June 2025Round 1	Abbeydorney	1-24 - 1-14	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	J Sheehan 1-5, M Slattery 0-8, D Egan 0-2, M O'Leary 0-2, N O'Mahony 0-2, C O'Sullivan 0-1, M Clifford 0-1, K Sheehan 0-1.	Report	B Barrett 0-4, K Carmody 0-4, C Harty 1-0, P McGrath 0-1, M Murphy 0-2, G Dooley 0-1.

Causeway v Tralee Parnells

22 June 2025Round 2	Causeway	1-19 - 4-10	Tralee Parnells	Austin Stack Park
	K Carmody (0-8, 4fs, ’45), M Murphy (1-1), C Harty (0-4), B Barrett (0-2), B Lyons, J Leahy, D Legg, and G Dooley (0-1 each)	Report	E Costello (1-6, 5fs), O O’Brien (1-1), D Quirke and S Healy (1-0 each), C Litchfield (0-2), E Sheehy (0-1)

Tralee Parnells v Abbeydorney

28 June 2025Round 3	Tralee Parnells	1-13 - 5-17	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	E Costello (1-9, 6fs), D Moloney (0-2 fs), S Healy and O O’Brien (0-1 each).	Report	J Sheehan (3-1), M Slattery (1-4, 2fs), M O’Leary (0-7, 6fs), K Varian (1-0), C O’Sullivan and B O’Leary (0-2 each), O Maunsell (0-1).

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Ballyduff v Causeway

13 July 2025Quarter-final	Ballyduff	0-22 - 1-18	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	D Moriarty (0-8, 7fs), K O’Connor and K Boyle (0-3 each), E Boyle and J Enright (0-2 each), A Segal, D O’Carroll, L Rochford and P Boyle (0-1 each).	Report	K Carmody (0-10, 5 65’s, 4fs), B Barrett (1-0), G Dooley (0-3), C Harty and B Lyons (0-2 each), B Barrett (0-1),

St Brendan's v Ballyheigue

13 July 2025Quarter-final	St Brendan's	0-20 - 3-16	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	F Egan (0-8, 5fs), L Og O’Connor (0-3, 1f), H Lenihan and S Brosnan (0-3 each), G O’Riordan ( 0-2), E O’Flaherty (0-1).	Report	P Lucid (1-5, 1-0 pen, 2fs), M Leane (1-3), P Kenny (1-1), T Gaynor and F O’Sullivan (f) (0-2 each), S Foran, C Casey and S Foran (0-1 each)

Semi-finals

Abbeydorney v Kilmoyley

19 July 2025Semi-final	Abbeydorney	4-15 - 1-15	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
19:00	M Slattery (4-2), M O’Leary (0-9,9fs), J Sheehan (0-2), O Maunsell and K Varian (0-1 each).	Report	R Collins (0-7, 6fs, 1 '65), M O’Connor (1-1), R Walsh and D Collins (0-3 each), D McCarthy (0-1).	Referee: Simon Stokes (Limerick)

Ballyduff v Ballyheigue

19 July 2025Semi-final	Ballyduff	2-18 - 3-12	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
17:00	P Boyle (0-6, 2fs), A O’Connor (1-1), K Boyle (1-0), D Moriarty (0-4, 3fs), S Carrig (0-2), E Boyle, A Segal, J Enright, L Rochford, K O’Carroll (0-1 each).	Report	F O’Sullivan (0-7, 3fs), C Walsh (1-2), E Walsh, S Foran (1-0 each), T Gaynor (0-2), P Lucid (0-1).	Referee: Patrick O'Mahony (Cork)

Final

Abbeydorney v Ballyduff

3 August 2025Final	Abbeydorney	0-23 - 0-17	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	M O’Leary ( 0-11, 10fs, 1x65), O Maunsell ( 0-5), M Slattery ( 0-3), J O’Connor, C O’Sullivan, K Varian and , R Ó hAiniféin ( 0-1 each).	Report	P Boyle (0-8, 7’s), J Enright (0-3), D Moriarty and L Rochford (0-2 each), E Boyle and K Goulding (0-1 each).	Referee: J Bugler (Clare)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Pádraig Boyle	Ballyduff	1-33	36	5	7.20
1	Michael Slattery	Abbeydorney	5-17	32	4	8.00
3	Michael O'Leary	Abbeydorney	0-29	29	4	7.25

Miscellaneous

• The final was notable as it was the first time Abbeydorney reatined the title, having reached consecutive finals for the first time in their history. Ballyduff lost consecutive finals for the first time in their history.

References

1. Brennan, Paul (12 May 2025). "Kerry senior hurling championship draw has thrown up 'a couple of tasty groups'". The Kerryman. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
2. Murphy, Murt (3 August 2023). "Kerry SHC: Brilliant Abbeydorney end 50-year famine with superb victory over Ballyduff". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. O'Dowd, John (2 August 2025). "Kerry SHC: Champions Abbeydorney can make it back-to-back finals wins over Ballyduff". The Kerryman. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
4. Murphy, Murt (3 August 2025). "Abbeydorney survive Ballyduff second half comeback to claim back-to-back Kerry SHC titles". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 August 2025.