2025 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

2025 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	31 July – October 2025
Teams	12
Sponsor	Whitebox Developments
Relegated	Dromin/Athlacca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	78 (2.44 per match)
Points scored	1150 (35.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shane O'Brien (4–50)
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The 2025 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship is the 131st staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. ^[1] The draws for the group stage placings took place on 21 January 2025. ^{[2] [3]} The championship is scheduled to run from 31 July to October 2025. ^[4]

Doon entered the championship as the defending champions. ^{[5] [6]} Newcastle West returned to the top tier for the first time since 1990. ^[7]

New sponsorship

Property development company Whitebox Developments became the new sponsor of the competition. ^{[8] [9]}

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Newcastle West ^[10]

From Championship

Relegated to the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

• South Liberties ^[11]

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegated

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Na Piarsaigh	5	4	1	0	135	88	47	9
Doon	5	3	2	0	125	104	21	8
Ballybrown	5	3	0	2	124	110	14	6
Kilmallock	5	1	2	2	102	119	−17	4
Ahane	5	1	1	3	105	125	−20	3
Patrickswell	5	0	0	5	87	132	−45	0

Group 1 results

Kilmallock v Patrickswell

31 July 2025Round 1	Kilmallock	0–23 – 0–18	Patrickswell	Newcastle West Grounds
	S O’Brien (0–10, 4f), O O’Reilly (0–3), C Staunton and P O’Reilly (0–2 each), S Quirke, C Hanley-Clarke (0–1, 1f), G Enright, D Woulfe, P Connery (1f) and K O’Donnell (0–1 each).	Report	A Gillane (0–12, 10f), D Byrnes (0–5, 4f), J Higgins (0–1).

Ballybrown v Ahane

2 August 2025Round 1	Ballybrown	5–18 – 1–23	Ahane	Childers Road
	A O’Connor 1–6; B Griffin, Barry Adams 2–1 each; R Kenny, R Griffin, L Doolan 0–2; B Smith, D Hall, J Adams, M Kiely 0–1 each.	Report	T Morrissey 0–12 (9 frees); C Barry 1–2; J O’Connor 0–4; J Cosgrove 0–3; C Ryan 0–2.

Doon v Na Piarsaigh

2 August 2025Round 1	Doon	1–19 – 2–16	Na Piarsaigh	FitzGerald Park
	A English 1–7 (all frees); D O’Donovan 0–3 (0–2 frees); J Ryan, P Ryan, C Thomas 0–2 each; B Murphy, G Thomas, D Coughlan 0–1 each.	Report	K Downes 1–7 (0–5f); K Dempsey 1–2; W Henn 0–2; JJ Carey, D Dempsey, J Finn, D Lynch 0–1 each.

Patrickswell v Doon

7 August 2025Round 2	Patrickswell	0–14 – 3–23	Doon	FitzGerald Park
	A Gillane 0–5 (4f); D Byrnes 0–3 (3f); J Murray (0–2); J Higgins, J Kelleher, K O’Brien, M Carmody (0–1 apiece).	Report	G Thomas (0–7) A English (0–7, 0-4f, 0–1 65); C Thomas (1–2); K Maher (1–1); P Ryan (1–1); D Coughlan (0–3); R English, D O’Donovan (0–1 apiece).

Ahane v Kilmallock

8 August 2025Round 2	Ahane	0–18 – 1–15	Kilmallock	Doon Grounds
	T Morrissey (0–10, 0–7 frees); J O’Connor (0–3); J Cosgrove (0–3); R Fox, C Barry (0–1 each).	Report	Shane O’Brien (1–7, 0–5 frees); P O’Reilly (0–2); D Woulfe, S Quirke, R Egan, G Mulcahy, C Hanley Clarke (free), C Staunton (0–1 each).

Na Piarsaigh v Ballybrown

8 August 2025Round 2	Na Piarsaigh	0–21 – 1–10	Ballybrown	Childers Road
	K Downes (0–8, 6f), R Lynch (0–4, 4f), JJ Carey and K Dempsey (0–3 each), A Breen (0–2), M Foley (0–1).	Report	A O’Connor (1–9, 8f, 1 ’65), D Hall (0–1).

Doon v Kilmallock

21 August 2025Round 3	Doon	0–22 – 2–16	Kilmallock	Knocklong Sportsfield
	A English 0–13 (9f), B Murphy and E Stokes 0–2 each, G Thomas, P Ryan, R English, D O’Donovan and J Ryan 0–1 each.	Report	K Hayes and O O’Reilly 1–2 each, S O’Brien 0–4 (3f, 1’65), C Hanley-Clarke 0–3 (3f), G Enright 0–2, C Staunton, G Mulcahy and D O’Brien 0–1 each.

Patrickswell v Ballybrown

23 August 2025Round 3	Patrickswell	2–09 – 1–18	Ballybrown	Mick Neville Park
	T O'Brien 1–0, D Byrnes (1–0, 1–0 free), J Kelleher (0–2, 0–1 free), C Fitzgerald, C Lynch 0–2 each, P Kirby (0–1, 0–1 free), K O'Brien, M Carmody 0–1 each.	Report	A O'Connor (0–10, 0–4 frees, 0–1 65); R Griffin 1–1, K Gavin and L Doolan 0–2 each, M Kiely, J Adams and C Coughlan 0–1 each.

Na Piarsaigh v Ahane

24 August 2025Round 3	Na Piarsaigh	2–25 – 1–13	Ahane	Childers Road
	K Downes 0–8 (5f); A Breen 1–3; R Lynch 0–5 (3f, 2 65); D Lynch 1–2; K Dempsey 0–3; T Grimes 0–2; M Foley 0–1; D Dempsey 0–1.	Report	T Morrissey 0–11 (8f); J O’Connor 1–0; D Minihan 0–1, R Fox 0–1.

Ballybrown v Doon

29 August 2025Round 4	Ballybrown	2–19 – 3–17	Doon	Fitzgerald Park
	A O’Connor (0–13, 8f, 1 s/l); R Kenny (1–2), B Adams (1–1), L Doolan (0–3).	Report	D Coughlan (1–2), D O’Donovan (1f), P Ryan (1–1 each), G Thomas (3f), K Maher (0–3 each), C Thomas, A English (2f), E Stokes (0–2 each), R English (0–1).

Ahane v Patrickswell

29 August 2025Round 4	Ahane	1–21 – 2–14	Patrickswell	Childers Road
	T Morrissey 0–10 (6f), J Cosgrave 0–4, J O’Connor 1–0, R Foxe 0–3, W McCormack 0–2, M Donnellan and D Morrissey 0–1 each.	Report	J Kelleher 0–6 (4f), D Byrnes (f) and K O’Brien 1–0 each, C Lynch 0–2, T O’Brien, C Fitzgerald, M Carmody, H Maher, J Higgins and S O’Brien 0–1 each.

Kilmallock v Na Piarsaigh

30 August 2025Round 4	Kilmallock	1–14 – 2–23	Na Piarsaigh	Mick Neville Park
	S O’Brien (0–4, 4f), D Woulfe (1–0), K Hayes, C Hanley-Clarke (2f) and P Connery (0–2 each), R Hanley, P O’Brien, M Houlihan and O O’Reilly (0–1 each).	Report	K Downes (0–8, 6f, 1’65), D Lynch (1–2), S Dowling (1–0, pen), R Lynch (0–3, 2f, 1’65), P Casey and D Dempsey (0–2 each), K Dempsey, A Breen, E McEvoy, W O’Donoghue, W Henn and M Foley (0–1 each).

Patrickswell v Na Piarsaigh

13 September 2025Round 5	Patrickswell	2-14 - 2-26	Na Piarsaigh	Childers Road
	D Byrnes 0-9 (0-6f), L Fitzgerald 1-02, E Fitzgerald 1-01, M Carmody and H Maher 0-1 each.	Report	A Breen 1-07, W Henn 0-09 (0-08f), P Casey 1-01, M Foley, W Kearns, D Lynch 0-2 each, E McEvoy, R Lynch and D Dempsey 0-1 each.

Doon v Ahane

13 September 2025Round 5	Doon	0-23 - 1-18	Ahane	Cappamore Grounds
	A English 0-6 (5f), D Coleman and D O’Donovan (2f) 0-4 each, K Maher and C O’Donovan 0-2, J Ryan, A O’Connell, B Murphy, E Stokes and C Ryan 0-1 each.	Report	T Morrisey 1-13 (1-0 pen, 12f), R Fox 0-3, J Cosgrove and C Ryan 0-1 each.

Kilamllock v Ballybrown

13 September 2025Round 5	Kilamllock	1-19 - 4-20	Ballybrown	Newcastle West Grounds
	S O'Brien (1-11, 0-10 frees), D Woulfe 0-3, K Hayes and T Savage 0-1 each, C Hanley Clarke (0-3, 0-3 frees).	Report	A O'Connor (0-8, 0-5 frees); R Kenny 1-3; L Doolan 1-2; M Kiely 1-1, Barry Adams 1-0, B Griffin 0-3, C Coughlan, R Griffin, J Coughlan 0-1 each.

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Promoted, quarter-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegated

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Monaleen	5	4	1	0	118	99	19	9
Adare	5	3	1	1	112	102	10	7
Mungret/St Paul's	5	2	2	1	111	101	10	6
Kildimo-Pallaskenry	5	1	1	2	94	100	−6	4
Newcastle West	5	0	3	2	96	100	−4	3
Dromin/Athlacca	5	0	1	4	87	116	−29	1

Group 2 results

Monaleen v Adare

31 July 2025Round 1	Monaleen	1–20 – 0–18	Adare	Fedamore Grounds
	D O Dálaigh 1–2, M Fitzgerald 0–5 (frees), A La Touche Cosgrave 0–4, L Lyons 0–4, E O'Driscoll 0–2, L Murphy, D Ferland, E Maher 0–1 each.	Report	W Griffin 0–12 (0–5 frees, 0–2 '54s, 0–1 sideline cut), P Kearney 0–2, J Fitzgibbon (free), D Gleeson, D O'Mahoney, J Gahan 0–1 each.

Mungret/St Paul's v Newcastle West

1 August 2025Round 1	Mungret/St Paul's	1–17 – 2–14	Newcastle West	Mick Neville Park
	M O’Brien 0–6 (0–3 frees); C O’Halloran 1–1; N Mulcahy 0–3; B Duff 0–3; L Lynch 0–2; L Harrington and J McCarthy 0–1 each	Report	Eoin Hurley 1–4; Cathal Hayes (0–3, 0–3 frees); Ethan Hurley (0–3, 0–2 frees); Con Hayes 1–0; M Dee and D Lyons 0–2 each

Kildimo-Pallaskenry v Dromin/Athlacca

2 August 2025Round 1	Kildimo-Pallaskenry	3–16 – 0–18	Dromin/Athlacca	Ballyagran Grounds
	R O'Farrell 1–4, P Nash 1–1, S Hartigan 0–4 (4 frees), J O'Keeffe 1–0, L Griffin 0–3 (3 frees), K Hayes, S Barry (1 '65') 0–2 each;	Report	D Reidy 0–12 (8 frees), T Boddy 0–2 (2 frees), D Breen, S O'Leary, D Scully (free), C Scully (free) 0–1 each.

Adare v Mungret/St Paul's

6 August 2025Round 2	Adare	1–21 – 2–18	Mungret/St Paul's	Ballybrown Grounds
	P Kearney (1–7, 0–3 frees), D Gleeson 0–4, D O'Mahony 0–3, J Hannon 0–2, J Fitzgibbon, D Hannon, R Connolly and S Connolly 0–1 each, W Griffin (0–1, 0–1 free)	Report	F Fitzgerald1-1, M O'Brien (0–9, 0–8 frees), B Giltenane 0–3, N Mulcahy 0–2, B O'Meara, C O'Halloran and L Lynch 0–1 each, B Duff 1–0

Dromin/Athlacca v Monaleen

8 August 2025Round 2	Dromin/Athlacca	1–16 – 1–21	Monaleen	Fedamore Grounds
	D Reidy 1–11 (1–10 frees), T Boddy 0–4 (3 frees), D Griffin 0–1.	Report	A La Touche Cosgrave 1–2, D Ó Dálaigh, M Fitzgerald (4 frees) 0–4 each, L Murphy 0–3, E O'Driscoll, D Ferland, J Fitzgerald 0–2 each, D Langan (free), R Lyons 0–1 each.

Newcastle West v Kildimo-Pallaskenry

8 August 2025Round 2	Newcastle West	2–16 – 2–16	Kildimo-Pallaskenry	Seán Finn Park
	M McMahon 2–1, Con Hayes 0–4, Cathal Hayes (0–3, 0–2 frees, 0–1 65), M Dee and D Lyons 0–2 each, B Hurley, Eoin Hurley, M Cremin and B Foley 0–1 each	Report	J O'Keefe 1–4, C McMahon 1–0, R O'Farrell (0–3, 0–1 free), S Barry (0–3, 0–1 free), S Hartigan (0–2, 0–1 free), P Nash 0–2, D Fitzgerald and C Downes 0–1

Mungret/St Paul's v Monaleen

22 August 2025Round 3	Mungret/St Paul's	1–19 – 2–23	Monaleen	Childers Road
	L Lynch 0–6 (3f), N Mulcahy and M O’Brien (3f) 0–3 each, C O’Halloran 1–0, B O’Meara and C Moloney 0–2 each, B Duff, F Fitzgerald and B Giltenane 0–1 each.	Report	D Ó Dálaigh, J Fitzgerald (0–2 frees) 1–4 each, L Lyons (0–1 free), D Ferland 0–3 each, E O’Driscoll, D Langan 0–2 each, M Fitzgerald (0–1 free), R Lyons, L Murphy, B Hayes and E Maher 0–1 each;

Adare v Kildimo-Pallaskenry

22 August 2025Round 3	Adare	0–18 – 0–16	Kildimo-Pallaskenry	Seán Finn Park
	W Griffin 0–9 (0–7 frees), M Mackey, D O’Mahoney, J Fitzgibbon (0–2 frees) 0–2 each, P Kearney, J McSweeney, M Connolly 0–1 each.	Report	S Barry 0–6 (0–6 frees), D Fitzgerald 0–3, J O’Keeffe, C McMahon and R O’Farrell 0–2 each, C Downes 0–1.

Newcastle West v Dromin/Athlacca

23 August 2025Round 3	Newcastle West	0–14 – 0–14	Dromin/Athlacca	Páirc an Chrócaigh
	Cathal Hayes (0–6, 0–5 frees), Eoin Hurley 0–4, B Hurley, M Dee, Con Hayes, B Foley 0–1 each	Report	D Reidy (0–5, 0–4 frees), T Boddy (0–5, 0–4 frees), D Breen, D Griffin, J Fitzgibbon and S Fitzgibbon 0–1 each

Monaleen v Newcastle West

28 August 2025Round 4	Monaleen	1–18 – 0–19	Newcastle West	Seán Finn Park
	M Fitzgerald (0–6, 0–5f); L Lyons (1–2, 0-1f); D Ó Dálaigh (0–4); J Fitzgerald (0–2); L Murphy, A La Touche Cosgrave, D Ferland, E O’Driscoll (0–1 each).	Report	Cathal Hayes (0–6, 5f); M Quilligan (0–4, 3f); B Nix (0–3); Ethan Hurley (0–2, 1f); Con Hayes (0–2); M Dee, Eoin Hurley (0–1).

Kildimo-Pallaskenry v Mungret/St Paul's

29 August 2025Round 4	Kildimo-Pallaskenry	0–10 – 1–18	Mungret/St Paul's	Ballybrown Grounds
	S Barry 0–4 (frees), S Hartigan 0–3, J O'Keeffe 0–2, E McLoughlin 0–1.	Report	L Lynch 1–5 (0–3 frees), N Mulcahy 0–5, B Giltenane 0–3, B Duff 0–2, F Fitzgerald (free), B O'Meara, M O'Brien 0–1 each.

Dromin/Athlacca v Adare

30 August 2025Round 4	Dromin/Athlacca	1–15 – 4–17	Adare	Ballybrown Grounds
	D Reidy 1–6 (1 pen, 6f), T Boddy 0–5 (4f), S Fitzgibbon 0–2, D Breen 0–2.	Report	P Kearney 1–7 (6f), D Hannon 2–2, S Connolly 1–1, D O’Mahoney 0–2, R Conolly 0–1, S Hickey 0–2, M Connolly 0–1.

Adare v Newcastle West

13 September 2025Round 5	Adare	2-17 - 1-18	Newcastle West	Mick Neville Park
	B O'Connor 1-0, J Fitzgibbon (1-5, 0-3 frees, 0-1 penalty), P Kearney (0-8, 0-7 frees), D O'Mahoney, S Hickey, J Hannon and D Hannon 0-1 each	Report	Ethan Hurley 1-0, Eoin Hurley 0-2, Con Hayes 0-5, Cathal Hayes (0-3, 0-3 frees), M Quilligan (0-2, 0-2 frees), M McMahon 0-2, B Hurley, M Dee and B Nix 0-1 each

Mungret/St Paul's v Dromin/Athlacca

13 September 2025Round 5	Mungret/St Paul's	1-21 - 1-15	Dromin/Athlacca	Bruff Grounds
	L Lynch 0-8 (0-7 frees), B Duff 1-3, M O’Brien 0-5, N Mulcahy, B O’Meara 0-2 each, F Fitzgerald 0-1 (0-1 free).	Report	D Reidy 1-6 (1-5 frees), T Boddy 0-6 (0-4 frees), D Griffin, M Reidy, S O’Leary 0-1 each

Monaleen v Kildimo-Pallaskenry

13 September 2025Round 5	Monaleen	0-21 - 0-21	Kildimo-Pallaskenry	Ballybrown Grounds
	M Fitzgerald 0-6 (6 frees), L Lyons 0-4 (4 frees), L Murphy, D Ferland, M O'Dwyer (2 frees) 0-2 each, B Hayes, C Ó Duinn, E O'Driscoll, E Maher, A La Touche Cosgrave 0-1 each;	Report	S Barry 0-7 (7 frees), J O'Keeffe 0-6, S Hartigan (2 frees), L Griffin (1 free, 1 sideline cut) 0-3 each, R O'Farrell, D Fitzgerald 0-1 each.

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Ballybrown v Adare

21 September 2025Quarter-final	Ballybrown	0-20 - 2-10	Adare	Páirc na nGael
	A O’Connor 0-8 (7f); R Griffin 0-4; C Coughlan 0-2; R Kenny 0-2; J Coughlan 0-1; B Griffin 0-1, L O’Connor 0-1; B Smith 0-1.	Report	W Griffin 1-7 (6f); J Fitzgibbon 1-3 (2f).

Kilmallock v Monaleen

21 September 2025Quarter-final	Kilmallock	2-27 - 0-30 (aet)	Monaleen	Bruff Grounds
	S O'Brien (2-14, 0-10 frees, 0-1 65), K Hayes, P Connery and C Staunton 0-2 each, P O'Brien, O Enright, P O'Reilly, O O'Reilly, R Hanley, D Woulfe, S Carroll 0-1 each.	Report	L Lyons (0-8, 0-6 frees), M Fitzgerald (0-4, 0-2 frees), M O'Dwyer (0-6, 0-6 frees), J Fitzgerald 0-4, D Ferland and A La Touche Cosgrove 0-2 each, D Langan, D Ó Dálaigh, R Lyons and L Murphy 0-1 each

Semi-finals

Na Piarsaigh v Kilmallock

5 October 2025Semi-final

Na Piarsaigh

v

Kilmallock

Doon v Ballybrown

5 October 2025Semi-final

Doon

v

Ballybrown

Final

v

19 October 2025Final

v

TUS Gaelic Grounds

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Shane O'Brien	Kilmallock	4–50	62	6	10.33
2	Aidan O'Connor	Ballybrown	2–54	60	6	10.00
3	Tom Morrissey	Ahane	1–56	59	5	11.80
4	David Reidy	Dromin/Athlacca	3–40	49	5	9.80
5	Adam English	Doon	1–35	38	5	7.60
6	Kevin Downes	Na Piarsaigh	1–31	34	4	8.50
7	Willie Griffin	Adare	1–29	32	5	6.33
8	Patrick Kearney	Adare	2–25	31	6	5.16
9	Matthew Fitzgerald	Monaleen	0–26	26	6	4.33
10	Liam Lynch	Mungret/St Paul's	1–22	25	5	5.00

In a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Shane O'Brien	Kilmallock	2–14	20	Monaleen
2	Tom Morrissey	Ahane	1–13	16	Doon
3	Shane O'Brien	Kilmallock	1–11	14	Ahane
4	David Reidy	Dromin/Athlacca	1–10	13	Monaleen
	Adam English	Doon	0–13	13	Kilmallock
	Aidan O'Connor	Ballybrown	0–13	13	Doon
7	Aidan O'Connor	Ballybrown	1–09	12	Na Piarsaigh
	Aaron Gillane	Patrickswell	0–12	12	Kilmallock
	Willie Griffin	Adare	0–12	12	Monaleen
	Tom Morrissey	Ahane	0–12	12	Ballybrown
	David Reidy	Dromin/Athlacca	0–12	12	Kildimo-Pallaskenry

Miscellaneous

• Ballybrown beat Patrickswell in championship hurling for the first time since 1991. ^[12]

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