2025 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship

Last updated

2025 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
Dates12 July - 5 October 2025
Teams6
SponsorMolloy Environmental Systems
Champions Colours of Limerick.svg Lusmagh (1st title)
Graham Lynch (captain)
Runners-up Colours of Cavan.svg Carrig & Riverstown
Relegated Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored46 (2.42 per match)
Points scored666 (35.05 per match)
← 2024 (Previous)(Next) 2026 →

The 2025 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship was the eighth staging of the Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 2018. The draw for the group stage placings was made on 13 February 2025. [1] [2] The championship ran from 12 July to 5 October 2025.

Contents

Kilcormac–Killoughey entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Lusmagh in the semi-finals. [3] [4]

The final was played on 5 October 2025 at Grant Heating St Brendan's Park in Birr, between Lusmagh and Carrig & Riverstown, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. [5] Lusmagh won the match by 1–19 to 0–19 to claim their first ever championship title. [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
Colours of Cavan.svg Carrig & Riverstown 541012885439
Colours of Cork.svg Lusmagh 532011385288
Colours of Kerry.svg Kilcormac–Killoughey 530210390136
Colours of Sligo.svg Clara 521284101-175
First Flag of Argentina.svg Clodiagh Gaels 40046382-190
Colours of Limerick.svg Coolderry 400470118-480

Group stage results

12 July 2025Round 1 Clodiagh Gaels 0-16 - 2-18 Carrig & Riverstown Clodiagh Gaels Grounds
L Langton 0-11 (4f and 1 '65'), A Gorman and C Langton 0-2 each, R Dunne 0-1. Report A Coakley 2-3, W Gleeson 0-4 (2f), C King, P Bergin, C Freeman and D Egan 0-2 each, T Hogan, C Larkin, J Hoctor 0-1 each.
13 July 2025Round 1 Coolderry 0-16 - 2-15 Clara Coolderry Grounds
Report
24 July 2025Round 2 Lusmagh 3-21 - 1-18 Coolderry Lusmagh Grounds
Report
25 July 2025Round 2 Clara 1-16 - 0-18 Clodiagh Gaels Clara Grounds
Report
9 August 2025Round 3 Lusmagh 1-13 - 1-13 Clara St Rynagh's Park
22 August 2025Round 4 Clodiagh Gaels 0-16 - 2-18 Lusmagh Kilcormac GAA Grounds

Relegation stage

Relegation playoff

5 September 2025Playoff Clodiagh Gaels 4-26 - 2-13 Coolderry Faithful Fields
Report

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

20 September 2025Semi-final Carrig & Riverstown 1-21 - 2-15 Clara Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
W Gleeson 0-6f, C Freeman 1-2, L Hogan 0-3 (0-1f), D Egan 0-2, B Hoctor 0-2 (0-1f, 0-1 65), P King 0-1, P Bergin 0-1, M O’Brien 0-1, C King 0-1, L Hoare 0-1f, J Hoctor 0-1. Report R Brady 2-0, C Delaney 0-4f, J Fleming 0-3, C Doyle 0-3 (0-2f), M Dalton 0-2, J Ledwith 0-1, C Egan 0-1, B Egan 0-1.
21 September 2025Semi-final Lusmagh 3-18 - 0-16 Kilcormac–Killoughey St Rynagh's Park
E Quinlan 0-6, P Kinsella (5frees) 1-7, L Bowe and G Lynch 1-0, A Kelly 0-2, S Lanigan, D Healy and R Kelly 0-1 each. Report L Kavanagh (6frees) 0-7, D Hand (3frees) 0-4, L Kavanagh (1free) 0-3, S Guinan 0-2.

Final

5 October 2025Final Carrig & Riverstown 0-19 - 1-19 Lusmagh Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
W Gleeson 0-9 (9f), M O'Brien 0-4 (1f), C King and D Egan 0-2 each, C Freeman and L Hogan 0-1 each. Report P Kinsella 1-10 (5f), D Healy 0-4, E Kelly and S Lanigan 0-2 each, G Lynch 0-1.

References

  1. ↑ "Draws made for Offaly hurling and football championships". Offaly Live. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025 Club Championship And League Draws Finalised". Offaly GAA website. 14 February 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Dominant Kilcormac-Killoughey retain title as Clodiagh Gaels fail to hit double figures for second year". Offaly Live. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Lusmagh book Senior B final spot to dethrone Kilcormac Killoughey". Offaly Live. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Greatly improved Lusmagh have the form to delay Carrig-Riverstown dreams". Offaly Live. 2 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Jubilant Lusmagh hold out for great win as brave Carrig-Riverstown fall away in second half". Offaly Live. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Stronger Coolderry grind resistance out of Drumcullen to claim intermediate honours". Offaly Live. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Relieved Clara retain senior 'B' status as Birr relegated". Offaly Live. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.