2025 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

2025 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	11 July – October 2025
Teams	10 [1]
Sponsor	Molloy Environmental Systems
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	38 (2.38 per match)
Points scored	576 (36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luke Carey (1-35) David Nally (0-38)
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The 2025 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship is the 128th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The draw for the group stage placings was made on 13 February 2025. ^{[2] [3]} The championship is scheduled to run from 11 July to October 2025.

Kilcormac–Killoughey entered the championship as the defending champions. ^{[4] [5]} Tullamore were due to be relegated, however, they earned a reprieve after Kilcormac–Killoughey decided not to field their second team, in spite of earning their right to promotion after winning the 2024 Offaly SBHC. ^[6]

Participating teams

Team	Location	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain
Ballinamere	Ballykilmurry	Black, green and yellow	Niall Rigney Michael Duignan	Ciarán Burke
Belmont	Ferbane	Green and white	Paul Murphy	Ciarán Cahill
Birr	Birr	Green and red	Barry Whelahan	Morgan Watkins
Coolderry	Coolderry	Green and white	Brian Carroll	Eoghan Parlon
Kilcormac–Killoughey	Kilcormac	Green and yellow	Declan Laffen	Conor Slevin
Kinnitty	Kinnitty	Green and white	Michael Bergin
Seir Kieran	Clareen	Black and amber	Enda Mulhare
Shinrone	Shinrone	Red and white	Mark Morkan	Killian Sampson
St Rynagh's	Banagher	Blue and yellow	Arien Delaney
Tullamore	Tullamore	Blue and white	Shane Hand

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Birr	3	2	1	0	81	59	22	5
Coolderry	3	2	0	1	71	64	7	4
Ballinamere	3	2	0	1	76	69	7	4
Tullamore	3	1	1	1	68	72	-4	3
Seir Kieran	4	0	0	4	69	101	-32	0

Group 1 fixtures and results

Seir Kieran v Birr

11 July 2025Round 1	Seir Kieran	0-16 - 0-31	Birr	Páirc Naoimh Ciaráin
	L Carey 0-7 (6f), K Dunne 0-4, D Guinan 0-2, M Gilligan, E Murphy, A Hynes 0-1 each.	Report	E Cahill 0-14 (4f), L Nolan and L Quinn 0-3 each, S Thompson (2f), C Kenny, B Miller and B Harding 0-2 each, S Ryan, B Murphy, A Watkins 0-1 each.

Ballinamere v Coolderry

12 July 2025Round 1	Ballinamere	2-14 - 2-22	Coolderry	Ballinamere Grounds
	B Duignan (6frees, 1 65) 0-7, D Bourke 1-3, A Maher 1-2, D Wyer and S Doran 0-1 each.	Report	E Burke (9frees) 0-11, D Miller 2-2, S Ryan and K Connolly 0-2 each, E Ryan, E Parlon, G McCormack, S Connolly and A Connolly 0-1 each.

Tullamore v Ballinamere

24 July 2025Round 2	Tullamore	2-18 - 4-18	Ballinamere	O'Brien Park
	S Dooley 1-8 (7f), J Houlihan 1-5, C Egan 0-2, C Bourke, M Fox and M Keogh 0-1 each.	Report	A Maher 2-2, B Duignan 0-7 (5f), M O'Brien 2-0, S Bourke, D Bourke, J Maher and J Scully 0-2 each, S Doran 0-1.

Coolderry v Seir Kieran

26 July 2025Round 2	Coolderry	2-20 - 2-14	Seir Kieran	Coolderry Grounds
	E Burke (0-7, 0-3 frees), S Corcoran (0-4, frees), G McCormack (0-3), E Parlon, S Connolly (1-0 each), C Burke (0-2), S Connolly, K Connolly, A Connolly, E Ryan (0-1 each).	Report	L Carey (1-10, 1-0 penalty, 0-8 frees), A Hynes (1-1), T Dooley (free), D Guinan, E Murphy (0-1 each).

Birr v Coolderry

8 August 2025Round 3	Birr	2-18 - 1-14	Coolderry	Shinrone Grounds
	E Cahill 1-9 (6f and one sideline), L Quinn 1-2, M Watkins and L Nolan 0-2 each, S Ryan, A Watkins, B Miller 0-1 each.	Report	E Burke 0-7 (5f and 1 '65'), S Connolly 1-0, S Corcoran (2f), K Connolly and D Miller 0-2 each, G McCormack 0-1.

Seir Kieran v Tullamore

8 August 2025Round 3	Seir Kieran	1-13 - 0-18	Tullamore	Kinnitty Grounds
	L Carey 0-9 (0-3f, 0-1 65), O Guinan 0-3, K Dunne 1-0, T Dooley 0-1.	Report	S Dooley 0-10 (0-7f), C Bourke 0-3, C Egan 0-1, D Fox 0-1, M Keogh 0-1, L Egan 0-1, M Fox 0-1.

Birr v Tullamore

22 August 2005Round 4	Birr	2-20 - 4-14	Tullamore	Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
	M Watkins 2-5, E Cahill 0-9 (6f), L Quinn 0-3, A Watkins, J Ryan, B Harding 0-1 each.	Report	S Dooley 1-9 (5f and 2 '65's), D Fox 1-2, M Fox 0-3, C Egan and J Sheerin 1-0 each,.

Ballinamere v Seir Kieran

23 August 2005Round 4	Ballinamere	1-23 - 0-17	Seir Kieran	St Rynagh's Park
	B Duignan (6frees) 1-9, D Bourke 0-5, J Maher and A Maher 0-3 each, S Bourke 0-2, D Ravenhill (1free) 0-1.	Report	L Carey (8frees) 0-9, J Bergin and T Dooley 0-2 each, A Hynes, D Mooney, D Guinan and O Guinan 0-1 each.

Birr v Ballinamere

6 September 2025Round 5

Birr

v

Ballinamere

Kilcormac Grounds

Coolderry v Tullamore

6 September 2025Round 5

Coolderry

v

Tullamore

Rath Grounds

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Semi-finalists  Quarter-finalists  Relegation playoff

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Belmont	4	3	1	0	74	63	11	7
Kilcormac–Killoughey	3	2	1	0	85	49	36	5
Shinrone	3	2	0	1	72	58	14	4
St Rynagh's	3	0	0	3	52	73	-21	0
Kinnitty	3	0	0	3	45	85	-40	0

Group 2 fixtures and results

Belmont v Kilcormac–Killoughey

12 July 2025Round 1	Belmont	0-15 - 0-15	Kilcormac–Killoughey	Moystown Grounds
	D Nally 0-6 (5f), A Egan and D Corbett 0-3 each, J Nally, R Flynn and C Dunican 0-1 each.	Report	P Geraghty 0-5, M Murooney 0-4 (1f), C Slevin (2f) and D Hand 0-2 each, C Spain and J Gorman 0-1 each.

Shinrone v St Rynagh's

13 July 2025Round 1	Shinrone	0-19 - 0-17	St Rynagh's	St Mary's Field
	DJ McLoughlin and D Morkan (3f) 0-4 each, P Cleary 0-3, E Cleary (2f), K Sampson and E Bailey-O'Brien 0-2 each, A Landy and S Cleary 0-1 each.	Report	S Quirke 0-5 (4f), A Treacy (3f) and S Rigney 0-3 each, M Maloney (1 '65') and A Kenny 0-2 each, J O'Connor and A Molloy 0-1 each.

St Rynagh's v Belmont

25 July 2025Round 2	St Rynagh's	0-14 - 0-20	Belmont	St Rynagh's Park
	A Treacy (1f) and S Quirke (3f) 0-3 each, S Rigney, A Molloy and A Kenny 0-2 each, J O'Connor and D Scully 0-1 each.	Report	D Nally 0-13 (7f and 1 '65'), A Egan 0-3, C Egan 0-2, A Nugent and C Dunican 0-1 each.

Kinnitty v Shinrone

26 July 2025Round 2	Kinnitty	3-09 - 4-21	Shinrone	Kinnitty Grounds
	J Dempsey 1-3 (goal from a penalty and 3f), D Flanagan 2-0, J Armstrong and C Hardiman 0-2 each, C Robinson and E Callaghan 0-1 each.	Report	J Sampson 1-4, S Cleary 1-2, A Landy 1-1, DJ McLoughlin, D Morkan (2 '65' and 1f) and P Cleary 0-3 each, E Bailey-O'Brien 1-0, A Cleary 0-2, E Cleary (f), C Cleary and D Cleary 0-1 each.

Belmont v Kinnitty

9 August 2025Round 3	Belmont	1-13 - 0-14	Kinnitty	Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
	D Nally 0-6 (4f), B Carroll 1-0, D Egan (2f) and A Egan 0-2 each, J Nally, A McCabe and R McEvoy 0-1 each.	Report	J Dempsey 0-4 (4f), E Callaghan 0-4 (1 sideline), C Robinson 0-2, D Flanagan, C Hardiman, C Meaney, O Kealey 0-1 each.

Kilcormac–Killoughey v St Rynagh's

9 August 2025Round 3	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1-31 - 1-18	St Rynagh's	Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
	A Screeney 1-13 (10f and 1 '65')), J Gorman 0-7, A Kavanagh 0-4, J Screeney 0-2, C Slevin (f), M Mulrooney, B Kavanagh, P Geraghty, T Geraghty 0-1 each.	Report	S Quirke 0-5 (3f and 1 '65'), S Rigney 1-1, M Maloney, D Scully, A Kenny 0-2 each, B Conneely, A Treacy (f), C Daly, A Molloy, P Cannon, E Woods 0-1 each.

Shinrone v Belmont

23 August 2025Round 4	Shinrone	1-17 - 0-23	Belmont	Grant Heating St Brendan's Park
	DJ McLoughlin (0-6), E Cleary (1-1, 1-0 penalty, 0-1 free), D Morkan (0-3, frees), J Sampson, D Doughan (0-2 each), E Bailey O'Brien (0-2, 0-1 free), A Landy (0-1).	Report	D Nally (0-13, 0-6 frees, 0-1 '45'), P Clancy (0-3), O Kelly (0-2), R McEvoy, C Dunican, C Egan, A Egan, R Flynn (0-1 each).

Kilcormac–Killoughey v Kinnitty

24 August 2025Round 4	Kilcormac–Killoughey	3-27 - 0-13	Kinnitty	Kilcormac Grounds
	A Screeney (0-9, 0-5 frees, 0-2 '65s'), C Mahon (1-2), C Mitchell (0-5), A Kavanagh (1-1), D Hand (0-4, 0-2 frees), J Gorman (1-0), C Spain (0-2), J Quinn, P Geraghty, C Slevin (free), T Geraghty (0-1 each).	Report	J Dempsey (0-5, 0-3 frees), D Flanagan, A Kealey (0-2 each), O Kealey, S Kinsella, N Corrigan (free), S Ryan (0-1 each).

St Rynagh's v Kinnitty

7 September 2025Round 5

St Rynagh's

v

Kinnitty

Grant Heating St Brendan's Park

Kilcormac–Killoughey v Shinrone

7 September 2025Round 5

Kilcormac–Killoughey

v

Shinrone

Grant Heating St Brendan's Park

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Seir Kieran v Kinnitty / St Rynagh's

Playoff

Seir Kieran

v

Kinnitty / St Rynagh's

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Luke Carey	Seir Kieran	1-35	38	4	9.50
	David Nally	Belmont	0-38	38	4	9.50
3	Eoghan Cahill	Birr	1-32	35	3	11.66
4	Shane Dooley	Tullamore	2-27	33	3	11.00
5	Brian Duignan	Ballinamere	1-23	26	3	12.00
6	Adam Screeney	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1-22	25	2	12.50
	Eoin Burke	Coolderry	0-25	25	3	8.33
8	Aaron Maher	Ballinamere	3-07	16	3	5.33
9	James Dempsey	Kinnitty	1-12	15	2	7.50
10	Morgan Watkins	Birr	2-07	13	3	4.33
	Dan Bourke	Ballinamere	1-10	13	3	4.33
	D. J. McLoughlin	Shinrone	0-13	13	3	4.33
	Stephen Quirke	St Rynagh's	0-13	13	3	4.33

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Adam Screeney	Kilcormac–Killoughey	1-13	16	St Rynagh's
2	Eoghan Cahill	Birr	0-14	14	Seir Kieran
3	Luke Carey	Seir Kieran	1-10	13	Coolderry
	David Nally	Belmont	0-13	13	St Rynagh's
	David Nally	Belmont	0-13	13	Shinrone
6	Eoghan Cahill	Birr	1-09	12	Coolderry
	Brian Duignan	Ballinamere	1-09	12	Seir Kieran
	Shane Dooley	Tullamore	1-09	12	Birr
9	Morgan Watkins	Birr	2-05	11	Tullamore
	Shane Dooley	Tullamore	1-08	11	Ballinamere
	Eoin Burke	Coolderry	0-11	11	Ballinamere

References

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