Offaly Senior Football Championship

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Offaly Senior Football Championship
Current season or competition:
Current event clock.svg2022 Offaly Senior Football Championship
Irish Craobh Sinsear Peile
Uíbh Fhailí
Founded1896
Title holders Tullamore (30th title)
Most titles Rhode (31 titles)
SponsorsTullamore Court Hotel

The Offaly Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896.

Contents

Tullamore are the title holders (2024), defeating Ferbane on a scoreline of 0-15 to 0-14 in the final. [1]

Format

Current teams

The 8 clubs competing in the 2023 Offaly Senior Football Championship are:

Rhode, Tullamore, Edenderry, Ferbane, Clara, Shamrocks, Durrow and Bracknagh.

Honours

The trophy presented to the winners is the Dowling Cup. The club winning the Offaly Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

List of finals


YearWinnerScoreRunner-upScore
1896 Tullamore 0–08Cloghan1–04
1897 Tullamore 1–05Cloghan0–00
1898 Tullamore w/o Killoughyscr
1899 Tullamore 0–06Quarrymount0–02
1900 Rhode 0–07 Daingean 0–02
1901Quarrymount2–06Geashill0–02
1902Geashill2–05 Ferbane 0–05
1903Cloghan1–04Geashill0–02
1904Geashill1–04 Ferbane 0–02
1905Geashill4–05Cloghan0–01
1906Geashill3–08Cloghan1–04
1907Geashill4–10 Tullamore 0–07
1908 Tullamore 2–09Geashill0–05
1909 Daingean 1–04 Ballinamere 0–03
1910Banagher1–02 Tullamore 0–02
1911 Tullamore 2–03Geashill1–00
1912 Tullamore 1–06 Ferbane 0–02
1913 Tullamore w/o Banagherscr
1914 Ferbane 2–01Ballycommon1–02
1915Killeigh1–04 Ferbane 1–01
1916Killeigh1–04Cloghan1–01
1917 Tullamore 0–04 Ferbane 0–03
1918 Rhode 4–07Cloghan1–00
1919Clonmore1–00 Ferbane 0–01
1920 [2] Rhode 0–04 Ferbane 1–00
1921No competition
1922No competition
1923 Rhode 2–07 Clara 1–01
1924 Tullamore 2–08Belmont0–02
1925 Tullamore 2–03 Ferbane 0–00
1926 [3] Tullamore 4–05 Birr 0–00
1927 [4] Rhode 0–06 Ferbane 0–02
1928 Rhode 3–04, 2–05 Tullamore 2–03, 3–02
1929 [5] Rhode 3–06 Daingean 2–04
1930 [6] Tullamore 1–06 Rhode 0–02
1931 [7] Rhode 1–04, 2–04 Tullamore 1–03, 1–07
1932 Tullamore 4–00 Rhode 1–02
1933 [8] Walsh Island 0–08 Tullamore 1–04
1934 Walsh Island 1–06 Tullamore 0–03
1935 Tullamore 2–03 Rhode 0–06
1936 Edenderry 4–06 Walsh Island 3–03
1937 Walsh Island 3–08 Rhode 2–05
1938 Walsh Island 5–08 Daingean 2–06
1939 Rhode 2–04 Daingean 1–06
1940 [9] Rhode 1–05 Walsh Island 0–04
1941 Tullamore 2–06 Edenderry 2–02
1942 Walsh Island 5–06 Daingean 2–05
1943 [10] Walsh Island 1–11 Tullamore 1–07
1944 Rhode 2–05 Tullamore 1–05
1945Cloghan1–06 Rhode 1–02
1946 Tullamore 2–06 Rhode 2–04
1947St Mary's3–05Cloghan1–05
1948 Tullamore 1–08 Edenderry 2–02
1949 [11] Rhode w/o Cloghanscr
1950St Mary's2–07 Rhode 1–05
1951 Edenderry 0–12Cloghan1–08
1952Durrow3–05 Edenderry 1–05
1953 [12] Edenderry 1–08 Rhode 1–05
1954 [13] Tullamore 3–07 Rhode 2–02
1955 [14] Rhode 2–06 Daingean 2–05
1956 [15] Tullamore 0–08Cloghan0–01
1957 Edenderry 3–06 Clara 0–02
1958 Rhode 2–10 Clara 2–05
1959 [16] St Patrick's2–08Cloghan0–06
1960 Clara 3–07, 0–08 Tullamore 1–05, 1–05
1961 [17] Gracefield 2–07, 1–08 Tullamore 1–08, 1–08
1962 [18] Daingean 2–07Killeigh0–12
1963 [19] Tullamore 4–06 Gracefield 1–08
1964 Clara 1–10 Rhode 1–07
1965 [20] Daingean 0–09 Gracefield 0–06
1966 Rhode 0–11 Clara 1–07
1967 [21] Rhode 1–07 Daingean 0–07
1968 [22] Ballycumber2–05 Gracefield 0–06
1969 [23] Rhode 2–10, 1–11Erin Rovers2–08, 2–08
1970 [24] Gracefield 1–08 Walsh Island 0–09
1971 [25] Ferbane 4–10 Gracefield 1–09
1972 [26] Gracefield 1–15 Ferbane 2–10
1973 [27] Tullamore 1–06St Carthage0–07
1974 [28] Ferbane 2–07, 1–09 Gracefield 1–04, 1–09
1975 [29] Rhode 1–12 Daingean 1–07
1976 [30] Ferbane 1–07, 2–11 Walsh Island 0–09, 2–11
1977 [31] Tullamore 2–07 Daingean 1–06
1978 [32] Walsh Island 4–09 Rhode 1–12
1979 [33] Walsh Island 0–10 Rhode 0–08
1980 [34] Walsh Island 2–08 Ferbane 1–05
1981 Walsh Island 1–10, 0–07 Clara 1–05, 0–07
1982 [35] Walsh Island 0–11 Rhode 0–08
1983 Walsh Island 1–10, 0–08 Ferbane 1–07, 0–08
1984 Gracefield 1–10 Edenderry 0–08
1985 Edenderry 1–07Raheen1–06
1986 [36] Ferbane 1–16Kilcormac0–05
1987 Ferbane 1–06 Clara 1–03
1988 [37] Ferbane 1–12 Tullamore 2–03
1989 [38] Ferbane 3–14 Rhode 1–09
1990 [39] Ferbane 5–09 Gracefield 1–06
1991 Clara 3–07 Gracefield 1–06
1992 [40] Ferbane 2–07 Tullamore 1–09
1993 Clara 4–08 Ferbane 2–11
1994 [41] Ferbane 0–10 Shannonbridge 0–08
1995 [42] Edenderry 2–10 Clara 1–10
1996 [43] Shannonbridge 1–11 Tullamore 0–12
1997 Edenderry 1–15 Ferbane 1–14
1998 Rhode 0–1–11 Edenderry 1–04
1999 Edenderry 2–09, 1–07 Rhode 0–13, 1–07
2000 Tullamore 1–09 Shamrocks 0–10
2001 Edenderry 1–09 Rhode 1–06
2002 Tullamore 1–08 Gracefield 0–08
2003 Clara 1–09 Rhode 1–07
2004 Rhode 3–12 Gracefield 1–05
2005 Rhode 2–10 Shamrocks 0–13
2006 Rhode 2–06 Clara 0–09
2007 Tullamore 1–12 Shamrocks 0–12
2008 Rhode 1–20 Tullamore 2–04
2009 Clara 2–07 Rhode 1–09
2010 Rhode 3–09 Clara 2–11
2011 Edenderry 0–09 Clara 0–08
2012 [44] Rhode 0–15 Clara 1–06
2013 [45] Tullamore 2–07 Rhode 0–09
2014 [46] Rhode 0–13 Edenderry 1–07
2015 [47] Edenderry 1–12 Rhode 1–10
2016 [48] Rhode 1–14 Ferbane 0–09
2017 [49] Rhode 0–12 Clara 0–09
2018 Rhode 1–18 Ferbane 0–10
2019 [50] Ferbane 2–13 Rhode 0–14
2020 [51] Rhode 1–09 Tullamore 1–07
2021 Tullamore 0–09, 1–08 Rhode 1–04, 1–08
2022 [52] Rhode 1–09 Tullamore 0–11
2023 Tullamore 1–05 Ferbane 0–06
2024 [1] Tullamore 0–15 Ferbane 0–14

Wins listed by club

#ClubWinsYears won
1 Rhode
31
1900, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1949, 1955, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
2 Tullamore
30
1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1973, 1977, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2024
3 Walsh Island
12
1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
Ferbane 1914, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2019
5 Edenderry
11
1936, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2015
6 Clara
6
1960, 1964, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2009
7Geashill
5
1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907
8 Gracefield
4
1961, 1970, 1972, 1984
9 Daingean
3
1909, 1962, 1965
10St Mary's
2
1947, 1950
Cloghan1903, 1945
Killeigh1915, 1916
11 Shannonbridge
1
1996
Ballycumber1968
St Patrick's1959
Durrow1952
Clonmore1919
Banagher1910
Quarrymount1901

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