Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition: 2024 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Code	Hurling
Founded	1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Region	Offaly (GAA)
Trophy	Seán Robbins Cup
No. of teams	10 (Senior) 6 (Senior B)
Title holders	Kilcormac–Killoughey (6th title)
First winner	Killoughey
Most titles	Coolderry (31 titles)
Sponsors	Molloy Precast & Environmental Systems
TV partner(s)	TG4 (final only)
Official website	Official website

The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Molloy Environmental Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896.

Kilcormac–Killoughey are the title-holders, defeating Ballinamere by 0–16 to 1–11 in the 2024 final.

The title has been won at least once by 12 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Coolderry, who have won a total of 31 titles.

Since the beginning, the championship has been dominated by Coolderry, Birr, Drumcullen and St Rynagh's. They have won a combined total of 90 of the 124 championship titles. Coolderry dominated the first twenty years of the championship, winning eleven titles between 1889 and 1917. After this initial golden age, Coolderry regularly claimed championship titles in each of the following decades. After making their own breakthrough in 1908, Drumcullen went on to become the team of the decade during the 1920s after winning eight titles between 1918 and 1933. Tullamore and Birr subsequently came to the fore, winning eleven titles between them between 1932 and 1948.^{[citation needed]}

Drumcullen enjoyed their most successful decade when they won seven championships between 1950 and 1960. This would be their last championship title. St Rynagh's inscribed their name on the roll of honour for the first time in 1965. They became the preeminent team of the next three decades and won 16 championship titles between 1965 and 1993. By this stage Birr had begun their own golden era. After winning their first championship in twenty years in 1991, the club went on to claim eleven more titles between then and 2008.^{[citation needed]}

The series of games are played during the spring, summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at O'Connor Park in November. The prize for the winning team is the Seán Robbins Cup. Initially played as a knock-out competition, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage.

The 10 teams competing in the 2024 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship are:

Team	Location	Colours	Championship titles	Last championship title
Ballinamere	Ballykimurray	Green and yellow	0	—
Belmont	Belmont	Green and white	0	—
Birr	Birr	Green and red	22	2008
Coolderry	Coolderry	Green and white	31	2018
Kilcormac–Killoughey	Kilcormac and Killoughey	Green and yellow	6	2024
Kinnitty	Kinnitty	Green and white	9	1985
Seir Kieran	Clareen	Black and amber	4	1998
Shinrone	Shinrone	Red and white	1	2022
St Rynagh's	Cloghan and Banagher	Blue and gold	20	2021
Tullamore	Tullamore	Blue and white	10	2009

The winning team is presented with the Seán Robbins Cup. A native of Birr, Robbins served two terms as county chairman and served as Leinster Council chairman. He was also a president of the county board and was also a prominent referee at All-Ireland AND Leinster levels. The cup was first presented in 1960.^[1]

The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship winners qualify for the subsequent Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. This place is reserved for club teams only as divisional and amalgamated teams are not allowed in the provincial championship.

The Offaly County Championship is an integral part of the wider Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Offaly county final join the champions of the other hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.

• Gold – Leinster senior club champions
• Silver – Leinster senior club runners-up
• (r) = replay

#	Club	Titles	Runners-up	Championship wins	Championship runner-up
1	Coolderry	31	18	1899, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1926, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1986, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018	1920, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1979, 2005, 2006, 2021
2	Birr	22	13	1912, 1913, 1915, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1971, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008	1928, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1974, 1975, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019
3	St Rynagh's	20	16	1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021	1964, 1971, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017
4	Drumcullen	17	11	1908, 1918, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960	1909, 1931, 1934, 1949, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1973
5	Tullamore	10	9	1909, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1955, 1959, 1964, 2009	1902, 1904, 1917, 1926, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 2010
6	Kinnitty	9	11	1920, 1923, 1930, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985	1897, 1925, 1933, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 2008
7	Kilcormac–Killoughey	6	8	2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2023, 2024	1903, 1905, 1907, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2020, 2022
8	Seir Kieran	4	7	1988, 1995, 1996, 1998	1952, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000
9	Killoughey	3	5	1896, 1897, 1907	1898, 1901, 1910, 1912, 1914
10	Cadamstown	2	0	1900, 1902	—
11	Lusmagh	1	2	1989	1982, 1992
	Fortal	1	2	1898	1899, 1900
	Shinrone	1	2	2022	1960, 2023
14	Rahan	0	7	—	1896, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1936, 1953
	Clara	0	4	—	1923, 1924, 1927, 1935
	Edenderry	0	3	—	1911, 1913, 1940
	Moneygall	0	1	—	1906
	Clareen	0	1	—	1939
	Shannon Rovers	0	1	—	1957
	Ballinamere	0	1	—	2024

Managers in the Offaly Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the individual club committees. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and a backroom team consisting of various coaches.

The most successful team of each decade, judged by the number of Offaly Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:

• 1890s: 2 for Killoughey (1896–97)
• 1900s: 5 for Coolderry (1901-03-04-05-06)
• 1910s: 5 for Coolderry (1910-11-14-16-17)
• 1920s: 5 for Drumcullen (1924-25-27-28-29)
• 1930s: 5 for Tullamore (1932-34-35-36-37)
• 1940s: 5 for Birr (1940-43-44-46-48)
• 1950s: 6 for Drumcullen (1950-51-52-54-57-58)
• 1960s: 4 for St Rynagh's (1965-66-68-69)
• 1970s: 6 for St Rynagh's (1970-72-73-74-75-76)
• 1980s: 3 each for St Rynagh's (1981-82-87) and Kinnitty (1983-84-85)
• 1990s: 4 for Birr (1991-94-97-99)
• 2000s: 8 for Birr (2000-01-02-03-05-06-07-08)
• 2010s: 4 for Kilcormac–Killoughey (2012-13-14-17) 4 for Coolderry (2010-11-15-18)

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

• 45 years: Tullamore (1964–2009)
• 44 years: Kinnitty (1923–1967)
• 23 years: Tullamore (1909–1932)
• 23 years: Birr (1915–1938)
• 23 years: Birr (1948–1971)
• 23 years: St Rynagh's (1993–2016)
• 20 years: Birr (1971–1991)
• 18 years: Tullamore (1937–1955)
• 18 years: Coolderry (1986–2004)
• 14 years: Coolderry (1963–1977)

• Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
• Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship
• Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship

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