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Annual hurling competition season

2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Dates20 March 2019 – 20 October 2019
Teams8
SponsorMolloy Environmental
Champions St Rynagh's (18th title)
Conor Clancy (captain)
Ken Hogan (manager)
Runners-up Birr
Barry Harding (captain)
Barry Whelehan (manager)
Relegated Kinnitty
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Top scorer(s) Eoghan Cahill (2–83)
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The 2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The championship began on 30 March 2019 and ended on 20 October 2019.

Coolderry were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Belmont at the quarter-final stage.

On 20 October 2019, St Rynagh's won the championship following a 0–16 to 1–12 defeat of Birr in the final at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park. This was their 18th championship title overall and their first title since 2016.

Birr's Eoghan Cahill was the championship's top scorer with 2–83.

Results

Group stage

Table

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
St Rynagh's 7 5 1 1 153 121 32 11
Kilcormac–Killoughey 7 5 1 1 138 118 20 11
Belmont 7 4 2 1 148 131 17 10
Shinrone 7 5 0 2 155 130 25 10
Birr 7 2 3 2 137 129 8 7
Coolderry 7 2 0 5 129 139 −10 4
Ballinamare 7 1 0 6 124 179 −55 2
Kinnitty 7 0 1 6 102 139 −37 1

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Kinnitty v Ballinamere
22 September 2019 Relegation playoff Kinnitty 1–15 – 1–20 Ballinamere Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Quarter-finals

Shinrone v Birr
21 September 2019 Quarter-final Shinrone 0–15 – 0–18 Birr Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore
Belmont v Coolderry
22 September 2019 Quarter-final Belmont 2–17 – 1–10 Coolderry St Patrick's Park, Birr

Semi-finals

St Rynagh's v Belmont
5 October 2019 Semi-final St Rynagh's 0–14 – 0–12 Belmont St Patrick's Park, Birr
Kilcormac–Killoughey v Birr
6 October 2019 Semi-final Kilcormac–Killoughey 0–16 – 0–20 Birr Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Final

St Rynagh's v Birr
20 October 2019 Final St Rynagh's 0–16 – 1–12 Birr Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore
S Quirke 0–4; S Dolan, A Treacy (1f, 1 '65) 0–3 each; D Horan 0–2; G Kelly, A Kenny (f), R Hughes, J O'Connor 0–1 each. Report E Cahill 1–5 (3f); C Mulrooney 0–3; B Murphy, C Taylor, M Watkins, P Mullins 0–1 each. Referee: K Dooley (Drumcullen)

References

  1. Breheny, Martin (8 October 2018). "Coolderry take 31st title as exciting final belies state of Offaly hurling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. Roche, Frank (21 October 2018). "St Rynagh's dream a living nightmare for deflated Birr". Irish Independent. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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