2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

2019 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	20 March 2019 – 20 October 2019
Teams	8
Sponsor	Molloy 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 played	34
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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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
Team	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

22 September 2019 Relegation playoff

Kinnitty

1–15 – 1–20

Ballinamere

Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Quarter-finals

21 September 2019 Quarter-final

Shinrone

0–15 – 0–18

Birr

Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore

22 September 2019 Quarter-final

Belmont

2–17 – 1–10

Coolderry

St Patrick's Park, Birr

Semi-finals

5 October 2019 Semi-final

St Rynagh's

0–14 – 0–12

Belmont

St Patrick's Park, Birr

6 October 2019 Semi-final

Kilcormac–Killoughey

0–16 – 0–20

Birr

Bord na Móna O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Final

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

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

[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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