2022 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
| Dates | 24 June – 2 October 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 10 | ||
| Sponsor | Molloy Environmental | ||
| Champions | Border Shinrone (1st title) Jason Sampson (captain) Trevor Fletcher (manager) | ||
| Runners-up | Border Kilcormac–Killoughey Tom Spain (captain) Shane Hand (manager) | ||
| Relegated | Border Clodiagh Gaels | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 60 (3 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 855 (42.75 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Border Eoghan Cahill (1-64) | ||
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The 2022 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The group stage placings were confirmed on 28 May 2021.[1] The championship ran from 24 June to 2 October 2022.
St Rynagh's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Shinrone in the quarter-finals.[2][3] Clodiagh Gaels were relegated after losing a playoff to Seir Kieran.[4]
The final was played on 2 October 2022 at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between Shineorne and Kilcormac–Killoughey, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Shinrone won the match by 0–26 to 2–13 to claim their first ever championship title.[5]
Birr's Eoghan Cahill was the championship's top scorer with 1-64.
Group 1
[edit | edit source]Group 1 table
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| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| Kilcormac–Killoughey | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 68 | 12 | 8 |
| St Rynagh's | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 90 | 76 | 14 | 5 |
| Birr | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 69 | 3 | 4 |
| Kinnitty | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 82 | -5 | 3 |
| Clodiagh Gaels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 72 | -24 | 0 |
Group 2
[edit | edit source]Group 2 table
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| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | |||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | For | Against | Diff | ||
| Belmont | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 71 | 15 | 8 |
| Ballinamere | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 88 | 86 | 2 | 5 |
| Shinrone | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 83 | 2 | 5 |
| Coolderry | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 81 | -1 | 2 |
| Seir Kieran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 84 | -18 | 0 |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]Relegation playoff
[edit | edit source]| 3 September 2022 Playoff | Clodiagh Gaels | 0-13 - 4-18 | Seir Kieran | Drumcullen Grounds |
Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]| 3 September 2022 Quarter-final | Ballinamere | 0-11 - 3-17 | Birr | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
| 4 September 2022 Semi-final | St Rynagh's | 1-13 - 1-15 | Shinrone | St Brendan's Park |
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]| 17 September 2022 Semi-final | Belmont | 0-23 - 2-18 | Shinrone | St Brendan's Park |
| 18 September 2022 Semi-final | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 1-19 - 0-17 | Birr | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
Final
[edit | edit source]| 2 October 2022 Final | Shinrone | 0-26 - 2-13 | Kilcormac–Killoughey | Bord na Móna O'Connor Park |
| D Morkan 0-7 (4fs, 1 65), C Cleary 0-5, K Sampson, J Sampson 0-4 each, S Cleary 0-2, P Cleary, D Cleary, C Doughan, DJ McLoughlin all 0-1 each | Report | Cathal Kiely 0-7 (4fs, 1 65), Cillian Kiely 1-1 (0-1 65), G Healion 1-0, A Spain, C Mahon. J Kilmartin, L Kavanagh, C Mitchell all 0-1 each |
Championship statistics
[edit | edit source]Top scorers
[edit | edit source]- Overall
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eoghan Cahill | Birr | 1-64 | 67 | 6 | 11.16 |
| 2 | David Nally | Belmont | 1-60 | 63 | 5 | 12.60 |
| 3 | Cathal Kiely | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 2-43 | 49 | 6 | 8.16 |
| 4 | Joe Bergin | Seir Kieran | 2-40 | 46 | 5 | 9.20 |
| 5 | Brian Duignan | Ballinamere | 0-40 | 40 | 5 | 8.00 |
| 6 | James Dempsey | Kinnitty | 3-21 | 30 | 4 | 7.50 |
| 7 | Brian Carroll | Coolderry | 1-23 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 8 | Jason Sampson | Shinrone | 3-15 | 24 | 7 | 3.42 |
| 9 | Cillian Kiely | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 1-20 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 |
| 10 | Aidan Treacy | St Rynagh's | 0-21 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |
- In a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eoghan Cahill | Birr | 1-16 | 19 | Clodiagh Gaels |
| 2 | Cathal Kiely | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 1-12 | 15 | St Rynagh's |
| 3 | David Nally | Belmont | 1-11 | 14 | Seir Kieran |
| Eoghan Cahill | Birr | 1-11 | 14 | St Rynagh's | |
| David Nally | Belmont | 0-14 | 14 | Ballinamere | |
| 6 | David Nally | Belmont | 0-13 | 13 | Coolderry |
| 7 | Joe Bergin | Seir Kieran | 1-09 | 1 | Coolderry |
| Joe Bergin | Seir Kieran | 1-09 | 1 | Clodiagh Gaels | |
| David Nally | Belmont | 0-12 | 12 | Shinrone | |
| 10 | Brian Duignan | Ballinamere | 0-10 | 10 | Shinrone |
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