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Laois Senior Hurling Championship

The Laois Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Laois GAA clubs. The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1888.

Laois Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Founded1888
TrophyBob O'Keefe
Title holders Camross (27th title)
First winner Rathdowney
Most titles Camross (27 titles)
SponsorsLaois Shopping Centre
Official websitehttp://www.laoisgaa.ie

Camross are the title holders, defeating Abbeyleix St Lazerians by 4-18 to 0-14 in the 2023 final.

Honours edit

The trophy presented to the winners is the Bob O'Keefe Cup.

The winners of the Laois Senior Championship qualify to represent their county in the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship. They often do well there and Clough–Ballacolla were in the 2021 Leinster Final after winning the Laois Senior Hurling Championship.[1] The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams edit

2024 teams edit

Club Location Colours Championship titles Last championship title
  Abbeyleix Abbeyleix Primrose and blue 8 1949
  Camross Coolrain Black and amber 27 2023
  Castletown Castletown Blue and white 8 2005
  Clough–Ballacolla Clough and Ballacolla Blue and gold 11 2022
  Portlaoise Portlaoise Green and white 11 2004
  Rathdowney–Errill Rathdowney and Errill Red, white and green 6 2019
  Rosenallis Rosenallis Green and white 0 —
  The Harps Cullohill and Durrow Red and yellow 0 —

List of finals edit

(r) = replay

Year Winners Runners-up
Club Score Club Score
1888   Rathdowney 2-02   Knockaroo 0-01
1889   Rathdowney 3-05   Skierke† 0-00
1890   Clonaslee 1-02   Rathdowney 1-00
1891   Clonaslee w/o   Aghaboe† scr
1892–1896 No competition
1897   Harristown† 0-08   Rathdowney 1-01
1898 [2]   Rathdowney 2-10   Ballacolla† 0-01
1899 [3]   Rathdowney 1-06 (on obj)   Knockaroo 1-11 (on obj)
1900 No competition
1901   Rathdowney
1902   Rathdowney
1903   Rathdowney
1904   Kilcotton 1-05   Rathdowney 1-03
1905   Kilcotton 4-11   Rathdowney 1-03
1906   Kilcotton 2-11   Camross 0-01
1907   Rathdowney 4-10   Ballacolla† 2-09
1908   Rathdowney ??   Clonaslee ??
1909[4]   Kilcotton 2-11   Clonaslee 4-04
1910   Clonaslee 3-02   Kilcotton 3-01
1911   Rathdowney 7-01   Clonaslee 0-00
1912   Rathdowney 4-02   Kilcotton 1-02
1913   Kilcotton 3-03, 3-02 (r), 3-02 (r2)   Rathdowney 4-00, 3-02 (r), 2-01 (r2)
1914   Ballygeehan 0-09, 4-05 (r)   Kilcotton 0-09, 2-00 (r)
1915 [5]   Ballygeehan 5-03   Kilcotton 4-05
1916   Ballygeehan 4-04   Rathdowney 2-00
1917   Ballygeehan 3-00   Kilcotton 2-02
1918   Ballygeehan 3-00   Rathdowney 0-00
1919   Kilcotton 4-01   Ballygeehan 0-01
1920   Kilcotton 1-05   Rathdowney 1-03
1921   Rathdowney 3-00   Kilcotton 1-03
1922   Rathdowney 4-03   Portlaoise 2-01
1923   Kilcotton 5-02   Ballacolla 1-00
1924   Kilcotton 3-01   Rathdowney 2-01
1925   Rathdowney 3-03   Clonad 2-01
1926   Rathdowney 6-01   Ballacolla 2-00
1927   Abbeyleix 6-03   Rathdowney 3-02
1928   Portlaoise 0-04   Clonad 1-00
1929   Kilcotton w/o   Portlaoise scr
1930   Clonad 5-01   Ballygeehan 3-01
1931   Rathdowney 2-03   Clonad 1-04
1932   Abbeyleix 2-04   Clonad 1-02
1933   Clonad 5-03   Rathdowney 0-02
1934   Abbeyleix 2-05   Clonad 2-03
1935   Clonad 7-03   Rathdowney 1-05
1936   Rathdowney 6-04   Kilcotton 1-05
1937   Clonad 2-07   Abbeyleix 2-01
1938   Errill 2-05   Rathdowney 1-04
1939   Abbeyleix 2-09   Errill 1-03
1940   Abbeyleix 2-03   Kilcotton 0-03
1941   Rathdowney 2-02 (on obj)   Kilcotton 3-06 (on obj)
1942   Mountrath 3-02   Clonad 3-00
1943   Portlaoise 4-11   Rathdowney 4-03
1944   Abbeyleix 2-09   Kilcotton 0-03
1945 [6]   Abbeyleix 5-05   Camross 1-02
1946   Clonad 3-04   Abbeyleix 2-03
1947   Clonad 3-08   Abbeyleix 2-04
1948   Clonad 2-06   Abbeyleix 0-03
1949   Abbeyleix 7-03   Clonad 5-03
1950   Clonad 3-13   Errill 1-05
1951   Kyle 3-02   Rovers 2-02
1952[7]   Errill 6-06   Clonad 3-04
1953[8]   Clonad 2-14   Kyle 2-07
1954   Clonad 1-09   Errill 0-04
1955[9]   Cullohill 5-09   Kyle 3-05
1956   Borris-in-Ossory 2-13   Cullohill 2-06
1957[10]   Borris-in-Ossory w/o   Cuddagh scr
1958   Clonad 1-09, 3-04 (r)   Borris-in-Ossory 2-06, 1-09 (r)
1959   Camross 2-05   Cuddagh 3-01
1960   Borris-in-Ossory 2-06   Portlaoise 0-11
1961   Borris-in-Ossory 3-11   Cuddagh 0-04
1962   Clonad 1-08   Borris-in-Ossory 0-05
1963   Camross 2-09   St Canice's 2-06
1964   Cullohill 4-04   Camross 4-03
1965   Camross 3-10   St Canice's 3-06
1966   Camross 5-07   Rathdowney 2-04
1967   Camross 5-04   Clonad 3-04
1968   Camross 5-13   Cullohill 2-05
1969   Camross 3-13   Rathdowney 2-05
1970   Clonad 2-09   Clonaslee 2-06
1971   Camross 4-10   Clonad 3-08
1972   Borris-in-Ossory 4-06   Ballyfin 2-06
1973   Camross 5-13   Borris-in-Ossory 0-14
1974   Camross 1-15   Clonaslee 0-05
1975   Clonaslee 0-13   Clonad 0-08
1976   Camross 1-13   Clonaslee 1-09
1977   Camross 2-14   Portlaoise 0-05
1978   Camross 2-09   Borris-in-Ossory 0-05
1979   Camross 3-09   Ballinakill 1-07
1980   Camross 3-04   Portlaoise 1-08
1981   Portlaoise 2-13   Camross 4-05
1982   Portlaoise 2-12   Errill 1-08
1983   Portlaoise 3-10   Camross 3-05
1984   Portlaoise 1-08, 2-14 (r)   The Harps 2-05, 1-07 (r)
1985   Camross 1-05   Portlaoise 0-07
1986   Camross 4-09   Errill 2-14
1987   Portlaoise 2-13   Clonad 1-05
1988   Camross 1-13   Portlaoise 0-10
1989   Portlaoise 1-09, 0-12 (r)   Camross 2-06, 1-04 (r)
1990   Camross 2-13   Portlaoise 1-09
1991   Portlaoise 1-14   Clonad 0-07
1992   Clonad 0-16   Portlaoise 2-07
1993   Camross 1-13, 1-13 (r)   Portlaoise 2-10, 2-09 (r)
1994   Camross 2-08   Clonad 0-03
1995   Castletown 1-12   Portlaoise 0-11
1996   Camross 0-15   Castletown 1-05
1997   Castletown 3-14   The Harps 2-09
1998   Portlaoise 0-13   The Harps 0-11
1999   Castletown 2-06   Portlaoise 1-06
2000   Castletown 3-10   Camross 2-05
2001   Castletown 2-19   Tinnahinch 1-08
2002   Castletown 4-09   Tinnahinch 2-04
2003   Castletown 2-12   Portlaoise 1-11
2004   Portlaoise 2-08   Castletown 0-07
2005   Castletown 0-13, 1-08 (r)   Camross 1-10, 0-10 (r)
2006   Rathdowney–Errill 1-11   Tinnahinch 1-07
2007   Camross 5-09   Portlaoise 2-11
2008   Rathdowney–Errill 1-19   Portlaoise 2-15
2009   Clough–Ballacolla 2-13   Portlaoise 1-10
2010   Rathdowney–Errill 2-11   Camross 1-09
2011   Clough–Ballacolla 1-10   Portlaoise 0-11
2012[11][12]   Rathdowney–Errill 1-11, 0-17 (r)   Clough–Ballacolla 2-08, 0-14 (r)
2013[13]   Camross 2-12   Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 1-12
2014[14]   Rathdowney–Errill 1-20   Camross 0-10
2015[15]   Clough–Ballacolla 0-20   Camross 1-14
2016[16]   Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 2-26, 1-18 (r)   Rathdowney–Errill 2-26, 2-10 (r)
2017[17]   Camross 3-14   Clough–Ballacolla 1-19
2018   Camross 2-15   Rathdowney–Errill 0-19
2019   Rathdowney–Errill 0-17   Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 1-09
2020   Clough–Ballacolla 1-22   Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 1-17
2021[18]   Clough–Ballacolla 1-25   Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 2-21
2022   Clough–Ballacolla 1-24   Camross 0-16
2023   Camross 4-18   Abbeyleix St' Lazerian's 0-14
Notes

† The colours attached to Skierke, Aghaboe, Harristown and Ballacolla are those of the current parish teams and not necessarily those of the actual team at the time.

Roll of honour edit

# Club Wins Years won
1   Camross 27 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2023
2   Rathdowney 18 1888, 1889, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941
3   Clonad 14 1930, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1992
4   Portlaoise 11 1928, 1943, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2004
  Clough–Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan) 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022
6   Kilcotton 10 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1929
7   Castletown 8 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
  Abbeyleix 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949
9   Rathdowney–Errill 6 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019
10   Borris-in-Ossory 5 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1972
11   Clonaslee 4 1890, 1891, 1910, 1975
12   Cullohill 2 1955, 1964
  Errill 1938, 1952
14   Kyle 1 1951
  Harristown 1897
  Mountrath 1942
  Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 2016

Player records edit

Winning captains since 1950 edit

Records and statistics edit

Finals edit

Teams edit

By decade edit

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

Gaps edit

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Starts (first 1–10 finals) edit

Best edit

Worst edit

Laois Senior A Hurling Championship edit

This competition has existed in various guises since 1995.[19] It was originally played as the Dick Palmer Cup up to 2009, then became a competition ancillary to the main championship. In the earlier years, clubs would qualify for the Senior B by not reaching a certain stage of the main competition.

Since 2010, it has been a proper Tier2 competition, with promotion/relegation to/from the Senior Hurling Championship and from 2015, it has been called the Senior A Hurling Championship.

Laois Senior A Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Title holders  Rosenallis
SponsorsLaois Shopping Centre
Year Winner Score Opponent Score
2012   Clough–Ballacolla 0-16 Camross 2-05
2013   Abbeyleix 4-12   Ballyfin 0-09
2014   Ballinakill 0-22   St Fintan's, Mountrath 1-12
2015   Portlaoise 1-14   Clonaslee 1-11
2016   Castletown 1–11   Ballyfin Gaels 0–13
2017   Ballyfin Gaels 0–15   Colt 0–12
2018   Portlaoise 1-13   The Harps 1-11
2019   Rosenallis 1-12   The Harps 1-11
2020   Portlaoise

Or   The Harps

  Portlaoise

Or   The Harps

2021
2022

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ O'Brien, Kevin (19 December 2021). "Ballyhale Shamrocks land 11th Leinster crown after 27-point hammering of Clough–Ballacolla". The42.ie. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  2. ^ Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 26 November 1898 P4
  3. ^ Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 18 November 1899
  4. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 26 March 1910; Page: 5
  5. ^ Carlow Nationalist - Saturday 02 September 1916 P5
  6. ^ Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, 15 October 1945; Page: 4
  7. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 27 September 1952; Page: 6
  8. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 10 October 1953; Page: 3
  9. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 15 October 1955; Page: 4
  10. ^ Cuddagh requested a postponement, on the grounds of injuries, which was turned down at an emergency meeting in October 1957. Cuddagh refused to play the final.
  11. ^ "Laois SHC final replay: comeback win for Rathdowney". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Laois SHC final: King to the rescue". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Keenan leads Camross to glory". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  14. ^ "Rathdowney–Errill dethrone Camross in Laois". Irish Times. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  15. ^ "Maher the hero for Clough–Ballacolla". Irish Independent. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  16. ^ "King sets up sequel after Laois exhibition". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  18. ^ Egan, Kevin (7 November 2021). "Clough–Ballacolla edge thriller to retain Laois SHC". RTÉ.ie.
  19. ^ The Laois GAA Records Bible 1888–2016 by John Phelan

External links edit

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