2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	17 April 2015 – 18 October 2015
Teams	12
Sponsor	Molloy Environmental Systems
Champions	Coolderry (30th title) Brian Carroll (captain) Johnny Kelly (manager)
Runners-up	St. Rynagh's Francis Forde (manager)
Relegated	Brosna Gaels
Tournament statistics
Matches played	38
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The 2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 117th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly Cound Board in 1896. The championship began on 17 April 2015 and ended on 18 October 2015.

Kilcormac/Killoughey were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by St. Rynagh's at the semi-final stage.^[1][2] Shamrocks entered the championship as a promoted team.

On 18 October 2015, Coolderry won the championship following a 2-15 to 1-16 defeat of St. Rynagh's in the final. This was their 30th championship title, their first in four championship seasons.^[3]

Teams

All but one of the twelve teams from the 2014 championship will participate in the top tier of Offaly hurling in 2015.

Shamrocks, who defeated St. Rynagh's by 0-22 tp 1-6 in the final of the intermediate championship in 2014, will gain automatic promotion to the senior championship.^[4]

Similarly, Kinnitty defeated Drumcullen by 0-17 to 0-12 in the 2014 senior relegation play-off, and so Drumcullen were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2015.

Results

Group 1 Pos Team Pld W D L For Ag. Diff. Pts. 1 St. Rynagh's 5 5 0 0 115 59 56 10 2 Seir Kieran 5 4 0 1 101 91 10 8 3 Belmont 5 2 1 2 90 82 8 5 4 Tullamore 5 2 0 3 116 92 24 4 5 Ballinamere 5 1 1 3 93 126 -33 3 6 Shamrocks 5 0 0 5 68 133 -65 0

Group 2 Pos Team Pld W D L For Ag. Diff. Pts. 1 Coolderry 5 5 0 0 117 73 44 10 2 Kilcormac/Killoughey 5 4 0 1 90 66 24 8 3 Birr 5 3 0 2 131 90 41 6 4 Shinrone 5 2 0 3 99 88 11 4 5 Kinnitty 5 1 0 4 95 97 -2 2 6 Brosna Gaels 5 0 0 5 51 169 -118 0

Relegation play-offs

Kinnitty v Shamrocks

12 September 2015 Semi-final	Kinnitty	6-24 - 0-10	Shamrocks	St. Finian's Park

Ballinamere v Brosna Gaels

13 September 2015 Semi-final	Ballinamere	w/o - scr.	Brosna Gaels

Shamrocks v Brosna Gaels

4 October 2015 Final	Shamrocks	w/o - scr.	Brosna Gaels

Quarter-finals

Coolderry v Tullamore

12 September 2015 Quarter-final	Coolderry	1-19 - 1-9	Tullamore	O'Connor Park

St. Rynagh's v Shinrone

12 September 2015 Quarter-final	St. Rynagh's	1-20 - 0-16	Shinrone	O'Connor Park

Belmont v Kilcormac/Killoughey

13 September 2015 Quarter-final	Belmont	1-16 - 2-17	Kilcormac/Killoughey	St. Brendan's Park

Seir Kieran v Birr

13 September 2015 Quarter-final	Seir Kieran	2-13 - 1-18	Birr	St. Brendan's Park

Semi-finals

Coolderry v Birr

4 October 2015 Semi-final	Coolderry	2-15 - 1-10	Birr	O'Connor Park

St. Rynagh's v Kilcormac/Killoughey

4 October 2015 Semi-final	St. Rynagh's	1-22 - 1-16	Kilcormac/Killoughey	O'Connor Park

Final

Coolderry v St. Rynagh's

18 October 2015 Final	Coolderry	2-15 - 1-16	St. Rynagh's	O'Connor Park
	D Murray 0-6 (5fs); K Connolly 1-2; J Brady 1-0; B Carroll 0-3 (1f); K Brady 0-2; A Corcoran, D King 0-1 each	Report	S Wynne 0-13 (12fs); B Conneely 1-0; R Hughes, S Quirke, C Hernon 0-1 each.	Referee: D Cooke (Crinkill)

References

1. "Three-in-a-row for Kilcormac". Hogan Stand. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
2. "Rynagh's end K/K's Wynne-ing run". Hogan Stand. 4 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
3. "Late drama in Offaly as Coolderry seal their 30th SHC title". The 42. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
4. "Shamrocks are Molloy Environmental Intermediate Hurling Champions". Offaly GAA website. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.