Laois Senior Hurling Championship
The Laois Senior Hurling Championship is an annual Gaelic Athletic Association competition organised by Laois GAA among the top hurling clubs in County Laois. The winner receives the Bob O'Keefe Cup and qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship. Rathdowney-Errill are current (2019) Senior Hurling Champions after beating Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton by a score line of 0-17 to 1-09.‘
Laois senior Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: | |
Irish | Craobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise |
Founded | 1888 |
Trophy | Bob O'Keefe |
Title holders | |
Most titles | |
Sponsors | Laois Shopping Centre |
Official website | http://www.laoisgaa.ie |
Top winners
Team | Winner | Winning Years | |
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1 | 26 | 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 | |
2 | 18 | 1888, 1889, 1898, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1941 | |
3 | 14 | 1930, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1970, 1992 | |
4 | 11 | 1928, 1943, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2004 | |
5 | 10 | 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1929 | |
6 | 8 | 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 | |
8 | 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949 | ||
8 | 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 2009, 2011, 2015 | ||
7 | 6 | 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019 | |
8 | 5 | 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1972 | |
9 | 4 | 1890, 1891, 1910, 1975 | |
10 | 2 | 1955, 1964 | |
2 | 1938, 1952 | ||
11 | 1 | 1951 | |
1 | 1897 | ||
1 | 1942 | ||
1 | 2016 | ||
Roll of honour
Year | Winner |
Opponent |
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2014 [4] | ||
2013 [5] | ||
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1900 | No championship | |
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1896 | No championship | |
1895 | No championship | |
1894 | No championship | |
1893 | No championship | |
1892 | No championship | |
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- the colours attached to Skierke, Aghaboe, Harristown & Ballacolla are those of the current parish teams and not necessarily those of the actual team at the time.
Laois Senior A Hurling Championship
This competition has existed in various guises since 1995.[14] 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 | |
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Irish | Craobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise |
Title holders | |
Sponsors | Laois Shopping Centre |
Year | Winner | Opponent |
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2019 | ||
2018 | ||
2017 | ||
2016 | ||
2015 | ||
2014 | ||
2013 |
Winning captains since 1950
- 1950 Pat Norton Clonad
- 1951 Michael Rigney Kyle
- 1952 Jimmy Murray Errill
- 1953 Andy Dunne Clonad
- 1954 Andy Dunne Clonad
- 1955 Lar Dunphy Cullohill
- 1956 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1957 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1958 Andy Dunne Clonad
- 1959 Fintan Lalor Camross
- 1960 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1961 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1962 Jimmy Fennell Clonad
- 1963 Fintan Lalor Camross
- 1964 Mt. (Mog) O'Mahoney Cullohill
- 1965 Tim Cuddy Camross
- 1966 Tim Cuddy Camross
- 1967 Tim Cuddy Camross
- 1968 Ger Cuddy Camross
- 1969 Ger Cuddy Camross
- 1970 George Conroy Clonad
- 1971 Jimmy Lyons Camross
- 1972 Brendan Dollard Borris-in-Ossory
- 1973 John Carroll Camross
- 1974 Christy Donovan Camross
- 1975 John O'Keefe Clonaslee
- 1976 Martin Cuddy Camross
- 1977 Paddy Dowling Camross
- 1978 Sean Cuddy Camross
- 1979 Michael Carroll Camross
- 1980 Richard Maloney Camross
- 1981 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1982 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1983 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1984 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1985 PJ Cuddy Camross
- 1986 Joe Doran Camross
- 1987 Sean Bergin Portlaoise
- 1988 Alo Delaney Camross
- 1989 John Bohane Portlaoise
- 1990 Pat Carroll Camross
- 1991 Seamus Plunkett Portlaoise
- 1992 Pat Norton Clonad
- 1993 Fintan Lalor Camross
- 1994 Tom Delaney Camross
- 1995 John O' Suillivan Castletown
- 1996 Matt Collier Camross
- 1997 Eamonn Kirwan Castletown
- 1998 Niall Rigney Portlaoise
- 1999 John Lyons Castletown
- 2000 Pat Phelan Castletown
- 2001 Fionan O'Suillivan Castletown
- 2002 Paul Cuddy Castletown
- 2003 David Cuddy Castletown
- 2004 Joe Phelan Portlaoise
- 2005 Robert Delaney Castletown
- 2006 Liam Wynne Rathdowney/Errill
- 2007 Fran Hogan Camrosss
- 2008 John Purcell Rathdowney/Errill
- 2009 Mick McEvoy Clough/Ballacolla
- 2010 Liam Tynan Rathdowney/Errill
- 2011 John A. Delaney Clough/Ballacolla
- 2012 Shane Dollard Rathdowney/Errill
- 2013 Tomás Burke Camrosss
- 2014 Alan Delaney Rathdowney/Errill
- 2015 Darren Maher Clough/Ballacolla
- 2016 Brian Stapleton Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton
- 2017 Joe Phelan & Zane Keenan Camross
- 2018 Niall Homes Camross
- 2019 Patrick Purcell Rathdowney/Errill
Records and statistics
Finals Stats
- Most wins:
- 26 Camross
- Most consecutive wins:
- 5 Ballygeehan (1914–18), Camross (1965–69), Camross (1976–80) & Castletown (1999-2003)
- Most defeats:
- 17 Portlaoise
- Most consecutive defeats:
- 3 Abbeyleix (1946–48) & Portlaoise (2007-09)
- Most appearances:
- 37 Camross
- Most appearances without a win:
- 4 Ballacolla (1898-1907-1923-1926)
- Highest scoring match:
- 64 points (2016) Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton 2-26 Rathdowney-Errill 2-26 (possible All Ireland record for county SHC final)
- Lowest scoring match:
- 7 points (1928) Portlaoise 0-7 Clonad 1-0
- Biggest winning margin:
- 22 points (1911) Rathdowney 7-1 Clonaslee 0-0
- Highest scoring teams:
- 32 points (2016) Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton & Rathdowney-Errill
- Highest scoring winning team:
- 28 points (1968 & 1973) Camross
- Highest scoring losing team:
- 22 points (2017) Clough/Ballacolla
- Most goals match:
- Fewest goals match:
- 0 (1914, 1975, 1998 & 2012d)
- Most goals team:
- Most goals losing team:
- 5 (1949) Clonad
- Trivia:
- 10 finals have ended in draws
- 4 finals have been goalless (1914-1975-1998-2012r)
- 20 finals have occurred where the losing team scored more goals than the winning team (last: 2019)
- 3 finals have occurred where the winner scored two goals fewer than the losing team (1909-1981-1992)
- 23 finals have occurred where there were more goals than points (last: 1964)
Teams
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:
- 1880s: 2 for Rathdowney (1888–89)
- 1890s: 2 each for Clonaslee (1890–91) and Rathdowney (1898–99)
- 1900s: 5 for Rathdowney (1901-02-03-07-08)
- 1910s: 5 for Ballygeehan (1914-15-16-17-18)
- 1920s: 4 for Rathdowney (1921-22-25-26)
- 1930s: 4 for Clonad (1930-33-35-37)
- 1940s: 4 for Abbeyleix (1940-44-45-49)
- 1950s: 4 for Clonad (1950-53-54-58)
- 1960s: 6 for Camross (1963-65-66-67-68-69)
- 1970s: 7 for Camross (1971-73-74-76-77-78-79)
- 1980s: 6 for Portlaoise (1981-82-83-84-87-89)
- 1990s: 4 for Camross (1990-93-94-96)
- 2000s: 5 for Castletown (2000-01-02-03-05)
- 2010s: 4 for Rathdowney-Errill (2010-12-14-19)
Gaps
Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:
- 91 years: Clough/Ballacolla (1918-2009) [as Ballygeehan in 1918]
- 65 years: Clonaslee (1910-1975)
- 38 years: Portlaoise (1943-1981)
- 22 years: Clonad (1970-1992)
- 19 years: Clonaslee (1891-1910)
- 15 years: Portlaoise (1928-1943)
- 14 years: Errill (1938-1952)
- 11 years: Borris in Ossory (1961-1972)
- 11 years: Camross (1996-2007)
- 09 years: Rathdowney (1889-1898)
- 09 years: Rathdowney (1912-1921)
- 09 years: Clonad (1937-1946)
- 09 years: Cullohill (1955-1964)
Starts (first 1-10 finals)
Best
- 1 final : (1-0) Rathdowney (1888), Clonaslee (1890), Harristown (1897), Ballygeehan (1914), Abbeyleix (1927), Mountrath (1942), Kyle (1951, Cullohill (1955), Borris in Ossory (1956), Castletown (1995), Rathdowney-Errill (2006)
- 2 finals: (2-0) Rathdowney (1889), Clonaslee (1891), Ballygeehan (1915), Abbeyleix (1932), Borris in Ossory (1957), Rathdowney-Errill (2008)
- 3 finals: (3-0) Ballygeehan (1916), Abbeyleix (1934), Rathdowney-Errill (2010)
- 4 finals: (4-0) Ballygeehan (1917), Rathdowney-Errill (2012)
- 5 finals: (5-0) Ballygeehan (1918), Rathdowney-Errill (2014)
- 6 finals: (5-1) (Ballygeehan (1919), Abbeyleix (1940), Castletown (2001), Rathdowney-Errill (2016)
- 7 finals: (6-1) Abbeyleix (1944), Castletown (2002)
- 8 finals: (7-1) Abbeyleix (1945), Castletown (2003)
- 9 finals: (7-2) Rathdowney (1903), Abbeyleix (1946), Castletown (2004)
- 10finals: (8-2) Castletown (2005)
Worst
- 1 final : (0-1) Kilcotton (1888), Skierke (1889), Aghaboe (1891), Ballacolla (1898), Camross (1906), Portlaoise (1922), Clonad (1925), Errill (1933), Rovers (1951), Cuddagh (1957), Ballyfin (1972), Ballinakill (1979), The Harps (1984), Tinnahinch (2001), Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton (2013)
- 2 finals: (0-2) Kilcotton (1899), Ballacolla (1907), Clonad (1928), Camross (1945), Cuddagh (1959), The Harps (1997), Tinnahinch (2002)
- 3 finals: (0-3) Ballacolla (1923), Cuddagh (1961), The Harps (1998), Tinnahinch (2006)
- 4 finals: (0-4) Ballacolla (1926)
- 5 finals: (1-4) Clonad (1932)
- 6 finals: (2-4) Clonad (1933), Errill (1954), Portlaoise (1977)
- 7 finals: (2-5) Clonad (1934), Portlaoise (1980), Errill (1982)
- 8 finals: (2-6) Errill (1986)
- 9 finals: (4-5) Clonad (1939), Clonaslee (1975), Portlaoise (1982)
- 10finals: (4-6) Clonad (1942), Clonaslee (1976), Portlaoise (1983)
References
- "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- "King sets up sequel after Laois exhibition". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- "Maher the hero for Clough-Ballacolla". Irish Independent. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- "Rathdowney-Errill dethrone Camross in Laois". Irish Times. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- "Keenan leads Camross to glory". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- "Laois SHC final replay: comeback win for Rathdowney". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- "Laois SHC final: King to the rescue". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- 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.
- Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, October 15, 1955; Page: 4
- Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, October 10, 1953; Page: 3
- Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, September 27, 1952; Page: 6
- Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, October 15, 1945; Page: 4
- Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, March 26, 1910; Page: 5
- The Laois GAA Records Bible 1888-2016 by John Phelan