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Laois Senior Hurling Championship
Current season or competition:
2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
IrishCraobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
CodeHurling
Founded1888
Region Laois (GAA)
TrophyBob O'Keefe
No. of teams8
Title holders Clough–Ballacolla (7th title)
Most titles Camross (27 titles)
SponsorsLaois Shopping Centre
Official websitehttp://www.laoisgaa.ie

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.

Clough–Ballacolla are the title holders, defeating Rathdowney–Errill by 2-22 to 0-22 in the 2024 final.[1]

Honours

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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.[2] The winners can, in turn, go on to play in the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship.

Teams

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2024 teams

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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 7 2024
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

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(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 [3] Rathdowney 2-10 Ballacolla† 0-01
1899 [4] 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[5] 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 [6] 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 [7] 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[8] Errill 6-06 Clonad 3-04
1953[9] Clonad 2-14 Kyle 2-07
1954 Clonad 1-09 Errill 0-04
1955[10] Cullohill 5-09 Kyle 3-05
1956 Borris-in-Ossory 2-13 Cullohill 2-06
1957[11] 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[12][13] Rathdowney–Errill 1-11, 0-17 (r) Clough–Ballacolla 2-08, 0-14 (r)
2013[14] Camross 2-12 Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 1-12
2014[15] Rathdowney–Errill 1-20 Camross 0-10
2015[16] Clough–Ballacolla 0-20 Camross 1-14
2016[17] Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 2-26, 1-18 (r) Rathdowney–Errill 2-26, 2-10 (r)
2017[18] 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[19] 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
2024[1] Clough–Ballacolla 2-22 Rathdowney–Errill 0-22
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

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# 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
5 Kilcotton 10 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1929
6 Castletown 8 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
Abbeyleix 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949
7 Clough–Ballacolla 7 2009, 2011, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024
8 Rathdowney–Errill 6 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019
9 Borris-in-Ossory 5 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1972
Ballygeehan 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918
10 Clonaslee 4 1890, 1891, 1910, 1975
11 Cullohill 2 1955, 1964
Errill 1938, 1952
12 Kyle 1 1951
Harristown 1897
Mountrath 1942
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 2016

Player records

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Winning captains since 1950

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Records and statistics

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Finals

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Teams

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By decade

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

Gaps

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Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Starts (first 1–10 finals)

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Best

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Worst

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Laois Senior A Hurling Championship

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This competition has existed in various guises since 1995.[20] 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cooper, Gavin (6 October 2024). "Superb second-half sees Clough-Ballacolla crowned Laois GAA Senior Hurling champions". Leinster Express.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 26 November 1898 P4
  4. ^ Kilkenny Moderator - Saturday 18 November 1899
  5. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 26 March 1910; Page: 5
  6. ^ Carlow Nationalist - Saturday 02 September 1916 P5
  7. ^ Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, 15 October 1945; Page: 4
  8. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 27 September 1952; Page: 6
  9. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 10 October 1953; Page: 3
  10. ^ Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 15 October 1955; Page: 4
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Laois SHC final replay: comeback win for Rathdowney". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Laois SHC final: King to the rescue". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Keenan leads Camross to glory". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  15. ^ "Rathdowney–Errill dethrone Camross in Laois". Irish Times. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Maher the hero for Clough–Ballacolla". Irish Independent. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  17. ^ "King sets up sequel after Laois exhibition". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  18. ^ "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  19. ^ Egan, Kevin (7 November 2021). "Clough–Ballacolla edge thriller to retain Laois SHC". RTÉ.ie.
  20. ^ The Laois GAA Records Bible 1888–2016 by John Phelan
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