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
Current season or competition:
2018 Laois Senior Hurling Championship.
IrishCraobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Founded1888
TrophyBob O'Keefe
Title holders Rathdowney-Errill (6th title)
Most titles Camross (26 titles)
SponsorsLaois Shopping Centre
Official websitehttp://www.laoisgaa.ie

Top winners
Team Winner Winning Years
1 Camross 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 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 8 1927, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1949
Clough-Ballacolla (incl Ballygeehan) 8 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 2009, 2011, 2015
7 Rathdowney-Errill 6 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2019
8 Borris-in-Ossory 5 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1972
9 Clonaslee 4 1890, 1891, 1910, 1975
10 Cullohill 2 1955, 1964
Errill 2 1938, 1952
11 Kyle 1 1951
Harristown 1 1897
Mountrath 1 1942
Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton 1 2016

Roll of honour
Year Winner

Opponent

2020 Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton or Clough/Ballacolla Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton or Clough/Ballacolla
2019 Rathdowney-Errill 0-17 Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton 1-09
2018 Camross 2-15 Rathdowney-Errill 0-19
2017[1] Camross 3-14 Clough/Ballacolla 1-19
2016[2] Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton 2-26 1-18 (R) Rathdowney-Errill 2-26 2-10 (R)
2015[3] Clough/Ballacolla 0-20 Camross 1-14
2014 [4] Rathdowney-Errill 1-20 Camross 0-10
2013 [5] Camross 2-12 Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton 1-12
2012 [6][7] Rathdowney-Errill 1-11 0-17 (R) Clough/Ballacolla 2-08 0-14 (R)
2011 Clough/Ballacolla 1-10 Portlaoise 0-11
2010 Rathdowney-Errill 2-11 Camross 1-09
2009 Clough/Ballacolla 2-13 Portlaoise 1-10
2008 Rathdowney-Errill 1-19 Portlaoise 2-15
2007 Camross 5-09 Portlaoise 2-11
2006 Rathdowney-Errill 1-11 Tinnahinch 1-07
2005 Castletown 0-13 1-08 (R) Camross 1-10 0-10 (R)
2004 Portlaoise 2-08 Castletown 0-07
2003 Castletown 2-12 Portlaoise 1-11
2002 Castletown 4-09 Tinnahinch 2-04
2001 Castletown 2-19 Tinnahinch 1-08
2000 Castletown 3-10 Camross 2-05
1999 Castletown 2-06 Portlaoise 1-06
1998 Portlaoise 0-13 Harps 0-11
1997 Castletown 3-14 Harps 2-09
1996 Camross 0-15 Castletown 1-05
1995 Castletown 1-12 Portlaoise 0-11
1994 Camross 2-08 Clonad 0-03
1993 Camross 1-13 1-13 (R) Portlaoise 2-10 2-09 (R)
1992 Clonad 0-16 Portlaoise 2-07
1991 Portlaoise 1-14 Clonad 0-07
1990 Camross 2-13 Portlaoise 1-09
1989 Portlaoise 1-09 0-12 (R) Camross 2-06 1-04 (R)
1988 Camross 1-13 Portlaoise 0-10
1987 Portlaoise 2-13 Clonad 1-05
1986 Camross 4-09 Errill 2-14
1985 Camross 1-05 Portlaoise 0-07
1984 Portlaoise 1-08 2-14 (R) Harps 2-05 1-07 (R)
1983 Portlaoise 3-10 Camross 3-05
1982 Portlaoise 2-12 Errill 1-08
1981 Portlaoise 2-13 Camross 4-05
1980 Camross 3-04 Portlaoise 1-08
1979 Camross 3-09 Balinakill 1-07
1978 Camross 2-09 Borris-in-Ossory 0-05
1977 Camross 2-14 Portlaoise 0-05
1976 Camross 1-13 Clonaslee 1-09
1975 Clonaslee 0-13 Clonad 0-08
1974 Camross 1-15 Clonaslee 0-05
1973 Camross 5-13 Borris-in-Ossory 0-14
1972 Borris-in-Ossory 4-06 Ballyfin 2-06
1971 Camross 4-10 Clonad 3-08
1970 Clonad 2-09 Clonaslee 2-06
1969 Camross 3-13 Rathdowney 2-05
1968 Camross 5-13 Cullohill 2-05
1967 Camross 5-04 Clonad 3-04
1966 Camross 5-07 Rathdowney 2-04
1965 Camross 3-10 St. Canice's 3-06
1964 Cullohill 4-04 Camross 4-03
1963 Camross 2-09 St. Canice's 2-06
1962 Clonad 1-08 Borris-in-Ossory 0-05
1961 Borris-in-Ossory 3-11 Cuddagh 0-04
1960 Borris-in-Ossory 2-06 Portlaoise 0-11
1959 Camross 2-05 Cuddagh 3-01
1958 Clonad 1-09 3-04 (R) Borris-in-Ossory 2-06 1-09(R)
1957 [8] Borris-in-Ossory w/o Cuddagh scr
1956 Borris-in-Ossory 2-13 Cullohill 2-06
1955 [9] Cullohill 5-09 Kyle 3-05
1954 Clonad 1-09 Errill 0-04
1953 [10] Clonad 2-14 Kyle 2-07
1952 [11] Errill 6-06 Clonad 3-04
1951 Kyle 3-02 Rovers 2-02
1950 Clonad 3-13 Errill 1-05
1949 Abbeyleix 7-03 Clonad 5-03
1948 Clonad 2-06 Abbeyleix 0-03
1947 Clonad 3-08 Abbeyleix 2-04
1946 Clonad 3-04 Abbeyleix 2-03
1945 [12] Abbeyleix 5-05 Camross 1-02
1944 Abbeyleix 2-09 Kilcotton 0-03
1943 Portlaoise 4-11 Rathdowney 4-03
1942 Mountrath 3-02 Clonad 3-00
1941 Rathdowney 2-02 (on obj) Kilcotton 3-06 (on obj)
1940 Abbeyleix 2-03 Kilcotton 0-03
1939 Abbeyleix 2-09 Errill 1-03
1938 Errill 2-05 Rathdowney 1-04
1937 Clonad 2-07 Abbeyleix 2-01
1936 Rathdowney 6-04 Kilcotton 1-05
1935 Clonad 7-03 Rathdowney 1-05
1934 Abbeyleix 2-05 Clonad 2-03
1933 Clonad 5-03 Rathdowney 0-02
1932 Abbeyleix 2-04 Clonad 1-02
1931 Rathdowney 2-03 Clonad 1-04
1930 Clonad 5-01 Ballygeehan 3-01
1929 Kilcotton w/o Portlaoise scr
1928 Portlaoise 0-04 Clonad 1-00
1927 Abbeyleix 6-03 Rathdowney 3-02
1926 Rathdowney 6-01 Ballacolla 2-00
1925 Rathdowney 3-03 Clonad 2-01
1924 Kilcotton 3-01 Rathdowney 2-01
1923 Kilcotton 5-02 Ballacolla 1-00
1922 Rathdowney 4-03 Portlaoise 2-01
1921 Rathdowney 3-00 Kilcotton 1-03
1920 Kilcotton 1-05 Rathdowney 1-03
1919 Kilcotton 4-01 Ballygeehan 0-01
1918 Ballygeehan 3-00 Rathdowney 0-00
1917 Ballygeehan 3-00 Kilcotton 2-02
1916 Ballygeehan 4-04 Rathdowney 2-00
1915 Ballygeehan 3-00 Kilcotton 0-00
1914 Ballygeehan 0-09 4-05 (R) Kilcotton 0-09 2-00 (R)
1913 Kilcotton 3-03 3-02 (R) 3-02 (R2) Rathdowney 4-00 3-02 (R) 2-01 (R2)
1912 Rathdowney 4-02 Kilcotton 1-02
1911 Rathdowney 7-01 Clonaslee 0-00
1910 Clonaslee 3-02 Kilcotton 3-01
1909 [13] Kilcotton 2-11 Clonaslee 4-04
1908 Rathdowney ?? Clonaslee ??
1907 Rathdowney 4-10 Ballacolla 2-09
1906 Kilcotton 2-11 Camross 0-01
1905 Kilcotton 4-11 Rathdowney 1-03
1904 Kilcotton 1-05 Rathdowney 1-03
1903 Rathdowney
1902 Rathdowney
1901 Rathdowney
1900 No championship
1899 Rathdowney ?? (on obj) Kilcotton ?? (on obj)
1898 Rathdowney ?? Ballacolla ??
1897 Harristown 0-08 Rathdowney 1-01
1896 No championship
1895 No championship
1894 No championship
1893 No championship
1892 No championship
1891 Clonaslee w/o Aghaboe scr
1890 Clonaslee 1-02 Rathdowney 1-00
1889 Rathdowney 3-05 Skierke 0-00
1888 Rathdowney 2-02 Knockaroo 0-01
  • 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
IrishCraobh Sinsir Iomáint Laoise
Title holders Rosenallis
SponsorsLaois Shopping Centre
Year Winner Opponent
2020 Portlaoise

Or Harps

 Portlaoise

Or Harps

2019 Rosenallis 1-12 Harps 1-11
2018 Portlaoise 1-13 Harps 1-11
2017 Ballyfin Gaels 0–15 Colt 0–12
2016 Castletown 1–11 Ballyfin Gaels 0–13
2015 Portlaoise 1-14 Clonaslee 1-11
2014 Ballinakill 0-22 St Fintans, Mountrath 1-12
2013 Abbeyleix 4-12 Ballyfin 0-9

Winning captains since 1950

Records and statistics

Finals Stats
  • Most wins:
  • Most consecutive wins:
  • Most defeats:
  • Most consecutive defeats:
  • Most appearances:
  • Most appearances without a win:
    • 4 Ballacolla (1898-1907-1923-1926)
  • Highest scoring match:
  • Lowest scoring match:
  • Biggest winning margin:
  • Highest scoring teams:
  • Highest scoring winning team:
  • Highest scoring losing team:
  • Most goals match:
  • Fewest goals match:
    • 0 (1914, 1975, 1998 & 2012d)
  • Most goals team:
  • Most goals losing team:
  • 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)

By decade

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

Gaps

Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles:

Best

Worst

References
  1. "Laois SHC final: Hyland's efforts all in vain as Camross reign supreme". Hogan Stand. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. "King sets up sequel after Laois exhibition". Irish Independent. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. "Maher the hero for Clough-Ballacolla". Irish Independent. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  4. "Rathdowney-Errill dethrone Camross in Laois". Irish Times. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. "Keenan leads Camross to glory". Irish Independent. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. "Laois SHC final replay: comeback win for Rathdowney". Hogan Stand. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  7. "Laois SHC final: King to the rescue". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  8. 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.
  9. Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 15 October 1955; Page: 4
  10. Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 10 October 1953; Page: 3
  11. Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 27 September 1952; Page: 6
  12. Irish Press 1931-1995, Monday, 15 October 1945; Page: 4
  13. Leinster Express 1831-current, Saturday, 26 March 1910; Page: 5
  14. The Laois GAA Records Bible 1888-2016 by John Phelan
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