2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	10 April – 23 October 2016
Teams	12
Sponsor	Molloy Environmental
Champions	St Rynagh's (17th title); Seán Dolan (captain); Francis Forde (manager)
Runners-up	Birr; Brian Watkins (captain); Paddy Kirwan (manager)
Relegated	Ballinamere
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	105 (2.63 per match)
Points scored	1208 (30.2 per match)
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The 2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The championship ran from 10 April to 23 October 2016.

Coolderry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Rynagh's in the quarter-finals.^[1]^[2]

The final was played on 23 October 2016 at O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between St Rynagh's and Birr, in what was their eighth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 15 years. St Rynagh's won the match by 2–16 to 1–15 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.^[3]^[4]

Group 1

Group 1 table

Quarter-finalists Relegation playoffs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Birr	5	5	0	0	109	72	37	10
Seir Kieran	5	3	0	2	103	74	31	6
Kinnitty	5	3	0	2	104	78	26	6
Coolderry	5	3	0	2	99	100	-1	6
Shamrocks	5	1	0	4	58	97	-31	2
Tullamore	5	0	0	5	71	123	-52	0

Group 2

Group 2 table

Quarter-finalists Relegation playoffs

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
St Rynagh's	5	4	0	1	125	85	40	8
Shinrone	5	4	0	1	107	76	31	8
Kilcormac–Killoughey	5	3	1	1	106	75	31	7
Belmont	5	2	1	2	121	97	24	5
Ballinamere (R)	5	1	0	4	71	122	-51	2
Lusmagh	5	0	0	5	68	143	-75	0

Relegation stage

Relegation semi-finals

3 September 2016 Semi-final

Ballinamere

2-13 - 3-14

Tullamore

Clara Grounds

11 September 2016 Semi-final

Lusmagh

0-22 - 1-13

Shamrocks

Páirc Naomh Raghnach

Relegation final

25 September 2016 Final

Ballinamere

0-14 - 1-12

Shamrocks

Clara Grounds

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

10 September 2016 Quarter-final	Birr	1-21 - 2-11	Belmont	O'Connor Park
	E Nolan 1-5, E Cahill 0-8, B Murphy 0-5, R Hanniffy 0-2, B Harding 0-1.		O Kelly 1-2, C Egan 1-1, M Egan 0-4, J Maher 0-2, D Egan 0-1, L Fox 0-1.

10 September 2016 Quarter-final	Kilcormac–Killoughey	0-20 - 3-10	Seir Kieran	O'Connor Park
	C Slevin 0-9, C Kiely 0-3, D Currams 0-2, C Mahon 0-2, P Geraghty 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, K Leonard 0-1.		J Mulrooney 2-0, J Bergin 0-4, A Hynes 1-0, K Dunne 0-3, B Connors 0-1, T Carroll 0-1, E Murphy 0-1.

11 September 2016 Quarter-final	St Rynagh's	0-27 - 0-17	Coolderry	St Brendan's Park
	M Maloney 0-11, A Treacy 0-3, P Camon 0-2, P Quirke 0-2, R Hughes 0-2, S Dolan 0-2, D Molloy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, G Kelly 0-1, G Conneely 0-1, G Scales 0-1.		B Carroll 0-9, K Connolly 0-3, D Miller 0-2, D King 0-1, B Teehan 0-1, J Brady 0-1.

11 September 2016 Quarter-final	Kinnitty	2-20 - 2-18	Shinrone	St Brendan's Park
	C Coughlan 0-15, S Kinsella 1-1, J Dempsey 1-0, K Bergin 0-1, B Coughlan 0-1, O Kealey 0-1, J Hardiman 0-1.		C Doughan 0-5, JP Cleary 1-1, D Morkan 0-4, J Sampson 1-0, S Cleary 0-3, A Cleary 0-2, J Cleary 0-1, M Cordial 0-1, C Cleary 0-1.

Semi-finals

2 October 2016 Semi-final	Birr	1-19 - 0-16	Kinnitty	O'Connor Park
	E Cahill 1-11, E Nolan 0-3, B Murphy 0-2, S Ryan 0-1, R Hanniffy 0-1, C Mulrooney 0-1.		C Coughlan 0-9, S Kinsella 0-3, E Callaghan 0-2, L Bergin 0-1, J Molloy 0-1.

2 October 2016 Semi-final	St Rynagh's	1-11 - 0-12	Kilcormac–Killoughey	O'Connor Park
	S Quirke 1-2, M Maloney 0-3, A Treacy 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, R Hughes 0-1, G Kelly 0-1, S Dolan 0-1, G Scales 0-1.		C Slevin 0-6, J Gorman 0-2, T Geraghty 0-1, P Geraghty 0-1, C Kiely 0-1.

Final

23 October 2016 Final	St Rynagh's	2-16 - 1-15	Birr	O'Connor Park
	R Hughes (1-4); S Wynne (0-6, 5 frees); J O’Connor (1-2); S Quirke (0-3 frees); G Conneely (0-1)	Report	E Cahill (0-7 frees); C Mulrooney (1-1); E Nolan (0-3); B Harding, B Murphy, B Whelahan, S Ryan (0-1 each)

References

↑ "Late drama in Offaly as Coolderry seal their 30th SHC title". The 42. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
↑ "Offaly SHC: Rynagh's end Coolderry's reign". Hogan Stand. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
↑ "St Rynagh's withstand Birr charge". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
↑ "Ronan Hughes the hero as St Rynagh's reign in Offaly". RTÉ Sport. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[1] "Late drama in Offaly as Coolderry seal their 30th SHC title". The 42. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

[2] "Offaly SHC: Rynagh's end Coolderry's reign". Hogan Stand. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[3] "St Rynagh's withstand Birr charge". Irish Examiner. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

[4] "Ronan Hughes the hero as St Rynagh's reign in Offaly". RTÉ Sport. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2023.

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