2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates15 June – 4 August 2023
Teams10
SponsorGarvey's SuperValu
Champions Abbeydorney (5th title)
James O'Connor (captain)
Francis O'Halloran (manager)
Runners-up Ballyduff
Pádraig Boyle (captain)
Barry O'Grady (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored58 (2.9 per match)
Points scored738 (36.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Michael O'Leary (3-42)
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The 2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 22 April 2024.[1] The championship ran from 15 June to 4 August 2024.[2]

Crotta O'Neill's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyheigue in the quarter-finals.[3][4]

The final was played on 4 August 2024 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.[5] Abbeydorney won the match by 1–17 to 1–10 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in 50 years.[6]

Format change

A new format was created after the addition of a 10th team to the championship. The idea of two groups of five teams was rejected after a meeting with the clubs. As a result the clubs and the Kerry County Board decided upon a three-group format; one group containing four teams, and two containing three, making up the ten teams. No team was eliminated from the championship at the end of the group phase. Instead the top two teams in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The remaining four teams (the bottom two sides in the four-team group, and the bottom sides in the two three-team groups) played off in preliminary quarter-finals to join the other six sides. From that point on it was a knock-out competition.[7]

Team changes

To championship

Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

Group A

Group A table

  Quarter-finalists   Preliminary quarter-finalists

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Ballyduff 3 3 0 0 64 50 14 6
Crotta O'Neill's 3 2 0 1 55 53 2 4
Causeway 3 1 0 2 61 60 1 2
St Brendan's 3 0 0 3 46 63 -17 0

Group A results

15 June 2024 Round 1 Ballyduff 1-15 - 0-16 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park
J Goulding (0-6, 4fs), P Boyle (0-4fs), J O’Sullivan (1-0), D Slattery, D Carroll, D Moriarty, J P O’Carroll and L Rochford (0-1 each). Report F Egan (0-10, 8fs), N O’Driscoll (0-3), S O’Halloran (0-2), and G Horan (0-1).
16 June 2024 Round 1 Crotta O'Neill's 1-19 - 0-15 Causeway Austin Stack Park
S Nolan 0-14 (13fs), J Conway 1-1, C Trant 0-2, J Sheehan and S McElligott 0-1 each Report D Goggin 0-5, K Carmody 0-3 (1f, 1’65), B Barrett (2fs), T Casey 0-2 each, J Diggins, C Harty, D Mahoney, 0-1 each
22 June 2024 Round 2 Causeway 1-17 - 2-17 Ballyduff Austin Stack Park
B Barrett 0-10 (8fs, 1 ‘65), B Lyons 1-0, D Goggin 0-3, C Harty 0-2, K Carmody, E Murphy (f) 0-1 each Report J Goulding 1-7, (6fs), L Rochford 1-1, K Goulding, J Sullivan 0-3 each, E Boyle, D Moriarty, D Carroll 0-1 each
22 June 2024 Round 2 St Brendan's 1-12 - 0-19 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
F Egan 0-8 (5fs), L Óg O’Connor 1-0, G O’Riordan 0-2, M Davis, S Brosnan, 0-1 each Report S Nolan (3fs), C Trant, J Conway (2f) 0-3 each, A Behan 0-2, Darragh O’Donoghue, T O’Connor, C White, J Sheehan, Declan O’Donoghue, R Mahony, S McElligott, G Parker 0-1 each
28 June 2024 Round 3 Ballyduff 3-14 - 0-14 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
D Moriarty (0-6, 5fs), L Rochford (1-2), A Segal (1-1), D Goulding (1-0), K Boyle (0-2, 1f, 1’65), J Bowler, Darragh Goulding and T Grady (0-1 each) Report S McElligott (1f) and G Parker (0-4each), S Murnane (1f) and Declan O’Donoghue (1f) (0-2 each), C White and R Nolan (0-1 each)
28 June 2024 Round 3 Causeway 3-17 - 0-15 St Brendan's Healy Park
B Barrett 2-2 (2fs), D Goggin 1-2, C Harty 0-3, P McGrath (1f) 0-3 each, K Carmody, E Murphy, T Casey 0-2 each, D Mahoney 0-1. Report L Óg O’Connor (2f), S Brosnan 0-3 each, F Egan (2f), G Horan, G O’Riordan 0-2 each, N O’Driscoll, E Ferris, E Leen 0-1 each

Group B

Group B table

  Quarter-finalists   Preliminary quarter-finalists

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Abbeydorney 2 2 0 0 59 29 30 4
Lisnaw 2 1 0 1 37 43 -6 2
Tralee Parnells 2 0 0 2 22 46 -24 0

Group B results

14 June 2024 Round 1 Lixnaw 0-16 - 0-14 Tralee Parnells Austin Stack Park
T Brosnan 0-5 (4fs, 1 65), E Stack 0-3, S McElligott 0-2, C Sheehy, J Brosnan, K Molloy, J Galvin, R Heffernan 0-1 each Report O O’Brien 0-7 (5fs), G O’Doherty 0-5fs, E Sheehy, M Madden 0-1 each
23 June 2024 Round 2 Tralee Parnells 0-08 - 1-27 Abbeydorney Austin Stack Park
O O’Brien 0-3 (2fs), S Healy 0-2 (1f), S Morrissey, G O’Doherty (f), J Sherman, (0-1 each) Report M O’Leary 0-11 (5fs, 1 ‘65), B O’Leary 1-1, D Egan, C O’Sullivan 0-3 each, J Sheehan 0-2, M Clifford, K O’Connor, D O’Leary, N O’Mahoney, O Maunsell (f), J Hannon, J O’Connor, 0-1 each
29 June 2024 Round 3 Abbeydorney 5-14 - 1-18 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
M O’Leary 3-8 (1-0 pen, 4fs, 2 ‘65’), O Maunsell 1-2, D O’Leary 1-1, M Clifford, N O’Mahoney, J Sheehan 0-1 each Report S Conway 1-7, R Heffernan 0-4 (4fs), R Galvin, J Brosnan 0-2 each, C Sheehy, E Stack, J Galvin, 0-1 each

Group C

Group C table

  Quarter-finalists   Preliminary quarter-finalists

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Ballyheigue 2 2 0 0 48 29 19 4
Kilmoyley 2 1 0 1 39 33 6 2
Dr Crokes 2 0 0 2 33 58 -25 0

Group C results

15 June 2024 Round 1 Ballyheigue 0-16 - 0-13 Kilmoyley Austin Stack Park
P Lucid (0-12, 10 fs, 1’65), F O’Sullivan (0-2), B O’Riordan and E Walsh (0-1 each). Report R Walsh (0-11, 7fs, 1’65)), D Corridon and P Maunsell (0-1 each)
21 June 2024 Round 2 Ballyheigue 2-26 - 0-16 Dr Crokes Austin Stack Park
P Lucid 1-11 (3f), E Walsh 1-4, F O’Sullivan 0-4, M Leane and D O’Mahony 0-2, each T Gaynor, C Walsh (65), N Guerin 0-1 each Report M Heffernan 0-8 (7fs, 1 ‘65’), C O’Hare 0-4, T Doyle 0-2, K Landers, and O Hayes 0-1 each
27 June 2024 Round 3 Dr Crokes 1-14 - 1-23 Kilmoyley Lewis Road
M Heffernan 0-10 (8fs), C O’Cuiv 1-0, T Doyle 0-3, D Carroll 0-1 Report R Walsh 0-11 (9fs), P Maunsell 1-2, T Brick 0-4, D Collins, P O’Connor 0-2 each, B O’Connor, D Fitzell, 0-1 each

Knockout stage

Preliminary quarter-finals

5 July 2024 Preliminary quarter-final Causeway 4-17 - 1-12 Dr Crokes Austin Stack Park
B Barrett 1-6 (5fs), K Carmody 1-3, J Diggins 1-1, C Harty 1-0, D Goggin, P McGrath (1f) 0-3 each, D Legg 0-1. Report M Heffernan 0-10 (9fs), C O’Cuiv 1-0, C O’Hare, W Allen 0-1 each.
5 July 2024 Preliminary quarter-final St Brendan's 2-21 - 1-08 Tralee Parnells Healy Park
L Óg O'Connor 0-8, E Ferris 1-2, G Horan 1-2, S O'Halloran 0-4, N O'Driscoll 0-3, G O'Riordan 0-1, S Brosnan 0-1. Report O O'Brien 0-4, T Brick 1-0, C Dunne 0-2, E Sheehy 0-1, S Healy 0-1.

Quarter-finals

12 July 2024 Quarter-final Abbeydorney 2-15 - 1-13 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park
M O’Leary 0-7 (6fs), O Maunsell 2-1, D O’Leary 0-4, J Sheehan 0-2, D Egan 0-1. Report F Egan 0-10 (8fs), S O’Halloran 1-0, S Brosnan, N O’Driscoll, D Dineen 0-1 each
13 July 2024 Quarter-final Ballyduff 3-15 - 1-16 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
P Boyle (1-7, 3fs), D Moriarty (1-1), E Boyle (1-0), J O’Sullivan and L Rochford (0-2 each), D Slattery, D O’Carroll and M Boyle (0-1 each) Report S Conway (0-7, 6fs), C O’Keeffe (1-0), R Heffernan (0-3,2fs), C Sheehy (0-2), D Conway, J Brosnan, E Stack, and S McElligott (0-1 each)
14 July 2024 Quarter-final Ballyheigue 3-24 - 2-22
(aet)		 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
P Lucid ( 1-15, 12fs, 1’65), M Leane ( 0-4), C Casey and P Kenny ( 1-0 each), D O’Sullivan, F O’Sullivan, T Gaynor, B O’Riordan, and E Walsh ( 0-1 each) Report S Nolan (2-10, 1-8 frees, 1’65), J Conway ( 0-4,1f), R Mahony ( 0-3), G Parker ( 0-2), C Trant, T O’Connor, Declan O’Donoghue ( 0-1each)
14 July 2024 Quarter-final Kilmoyley 3-16 - 3-13 Causeway Austin Stack Park
R Walsh (0-6,3fs, 1’65), D Collins ( 0-5), P Maunsell ( 1-1), R Collins ( f) and K McCarthy ( 1-0 each), M O’Connor ( 0-3), D Nolan ( 0-1). Report B Barrett (1-5, 5fs, 1-0 pen), D Goggin ( 1-2), G Dooley ( 1-00, J Diggins ( 0-3), C Harty ( 0-2), P McGrath ( 0-1f)

Semi-finals

20 July 2024 Semi-final Abbeydorney 1-18 - 0-10 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
M O’Leary (0-9, 8f), O Maunsell (1-2), M Clifford, J O’Connor, R Donavan, D O’Leary, C O’Sullivan, J Sheehan, and D Egan ( 0-1 each). Report P Lucid ( 0-6, 5fs), M Leane, E Walsh, D O’Mahony and J Goggin ( 0-1 each)
20 July 2024 Semi-final Kilmoyley 2-25 - 4-25 Ballyduff Austin Stack Park
R Walsh ( 0-15, 9fs), P Maunsell ( 1-2), T Murnane ( 1-0), M O’Connor ( 0-3), J Brick ( 0-2), C Savage, D Collins ( 1f) and B O’Connor ( 0-1 each). Report P Boyle ( 2-12, 8fs,1’65), J Goulding ( 1-3), K Boyle ( 1-0), L Rochford (0-3), J Enright and K Goulding ( 0-2 each), J P O’Carroll, E Boyle and J O’Sullivan ( 0-1 each)

Final

4 August 2024 Final Abbeydorney 1-17 - 1-10 Ballyduff Austin Stack Park
M O’Leary (0-7, 6fs), O Maunsell (1-2), D O’Leary and J Sheehan (0-2 each), J O’Connor, N O’Mahoney, C O’Sullivan and B O’Leary (0-1 each). Report J O’Sullivan (1-2), P Boyle (0-4, 0-2fs, 1’65), K Goulding, A Segal, J Goulding and E Boyle (0-1 each).

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Michael O'Leary Abbeydorney 3-42 51 5 10.20
2 Philip Lucid Ballyheigue 2-44 50 4 12.50
3 Ronan Walsh Kilmoyley 0-43 43 4 10.75
4 Brandon Barrett Causeway 4-25 37 6 6.16
5 Pádraig Boyle Ballyduff 3-27 35 5 7.00
6 Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 2-27 33 3 11.00
7 Fionan Egan St Brendan's 0-30 30 4 7.50
8 Mark Heffernan Dr Crokes 0-28 28 3 9.33
9 Oisín Maunsell Abbeydorney 5-08 21 5 4.20
Jack Goulding Ballyduff 2-17 23 4 5.75
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 Pádraig Boyle Ballyduff 2-12 18 Kilmoyley
Philip Lucid Ballyheigue 1-15 18 Crotta O'Neill's
3 Michael O'Leary Abbeydorney 3-08 17 Lixnaw
4 Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 2-10 16 Ballyheigue
5 Ronan Walsh Kilmoyley 0-15 15 Ballyduff
6 Philip Lucid Ballyheigue 1-11 14 Dr Crokes
7 Shane Nolan Crotta O'Neill's 0-14 14 Causeway
8 Philip Lucid Ballyheigue 0-12 12 Kilmoyley
9 Ronan Walsh Kilmoyley 0-11 11 Dr Crokes
Ronan Walsh Kilmoyley 0-11 11 Ballyheigue
Michael O'Leary Abbeydorney 0-11 11 Tralee Parnells

Miscellaneous

References

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