2024 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship

2024 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship
Dates21 June - 18 August 2024
Teams5
SponsorJJ Kavanagh & Sons
ChampionsBorder St Mullin's (29th title)
Ger Coady (captain)
Tommy Buggy (manager)
Runners-upBorder Mount Leinster Rangers
Kevin McDonald (captain)
Paul O'Brien (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored50 (3.33 per match)
Points scored508 (33.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)Border James Doyle (5-55)
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The 2024 Carlow Senior Hurling Championship was the 95th staging of the Carlow Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Carlow County Board in 1927. The championship ran from 21 June to 18 August 2024.

Mount Leinster Rangers were the defending champions.[1][2]

The final, a replay, was played on 18 August 2024 at Netwatch Cullen Park in Carlow, between St Mullin's and Mount Leinster Rangers, in what was their 11th meeting in the final overall and a second successive meeting. St Mullin's won the match by 2–25 to 3–16 to claim their 29th championship title overall and a first title in two years.[3][4]

James Doyle was the championship's top scorer with 5-55.

Team changes

From championship

Regraded to the Carlow Intermediate Hurling Championship:

Group stage

Group stage table

  Advanced to knockout stage

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
St Mullin's 4 3 1 0 117 76 41 7
Mount Leinster Rangers 4 2 2 0 94 63 31 6
Ballinkillen 4 1 1 2 85 90 -5 3
Bagenalstown Gaels 4 1 0 3 51 88 -37 2
Naomh Eoin 4 1 0 3 65 95 -30 2

Group stage results

21 June 2024 Round 1 Mount Leinster Rangers 2-14 - 1-17 St Mullin's Netwatch Cullen Park
T Joyce 1-5, D Tobin 1-3, K McDonald 0-3, C Kavanagh 0-1, C Fitzpatrick 0-1, E Doyle 0-1. Report James Doyle 0-9, John Doyle 1-1, C Kehoe 0-2, G Coady 0-1, M Walsh 0-1, O Ryan 0-1, P Boland 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1.
22 June 2024 Round 1 Naomh Eoin 2-15 - 1-13 Ballinkillen Netwatch Cullen Park
C Abbey 0-5, S Tracey 1-1, D Wall 1-0 (og), B Tracey 0-3, P Abbey 0-3, M Kavanagh 0-1, M Nolan 0-1, P Doyle 0-1. C Whelan 1-8, S Kelly 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, J Wall 0-1, K Kavanagh 0-1, E English 0-1.
29 June 2024 Round 2 Bagenalstown Gaels 0-17 - 0-11 Naomh Eoin Netwatch Cullen Park
C Doyle 0-9, J Wall 0-4, D Nolan 0-2, K Guidera 0-1, J Doyle 0-1. C Abbey 0-7, D Dunne 0-1, S Tracey 0-1, C Tracey 0-1, M Kavanagh 0-1.
29 June 2024 Round 2 Ballinkillen 1-17 - 0-20 Mount Leinster Rangers Netwatch Cullen Park
C Whelan 1-9, S Kelly 0-2, S Murphy 0-2, K Kavanagh 0-1, C Wall 0-1, J Treacy 0-1, C Lomax 0-1. D Tobin 0-5, T Joyce 0-4, J Nolan 0-4, K McDonald 0-3, D Murphy 0-2, R Coady 0-1, C Kavanagh 0-1.
6 July 2024 Round 3 St Mullin's 3-23 - 0-19 Naomh Eoin Netwatch Cullen Park
James Doyle 2-10, John Doyle 1-2, C Kehoe 0-4, E O'Shea 0-2, J Kavanagh 0-2, P Walsh 0-1, O Ryan 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1. C Abbey 0-7, JM Nolan 0-4, C Beck 0-4, P Abbey 0-2, D Dunne 0-1, B Tracey 0-1.
6 July 2024 Round 3 Bagenalstown Gaels 1-14 - 1-17 Ballinkillen Netwatch Cullen Park
C Doyle 0-6, J Doyle 1-1, D Nolan 0-3, K Guidera 0-3, A Kane 0-1. C Whelan 0-8, K Kavanagh 1-1, P Hynes 0-3, S Murphy 0-2, C Lomax 0-2, J Treacy 0-1.
13 July 2024 Round 4 Ballinkillen 4-17 - 3-23 St Mullin's Netwatch Cullen Park
C Whelan 1-8, J Treacy 1-3, S Kelly 1-2, P Hynes 1-0, S Murphy 0-2, K Kavanagh 0-1, E English 0-1. James Doyle 0-11, M Kavanagh 3-1, C Kehoe 0-4, M Walsh 0-2, J Kavanagh 0-2, P Doyle 0-1, John Doyle 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1.
13 July 2024 Round 4 Mount Leinster Rangers 0-24 - 0-09 Bagenalstown Gaels Netwatch Cullen Park
T Joyce 0-10, D Tobin 0-3, J Nolan 0-3, D Murphy 0-2, E Kealy 0-1, K McDonald 0-1, E Doyle 0-1, C Kavanagh 0-1, T Lawlor 0-1, C Fitzpatrick 0-1. C Doyle 0-3, J McCullagh 0-2, S Wall 0-1, J Clarke 0-1, K Guidera 0-1, J Doyle 0-1.
20 July 2024 Round 5 Mount Leinster Rangers 1-27 - 0-14 Naomh Eoin Netwatch Cullen Park
T Joyce 1-4 (3fs), D Murphy 0-5, J Nolan, D Tobin 0-4 each, C Kavanagh 0-3, J Nolan, T Brennan 0-2 each, K McDonald (65), E Byrne, T Lawlor 0-1 each. Report C Abbey, C Beck 0-4 each, C Tracey 0-3, J M Nolan, S Tracey, M Kavanagh 0-1 each.
20 July 2024 Round 5 St Mullin's 4-21 - 0-08 Bagenalstown Gaels Netwatch Cullen Park
James Doyle 0-10 (65 6fs), John Doyle 1-5, M Kavanagh 1-2, J O’Neill 1-1, P Walsh 1-0, P Doyle, C Kehoe, O Ryan 0-1each. Report C Doyle (1f), Jake Doyle (1f), D Nolan (f) 0-2 each, J Clarke, K Guidera, 0-1 each.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

27 July 2024 Semi-final St Mullin's 4-14 - 4-14 Bagenalstown Gaels Netwatch Cullen Park
James Doyle 2-6 (5fs), M Kavanagh 1-3 (1-0 pen, 65), John Doyle 1-0, J O’Neill 0-2, M Walsh, O Ryan, J Kavanagh 0-1 each. Report Craig Doyle 2-7 (1-5fs 65), K Guidera 1-1, A Kane 1-0, Jake Doyle 0-3, A Corcoran, TJ Darcy, D Nolan (f) 0-1 each.
27 July 2024 Semi-final Mount Leinster Rangers 2-19 - 1-15 Ballinkillen Netwatch Cullen Park
J Nolan 0-5, T Joyce 0-4 (3fs), E Byrne 1-1, D Tobin 0-3, E Doyle 1-0, D Murphy 0-2 (1f), E Kealy, R Coady, C Kavanagh, C Fitzpatrick 0-1 each. Report C Whelan 0-5 (fs), P Hynes 1-0, C Wall, S Murphy 0-3 each, J Treacy 0-2, E English, S Kelly 0-1 each.
3 August 2024 Semi-final replay St Mullin's 3-19 - 1-17
(aet)		 Bagenalstown Gaels Netwatch Cullen Park
M Kavanagh 0-9fs, C Kehoe 2-0, O Ryan 0-3, James Doyle 1-0, P Boland, J O’Neill, J Kavanagh 0-2 each, John Doyle 0-1. Report Craig Doyle 0-12 (10fs), J Clarke 1-0, D Nolan 0-3 (fs), J McCullagh, J Wall 0-1 each

Final

11 August 2024 Final Mount Leinster Rangers 2-19 - 3-16 St Mullin's Netwatch Cullen Park
T Joyce (0-7, 4fs), E Byrne (1-2), C Kavanagh (1-0), D Murphy (0-4), J Nolan (0-3), C Nolan, T Lawlor, K McDonald (f) (0-1 each). Report M Kavanagh (1-8, 5fs), J Kavanagh (2-0), James Doyle (0-6), C Kehoe, J O’Neill (0-1 each). Referee: P O'Dwyer (Palatine)

Final replay

18 August 2024 Final Mount Leinster Rangers 3-16 - 2-25 St Mullin's Netwatch Cullen Park
C Nolan 2-5, T Joyce 0-6 (fs), K McDonald 1-3 (all fs), Jon Nolan, D Murphy 0-1 each. Report M Kavanagh 1-10 (3-65s 5fs), P Boland 0-6, J O’Neill 1-3 (1-sl), James Doyle 0-3 (1f), C Kehoe 0-2, J Kavanagh 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 James Doyle St Mullin's 5-55 70 8 8.75
2 Marty Kavanagh St Mullin's 7-33 54 6 9.00
3 Ciarán Whelan Ballinkillen 3-38 47 5 9.40
4 Ted Joyce Mount Leinster Rangers 2-40 46 7 6.57
5 Craig Doyle Bagenalstown Gaels 2-39 45 6 7.50
6 Ciarán Abbey Naomh Eoin 0-23 23 4 5.75
7 John Doyle St Mullin's 4-10 22 8 2.75
8 Dean Tobin Mount Leinster Rangers 1-18 21 7 3.00
9 Conor Kehoe St Mullin's 2-14 20 8 2.50
Jon Nolan Mount Leinster Rangers 0-20 20 6 3.33
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 James Doyle St Mullin's 2-10 16 Naomh Eoin
2 Craig Doyle Bagenalstown Gaels 2-07 13 St Mullin's
Marty Kavanagh St Mullin's 1-10 13 Mount Leinster Rangers
4 James Doyle St Mullin's 2-06 12 Bagenalstown Gaels
Ciarán Whelan Ballinkillen 1-09 12 Mount Leinster Rangers
Craig Doyle Bagenalstown Gaels 0-12 12 St Mullin's
7 Chris Nolan Mount Leinster Rangers 2-05 11 St Mullin's
Ciarán Whelan Ballinkillen 1-08 11 Naomh Eoin
Ciarán Whelan Ballinkillen 1-08 11 St Mullin's
Marty Kavanagh St Mullin's 1-08 11 Mount Leinster Rangers
James Doyle St Mullin's 0-11 11 Ballinkillen

References

  1. ^ Murphy, Kieran (13 August 2023). "Carlow SHC: Strong first half helps Mount Leinster Rangers regain crown". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Glory for Mount Leinster Rangers as they topple St Mullins in Carlow SHC final". RTÉ Sport. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  3. ^ "St Mullins dethrone 14-man Mount Leinster Rangers to take Carlow hurling crown". Irish Independent. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  4. ^ Murphy, Kieran (18 August 2023). "St Mullin's regain Carlow crown in style". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  5. ^ ""It's so unfair on everybody else" Naomh Brid withdraws from 2024 Senior Hurling Championship, sparking debate on competition structure". Scoreline. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.