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 Senior Hurling Champions after beating Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton by a score line of 0-17 to 1-09.‘
Top winners
Roll of honour
- 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
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.
Year | Winner | Opponent |
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
- 1950 Pat Norton Clonad
- 1951 Michael Rigney Kyle
- 1952 Jimmy Murray Errill
- 1953 Andy Dunne Clonad
- 1954 Andy Dunne Clonad
- 1955 Lar Dunphy Cullohill
- 1956 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1957 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1958 Andy Dunne Clonad
- 1959 Fintan Lalor Camross
- 1960 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1961 Christy O'Brien Borris-in-Ossory
- 1962 Jimmy Fennell Clonad
- 1963 Fintan Lalor Camross
- 1964 Mt. O'Mahoney Cullohill
- 1965 Tim Cuddy Camross
- 1966 Tim Cuddy Camross
- 1967 Tim Cuddy Camross
- 1968 Ger Cuddy Camross
- 1969 Ger Cuddy Camross
- 1970 George Conroy Clonad
- 1971 Jimmy Lyons Camross
- 1972 Brendan Dollard Borris-in-Ossory
- 1973 John Carroll Camross
- 1974 Christy Donovan Camross
- 1975 John O'Keefe Clonaslee
- 1976 Martin Cuddy Camross
- 1977 Paddy Dowling Camross
- 1978 Sean Cuddy Camross
- 1979 Michael Carroll Camross
- 1980 Richard Maloney Camross
- 1981 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1982 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1983 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1984 John Joe Ging Portlaoise
- 1985 PJ Cuddy Camross
- 1986 Joe Doran Camross
- 1987 Sean Bergin Portlaoise
- 1988 Alo Delaney Camross
- 1989 John Bohane Portlaoise
- 1990 Pat Carroll Camross
- 1991 Seamus Plunkett Portlaoise
- 1992 Pat Norton Clonad
- 1993 Fintan Lalor Camross
- 1994 Tom Delaney Camross
- 1995 John O' Suillivan Castletown
- 1996 Matt Collier Camross
- 1997 Eamonn Kirwan Castletown
- 1998 Niall Rigney Portlaoise
- 1999 John Lyons Castletown
- 2000 Pat Phelan Castletown
- 2001 Fionan O'Suillivan Castletown
- 2002 Paul Cuddy Castletown
- 2003 David Cuddy Castletown
- 2004 Joe Phelan Portlaoise
- 2005 Robert Delaney Castletown
- 2006 Liam Wynne Rathdowney/Errill
- 2007 Fran Hogan Camrosss
- 2008 John Purcell Rathdowney/Errill
- 2009 Mick McEvoy Clough/Ballacolla
- 2010 Liam Tynan Rathdowney/Errill
- 2011 John A. Delaney Clough/Ballacolla
- 2012 Shane Dollard Rathdowney/Errill
- 2013 Tomás Burke Camrosss
- 2014 Alan Delaney Rathdowney/Errill
- 2015 Darren Maher Clough/Ballacolla
- 2016 Brian Stapleton Borris-in-Ossory/Kilcotton
- 2017 Joe Phelan & Zane Keenan Camross
- 2018 Niall Homes Camross
- 2019 Patrick Purcell Rathdowney/Errill
Records and statistics
Finals Stats
- Most wins:
- * 26 Camross
- Most consecutive wins:
- * 5 Ballygeehan, Camross, Camross & Castletown
- Most defeats:
- * 17 Portlaoise
- Most consecutive defeats:
- * 3 Abbeyleix & Portlaoise
- Most appearances:
- *37 Camross
- Most appearances without a win:
- *4 Ballacolla
- Highest scoring match:
- *64 points Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton 2-26 Rathdowney-Errill 2-26
- Lowest scoring match:
- *7 points Portlaoise 0-7 Clonad 1-0
- Biggest winning margin:
- *22 points Rathdowney 7-1 Clonaslee 0-0
- Highest scoring teams:
- *32 points Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton & Rathdowney-Errill
- Highest scoring winning team:
- *28 points Camross
- Highest scoring losing team:
- *22 points Clough/Ballacolla
- Most goals match:
- *12 Abbeyleix 7-3 Clonad 5-3
- Fewest goals match:
- *0
- Most goals team:
- * 7 Clonad & Abbeyleix
- Most goals losing team:
- * 5 Clonad
- Trivia:
- * 10 finals have ended in draws
- * 4 finals have been goalless
- * 20 finals have occurred where the losing team scored more goals than the winning team
- * 3 finals have occurred where the winner scored two goals fewer than the losing team
- * 23 finals have occurred where there were more goals than points
Teams
By decade
The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows:- 1880s: 2 for Rathdowney
- 1890s: 2 each for Clonaslee and Rathdowney
- 1900s: 5 for Rathdowney
- 1910s: 5 for Ballygeehan
- 1920s: 4 for Rathdowney
- 1930s: 4 for Clonad
- 1940s: 4 for Abbeyleix
- 1950s: 4 for Clonad
- 1960s: 6 for Camross
- 1970s: 7 for Camross
- 1980s: 6 for Portlaoise
- 1990s: 4 for Camross
- 2000s: 5 for Castletown
- 2010s: 4 for Rathdowney-Errill
Gaps
- 91 years: Clough/Ballacolla
- 65 years: Clonaslee
- 38 years: Portlaoise
- 22 years: Clonad
- 19 years: Clonaslee
- 15 years: Portlaoise
- 14 years: Errill
- 11 years: Borris in Ossory
- 11 years: Camross
- 09 years: Rathdowney
- 09 years: Rathdowney
- 09 years: Clonad
- 09 years: Cullohill
Starts (first 1-10 finals)
Best
- 1 final : ' Rathdowney, Clonaslee, Harristown, Ballygeehan, Abbeyleix, Mountrath, Kyle, Borris in Ossory, Castletown, Rathdowney-Errill
- 2 finals: ' Rathdowney, Clonaslee, Ballygeehan, Abbeyleix, Borris in Ossory, Rathdowney-Errill
- 3 finals: ' Ballygeehan, Abbeyleix, Rathdowney-Errill
- 4 finals: ' Ballygeehan, Rathdowney-Errill
- 5 finals: ' Ballygeehan, Rathdowney-Errill
- 6 finals: ', Abbeyleix, Castletown, Rathdowney-Errill
- 7 finals: ' Abbeyleix, Castletown
- 8 finals: ' Abbeyleix, Castletown
- 9 finals: ' Rathdowney, Abbeyleix, Castletown
- 10finals: ' Castletown
Worst
- 1 final : ' Kilcotton, Skierke, Aghaboe, Ballacolla, Camross, Portlaoise, Clonad, Errill, Rovers, Cuddagh, Ballyfin, Ballinakill, The Harps, Tinnahinch, Borris in Ossory/Kilcotton
- 2 finals: ' Kilcotton, Ballacolla, Clonad, Camross, Cuddagh, The Harps, Tinnahinch
- 3 finals: ' Ballacolla, Cuddagh, The Harps, Tinnahinch
- 4 finals: ' Ballacolla
- 5 finals: ' Clonad
- 6 finals: ' Clonad, Errill, Portlaoise
- 7 finals: ' Clonad, Portlaoise, Errill
- 8 finals: ' Errill
- 9 finals: ' Clonad, Clonaslee, Portlaoise
- 10finals: ' Clonad, Clonaslee, Portlaoise