2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	17 July - 6 October 2024
Teams	8
Sponsor	Laois Shopping Centre
Champions	Clough–Ballacolla (12th title); Aidan Corby (captain); Willie Hyland (manager)
Runners-up	Rathdowney–Errill; John Purcell (captain); Enda Meagher (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Points scored	567 (35.44 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ross King (1-47)
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Dates17 July - 6 October 2024

Teams8

SponsorLaois Shopping Centre

Champions

Clough–Ballacolla (12th title)
Aidan Corby (captain)
Willie Hyland (manager)

The 2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 131st staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 29 February 2024.^[1]^[2] The championship ran from 17 July to 6 October 2024.

Camross entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Clough–Ballacolla in the semi-final stage.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] No team was relegated as a result of the championship expanding to 10 teams in 2025.^[7]^[8]

The final was played on 6 October 2024 at Laois Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Clough–Ballacolla and Rathdowney–Errill, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 12 years.^[9]^[10] Clough–Ballacolla won the match by 2–22 to 0–22 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title in two years.^[11]

Rathdowney–Errill's Ross King was the championship's top scorer with 1-47.

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Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Clough–Ballacolla	3	3	0	0	56	37	19	6
Abbeyleix	3	2	0	1	70	78	-8	4
The Harps	3	1	0	2	71	64	7	2
Rosenallis	3	0	0	3	35	53	-18	0

17 July 2024 Round 1	Clough–Ballacolla	0-31 - 2-13	Abbeyleix	Páirc Shéain Uí hUidhrín
	S Maher 0-9, W Dunphy 0-4, S Bergin 0-4, A Corby 0-3, S Corby 0-3, M Hennessy 0-3, R Phelan 0-2, K Mulhall 0-1, C Hogan 0-1, E Cassin 0-1.		E Fennelly 1-6, E Rowland 1-1, E Reilly 0-2, Ciaran Byrne 0-1, Cormac Byrne 0-1, L Doyle 0-1, C Walsh 0-1.

19 July 2024 Round 1	The Harps	3-19 - 0-13	Rosenallis	LOETB Centre of Excellence
	J Duggan 3-1, M Lanigan 0-10, C Comerford 0-4, J O'Connor 0-1, C Murphy 0-1, C Brophy 0-1, E Doheny 0-1.		J Lennon 0-3, David Dooley 0-3, J Hyland 0-2, C Cosgrave 0-2, D Hartnett 0-1, Diarmuid Dooley 0-1, J O'Loughlin 0-1.

2 August 2024 Round 2	Clough–Ballacolla	1-22 - 1-15	The Harps	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	S Maher 1-8, J Walshe 0-3, W Dunphy 0-2, S Bergin 0-2, J Corby 0-1, A Corby 0-1, M Hennessy 0-1, K Mulhall 0-1, P Brennan 0-1, R Phelan 0-1, C Dunne 0-1.		M Lanigan 1-7, C Murphy 0-2, J Duggan 0-2, E Murphy 0-1, C Brophy 0-1, C Comerford 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1.

4 August 2024 Round 2	Rosenallis	0-22 - 3-16	Abbeyleix	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	David Dooley 0-10, C Cosgrove 0-4, J Lennon 0-4, J Hyland 0-3, FC Fennell 0-1.		E Fennelly 0-7, E Rowland 1-3, Cormac Byrne 1-1, Colin Byrne 1-1, A Carroll 0-1, E Reilly 0-1, C Walsh 0-1, Ciaran Byrne 0-1.

2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship

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Group A

Group A table

Group A fixtures and results

Group B

Group B table

Group B fixtures and results

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

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24 August 2024 Round 3	Abbeyleix	2-20 - 1-22	The Harps	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	E Fennelly 0-10, C Byrne 1-4, E Rowland 1-3, C Walsh 0-2, F Mahoney 0-1.		J Duggan 1-4, M Lanigan 0-5, C Comerford 0-5, P Delaney 0-3, C Comerford 0-2, M Downey 0-1, E Doheny 0-1, J Brophy 0-1.

18 July 2024 Round 1	Rathdowney–Errill	4-21 - 3-14	Camross	LOETB Centre of Excellence
	P Purcell 2-3, R King 0-9, E Bourke 1-2, E Killeen 1-2, P Rafter 0-2, J Ryan 0-1, T Dowling 0-1, B McGinley 0-1.		M Dowling 2-1, Z Keenan 1-4, D Palmer 0-4, R Tyrrell 0-2, D Drennan 0-2, A Mortimer 0-1.

20 July 2024 Round 1	Portlaoise	1-14 - 0-14	Castletown	LOETB Centre of Excellence
	A Bergin 0-5, C Dowling-Byrne 1-0, B Brennan 0-3, DJ White 0-2, C Rigney 0-2, D Sheehan 0-1, J Conroy 0-1.		T Cuddy 0-6, J Breen 0-3, C Doran 0-3, C Walsh 0-1, M Phelan 0-1.

3 August 2024 Round 2	Camross	1-17 - 1-13	Castletown	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	Z Keennan 1-5, E Cuddy 0-4, D Drennan 0-3, O Phelan 0-1, C Collier 0-1, L Delaney 0-1, J Cuddy 0-1, A Mortimer 0-1.		T Cuddy 1-2, J Breen 0-3, M Phelan 0-2, S Phelan 0-2, C Doran 0-1, J Gaughan 0-1, D Conroy 0-1, G Gaughan 0-1.

3 August 2024 Round 2	Rathdowney–Errill	2-26 - 3-23	Portlaoise	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	R King 0-13, E Killeen 2-1, B McGinley 0-4, T Dowling 0-3, E Bourke 0-1, J Ryan 0-1, P Rafter 0-1, D Carroll 0-1, P Purcell 0-1.		A Bergin 0-10, J Conroy 2-1, C Rigney 1-3, B Brennan 0-2, DJ White 0-2, E Critchley 0-2, D Sheehan 0-1, C Taylor 0-1, F Flanagan 0-1.

25 August 2024 Round 3	Rathdowney–Errill	1-32 - 2-12	Castletown	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	R King 0-12, E Killeen 1-3, S Pearson 0-4, P Purcell 0-3, E Bourke 0-2, L O'Connell 0-2, T Dowling 0-2, J Ryan 0-1, P McCane 0-1, B McGinley 0-1, D Carroll 0-1.		T Cuddy 0-5, D Conroy 1-1, M Phelan 1-1, C Walsh 0-2, C Doran 0-2, J Phelan 0-1.

25 August 2024 Round 3	Camross	1-20 - 0-11	Portlaoise	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	G Burke 0-4, C Collier 1-0, L Delaney 0-3, M Keyes 0-3, Z Keenan 0-3, E Cuddy 0-2, D Drennan 0-1, E Gaughan 0-1, J Cuddy 0-1, D Duggan 0-1, T Cuddy 0-1.		A Bergin 0-8, J Conroy 0-1, C Taylor 0-1, D Sheehan 0-1.

8 September 2024 Quarter-final	Abbeyleix	2-18 - 2-09	Portlaoise	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	E Fennelly 0-7, Cormack Byrne 1-1, Ciaran Byrne 0-2, Colin Byrne 0-2, C Walsh 0-2, E Rowland 0-2, A Carroll 0-1, S Quinn 0-1.	Report	A Bergin 1-2, DJ White 0-4, J Conroy 1-0, C Taylor 0-2, C Rigney 0-1.

8 September 2024 Quarter-final	Camross	2-18 - 1-16	The Harps	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	T Keyes 1-8, D Drennan 1-1, G Burke 0-3, Z Keenan 0-3, M Dowling 0-1, L Delaney 0-1, E Cuddy 0-1.	Report	C Comerford 0-7, P Delaney 1-1, J Duggan 0-2, C Flynn 0-2, C Comerford 0-1, J Brophy 0-1, E Doheny 0-1, E Murphy 0-1.

22 September 2024 Semi-final	Rathdowney–Errill	1-19 - 3-10	Abbeyleix	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	R King 1-7, T Dowling 0-3, S Pearson 0-3, E Bourke 0-1, J Ryan 0-1, P Rafter 0-1, E Killeen 0-1, P Purcell 0-1, B McGinley 0-1.	Report	E Fennelly 2-6, Colin Byrne 1-1, Cormac Byrne 0-2, L Delaney 0-1.

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6 October 2024 Final	Rathdowney–Errill	0-22 - 2-22	Clough–Ballacolla	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	R King 0-06 (frees), T Dowling and P McCane 0-04 each, P Purcell 0-03 (one free), B McGinley and L O’Connell (frees) 0-02 each, E Killeen 0-01.	Report	S Maher 1-14 (0-10 frees), S Bergin 1-01, L Cleere 0-03, J Corby, A Corby, M Hennessy and R Phelan 0-01 each.	Referee: P Dunne (Colt)

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ross King	Rathdowney–Errill	1-47	50	5	10.00
2	Stephen Maher	Clough–Ballacolla	2-40	46	4	11.50
3	Eoghan Fennelly	Abbeyleix	3-36	45	5	9.00
4	Aaron Bergin	Portlaoise	1-25	28	4	7.00
5	Zane Keenan	Camross	3-18	27	5	5.40
6	Michael Lanigan	The Harps	1-22	25	4	6.25
7	James Duggan	The Harps	4-09	21	4	5.25
8	Eric Killeen	Rathdowney–Errill	4-08	20	5	4.00
9	Enda Rowland	Abbeyleix	3-09	18	5	3.60
9	Cormac Byrne	Abbeyleix	3-09	18	5	3.60

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Stephen Maher	Clough–Ballacolla	1-14	17	Rathdowney–Errill
2	Ross King	Rathdowney–Errill	0-13	13	Portlaoise
3	Eoghan Fennelly	Abbeyleix St Lazerians	2-06	10	Rathdowney–Errill
3	Ross King	Rathdowney–Errill	0-12	12	Castletown
5	Stephen Maher	Clough–Ballacolla	1-08	11	The Harps
5	Tomás Keyes	Camross	1-08	11	The Harps
7	James Duggan	The Harps	3-01	10	Rosenallis
	Ross King	Rathdowney–Errill	1-07	10	Abbeyleix St Lazerians
	Michael Lanigan	The Harps	1-07	10	Clough–Ballacolla
	Michael Lanigan	The Harps	0-10	10	Rosenallis
	David Dooley	Rosenallis	0-10	10	Abbeyleix
	Aaron Bergin	Portlaoise	0-10	10	Rathdowney–Errill
	Eoghan Fennelly	Abbeyleix St Lazerians	0-10	10	The Harps

22 September 2024 Semi-final	Clough–Ballacolla	1-20 - 2-13	Camross	Laois Hire O'Moore Park
	S Maher 0-9, S Bergin 1-1, J Walsh 0-4, A Corby 0-2, C Dunne 0-2, W Dunphy 0-1, P Brennan 0-1.	Report	Z Keenan 1-3, T Keyes 0-5, D Drennan 1-0, E Gaughan 0-2, C Collier 0-2, O Bennett 0-1.