Offaly Senior Football Championship
Irish Gaelic football league
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The Offaly Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896.
Tullamore are the title holders (2025), defeating Ferbane on a scoreline of 0-19 to 1-12 in the final.[1]
Format
Honours
The trophy presented to the winners is the Dowling Cup. The club winning the Offaly Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
List of finals
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Tullamore | 0–08 | Cloghan | 1–04 |
| 1897 | Tullamore | 1–05 | Cloghan | 0–00 |
| 1898 | Tullamore | w/o | Killoughy | scr |
| 1899 | Tullamore | 0–06 | Quarrymount | 0–02 |
| 1900 | Rhode | 0–07 | Daingean | 0–02 |
| 1901 | Quarrymount | 2–06 | Geashill | 0–02 |
| 1902 | Geashill | 2–05 | Ferbane | 0–05 |
| 1903 | Cloghan | 1–04 | Geashill | 0–02 |
| 1904 | Geashill | 1–04 | Ferbane | 0–02 |
| 1905 | Geashill | 4–05 | Cloghan | 0–01 |
| 1906 | Geashill | 3–08 | Cloghan | 1–04 |
| 1907 | Geashill | 4–10 | Tullamore | 0–07 |
| 1908 | Tullamore | 2–09 | Geashill | 0–05 |
| 1909 | Daingean | 1–04 | Ballinamere | 0–03 |
| 1910 | Banagher | 1–02 | Tullamore | 0–02 |
| 1911 | Tullamore | 2–03 | Geashill | 1–00 |
| 1912 | Tullamore | 1–06 | Ferbane | 0–02 |
| 1913 | Tullamore | w/o | Banagher | scr |
| 1914 | Ferbane | 2–01 | Ballycommon | 1–02 |
| 1915 | Killeigh | 1–04 | Ferbane | 1–01 |
| 1916 | Killeigh | 1–04 | Cloghan | 1–01 |
| 1917 | Tullamore | 0–04 | Ferbane | 0–03 |
| 1918 | Rhode | 4–07 | Cloghan | 1–00 |
| 1919 | Clonmore | 1–00 | Ferbane | 0–01 |
| 1920[2] | Rhode | 0–04 | Ferbane | 1–00 |
| 1921 | No competition | |||
| 1922 | No competition | |||
| 1923 | Rhode | 2–07 | Clara | 1–01 |
| 1924 | Tullamore | 2–08 | Belmont | 0–02 |
| 1925 | Tullamore | 2–03 | Ferbane | 0–00 |
| 1926[3] | Tullamore | 4–05 | Birr | 0–00 |
| 1927[4] | Rhode | 0–06 | Ferbane | 0–02 |
| 1928 | Rhode | 3–04, 2–05 | Tullamore | 2–03, 3–02 |
| 1929[5] | Rhode | 3–06 | Daingean | 2–04 |
| 1930[6] | Tullamore | 1–06 | Rhode | 0–02 |
| 1931[7] | Rhode | 1–04, 2–04 | Tullamore | 1–03, 1–07 |
| 1932 | Tullamore | 4–00 | Rhode | 1–02 |
| 1933[8] | Walsh Island | 0–08 | Tullamore | 1–04 |
| 1934 | Walsh Island | 1–06 | Tullamore | 0–03 |
| 1935 | Tullamore | 2–03 | Rhode | 0–06 |
| 1936 | Edenderry | 4–06 | Walsh Island | 3–03 |
| 1937 | Walsh Island | 3–08 | Rhode | 2–05 |
| 1938 | Walsh Island | 5–08 | Daingean | 2–06 |
| 1939 | Rhode | 2–04 | Daingean | 1–06 |
| 1940[9] | Rhode | 1–05 | Walsh Island | 0–04 |
| 1941 | Tullamore | 2–06 | Edenderry | 2–02 |
| 1942 | Walsh Island | 5–06 | Daingean | 2–05 |
| 1943[10] | Walsh Island | 1–11 | Tullamore | 1–07 |
| 1944 | Rhode | 2–05 | Tullamore | 1–05 |
| 1945 | Cloghan | 1–06 | Rhode | 1–02 |
| 1946 | Tullamore | 2–06 | Rhode | 2–04 |
| 1947 | St Mary's | 3–05 | Cloghan | 1–05 |
| 1948 | Tullamore | 1–08 | Edenderry | 2–02 |
| 1949[11] | Rhode | w/o | Cloghan | scr |
| 1950 | St Mary's | 2–07 | Rhode | 1–05 |
| 1951 | Edenderry | 0–12 | Cloghan | 1–08 |
| 1952 | Durrow | 3–05 | Edenderry | 1–05 |
| 1953[12] | Edenderry | 1–08 | Rhode | 1–05 |
| 1954[13] | Tullamore | 3–07 | Rhode | 2–02 |
| 1955[14] | Rhode | 2–06 | Daingean | 2–05 |
| 1956[15] | Tullamore | 0–08 | Cloghan | 0–01 |
| 1957 | Edenderry | 3–06 | Clara | 0–02 |
| 1958 | Rhode | 2–10 | Clara | 2–05 |
| 1959[16] | St Patrick's | 2–08 | Cloghan | 0–06 |
| 1960 | Clara | 3–07, 0–08 | Tullamore | 1–05, 1–05 |
| 1961[17] | Gracefield | 2–07, 1–08 | Tullamore | 1–08, 1–08 |
| 1962[18] | Daingean | 2–07 | Killeigh | 0–12 |
| 1963[19] | Tullamore | 4–06 | Gracefield | 1–08 |
| 1964 | Clara | 1–10 | Rhode | 1–07 |
| 1965[20] | Daingean | 0–09 | Gracefield | 0–06 |
| 1966 | Rhode | 0–11 | Clara | 1–07 |
| 1967[21] | Rhode | 1–07 | Daingean | 0–07 |
| 1968[22] | Ballycumber | 2–05 | Gracefield | 0–06 |
| 1969[23] | Rhode | 2–10, 1–11 | Erin Rovers | 2–08, 2–08 |
| 1970[24] | Gracefield | 1–08 | Walsh Island | 0–09 |
| 1971[25] | Ferbane | 4–10 | Gracefield | 1–09 |
| 1972[26] | Gracefield | 1–15 | Ferbane | 2–10 |
| 1973[27] | Tullamore | 1–06 | St Carthage | 0–07 |
| 1974[28] | Ferbane | 2–07, 1–09 | Gracefield | 1–04, 1–09 |
| 1975[29] | Rhode | 1–12 | Daingean | 1–07 |
| 1976[30] | Ferbane | 1–07, 2–11 | Walsh Island | 0–09, 2–11 |
| 1977[31] | Tullamore | 2–07 | Daingean | 1–06 |
| 1978[32] | Walsh Island | 4–09 | Rhode | 1–12 |
| 1979[33] | Walsh Island | 0–10 | Rhode | 0–08 |
| 1980[34] | Walsh Island | 2–08 | Ferbane | 1–05 |
| 1981 | Walsh Island | 1–10, 0–07 | Clara | 1–05, 0–07 |
| 1982[35] | Walsh Island | 0–11 | Rhode | 0–08 |
| 1983 | Walsh Island | 1–10, 0–08 | Ferbane | 1–07, 0–08 |
| 1984 | Gracefield | 1–10 | Edenderry | 0–08 |
| 1985 | Edenderry | 1–07 | Raheen | 1–06 |
| 1986[36] | Ferbane | 1–16 | Kilcormac | 0–05 |
| 1987 | Ferbane | 1–06 | Clara | 1–03 |
| 1988[37] | Ferbane | 1–12 | Tullamore | 2–03 |
| 1989[38] | Ferbane | 3–14 | Rhode | 1–09 |
| 1990[39] | Ferbane | 5–09 | Gracefield | 1–06 |
| 1991 | Clara | 3–07 | Gracefield | 1–06 |
| 1992[40] | Ferbane | 2–07 | Tullamore | 1–09 |
| 1993 | Clara | 4–08 | Ferbane | 2–11 |
| 1994[41] | Ferbane | 0–10 | Shannonbridge | 0–08 |
| 1995[42] | Edenderry | 2–10 | Clara | 1–10 |
| 1996[43] | Shannonbridge | 1–11 | Tullamore | 0–12 |
| 1997 | Edenderry | 1–15 | Ferbane | 1–14 |
| 1998 | Rhode | 0–1–11 | Edenderry | 1–04 |
| 1999 | Edenderry | 2–09, 1–07 | Rhode | 0–13, 1–07 |
| 2000 | Tullamore | 1–09 | Shamrocks | 0–10 |
| 2001 | Edenderry | 1–09 | Rhode | 1–06 |
| 2002 | Tullamore | 1–08 | Gracefield | 0–08 |
| 2003 | Clara | 1–09 | Rhode | 1–07 |
| 2004 | Rhode | 3–12 | Gracefield | 1–05 |
| 2005 | Rhode | 2–10 | Shamrocks | 0–13 |
| 2006 | Rhode | 2–06 | Clara | 0–09 |
| 2007 | Tullamore | 1–12 | Shamrocks | 0–12 |
| 2008 | Rhode | 1–20 | Tullamore | 2–04 |
| 2009 | Clara | 2–07 | Rhode | 1–09 |
| 2010 | Rhode | 3–09 | Clara | 2–11 |
| 2011 | Edenderry | 0–09 | Clara | 0–08 |
| 2012[44] | Rhode | 0–15 | Clara | 1–06 |
| 2013[45] | Tullamore | 2–07 | Rhode | 0–09 |
| 2014[46] | Rhode | 0–13 | Edenderry | 1–07 |
| 2015[47] | Edenderry | 1–12 | Rhode | 1–10 |
| 2016[48] | Rhode | 1–14 | Ferbane | 0–09 |
| 2017[49] | Rhode | 0–12 | Clara | 0–09 |
| 2018 | Rhode | 1–18 | Ferbane | 0–10 |
| 2019[50] | Ferbane | 2–13 | Rhode | 0–14 |
| 2020[51] | Rhode | 1–09 | Tullamore | 1–07 |
| 2021 | Tullamore | 0–09, 1–08 | Rhode | 1–04, 1–08 |
| 2022[52] | Rhode | 1–09 | Tullamore | 0–11 |
| 2023 | Tullamore | 1–05 | Ferbane | 0–06 |
| 2024[53] | Tullamore | 0–15 | Ferbane | 0–14 |
| 2025[1] | Tullamore | 0–19 | Ferbane | 1–12 |
Wins listed by club
| # | Club | Wins | Years won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode | 31 |
1900, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1949, 1955, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 |
| Tullamore | 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1973, 1977, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 | ||
| 3 | Walsh Island | 12 |
1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 |
| Ferbane | 1914, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2019 | ||
| 5 | Edenderry | 11 |
1936, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2015 |
| 6 | Clara | 6 |
1960, 1964, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2009 |
| 7 | Geashill | 5 |
1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 |
| 8 | Gracefield | 4 |
1961, 1970, 1972, 1984 |
| 9 | Daingean | 3 |
1909, 1962, 1965 |
| 10 | St Mary's | 2 |
1947, 1950 |
| Cloghan | 1903, 1945 | ||
| Killeigh | 1915, 1916 | ||
| 11 | Shannonbridge | 1 |
1996 |
| Ballycumber | 1968 | ||
| St Patrick's | 1959 | ||
| Durrow | 1952 | ||
| Clonmore | 1919 | ||
| Banagher | 1910 | ||
| Quarrymount | 1901 | ||