View source for 2024 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship

{{Short description|Annual hurling competition season}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox hurling championship
| name = 2024 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| dates = 19 July - 5 October 2024
| teams = 6
| sponsor = Molloy Environmental
| champions = [[File:Colours of Kerry.svg|20px|Border]] [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| count = 2
| champions captain = Shane Melia
| champions manager =
| runners-up = [[File:First Flag of Argentina.svg|20px|Border]] [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| runners-up captain = Clint Horan
| runners-up manager =
| promoted =
| relegated = [[File:Colours of Mayo.svg|20px|Border]] [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| matches = 19
| goals = 30
| points = 700
| top scorer =
| previous year = 2023
| previous tournament = 2023 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
| next year = 2025
| next tournament = 2025 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship
}}
The '''2024 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship''' was the seventh staging of the [[Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship]] since its establishment by the [[Offaly GAA|Offaly County Board]] in [[2018 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship|2018]]. The group stage placings were confirmed on 20 February 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/330787|title=2024 Offaly Championship draws made|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=21 February 2024|access-date=21 February 2024|first=|last=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1429388/draws-made-for-2024-offaly-hurling-and-football-championships.html|title=Draws made for 2024 Offaly hurling and football championships|publisher=Offaly Live|date=21 February 2024|access-date=21 February 2024|first=John|last=O'Callaghan}}</ref> The championship ran from 19 July to 5 October 2024.
[[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]] entered the championship as the [[2023 Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship|defending champions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1311237/superior-kilcormac-killoughey-knock-resistance-out-of-suspension-hit-clodiagh-gaels.html|title=Superior Kilcormac-Killoughey knock resistance out of suspension hit Clodiagh Gaels|publisher=Offaly Live|date=30 September 2022|access-date=1 October 2023|first=Kevin|last=Corrigan}}</ref> They declined their automatic right to promotion due to the fact that their first team already participates in the [[Offaly Senior Hurling Championship|Offaly SHC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/330066|title=Offaly hurling kingpins decide against fielding two senior teams|publisher=Offaly Live|date=5 December 2023|access-date=5 December 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>
The [[#Final|final]] was played on 5 October 2024 at [[O'Connor Park|Glenisk O'Connor Park]] in [[Tullamore]], between Kilcormac–Killoughey and [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]], in what was their second consecutive meeting in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1618956/preview-clodiagh-gaels-can-end-kilcormac-killoughey-s-double-double-ambitions-in-senior-b-hurling-championship-final.html|title=PREVIEW: Clodiagh Gaels can end Kilcormac-Killoughey's double-double ambitions in Senior B Hurling Championship Final|publisher=Offaly Live|date=5 October 2024|access-date=6 October 2024|first=|last=}}</ref> Kilcormac–Killoughey won the match by 1–13 to 0–09 to claim their second championship title overall and a second title in succession.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1622771/dominant-kilcormac-killoughey-retain-title-as-clodiagh-gaels-fail-to-hit-double-figures-for-second-year.html|title=Dominant Kilcormac-Killoughey retain title as Clodiagh Gaels fail to hit double figures for second year|publisher=Offaly Live|date=5 October 2024|access-date=6 October 2024|first=|last=}}</ref>
==Team changes==
===To Championship===
Promoted from the [[Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship]]
*  [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1299001/super-all-round-display-gives-carrig-riverstown-deserved-win.html|title=Super all round display gives Carrig-Riverstown deserved win |publisher=Offaly Express|date=|accessdate=12 October 2023|first=|last=}}</ref>
===From Championship===
Relegated to the [[Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship]]
* [[Shamrocks GAA (Offaly)|Shamrocks]]
==Group stage==
===Group stage table===
{{legend2|#ACE1AF|Knockout stage|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|#FFC0CB|Relegation playoff|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!rowspan=2 width=165|Team
!colspan=4|Matches
!colspan=3|Score
!rowspan=2width=20|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=45|For
!width=45|Against
!width=30|Diff
|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
||5||5||0||0||137||95||42||'''10'''
|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
||5||3||1||1||110||94||16||'''7'''
|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
||5||2||1||2||105||101||4||'''5'''
|- align=center style="background:#ACE1AF;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
||5||2||0||3||99||112||-13||'''4'''
|- align=center style="background:#FFC0CB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Birr GAA|Birr]]
||5||1||0||4||94||126||-32||'''2'''
|- align=center style="background:#FFC0CB;"
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
||5||1||0||5||101||118||-17||'''2'''
|}
===Group stage fixtures and results===
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| date = 19 July 2024
| round =  Round 1
| team1 = [[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
| score = 1-17 - 0-23
| team2 = [[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1560500/offaly-club-opts-against-objecting-to-hurling-result.html Report]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Ferbane GAA|Moystown Grounds]]
| referee =
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| date = 19 July 2024
| round =  Round 1
| team1 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| score = 1-15 - 0-18
| team2 = [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1560500/offaly-club-opts-against-objecting-to-hurling-result.html Report]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Glenisk O'Connor Park]]
| referee =
}}
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| date = 20 July 2024
| round =  Round 1
| team1 = [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| score = 0-17 - 7-17
| team2 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1560500/offaly-club-opts-against-objecting-to-hurling-result.html Report]
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[St Rynagh's GAA|St Rynagh's Park]]
| referee =
}}
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| date = 3 August 2024
| round =  Round 2
| team1 = [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
| score = 1-22 - 0-12
| team2 = [[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
| report =
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| stadium = Crinkle Grounds
| referee =
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| date = 3 August 2024
| round =  Round 2
| team1 = [[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
| score = 1-16 - 1-21
| team2 = [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[Ferbane GAA|Moystown Grounds]]
| referee =
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| date = 4 August 2024
| round =  Round 2
| team1 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| score = 0-19 - 0-16
| team2 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[Glenisk O'Connor Park]]
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| date = 16 August 2024
| round =  Round 3
| team1 = [[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
| score = 1-24 - 0-24
| team2 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[Drumcullen GAA|Drumcullen Grounds]]
| referee =
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| date = 16 August 2024
| round =  Round 3
| team1 = [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
| score = 0-26 - 1-15
| team2 = [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| report =
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| stadium = Crinkle Grounds
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| date = 17 August 2024
| round =  Round 3
| team1 = [[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
| score = 1-19 - 1-26
| team2 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[St Rynagh's GAA|St Rynagh's Park]]
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| date = 31 August 2024
| round =  Round 4
| team1 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| score = 2-20 - 1-16
| team2 = [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
| report =
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| stadium = Crinkle Grounds
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| date = 31 August 2024
| round =  Round 4
| team1 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| score = 1-20 - 2-11
| team2 = [[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[Shamrocks GAA (Offaly)|The Mill Field]]
| referee =
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| date = 31 August 2024
| round =  Round 4
| team1 = [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| score = 0-15 - 1-16
| team2 = [[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[St Rynagh's GAA|St Rynagh's Park]]
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| date = 7 September 2024
| round =  Round 5
| team1 = [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
| score = 1-19 - 0-20
| team2 = [[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[St Rynagh's GAA|St Rynagh's Park]]
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| date = 7 September 2024
| round =  Round 5
| team1 = [[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
| score = 0-21 - 0-25
| team2 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| report =
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| stadium = [[St Brendan's Park|Grant Heating St Brendan's Park]]
| referee =
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| date = 7 September 2024
| round =  Round 5
| team1 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| score = 1-21 - 0-20
| team2 = [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| report =
| goals1 =
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| stadium = [[Kinnitty GAA|Kinnitty Grounds]]
| referee =
}}
==Knockout stage==
===Relegation playoff===
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| date = 20 September 2024
| round =  Playoff
| team1 = [[Birr GAA|Birr]]
| score = 1-13 - 1-17
| team2 = [[Clara GAA (Offaly)|Clara]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1610589/relieved-clara-retain-senior-b-status-as-birr-relegated.html Report]
| goals1 = N Lyons 0-6 (5f), T Bolger 0-3, A Fitzgerald 1-1 penalty and 65’, R Fitzsimons, R Bergin and E Pilkinton 0-1 each.
| goals2 = C Delaney 0-9 (8f), B Egan 1-2, S Griffith 0-2, M Dalton, C Egan, L Flynn and C O’Meara 0-1 each.
| stadium = [[Offaly GAA|Faithful Fields]]
| referee =
}}
===Semi-finals===
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| date = 21 September 2024
| round =  Semi-final
| team1 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| score = 2-15 - 0-15
| team2 = [[Carrig & Riverstown GAA|Carrig & Riverstown]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1610822/impressive-clodiagh-gaels-return-to-final-as-carrig-riverstown-fail-to-ignite.html Report]
| goals1 = L Langton 0-8 (7f), C Brady 2-0, C Langton and R Dunne 0-2 each, B O'Brien, S Brady, P Lyons 0-1 each.
| goals2 = L Hogan 0-7 (5f), C King and L Hoare (2f) 0-2 each, C Freeman, D Egan, A Coakley, M O'Brien 0-1 each.
| stadium = [[Glenisk O'Connor Park]]
| referee =
}}
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| date = 22 September 2024
| round =  Semi-final
| team1 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| score = 0-29 - 2-18
| team2 = [[Lusmagh GAA|Lusmagh]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1611356/relieved-kilcormac-killoughey-fall-into-final-as-brave-lusmagh-come-up-agonisingly-short.html Report]
| goals1 = D Hand 0-7 (7f), L Kavanagh 0-6 (3f), P Geraghty 0-5, JK Kilmartin and C Quinn 0-3 each, S Guinan, T Geraghty, J, Gorman, D Currams, M Mulrooney, 0-1 each.
| goals2 = P Kinsella 1-12 (9f) (goal from a penalty and 7f), R Quinlan 1-0, D Healy 0-3, G Lynch, A Kelly, E Kelly 0-1 each.
| stadium = [[St Brendan's Park|Grant Heating St Brendan's Park]]
| referee =
}}
===Final===
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| date = 5 October 2024
| round = Final
| team1 = [[Clodiagh Gaels GAA|Clodiagh Gaels]]
| score = 0-09 - 1-13
| team2 = [[Kilcormac–Killoughey GAA|Kilcormac–Killoughey]]
| report = [https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1622771/dominant-kilcormac-killoughey-retain-title-as-clodiagh-gaels-fail-to-hit-double-figures-for-second-year.html Report]
| goals1 = L Langton 0-6 (6f), J Keenaghan, C Brady and C Langton 0-1 each.
| goals2 = C Quinn 0-5 (4f and 1 '65'), C Kilmartin 1-0, S Guinan, P Geraghty and T Geraghty 0-2 each, M Mulrooney and L Kavanagh (f) 0-1 each.
| stadium = [[Glenisk O'Connor Park]]
| referee =
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship}}
[[Category:Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship]]
[[Category:2024 in hurling|Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship]]
[[Category:2024 senior hurling county championships|Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship]]