# Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship

The Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition contested by lower-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1907. The national media covers the competition.

## History

The junior championship dates back to 1907. It was the second hurling championship to be established in Offaly, and was originally seen as a second tier championship for teams that were too weak for the senior hurling championships.
Kinnitty defeated Kilcormac–Killoughey in the 2020 championship decider, played in the summer of 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games.

## Format

The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at O'Connor Park in late autumn. The championship includes a group stage which is followed by a knock-out phase for the top teams.

## Teams
### 2024 Teams

The 11 teams competing in the 2024 Offaly Junior A Hurling Championship are:
| Team | Location | Colours | Championship titles | Last championship title |
| Ballyskenagh Killavilla | Ballyskenagh | Red and black | 3 (as Ballyskenagh) | 1994 (as Ballyskenagh) |
| Ballyskenagh Killavilla | Ballyskenagh | Red and black | 3 (as Killavilla) | 1991 (as Killavillla) |
| Belmont | Belmont | Green and white | 4 | 2019 |
| Birr | Birr | Green and red | 1 | 1985 |
| Brosna Gaels | Ballycumber | Blue, white and gold | 2 | 2021 |
| Clodiagh Gaels | Killeigh | Blue and white | 1 | 2016 |
| Coolderry | Coolderry | Green and white | 6 | 1931 |
| Crinkill | Crinkill | Green and white | 2 | 2013 |
| Kilcormac–Killoughey | Kilcormac and Killoughey | Green and yellow | 2 | 1999 |
| Kinnitty | Kinnitty | Green and white | 7 | 2020 |
| Shamrocks | Mucklagh | Blue, red and green | 0 | — |
| Tullamore | Tullamore | Blue and white | 2 | 1930 |

## Honours

There is promotion involving the Offaly Intermediate Hurling Championship.

## List of finals
### List of Offaly JAHC finals

| Year | Winners | Winners | Runners-up | Runners-up |
| Year | Club | Score | Club | Score |
| 1907 | Cadamstown | | | |
| 1908 | Coolderry | | | |
| 1909 | Coolderry | | | |
| 1910 | Killoughey | | | |
| 1911 | Kilcormac | | | |
| 1912 | Seir Kieran | | | |
| 1913 | Coolderry | | | |
| 1914 | Coolderry | | | |
| 1915 | Drumcullen | | | |
| 1916 | Kinnitty | | | |
| 1917 | Kinnitty | | | |
| 1918 | Coolderry | | | |
| 1919 | Shinrone | | | |
| 1920 | Clara | | | |
| 1921 | No records given | | | |
| 1922 | No records given | | | |
| 1923 | Seir Kieran | | | |
| 1924 | Shinrone | | | |
| 1925 | Tullamore | | | |
| 1926 | Clara | | | |
| 1927 | Mount Heaton | | | |
| 1928 | Rahan | | | |
| 1929 | Edenderry | | | |
| 1930 | Tullamore | | | |
| 1931 | Coolderry | | | |
| 1932 | Drumcullen | | | |
| 1933 | Lockeen | | | |
| 1934 | Banagher | | | |
| 1935 | Kilcoleman | | | |
| 1936 | Gortnamona | | | |
| 1937 | Seir Kieran | | | |
| 1938 | Eglish | | | |
| 1939 | Killeigh | | | |
| 1940 | Banagher | | | |
| 1941 | Clara| | | |
| 1942 | Cloghan | | | |
| 1943 | Drumcullen | | | |
| 1944 | Ballinamere | | | |
| 1945 | Brosna | | | |
| 1946 | Carrig & Riverstown | | | |
| 1947 | Kilcormac | | | |
| 1948 | Rahan | | | |
| 1949 | Killeigh | | |
| 1950 | Ballinamere | | | |
| 1951 | Shinrone | | | |
| 1952 | Belmont | | | |
| 1953 | Edenderry | | | |
| 1954 | St Columba's | | | |
| 1955 | Carrig & Riverstown | | | |
| 1956 | Killavilla | | | |
| 1957 | Belmont | | | |
| 1958 | Seir Kieran | | | |
| 1959 | Ballinamere | | | |
| 1960 | Kilcormac | | | |
| 1961 | Ballyskenagh | | | |
| 1962 | Edenderry | | | |
| 1963 | St Rynagh's | | | |
| 1964 | Killoughey | | | |
| 1965 | St Carthage's | | | |
| 1966 | Kinnitty | | | |
| 1967 | Killeigh | | | |
| 1968 | Shinrone | | | |
| 1969 | Seir Kieran | | | |
| 1970 | Killeigh | | | |
| 1971 | Carrig & Riverstown | | | |
| 1972 | Drumcullen | | | |
| 1973 | Lusmagh | | | |
| 1974 | Drumcullen | | | |
| 1975 | St Rynagh's | | | |
| 1976 | Shinrone | | | |
| 1977 | Ballyskenagh | | | |
| 1978 | St Saran's | | | |
| 1979 | Carrig & Riverstown | | | |
| 1980 | Ballinamere | | | |
| 1981 | Kilcormac | | | |
| 1982 | St Carthage's | | | |
| 1983 | Clara | | | |
| 1984 | Gracefield | | | |
| 1985 | Birr | | | |
| 1986 | Kinnitty | | | |
| 1987 | Mucklagh | | | |
| 1988 | Killavilla | | | |
| 1989 | Ferbane | | | |
| 1990 | Kilcormac–Killoughey | | | |
| 1991 | Killavilla | | | |
| 1992 | Gracefield | | | |
| 1993 | Kinnitty | | | |
| 1994 | Ballyskenagh | | | |
| 1995 | Carrig & Riverstown | | | |
| 1996 | Clara | | | |
| 1997 | Belmont | | | |
| 1998 | Edenderry | | Tullamore | |
| 1999 | Kilcormac–Killoughey | | | |
| 2000 | Kinnitty | | Shinrone | |
| 2001 | Crinkill | | | |
| 2002 | St Columba's | | | |
| 2003 | Shinrone | | Edenderry | |
| 2004 | St Rynagh's | | | |
| 2005 | Drumcullen | | | |
| 2006 | Seir Kieran | | St Rynagh's | |
| 2007 | Brosna Gaels | | | |
| 2008 | Killurin | | Ballinamere | |
| 2009 | Shinrone | | St Rynagh's | |
| 2010 | Ballinamere | | | |
| 2011 | St Rynagh's | | | |
| 2012 | Shinrone | | Ballinamere | |
| 2013 | Crinkill | 1-17 | Edenderry | 1-12 |
| 2014 | Seir Kieran | | Ballinamere | |
| 2015 | Clara | | Shinrone | |
| 2016 | Clodiagh Gaels | | | |
| 2017 | Ballinamere | | | |
| 2018 | Shinrone | | Tullamore | |
| 2019 | Belmont | | | |
| 2020 | Kinnitty | 2-15 | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 0-09 |
| 2021 | Brosna Gaels | | | |
| 2022 | Edenderry | 3-14 | Ballinamere | 1-13 |
| 2023 | Ballinamere | 0-13 | Brosna Gaels | 0-07 |
| 2024 | Belmont | 1-13 | Brosna Gaels | 2-09 |

## Roll of honour
### By club

| # | Club | Titles | Championship wins |
| 1 | Shinrone | 9 | 1919, 1924, 1951, 1968, 1976, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2018 |
| 2 | Seir Kieran | 7 | 1912, 1923, 1937, 1958, 1969, 2006, 2014 |
| 2 | Kinnitty | 7 | 1916, 1917, 1966, 1986, 1993, 2000, 2020 |
| 2 | Ballinamere | 7 | 1944, 1950, 1959, 1980, 2010, 2017, 2023 |
| 3 | Coolderry | 6 | 1908, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1931 |
| 3 | Drumcullen | 6 | 1915, 1932, 1943, 1972, 1974, 2005 |
| 3 | Clara | 6 | 1920, 1926, 1941, 1983, 1996, 2015 |
| 4 | Carrig & Riverstown | 5 | 1946, 1955, 1971, 1979, 1995 |
| 4 | Edenderry | 5 | 1929, 1953, 1962, 1998, 2022 |
| 5 | St Rynagh's | 4 | 1963, 1975, 2004, 2011 |
| 5 | Kilcormac | 4 | 1911, 1947, 1960, 1981 |
| 5 | Killeigh | 4 | 1939, 1949, 1967, 1970 |
| 5 | Belmont | 4 | 1952, 1957, 1997, 2019 |
| 6 | Killavilla | 3 | 1956, 1988, 1991 |
| 6 | Ballyskenagh | 3 | 1961, 1977, 1994 |
| 7 | Kilcormac–Killoughey | 2 | 1990, 1999 |
| 7 | Killoughey | 2 | 1910, 1964 |
| 7 | Tullamore | 2 | 1925, 1930 |
| 7 | Rahan | 2 | 1928, 1948 |
| 7 | Banagher | 2 | 1934, 1940 |
| 7 | St Carthage's | 2 | 1965, 1982 |
| 7 | Gracefield | 2 | 1984, 1992 |
| 7 | St Columba's | 2 | 1954, 2002 |
| 7 | Crinkill | 2 | 2001, 2013 |
| 7 | Brosna Gaels | 2 | 2007, 2021 |
| 8 | Mount Heaton | 1 | 1927 |
| 8 | Lockeen | 1 | 1933 |
| 8 | Kilcoleman | 1 | 1935 |
| 8 | Gortnamona | 1 | 1936 |
| 8 | Eglish | 1 | 1938 |
| 8 | Cloghan | 1 | 1942 |
| 8 | Brosna | 1 | 1945 |
| 8 | Lusmagh | 1 | 1973 |
| 8 | St Saran's | 1 | 1978 |
| 8 | Birr | 1 | 1985 |
| 8 | Mucklagh | 1 | 1987 |
| 8 | Ferbane | 1 | 1989 |
| 8 | Cadamstown | 1 | 1907 |
| 8 | Killurin | 1 | 2008 |
| 8 | Clodiagh Gaels | 1 | 2016 |