Complex sentence: In the 2016 Championship Mullahoran beat the previous years champions Cootehill in a score of by 2-7 to 2-6 this would have been their 23rd title had they not had to give it up to Cootehill because they fielded an ineligible player.
Split into simpler sentences: In the 2016 Championship Mullahoran beat the previous years champions Cootehill by a score of 2-7 to 2-6. This would have been their 23rd title had they not had to give it up to Cootehill because they allegedly fielded an ineligible player.