2024 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

2024 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Dates14 September - 27 October 2024
Teams12
SponsorSt Canice's Credit Union
Champions Thomastown (2nd title)
Jay Burke (captain)
Noel Doherty (manager)
Runners-up O'Loughlin Gaels
Mark Bergin (captain)
Brian Hogan (manager)
Relegated James Stephens
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored32 (2.67 per match)
Points scored415 (34.58 per match)
Top scorer(s) Robbie Donnelly (0-29)
2023 (Previous) (Next) 2025

The 2024 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 130th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 14 September to 27 October 2024.

O'Loughlin Gaels were the defending champions.[1] Nine-time champions James Stephens's relegation brought an end to 59 years of top tier hurling for the club.[2][3]

The final was played on 27 October 2024 at UPMC Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between O'Loughlin Gaels and Thomastown, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.[4] Thomastown won the match by 0-18 to 0-07 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title in 78 years.[5][6]

Thomastown's Robbie Donnelly was the championship's top scorer with 0-29.

  1. ^ O'Brien, Brendan (29 October 2023). "O'Loughlin Gaels end Ballyhale's dominance in epic Kilkenny final". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "James Stephens relegated from Kilkenny SHC". Hogan Stand. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Brian Cody's James Stephens relegated to intermediate level after defeat to Glenmore". Irish Independent. 5 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Kilkenny SHC Final- O'Loughlin Gaels look well poised to win back to back senior crowns". Kilkenny Live. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Physical Thomastown blow O'Loughlin Gaels away to claim first Kilkenny title in 78 years". Irish Independent. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ^ Fogarty, John (28 October 2024). "Donnelly sets relentless tone as Thomastown embrace history". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 28 October 2024.