The 1983 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 86th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896.
| Champions |  Kinnitty (7th title)Pat Delaney[1] (captain) | ||
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| Runners-up |  St Rynagh'sAidan Fogarty (captain) | ||
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St Rynagh's entered the championship as the defending champions.[2][3]
The final was played on 25 September 1983 at St Brendan's Park in Birr, between Kinnitty and St Rynagh's, in what was their seventh meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in two years. Kinnitty won the match by 0–20 to 2–06 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in four years.[4]
Results
editSemi-finals
edit| 28 August 1981 Semi-final | St Rynagh's | 3-15 - 2-08 | Lusmagh | St Brendan's Park |
| H Dolan 1-4, N Molloy 1-2, D Fogarty 1-2, P Horan 0-5, T Conneely 0-1, S White 0-1. | S Lynch 1-3, Joachim Kelly 1-0, B Troy 0-1, F Kelly 0-1, B Bermingham 0-1, PJ Troy 0-1, Jim Kelly 0-1. |
| 11 September 1983 Semi-final | Kinnitty | 1-09 - 2-06 | Coolderry | St Brendan's Park |
| P Corrigan 1-3, P Delaney 0-3, T Carroll 0-1, C Spain 0-1. | P Carroll 0-4, S Kennedy 1-0, J Teehan 1-0, P Teehan 0-1, M Lyons 0-1. |
| 18 September 1983 Semi-final replay | Kinnitty | 0-15 - 1-08 | Coolderry | St Brendan's Park |
| P Corrigan 0-6, J Flaherty 0-3, B Kennedy 0-2, C Spain 0-2, S Donoghue 0-1, G Coughlan 0-1. | P Carroll 1-4, PJ Burke 0-1, P Moloughney 0-1, M King 0-1, M Lyons 0-1. |
Final
edit| 25 September 1983 Final | Kinnitty | 0-20 - 2-06 | St Rynagh's | St Brendan's Park |
| P Corrigan 0-6, M Corrigan 0-6, C Spain 0-3, S Donoghue 0-1, G Coughlan 0-1, B Kennedy 0-1, J Flaherty 0-1, J Molloy 0-1. | D Fogarty 1-0, H Dolan 1-0, N Molloy 0-2, P Horan 0-2, T Conneely 0-1, J Horan 0-1. |
References
edit- ^ "Winning captains honoured at Offaly decider". Hogan Stand. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Club Titles - Offaly". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Club History". St Rynagh's GAA website. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Corrigan, Kevin (20 December 2023). "Offaly plunged into mourning with the death of one of its greatest ever hurlers". Offaly Live. Retrieved 28 December 2023.