The 2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 123rd staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 22 April 2024. The championship ran from 15 June to 4 August 2024.
Crotta O'Neill's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyheigue in the quarter-finals.
The final was played on 4 August 2024 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Abbeydorney won the match by 1–17 to 1–10 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in 50 years.
Format change
A new format was created after the addition of a 10th team to the championship. The idea of two groups of five teams was rejected after a meeting with the clubs. As a result the clubs and the Kerry County Board decided upon a three-group format; one group containing four teams, and two containing three, making up the ten teams. No team was eliminated from the championship at the end of the group phase. Instead the top two teams in each group qualified directly for the quarter-finals. The remaining four teams (the bottom two sides in the four-team group, and the bottom sides in the two three-team groups) played off in preliminary quarter-finals to join the other six sides. From that point on it was a knock-out competition.
Team changes To championship
Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship Tralee Parnells
Group A Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffBallyduff33006450146Crotta O'Neill's3201555324Causeway3102616012St Brendan's30034663-170
Group A results
Group B Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffAbbeydorney22005929304Lisnaw21013743-62Tralee Parnells20022246-240
Group B results
Group C Group C table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffBallyheigue22004829194Kilmoyley2101393362Dr Crokes20023358-250
Group C results
Knockout stage Preliminary quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Michael O'LearyAbbeydorney3-4251510.202Philip LucidBallyheigue2-4450412.503Ronan WalshKilmoyley0-4343410.754Brandon BarrettCauseway4-253766.165Pádraig BoyleBallyduff3-273557.006Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's2-2733311.007Fionan EganSt Brendan's0-303047.508Mark HeffernanDr Crokes0-282839.339Oisín MaunsellAbbeydorney5-082154.20Jack GouldingBallyduff2-172345.75
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Pádraig BoyleBallyduff2-1218KilmoyleyPhilip LucidBallyheigue1-1518Crotta O'Neill's3Michael O'LearyAbbeydorney3-0817Lixnaw4Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's2-1016Ballyheigue5Ronan WalshKilmoyley0-1515Ballyduff6Philip LucidBallyheigue1-1114Dr Crokes7Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's0-1414Causeway8Philip LucidBallyheigue0-1212Kilmoyley9Ronan WalshKilmoyley0-1111Dr CrokesRonan WalshKilmoyley0-1111BallyheigueMichael O'LearyAbbeydorney0-1111Tralee Parnells
Miscellaneous Abbeydorney won the championship for the first time since 1974. Abbeydorney reached the championship final for the first time since 2005. Abbeydorney and Ballyduff faced each other in the final for the first time. Tralee Parnells make their first appearance at senior level since 1924.
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