2025 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

2025 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Dates31 July - October 2025
Teams12
SponsorWhitebox Developments
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored30 (2.5 per match)
Points scored429 (35.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)Border David Reidy (1-23)
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The 2025 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship is the 131st staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.[1] The draws for the group stage placings took place on 21 January 2025.[2][3] The championship is scheduled to run from 31 July to October 2025.[4]

Doon entered the championship as the defending champions.[5][6] Newcastle West returned to the top tier for the first time since 1990.[7]

New sponsorship

Property development company Whitebox Developments became the new sponsor of the competition.[8][9]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship

Group 1

Group 1 table

  Semi-finalists   Quarter-finalists   Relegated

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Border Doon 2 1 1 0 54 36 18 3
Border Na Piarsaigh 2 1 1 0 43 35 8 3
Border Kilmallock 2 1 1 0 41 36 5 3
Border Ballybrown 2 1 0 1 46 47 -1 2
Border Ahane 2 0 1 1 44 51 -7 1
Border Patrickswell 2 0 0 2 32 55 -23 0

Group 1 fixtures and results

31 July 2025 Round 1 Kilmallock 0-23 - 0-18 Patrickswell Newcastle West Grounds
S O’Brien (0-10, 4f), O O’Reilly (0-3), C Staunton and P O’Reilly (0-2 each), S Quirke, C Hanley-Clarke (0-1, 1f), G Enright, D Woulfe, P Connery (1f) and K O’Donnell (0-1 each). Report A Gillane (0-12, 10f), D Byrnes (0-5, 4f), J Higgins (0-1).
2 August 2025 Round 1 Ballybrown 5-18 - 1-23 Ahane Childers Road
A O’Connor 1-6; B Griffin, Barry Adams 2-1 each; R Kenny, R Griffin, L Doolan 0-2; B Smith, D Hall, J Adams, M Kiely 0-1 each. Report T Morrissey 0-12 (9 frees); C Barry 1-2; J O’Connor 0-4; J Cosgrove 0-3; C Ryan 0-2.
2 August 2025 Round 1 Doon 1-19 - 2-16 Na Piarsaigh FitzGerald Park
A English 1-7 (all frees); D O’Donovan 0-3 (0-2 frees); J Ryan, P Ryan, C Thomas 0-2 each; B Murphy, G Thomas, D Coughlan 0-1 each. Report K Downes 1-7 (0-5f); K Dempsey 1-2; W Henn 0-2; JJ Carey, D Dempsey, J Finn, D Lynch 0-1 each.
7 August 2025 Round 2 Patrickswell 0-14 - 3-23 Doon FitzGerald Park
A Gillane 0-5 (4f); D Byrnes 0-3 (3f); J Murray (0-2); J Higgins, J Kelleher, K O’Brien, M Carmody (0-1 apiece). Report G Thomas (0-7) A English (0-7, 0-4f, 0-1 65); C Thomas (1-2); K Maher (1-1); P Ryan (1-1); D Coughlan (0-3); R English, D O’Donovan (0-1 apiece).
8 August 2025 Round 2 Ahane 0-18 - 1-15 Kilmallock Doon Grounds
T Morrissey (0-10, 0-7 frees); J O’Connor (0-3); J Cosgrove (0-3); R Fox, C Barry (0-1 each). Report Shane O’Brien (1-7, 0-5 frees); P O’Reilly (0-2); D Woulfe, S Quirke, R Egan, G Mulcahy, C Hanley Clarke (free), C Staunton (0-1 each).
8 August 2025 Round 2 Na Piarsaigh 0-21 - 1-10 Ballybrown Childers Road
K Downes (0-8, 6f), R Lynch (0-4, 4f), JJ Carey and K Dempsey (0-3 each), A Breen (0-2), M Foley (0-1). Report A O’Connor (1-9, 8f, 1 ’65), D Hall (0-1).
21 August 2025 Round 3 v

Group 2

Group 2 table

  Promoted, quarter-finalists   Quarter-finalists   Relegated

Team Matches Score Pts
Pld W D L For Against Diff
Border Monaleen 2 2 0 0 47 37 10 4
Border Kildimo-Pallaskenry 2 1 1 0 47 40 7 3
Border Mungret/St Paul's 2 0 2 0 44 44 0 2
Border Newcastle West 2 0 2 0 42 42 0 2
Border Adare 2 0 1 1 42 47 -5 1
Border Dromin/Athlacca 2 0 0 2 37 49 -12 0

Group 2 fixtures and results

31 July 2025 Round 1 Monaleen 1-20 - 0-18 Adare Fedamore Grounds
D O Dálaigh 1-2, M Fitzgerald 0-5 (frees), A La Touche Cosgrave 0-4, L Lyons 0-4, E O'Driscoll 0-2, L Murphy, D Ferland, E Maher 0-1 each. Report W Griffin 0-12 (0-5 frees, 0-2 '54s, 0-1 sideline cut), P Kearney 0-2, J Fitzgibbon (free), D Gleeson, D O'Mahoney, J Gahan 0-1 each.
1 August 2025 Round 1 Mungret/St Paul's 1-17 - 2-14 Newcastle West Mick Neville Park
M O’Brien 0-6 (0-3 frees); C O’Halloran 1-1; N Mulcahy 0-3; B Duff 0-3; L Lynch 0-2; L Harrington and J McCarthy 0-1 each Report Eoin Hurley 1-4; C Hayes (0-3, 0-3 frees); Ethan Hurley (0-3, 0-2 frees); C Hayes 1-0; M Dee and D Lyons 0-2 each
2 August 2025 Round 1 Kildimo-Pallaskenry 3-16 - 0-18 Dromin/Athlacca Ballyagran Grounds
R O'Farrell 1-4, P Nash 1-1, S Hartigan 0-4 (4 frees), J O'Keeffe 1-0, L Griffin 0-3 (3 frees), K Hayes, S Barry (1 '65') 0-2 each; Report D Reidy 0-12 (8 frees), T Boddy 0-2 (2 frees), D Breen, S O'Leary, D Scully (free), C Scully (free) 0-1 each.
6 August 2025 Round 2 Adare 1-21 - 2-18 Mungret/St Paul's Ballybrown Grounds
P Kearney (1-7, 0-3 frees), D Gleeson 0-4, D O'Mahony 0-3, J Hannon 0-2, J Fitzgibbon, D Hannon, R Connolly and S Connolly 0-1 each, W Griffin (0-1, 0-1 free) Report F Fitzgerald1-1, M O'Brien (0-9, 0-8 frees), B Giltenane 0-3, N Mulcahy 0-2, B O'Meara, C O'Halloran and L Lynch 0-1 each, B Duff 1-0
8 August 2025 Round 2 Dromin/Athlacca 1-16 - 1-21 Monaleen Fedamore Grounds
D Reidy 1-11 (1-10 frees), T Boddy 0-4 (3 frees), D Griffin 0-1. Report A La Touche Cosgrave 1-2, D Ó Dálaigh, M Fitzgerald (4 frees) 0-4 each, L Murphy 0-3, E O'Driscoll, D Ferland, J Fitzgerald 0-2 each, D Langan (free), R Lyons 0-1 each.
8 August 2025 Round 2 Newcastle West 2-16 - 2-16 Kildimo-Pallaskenry Seán Finn Park
M McMahon 2-1, C Hayes 0-4, C Hayes (0-3, 0-2 frees, 0-1 65), M Dee and D Lyons 0-2 each, B Hurley, Eoin Hurley, M Cremin and B Foley 0-1 each Report J O'Keefe 1-4, C McMahon 1-0, R O'Farrell (0-3, 0-1 free), S Barry (0-3, 0-1 free), S Hartigan (0-2, 0-1 free), P Nash 0-2, D Fitzgerald and C Downes 0-1

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average
1 David Reidy Dromin/Athlacca 1-23 26 2 13.00
2 Tom Morrissey Ahane 0-22 22 2 11.00
3 Aidan O'Connor Ballybrown 2-15 21 2 10.50
4 Shane O'Brien Kilmallock 1-17 20 2 10.00
5 Kevin Downes Na Piarsaigh 1-15 18 2 9.00
6 Adam English Doon 1-14 17 2 8.50
Aaron Gillane Patrickswell 0-17 17 2 8.50
8 Mark O'Brien Mungret/St Paul's 0-15 15 2 7.50
9 Willie Griffin Adare 0-13 13 2 6.50
10 Patrick Kearney Adare 1-09 12 2 6.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition
1 David Reidy Dromin/Athlacca 1-10 13 Monaleen
2 Aidan O'Connor Ballybrown 1-09 12 Na Piarsaigh
Aaron Gillane Patrickswell 0-12 12 Kilmallock
Willie Griffin Adare 0-12 12 Monaleen
Tom Morrissey Ahane 0-12 12 Ballybrown
David Reidy Dromin/Athlacca 0-12 12 Kildimo-Pallaskenry
7 Kevin Downes Na Piarsaigh 1-07 10 Doon
Shane O'Brien Kilmallock 1-07 10 Ahane
Adam English Doon 1-07 10 Na Piarsaigh
Patrick Kearney Adare 1-07 10 Mungret/St Paul's
Tom Morrissey Ahane 0-10 10 Kilmallock
Shane O'Brien Kilmallock 0-10 10 Patrickswell

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