The 2018 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 121st staging of the

Offaly Senior Hurling Championship The Offaly Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Molloy Environmental Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athlet ...

since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in

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. The championship ran from 31 March to 8 October 2018. Kilcormac–Killoughey entered the championship as the defending champions. The

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was played on 7 October 2018 at Bord na Móna O'Connor Park in

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, between

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and Kilcormac–Killoughey, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Coolderry won the match by 2–17 to 0–17 to claim their 31st championship title overall and a first title in three years.

Team changes

From championship

Relegated to the

Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship The Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Molloy Environmental Systems Offaly Senior B Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Offaly SBHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Offaly County ...

* Clodiagh Gaels *

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Team changes

From championship

Group stage

Group stage table

Group stage results

Knockout stage

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References