| 2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Dates: | 10 April – 23 October 2016 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Sponsor: | Molloy Environmental |
| Champions: | St Rynagh's |
| Count: | 17 |
| Champions Captain: | Seán Dolan |
| Champions Manager: | Francis Forde |
| Runners-Up: | Birr |
| Runners-Up Captain: | Brian Watkins |
| Runners-Up Manager: | Paddy Kirwan |
| Relegated: | Ballinamere |
| Matches: | 40 |
| Goals: | 105 |
| Points: | 1208 |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Next Tournament: | 2017 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship |
The 2016 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896. The championship ran from 10 April to 23 October 2016.
Coolderry entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by St Rynagh's in the quarter-finals.[1] [2]
The final was played on 23 October 2016 at O'Connor Park in Tullamore, between St Rynagh's and Birr, in what was their eighth meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 15 years. St Rynagh's won the match by 2–16 to 1–15 to claim their 17th championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.[3] [4]
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Birr | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 72 | 37 | 10 | |||||
| Seir Kieran | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 74 | 31 | 6 | |||||
| Kinnitty | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 78 | 26 | 6 | |||||
| Coolderry | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 100 | -1 | 6 | |||||
| Shamrocks | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 97 | -31 | 2 | |||||
| Tullamore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 123 | -52 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| St Rynagh's | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 125 | 85 | 40 | 8 | |||||
| Shinrone | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 76 | 31 | 8 | |||||
| Kilcormac–Killoughey | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 106 | 75 | 31 | 7 | |||||
| Belmont | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 121 | 97 | 24 | 5 | |||||
| Ballinamere | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 71 | 122 | -51 | 2 | |||||
| Lusmagh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68 | 143 | -75 | 0 | |||||