| 2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Dates: | 17 July - 6 October 2024 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Sponsor: | Laois Shopping Centre |
| Champions: | Clough–Ballacolla |
| Count: | 12 |
| Champions Captain: | Aidan Corby |
| Champions Manager: | Willie Hyland |
| Runners-Up: | Rathdowney–Errill |
| Runners-Up Captain: | John Purcell |
| Runners-Up Manager: | Enda Meagher |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 48 |
| Points: | 567 |
| Top Scorer: | Ross King (1-47) |
| Previous Year: | 2023 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2023 Laois Senior Hurling Championship |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Next Tournament: | 2025 Laois Senior Hurling Championship |
The 2024 Laois Senior Hurling Championship was the 131st staging of the Laois Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Laois County Board in 1888. The draw for the group stage placings took place on 29 February 2024.[1] [2] The championship ran from 17 July to 6 October 2024.
Camross entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Clough–Ballacolla in the semi-final stage.[3] [4] [5] [6] No team was relegated as a result of the championship expanding to 10 teams in 2025.[7] [8]
The final was played on 6 October 2024 at Laois Hire O'Moore Park in Port Laoise, between Clough–Ballacolla and Rathdowney–Errill, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in 12 years.[9] [10] Clough–Ballacolla won the match by 2–22 to 0–22 to claim their 12th championship title overall and a first title in two years.[11]
Rathdowney–Errill's Ross King was the championship's top scorer with 1-47.
Promoted from the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
Relegated to the Laois Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship
| 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 |
| Clough–Ballacolla | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 37 | 19 | 6 | |||||
| Abbeyleix | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 78 | -8 | 4 | |||||
| The Harps | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 64 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Rosenallis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 53 | -18 | 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 |
| Rathdowney–Errill | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 73 | 27 | 5 | |||||
| Camross | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 60 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| Portlaoise | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 3 | |||||
| Castletown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 72 | -24 | 0 | |||||
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross King | Rathdowney–Errill | 1-47 | 50 | 5 | 10.00 |
| 2 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 2-40 | 46 | 4 | 11.50 |
| 3 | Eoghan Fennelly | Abbeyleix | 3-36 | 45 | 5 | 9.00 |
| 4 | Aaron Bergin | Portlaoise | 1-25 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 5 | Zane Keenan | Camross | 3-18 | 27 | 5 | 5.40 |
| 6 | Michael Lanigan | The Harps | 1-22 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 7 | James Duggan | The Harps | 4-09 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Eric Killeen | Rathdowney–Errill | 4-08 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Enda Rowland | Abbeyleix | 3-09 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| Cormac Byrne | Abbeyleix | 3-09 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 1-14 | 17 | Rathdowney–Errill |
| 2 | Ross King | Rathdowney–Errill | 0-13 | 13 | Portlaoise |
| 3 | Eoghan Fennelly | Abbeyleix St Lazerians | 2-06 | 10 | Rathdowney–Errill |
| Ross King | Rathdowney–Errill | 0-12 | 12 | Castletown | |
| 5 | Stephen Maher | Clough–Ballacolla | 1-08 | 11 | The Harps |
| Tomás Keyes | Camross | 1-08 | 11 | The Harps | |
| 7 | James Duggan | The Harps | 3-01 | 10 | Rosenallis |
| Ross King | Rathdowney–Errill | 1-07 | 10 | Abbeyleix St Lazerians | |
| Michael Lanigan | The Harps | 1-07 | 10 | Clough–Ballacolla | |
| Michael Lanigan | The Harps | 0-10 | 10 | Rosenallis | |
| David Dooley | Rosenallis | 0-10 | 10 | Abbeyleix | |
| Aaron Bergin | Portlaoise | 0-10 | 10 | Rathdowney–Errill | |
| Eoghan Fennelly | Abbeyleix St Lazerians | 0-10 | 10 | The Harps |