List of Offaly senior hurling team captains explained

This article lists players who have captained the Offaly county hurling team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

List of captains

Year	Player	Club	National titles	Provincial titles
1980	Pádraig Horan	St. Rynagh's
1981	Pádraig Horan	St. Rynagh's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1982	Pat Carroll	Coolderry
1983	Pat Carroll	Coolderry
1984	Pat Fleury	Drumcullen		Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1985	Pat Fleury	Drumcullen	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1986	Pat Delaney	Kinnitty
1987	Joachim Kelly	Lusmagh
1988				Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1989	Mark Corrigan	Kinnitty		Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1990	Jim Troy	Lusmagh		Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1991
1992
1993
1994	Martin Hanamy	St. Rynagh's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1995	Johnny Pilkington	Birr		Leinster Hurling Final winning captain
1996	Shane McGuckin
1997
1998	Hubert Rigney	St. Rynagh's	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
1999	Brian Whelahan	Birr
2000	Johnny Dooley	Seir Kieran
2001
2002	Joe Errity	Birr
2003	Gary Hanniffy	Birr
2004	Gary Hanniffy	Birr
2005	Barry Teehan	Coolderry
2006	Brendan Murphy	Ballyskenagh
2007	Rory Hanniffy	Birr
2008	Kevin Brady	Coolderry
2009	Ger Oakley	Carrig and Riverstown
2010	Brian Carroll	Coolderry
2011	Shane Dooley^[1]	Tullamore
2012	David Kenny	Belmont
2013	David Kenny	Belmont
2014	Joe Bergin	Seir Kieran
2015	Dan Currams	Kilcormac/Killoughey
2016	Colin Egan	Belmont
2017	Seán Ryan	Birr
2018	David King	Coolderry
2019	Shane Dooley	Tullamore
2020
2021	Ben Conneely	St Rynagh's

Notes and References

1. News: Dooley to lead the Faithful. HoganStand.ie. Hogan Stand. 13 April 2011. 14 February 2011.