Offaly Senior Football Championship

The Offaly Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by top-tier Offaly GAA clubs. The Offaly County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association has organised it since 1896.

Tullamore are the title holders (2025), defeating Ferbane on a scoreline of 0-19 to 1-12 in the final.

Format Current teams

The 8 clubs competing in the 2023 Offaly Senior Football Championship are:

Rhode, Tullamore, Edenderry, Ferbane, Clara, Shamrocks, Durrow and Bracknagh.

Honours The trophy presented to the winners is the Dowling Cup. The club winning the Offaly Championship qualifies to represent the county in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship, the winner of which progresses to the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.

List of finals

Year Winner Score Runner-up Score 1896 Tullamore 0–08 Cloghan 1–04 1897 Tullamore 1–05 Cloghan 0–00 1898 Tullamore w/o Killoughy scr 1899 Tullamore 0–06 Quarrymount 0–02 1900 Rhode 0–07 Daingean 0–02 1901 Quarrymount 2–06 Geashill 0–02 1902 Geashill 2–05 Ferbane 0–05 1903 Cloghan 1–04 Geashill 0–02 1904 Geashill 1–04 Ferbane 0–02 1905 Geashill 4–05 Cloghan 0–01 1906 Geashill 3–08 Cloghan 1–04 1907 Geashill 4–10 Tullamore 0–07 1908 Tullamore 2–09 Geashill 0–05 1909 Daingean 1–04 Ballinamere 0–03 1910 Banagher 1–02 Tullamore 0–02 1911 Tullamore 2–03 Geashill 1–00 1912 Tullamore 1–06 Ferbane 0–02 1913 Tullamore w/o Banagher scr 1914 Ferbane 2–01 Ballycommon 1–02 1915 Killeigh 1–04 Ferbane 1–01 1916 Killeigh 1–04 Cloghan 1–01 1917 Tullamore 0–04 Ferbane 0–03 1918 Rhode 4–07 Cloghan 1–00 1919 Clonmore 1–00 Ferbane 0–01 1920Title missing, Westmeath Independent, May 13, 1922. Page 6. Rhode 0–04 Ferbane 1–00 1921 No competition 1922 No competition 1923 Rhode 2–07 Clara 1–01 1924 Tullamore 2–08 Belmont 0–02 1925 Tullamore 2–03 Ferbane 0–00 1926title missing, Offaly Independent, April 9, 1927. Page 5. Tullamore 4–05 Birr 0–00 1927title missing, Offaly Independent, September 3, 1927. Page 7. Rhode 0–06 Ferbane 0–02 1928 Rhode 3–04, 2–05 Tullamore 2–03, 3–02 1929title missing, Offaly Independent, August 17, 1929. Page 5. Rhode 3–06 Daingean 2–04 1930title missing, Irish Independent, September 22, 1930. Page 10. Tullamore 1–06 Rhode 0–02 1931draw: title missing, Offaly Independent, August 29, 1931. Page 2. replay: title missing, Offaly Independent, September 26, 1931; Section: Front page, Page 1 Rhode 1–04, 2–04 Tullamore 1–03, 1–07 1932 Tullamore 4–00 Rhode 1–02 1933title missing, Offaly Independent, September 16, 1933. Page 2. Walsh Island 0–08 Tullamore 1–04 1934 Walsh Island 1–06 Tullamore 0–03 1935 Tullamore 2–03 Rhode 0–06 1936 Edenderry 4–06 Walsh Island 3–03 1937 Walsh Island 3–08 Rhode 2–05 1938 Walsh Island 5–08 Daingean 2–06 1939 Rhode 2–04 Daingean 1–06 1940title missing, Irish Press, September 9, 1940. Page 8. Rhode 1–05 Walsh Island 0–04 1941 Tullamore 2–06 Edenderry 2–02 1942 Walsh Island 5–06 Daingean 2–05 1943title missing, Offaly Independent, April 22, 1944. Page 2. Walsh Island 1–11 Tullamore 1–07 1944 Rhode 2–05 Tullamore 1–05 1945 Cloghan 1–06 Rhode 1–02 1946 Tullamore 2–06 Rhode 2–04 1947 St Mary's 3–05 Cloghan 1–05 1948 Tullamore 1–08 Edenderry 2–02 1949Cloghan had too many injuries and could not field; title missing, Offaly Independent, November 26, 1949. Page 1. Rhode w/o Cloghan scr 1950 St Mary's 2–07 Rhode 1–05 1951 Edenderry 0–12 Cloghan 1–08 1952 Durrow 3–05 Edenderry 1–05 1953title missing, Offaly Independent, October 10, 1953. Page 3. Edenderry 1–08 Rhode 1–05 1954title missing, Offaly Independent, September 25, 1954. Page 7. Tullamore 3–07 Rhode 2–02 1955title missing, Offaly Independent, September 3, 1955. Page 8. Rhode 2–06 Daingean 2–05 1956title missing, Offaly Independent, October 20, 1956. Page 7. Tullamore 0–08 Cloghan 0–01 1957 Edenderry 3–06 Clara 0–02 1958 Rhode 2–10 Clara 2–05 1959title missing, Offaly Independent, October 31, 1959. Page 8. St Patrick's 2–08 Cloghan 0–06 1960 Clara 3–07, 0–08 Tullamore 1–05, 1–05 1961draw: title missing, Offaly Independent, April 28, 1962. Page 10. replay: title missing, Offaly Independent, May 12, 1962. Page 4. Gracefield 2–07, 1–08 Tullamore 1–08, 1–08 1962title missing, Offaly Independent, May 11, 1963. Page 3. Daingean 2–07 Killeigh 0–12 1963title missing, Offaly Independent, November 2, 1963. Page 5. Tullamore 4–06 Gracefield 1–08 1964 Clara 1–10 Rhode 1–07 1965title missing, Offaly Independent, October 16, 1965. Page 7. Daingean 0–09 Gracefield 0–06 1966 Rhode 0–11 Clara 1–07 1967title missing, Irish Press, April 29, 1968. Page 13. Rhode 1–07 Daingean 0–07 1968title missing, Offaly Independent, November 2, 1968. Page 15. Ballycumber 2–05 Gracefield 0–06 1969draw: title missing, Offaly Independent, June 13, 1970. Page 11. replay: title missing, Offaly Independent, June 27, 1970. Page 14. Rhode 2–10, 1–11 Erin Rovers 2–08, 2–08 1970title missing, Offaly Independent, September 25, 1970. Page 13. Gracefield 1–08 Walsh Island 0–09 1971title missing, Offaly Independent, October 22, 1971. Page 13. Ferbane 4–10 Gracefield 1–09 1972title missing, Offaly Independent, June 8, 1973. Page 10. Gracefield 1–15 Ferbane 2–10 1973title missing, Offaly Independent, October 5, 1973. Page 12. Tullamore 1–06 St Carthage 0–07 1974draw: title missing, Offaly Independent, September 13, 1974. Page 12. replay: title missing, Offaly Independent, September 20, 1974. Page 8. Ferbane 2–07, 1–09 Gracefield 1–04, 1–09 1975title missing, Offaly Independent, September 26, 1975. Page 13. Rhode 1–12 Daingean 1–07 1976draw: title missing, Offaly Independent, September 17, 1976. Page 11. replay: title missing, Offaly Independent, October 8, 1976. Page 12. Ferbane 1–07, 2–11 Walsh Island 0–09, 2–11 1977title missing, Offaly Independent, August 19, 1977. Page 10. Tullamore 2–07 Daingean 1–06 1978title missing, Offaly Independent, September 1, 1978. Page 12. Walsh Island 4–09 Rhode 1–12 1979title missing, Offaly Independent, September 28, 1979. Page 13. Walsh Island 0–10 Rhode 0–08 1980title missing, Offaly Independent, October 3, 1980. Page 11. Walsh Island 2–08 Ferbane 1–05 1981 Walsh Island 1–10, 0–07 Clara 1–05, 0–07 1982title missing, Leinster Express, October 23, 1982. Page 26. Walsh Island 0–11 Rhode 0–08 1983 Walsh Island 1–10, 0–08 Ferbane 1–07, 0–08 1984 Gracefield 1–10 Edenderry 0–08 1985 Edenderry 1–07 Raheen 1–06 1986title missing, Offaly Independent, October 17, 1986. Page 14. Ferbane 1–16 Kilcormac 0–05 1987 Ferbane 1–06 Clara 1–03 1988title missing, Offaly Independent, October 7, 1988. Page 13. Ferbane 1–12 Tullamore 2–03 1989title missing, Offaly Independent, October 9, 1989. Page 15. Ferbane 3–14 Rhode 1–09 1990title missing, Offaly Independent, October 5, 1990. Page 18. Ferbane 5–09 Gracefield 1–06 1991 Clara 3–07 Gracefield 1–06 1992title missing, Offaly Independent, October 9, 1992. Page 17. Ferbane 2–07 Tullamore 1–09 1993 Clara 4–08 Ferbane 2–11 1994title missing, Offaly Independent, September 30, 1994. Page 8. Ferbane 0–10 Shannonbridge 0–08 1995title missing, Offaly Independent, October 20, 1995. Page 9. Edenderry 2–10 Clara 1–10 1996title missing, Offaly Independent, October 11, 1996. Page 10. Shannonbridge 1–11 Tullamore 0–12 1997 Edenderry 1–15 Ferbane 1–14 1998 Rhode 0–1–11 Edenderry 1–04 1999 Edenderry 2–09, 1–07 Rhode 0–13, 1–07 2000 Tullamore 1–09 Shamrocks 0–10 2001 Edenderry 1–09 Rhode 1–06 2002 Tullamore 1–08 Gracefield 0–08 2003 Clara 1–09 Rhode 1–07 2004 Rhode 3–12 Gracefield 1–05 2005 Rhode 2–10 Shamrocks 0–13 2006 Rhode 2–06 Clara 0–09 2007 Tullamore 1–12 Shamrocks 0–12 2008 Rhode 1–20 Tullamore 2–04 2009 Clara 2–07 Rhode 1–09 2010 Rhode 3–09 Clara 2–11 2011 Edenderry 0–09 Clara 0–08 2012 Rhode 0–15 Clara 1–06 2013 Tullamore 2–07 Rhode 0–09 2014 Rhode 0–13 Edenderry 1–07 2015 Edenderry 1–12 Rhode 1–10 2016 Rhode 1–14 Ferbane 0–09 2017 Rhode 0–12 Clara 0–09 2018 Rhode 1–18 Ferbane 0–10 2019 Ferbane 2–13 Rhode 0–14 2020 Rhode 1–09 Tullamore 1–07 2021 Tullamore 0–09, 1–08 Rhode 1–04, 1–08 2022 Rhode 1–09 Tullamore 0–11 2023 Tullamore 1–05 Ferbane 0–06 2024 Tullamore 0–15 Ferbane 0–14 2025 Tullamore 0–19 Ferbane 1–12

Wins listed by club # Club Wins Years won1 Rhode 1900, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1949, 1955, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 Tullamore 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1941, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1963, 1973, 1977, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 3 Walsh Island 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1942, 1943, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Ferbane 1914, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2019 5 Edenderry 1936, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2015 6 Clara 1960, 1964, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2009 7 Geashill 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907 8 Gracefield 1961, 1970, 1972, 1984 9 Daingean 1909, 1962, 196510 St Mary's 1947, 1950 Cloghan 1903, 1945 Killeigh 1915, 1916 11 Shannonbridge 1996 Ballycumber 1968 St Patrick's 1959 Durrow 1952 Clonmore 1919 Banagher 1910 Quarrymount 1901

References

External links Official Offaly Website Offaly on Hoganstand Offaly Club GAA Various County final programmes