Finals •
Most wins: • 27
Camross •
Most consecutive wins: • 5
Ballygeehan (1914–18),
Camross (1965–69),
Camross (1976–80) &
Castletown (1999–2003) •
Most defeats: • 17
Portlaoise •
Most consecutive defeats: • 3
Abbeyleix (1946–48),
Portlaoise (2007–09) &
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton (2019–21) •
Most appearances: • 37
Camross •
Most appearances without a win: • 4 Ballacolla (1898-1907-1923-1926) •
Highest scoring match: • 64 points (2016)
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton 2-26
Rathdowney-Errill 2-26 (possible All Ireland record for 60-minute county SHC final) •
Lowest scoring match: • 7 points (1928)
Portlaoise 0-7
Clonad 1-0 •
Biggest winning margin: • 22 points (1911)
Rathdowney 7-1
Clonaslee 0-0 •
Highest scoring teams: • 32 points (2016)
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton &
Rathdowney-Errill •
Highest scoring winning team: • 30 points (2023)
Camross •
Highest scoring losing team: • 27 points (2021)
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton GAA •
Most goals match: • 12 (1949)
Abbeyleix 7-3
Clonad 5-3 •
Fewest goals match: • 0 (1914, 1975, 1998 & 2012d) •
Most goals team: • 7 (1935)
Clonad & (1949)
Abbeyleix •
Most goals losing team: • 5 (1949)
Clonad •
Trivia: • 10 finals have ended in draws • 4 finals have been goalless (1914-1975-1998-2012r) • 20 finals have occurred where the losing team scored more goals than the winning team (last: 2019) • 3 finals have occurred where the winner scored two goals fewer than the losing team (1909-1981-1992) • 23 finals have occurred where there were more goals than points (last: 1964)
Teams By decade The most successful team of each decade, judged by number of Laois Senior Hurling Championship titles, is as follows: • 1880s: 2 for
Rathdowney (1888–89) • 1890s: 2 each for
Clonaslee (1890–91) and
Rathdowney (1898–99) • 1900s: 5 for
Rathdowney (1901-02-03-07-08) • 1910s: 5 for
Ballygeehan (1914-15-16-17-18) • 1920s: 4 for
Rathdowney (1921-22-25-26) • 1930s: 4 for
Clonad (1930-33-35-37) • 1940s: 4 for
Abbeyleix (1940-44-45-49) • 1950s: 4 for
Clonad (1950-53-54-58) • 1960s: 6 for
Camross (1963-65-66-67-68-69) • 1970s: 7 for
Camross (1971-73-74-76-77-78-79) • 1980s: 6 for
Portlaoise (1981-82-83-84-87-89) • 1990s: 4 for
Camross (1990-93-94-96) • 2000s: 5 for
Castletown (2000-01-02-03-05) • 2010s: 4 for
Rathdowney–Errill (2010-12-14-19) • 2020s: 5 for
Clough-Ballacolla (2020-21-22-24-25)
Gaps Top ten longest gaps between successive championship titles: • 91 years:
Clough–Ballacolla (1918–2009) [as Ballygeehan in 1918] • 65 years:
Clonaslee (1910–1975) • 38 years:
Portlaoise (1943–1981) • 22 years:
Clonad (1970–1992) • 19 years:
Clonaslee (1891–1910) • 15 years:
Portlaoise (1928–1943) • 14 years:
Errill (1938–1952) • 11 years:
Borris-in-Ossory (1961–1972) • 11 years:
Camross (1996–2007) • 09 years:
Rathdowney (1889–1898) • 09 years:
Rathdowney (1912–1921) • 09 years:
Clonad (1937–1946) • 09 years: Cullohill (1955–1964)
Starts (first 1–10 finals) Best • 1 final :
(1-0) Rathdowney (1888),
Clonaslee (1890), Harristown (1897),
Ballygeehan (1914),
Abbeyleix (1927),
Mountrath (1942),
Kyle (1951, Cullohill (1955),
Borris-in-Ossory (1956),
Castletown (1995),
Rathdowney–Errill (2006) • 2 finals:
(2-0) Rathdowney (1889),
Clonaslee (1891),
Ballygeehan (1915),
Abbeyleix (1932),
Borris-in-Ossory (1957),
Rathdowney-Errill (2008) • 3 finals:
(3-0) Ballygeehan (1916),
Abbeyleix (1934),
Rathdowney-Errill (2010) • 4 finals:
(4-0) Ballygeehan (1917),
Rathdowney–Errill (2012) • 5 finals:
(5-0) Ballygeehan (1918),
Rathdowney–Errill (2014) • 6 finals:
(5-1) (
Ballygeehan (1919),
Abbeyleix (1940),
Castletown (2001),
Rathdowney–Errill (2016) • 7 finals:
(6-1) Abbeyleix (1944),
Castletown (2002) • 8 finals:
(7-1) Abbeyleix (1945),
Castletown (2003) • 9 finals:
(7-2) Rathdowney (1903),
Abbeyleix (1946),
Castletown (2004) • 10 finals:
(8-2) Castletown (2005)
Worst • 1 final :
(0-1) Kilcotton (1888), Skierke (1889), Aghaboe (1891), Ballacolla (1898),
Camross (1906),
Portlaoise (1922),
Clonad (1925),
Errill (1933), Rovers (1951), Cuddagh (1957),
Ballyfin (1972),
Ballinakill (1979),
The Harps (1984), Tinnahinch (2001),
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton (2013) • 2 finals:
(0-2) Kilcotton (1899), Ballacolla (1907),
Clonad (1928),
Camross (1945), Cuddagh (1959),
The Harps (1997), Tinnahinch (2002) • 3 finals:
(0-3) Ballacolla (1923), Cuddagh (1961),
The Harps (1998), Tinnahinch (2006) • 4 finals:
(0-4) Ballacolla (1926) • 5 finals:
(1-4) Clonad (1932),
Borris-in-Ossory–Kilcotton (2021) • 6 finals:
(2-4) Clonad (1933),
Errill (1954),
Portlaoise (1977) • 7 finals:
(2-5) Clonad (1934),
Portlaoise (1980),
Errill (1982) • 8 finals:
(2-6) Errill (1986) • 9 finals:
(4-5) Clonad (1939),
Clonaslee (1975),
Portlaoise (1982) • 10finals:
(4-6) Clonad (1942),
Clonaslee (1976),
Portlaoise (1983) ==Laois Senior A Hurling Championship==