2006 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season

Dates

11 August – 10 September 2006

Teams

Sponsor

AIB

Champions

Ballyduff (21st title)
David Slattery (captain)
Mike Hennessy (manager)

Runners-up

Causeway
John Mike Dooley (captain)
Richard Keane (manager)

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

15 (1.88 per match)

Points scored

183 (22.88 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Brian O'Donovan (2-21)

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The 2006 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 105th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The championship ran from 11 August to 10 September 2006.

Lixnaw entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyduff in the quarter-finals.^[1]^[2]

The final was played on 10 September 2006 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Ballyduff and Causeway, in what was their fifth meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 22 years. Ballyduff won the match by 1–17 to 1–11 to claim their 21st championship title overall and a first title in 11 years.^[3]^[4]

Abbeydorney's Brian O'Donovan was the championship's top scorer with 2-21.

Team changes

From championship

Decided not to field a team
- Kenmare

Results

Quarter-finals

Ballyheigue v Causeway

11 August 2006 Quarter-final	Ballyheigue	0-09 - 1-07	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	M Slattery 0-3, B O'Sullivan 0-3, N Flahive 0-2, WJ Leen 0-1.		T Flynn 0-4, JM Dooley 1-0, S Harty 0-1, C Dineen 0-1, C Flynn 0-1.

Crotta O'Neill's v Kilmoyley

12 August 2006 Quarter-final	Crotta O'Neill's	1-09 - 2-11	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	A Keane 0-6, C McElligott 1-0, S Twomey 0-1, T Cronin 0-1, M Lynch 0-1.		J Murnane 2-1, S Brick 0-5, M Murnane 0-3, T Murnane 0-1, B Harris 0-1.

St Brendan's v Abbeydorney

12 August 2006 Quarter-final	St Brendan's	1-13 - 1-13	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	C Flaherty 1-1, J Egan 0-4, S Flaherty 0-3, D Dineen 0-2, P Donegan 0-1, F Wallace 0-1, E Corridan 0-1.		B O'Donovan 1-8, I McCarthy 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1, I Maunsell 0-1, A Healy 0-1, B Sheehan 0-1.

Lixnaw v Ballyduff

13 August 2006 Quarter-final	Lixnaw	1-05 - 0-12	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	M Conway 1-3, M Quilter 0-1, C Fitzmaurice 0-1.		B O'Sullivan 0-8, M Boyle 0-2, D Bowler 0-1, JP Leahy 0-1.

St Brendan's v Abbeydorney

18 August 2006 Quarter-final replay	St Brendan's	1-14 - 1-15	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
			B O'Donovan 1-9, I McCarthy 0-3, N Roche 0-1, A Healy 0-1,

Semi-finals

Ballyduff v Kilmoyley

27 August 2006 Semi-final	Ballyduff	1-11 - 0-11	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	B O'Sullivan 0-7, G O'Brien 1-1, T O'Rourke 0-2, A Boyle 0-1.		S Brick 0-8, M Murnane 0-1, D Young 0-1, T Murnane 0-1.

Causeway v Abbeydorney

27 August 2006 Semi-final	Causeway	2-14 - 1-11	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	JM Dooley 1-6, JJ Canty 1-1, C Dineen 0-2, J Dillane 0-2, C Harty 0-1, C Flynn 0-1, T Flynn 0-1.		B O'Donovan 0-4, K Hannafin 1-0, M Hannafin 0-2, B Sheehan 0-2, R Murphy 0-1, B O'Leary 0-1, G Brassil 0-1.

Final

Ballyduff v Causeway

10 September 2006 Final	Ballyduff	1-17 - 1-11	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	B O'Sullivan 0-9, T O'Rourke 1-0, B O'Grady 0-3, M Boyle 0-2, JP Leahy 0-1, A Boyle 0-1, M Hennessy 0-1.		JM Dooley 0-6, JJ Canty 1-1, S Goggin 0-3, S Harty 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Brian O'Donovan	Abbeydorney	2-21	27	3	9.00
2	Bobby O'Sullivan	Ballyduff	0-24	24	3	8.00
3	John Mike Dooley	Causeway	2-12	18	3	6.00

References

^ "First place after second chance". Irish Independent. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "Lixnaw capture SHC title". Hogan Stand. 17 October 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "Ballyduff take Kerry crown". Irish Independent. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "Ballyduff triumph in Kerry hurling decider". Hogan Stand. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2023.