2000 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

The 2000 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 99th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The championship draw was made on 9 May 2000. The championship ran from 8 July to 19 November 2000.

2000 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	8 July – 19 November 2000
Teams	10
Sponsor	AIB
Champions	Ballyheigue (5th title) Mike Slattery (captain) John Lucid (manager)
Runners-up	Ballyduff Kenneth Boyle (captain) Jimmy O'Sullivan (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	23 (2.3 per match)
Points scored	181 (18.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mike Hennessy (5-15)
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Lixnaw entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Crotta O'Neill's in a quarter-final replay.^[1]

The final was played on 19 November 2000 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Ballyheigue and Ballyduff, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in four years.^[2] Ballyheigue won the match by 1–06 to 0–08 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in three years.^[3] It remains their last championship victory.

Ballyduff's Mike Hennessy was the championship's top scorer with 5–15.

Results

Preliminary round

Ballyduff v Kenmare/St Pat's

8 July 2000 Preliminary round	Ballyduff	4-17 - 1-08	Kenmare/St Pat's	Austin Stack Park
	M Hennessy 4-10, A Boyle 0-2, A O'Grady 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1, P O'Rourke 0-1, L Boyle 0-1, B O'Sullivan 0-1.		M Flynn 0-5, J Dunphy 1-0, TP O'Connor 0-1, S O'Shea 0-1, P Randles 0-1.

Austin Stacks v Kilmoyley

29 July 2000 Preliminary round	Austin Stacks	0-01 - 3-30	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	D O'Regan 0-1.		M Regan 1-8, C Harris 0-8, O Diggins 1-3, O Young 0-5, R Gentleman 1-0, C Walsh 0-3, S Regan 0-1, S Fitzgerald 0-1, S Brick 0-1.

Quarter-finals

St Brendan's v Causeway

31 August 2000 Quarter-final	St Brendan's	1-06 - 1-12	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	L O'Connor 1-0, G Healy 0-2, M Casey 0-1, D Clifford 0-1, S Flaherty 0-1, J O'Halloran 0-1.		G Harty 0-5, L Harty 1-1, JM Dooley 0-3, H McEnery 0-1, T Burke 0-1, S Sheehan 0-1.

Ballyduff v Abbeydorney

18 August 2000 Quarter-final	Ballyduff	1-12 - 1-06	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	M Hennessy 1-4, L Boyle 0-3, B O'Sullivan 0-2, G O'Brien 0-1, P O'Rourke 0-1, A Boyle 0-1.		D Ryall 1-0, K Hanafin 0-2, B O'Donovan 0-2, T Maunsell 0-1, B Sheehan 0-1.

Ballyheigue v Kilmoyley

25 August 2000 Quarter-final	Ballyheigue	1-11 - 1-09	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	M Slattery 0-6, G Frehill 1-0, B O'Sullivan 0-2, E Flahive 0-1, A Murphy 0-1, G Lucid 0-1.		O Diggins 0-5, D Young 1-0, S Brick 0-3, C Harris 0-1.

Crotta O'Neill's v Lixnaw

9 September 2000 Quarter-final	Crotta O'Neill's	0-08 - 1-05	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	S Twomey 0-4, B O'Mahony 0-3, F O'Sullivan 0-1.		R Thornton 1-0, M Conway 0-2, P O'Connell 0-1, F Fitzmaurice 0-1, K Dowling 0-1.

Crotta O'Neill's v Lixnaw

15 October 2000 Quarter-final replay	Crotta O'Neill's	2-08 - 0-10	Lixnaw	J. P. O'Sullivan Park
	J Edwards 2-1, S Twomey 0-4, K Galvin 0-1, P McGrath 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.		M Conway 0-2, P O'Connell 0-2, J Maher 0-2, F Fitzmaurice 0-1, P Cronin 0-1, K Dowling 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.

Semi-finals

Ballyheigue v Causeway

16 September 2000 Semi-final	Ballyheigue	4-09 - 1-07	Causeway	Austin Stack Park
	G Lucid 2-0, P O'Mahony 1-2, TB O'Connor 1-0, M Slattery 0-3, B O'Sullivan 0-2, G O'Sullivan 0-1, K O'Sullivan 0-1.		JM Dooley 1-4, T Burke 0-1, TJ Canty 0-1, S Sheehan 0-1.

Ballyduff v Crotta O'Neill's

5 November 2000 Semi-final	Ballyduff	0-05 - 0-03	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	B O'Sullivan 0-4, R O'Connor 0-1.		B O'Mahony 0-1, P McGrath 0-1, J Edwards 0-1.

Final

Ballyheigue v Ballyduff

19 November 2000 Final	Ballyheigue	1-06 - 0-08	Ballyduff	Austin Stack Park
	M Slattery 1-3, B O'Sullivan 0-1, K O'Sullivan 0-1, E Flahive 0-1.		B O'Sullivan 0-3, A Boyle 0-3, J Bunyan 0-1, M Hennessy 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Mike Hennessy	Ballyduff	5-15	30	4	7.50
2	Mike Slattery	Ballyheigue	1-12	15	3	5.00
3	Micheál Regan	Kilmoyley	1-08	11	2	5.50
	Ollie Diggins	Kilmoyley	1-08	11	2	5.50
5	John Mike Dooley	Causeway	1-07	10	2	5.00
	Bobby O'Sullivan	Ballyduff	0-10	10	4	2.50

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Mike Hennessy	Ballyduff	4-10	22	Kenmare/St Pat's
2	Micheál Regan	Kilmoyley	1-08	11	AUstin Stacks
3	John Edwards	Crotta O'Neill's	2-01	7	Lixnaw
	Mike Hennessy	Ballyduff	1-04	7	Abbeydorney
	John Mike Dooley	Causeway	1-04	7	Ballyheigue
6	Colin Harris	Kilmoyley	0-08	8	Austin Stacks
7	Ger Lucid	Ballyheigue	2-00	6	Causeway
	Ollie Diggins	Kilmoyley	1-03	6	Austin Stacks
	Mike Slattery	Ballyheigue	1-03	6	Ballyduff
	Mike Slattery	Ballyheigue	0-06	6	Kilmoyley