2005 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

The 2005 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 4 April 2005. The championship ran from 5 August to 16 October 2005.

2005 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship

Dates	5 August – 16 October 2005
Teams	9
Sponsor	AIB
Champions	Lixnaw (6th title) Fergus Fitzmaurice (captain) Johnny Conway (manager)
Runners-up	Abbeydorney Aidan Healy (captain) Timmy Weir (manager)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	40 (3.64 per match)
Points scored	239 (21.73 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Michael Conway (3-26)
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Kilmoyley entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Ballyduff in the quarter-finals.^[1][2]

The final, a replay, was played on 16 October 2005 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Lixnaw and Abbeydorney, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 51 years. Lixnaw won the match by 0–17 to 0–06 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in six years.^[3][4]

Lixnaw's Michael Conway was the championship's top scorer with 3-26.

Results

First round

Lixnaw v Kenmare

5 August 2005 First round	Lixnaw	4-19 - 1-06	Kenmare	FitzGerald Stadium
	M Conway 1-6, J Flaherty 1-4, C Fitzmaurice 1-3, T Brosnan 1-0, P Lyons 0-2, P O'Connell 0-2, F Fitzmaurice 0-1, E Galvin 0-1.		P O'Brien 1-1, P Randles 0-3, B O'Grady 0-1, J Maye 0-1.

Abbeydorney v Crotta O'Neill's

6 August 2005 First round	Abbeydorney	1-08 - 0-09	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	I Maunsell 0-4, M Hannafin 1-0, T O'Connell 0-2, K Hannafin 0-1, N Roche 0-1.		A Keane 0-6, S Twomey 0-2, P Cronin 0-1.

Second round

Kenmare v Crotta O'Neill's

19 August 2005 Second round	Kenmare	3-05 - 6-25	Crotta O'Neill's	FitzGerald Stadium
	J Wharton 1-2, G O'Sullivan 1-0, M O'Sullivan 1-0, D O'Sullivan 0-2, B O'Grady 0-1.		S Twomey 2-4, M Lynch 2-4, A Keane 0-9, JP McElligott 1-1, C McElligott 1-1, S Enright 0-2, F Cronin 0-1, T Culhane 0-1, F Keane 0-1, T Quille 0-1.

Quarter-finals

Causeway v Crotta O'Neill's

27 August 2005 Quarter-final	Causeway	1-11 - 0-10	Crotta O'Neill's	Austin Stack Park
	T Flynn 0-8, M Leahy 1-0, JM Dooley 0-2, C Dineen 0-1.		S Twomey 0-4, A Keane 0-3, C McElligott 0-2, S Enright 0-1.

Ballyduff v Kilmoyley

2 September 2005 Quarter-final	Ballyduff	3-09 - 2-08	Kilmoyley	Austin Stack Park
	L Boyle 2-1, T O'Rourke 0-7, B O'Grady 1-0, G O'Brien 1-0.		S Brick 2-6, M Regan 0-1, B Brick 0-1.

Abbeydorney v St Brendan's

3 September 2005 Quarter-final	Abbeydorney	2-10 - 3-02	St Brendan's	Austin Stack Park
	K Hannifin 2-1, I Maunsell 0-5 frees, M Hannifin 0-2, T O’Connell 0-2.	Report	A Kelly 2-0, S Griffin 1-0, J Egan 0-1, free, M Casey 0-1.

Lixnaw v Ballyheigue

4 September 2005 Quarter-final	Lixnaw	0-16 - 2-08	Ballyheigue	Austin Stack Park
	M Conway 0-9 (0-7 frees), J Flaherty and J Griffin 0-2 each, M Corridan, F Fitzmaurice and C Fitzmaurice 0-1 each.	Report	M Slattery 0-5 (0-4 frees), N Stack 1-1, N Flahive 1-0, KO’Sullivan and A Lawlor 0-1 each.

Semi-finals

Ballyduff v Abbeydorney

18 September 2005 Semi-final	Ballyduff	1-08 - 2-13	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	M Boyle 1-0, A Boyle 0-2, T O'Rourke 0-2 (0-1 free), B O'Sullivan 0-2 (0-1'65) M Hennessy and J Bunyan 0-1 each.	Report	I Maunsell 1-8 (1-7 frees), K Dineen 1-1, I McCarthy 0-2, K Hannifin and B Donovan 0-1 each.

Causeway v Lixnaw

18 September 2005 Semi-final	Causeway	4-08 - 3-22	Lixnaw	Austin Stack Park
	JM Dooley (3-0), T Flynn (0-5f), C Harty (0-2, 0-1 65), S Goggin (1-0), C Dineen (0-1).	Report	M Conway (2-7, 0-4f), K Dowling (0-5), C Fitzmaurice (1-4), F Fitzmaurice (0-2), J Griffin (0-1), P Lyons (0-1), R Thornton (0-1), J Flaherty (0-1).

Final

Lixnaw v Abbeydorney

2 October 2005 Final replay	Lixnaw	1-11 - 2-08	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	M Corridan 1-0, M Conway 0-4 frees, C Fitzmaurice 0-3, J Griffin, F Fitzmaurice, J Flaherty, and P Galvin 0-1 each.	Report	D Ryall 1-1, K Hannafin 1-0, I McCarthy 0-3, I Maunsell 0-3 ( 0-2f, 0-1 '65), B Donovan 0-1.

Final replay

Lixnaw v Abbeydorney

16 October 2005 Final replay	Lixnaw	0-17 - 0-06	Abbeydorney	Austin Stack Park
	P Galvin 0-5; E Galvin 0-3; J Flaherty 0-3f; F Fitzmaurice 0-2f; P Lyons 0-2; E Fitzmaurice, C Fitzmaurice 0-1 each.	Report	I Maunsell 0-4f; M Hannafin, I McCarthy 0-1 each.	Referee: M O'Connor (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Michael Conway	Lixnaw	3-26	35	4	8.75
2	Ian Maunsell	Abbeydorney	1-24	27	5	5.40
3	Cillian Fitzmaurice	Lixnaw	2-12	18	5	3.60
	Andrew Keane	Crotta O'Neill's	0-18	18	3	6.00
5	Seán Twomey	Crotta O'Neill's	2-10	16	3	5.33
6	James Flaherty	Lixnaw	1-11	14	5	2.80
7	Tadhg Flynn	Causeway	0-13	13	2	6.50
8	Shane Brick	Kilmoyley	2-06	12	1	12.00
9	John Mike Dooley	Causeway	3-02	11	2	5.50
10	Matt Lynch	Crotta O'Neill's	2-04	10	3	3.33

Single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Michael Conway	Lixnaw	2-07	13	Causeway
2	Shane Brick	Kilmoyley	2-06	12	Balyduff
3	Ian Maunsell	Abbeydorney	1-08	11	Balyduff
4	Seán Twomey	Crotta O'Neill's	2-04	10	Kenmare Shamrocks
	Matt Lynch	Crotta O'Neill's	2-04	10	Kenmare Shamrocks
6	John Mike Dooley	Causeway	3-00	9	Lixnaw
	Michael Conway	Lixnaw	1-06	9	Kenmare Shamrocks
	Andrew Keane	Crotta O'Neill's	0-09	9	Kenmare Shamrocks
	Michael Conway	Lixnaw	0-09	9	Ballyheigue
10	Tadhg Flynn	Causeway	0-08	8	Crotta O'Neill's