1956 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season October 2025 1956 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship 20px|Border Coolderry 20 20px|border Drumcullen 1955 1955 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship 1957 1957 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship The 1956 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 59th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly County Board in 1896.https://hoganstand.com/offaly/ClubTitles Club Titles - Offaly Hogan Stand 1 September 2024 Tullamore entered the championship as the defending champions.https://offaly.gaa.ie/history/roll-of-honour-2/ Roll of honour Offaly GAA website 28 August 2025 25 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250925054736/https://offaly.gaa.ie/history/roll-of-honour-2/ deadhttps://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/home/542178/he-was-before-his-time-offaly-hurling-folk-hero-remembered.html 'He was before his time' - Offaly hurling folk hero remembered Offaly Live 13 May 2020 28 August 2025 The final was played on 9 September 1956 at St Brendan's Park in Birr, between Coolderry and Drumcullen, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Coolderry won the match by 3–05 to 1–08 to claim their 20th championship title overall and a first championship title in three years.http://www.drumcullengaa.com/our-club/club-history/ Club history Drumcullen GAA website 28 August 2025https://www.clubinfo.ie/club/coolderry-hc/ Coolderry HC Club Info 28 August 2025 Results Final 9 September 1956 Final Coolderry 3-05 - 1-08 Drumcullen St Brendan's Park References Category:Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Offaly Senior Hurling Championship