2024 Walsh Cup

The 2024 Walsh Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Dioralyte Walsh Cup, was an early-season inter-county hurling competition based in the Irish province of Leinster and taking place in January 2024.^[1]

Nine county teams competed — seven from Leinster (Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford); Galway from Connacht; and Antrim from Ulster. Four other teams from Leinster and Ulster played in the second-ranked 2024 Kehoe Cup.^[2]

Wexford were the winners.^[3]

The teams are drawn into three groups of three teams. Each team plays the other teams in their group once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.

Two group winners play each other in a semi-final, and the winners of that game play the other group winners in the final.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wexford	2	2	0	0	47	36	+11	4	Advance to final
2	Kilkenny	2	1	0	1	54	27	+27	2
3	Carlow	2	0	0	2	28	66	−38	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dublin	2	2	0	0	74	38	+36	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Antrim[a]	1	0	0	1	23	37	−14	0
3	Westmeath[a]	1	0	0	1	15	37	−22	0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Galway[a]	2	2	0	0	74	40	+34	4	Advance to semi-final
2	Laois	2	1	0	1	50	65	−15	2
3	Offaly[a]	2	0	0	2	32	51	−19	0

Dublin v Galway

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20) 13:00 WET (UTC±00:00) Semi-Final

Report

Dublin	0-17 (17) – (27) 1-24	Galway
(HT: 0-07 – 1-11)
Pts: C O’Sullivan 7 (5fs), S Currie 3fs, B Hayes 2, C Foley 1, D Purcell 1, D Leavy 1, A Considine 1, D O Dulaing 1		Gls: J Flynn 1 Pts: Niland 17 (11fs, 1 ‘65’), D McLoughlin 3, R Glennon 1, D O’Shea 1, T Monaghan 1, M McManus 1

Parnell Park, Donnycarney Referee: E Furlong (Wexford)

Wexford v Galway

28 January 2024 (2024-01-28) 13:30 WET (UTC±00:00) Final

Report

Wexford	1-21 (24) – (16) 0-16	Galway
(HT: 0-11 – 0-08)
Gls: Seamus Casey 1 Pts: Lee Chin 9 (5f), James Byrne 3, Corey Byrne Dunbar 3, Cian Byrne 2, Jack O'Connor 2, Richie Lawlor 1, Conor Hearne 1		Pts: Kevin Cooney 5 (4f), Tom Monaghan 3, Alex Connaire 2, Evan Niland 2fs, Sean O'Hanlon 1, Greg Thomas 1, Martin McManus 1, Donal O'Shea 1 ('65')

Netwatch Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: Owen Beehan (Kilkenny)