2024 Walsh Cup
Tournament details
Province	Leinster, Ulster, Connacht
Year	2023
Sponsor	Dioralyte
Date	4–28 January 2024
Teams	9
Defending champions	Galway
Winners
Champions	Wexford (18th win)
Manager	Keith Rossiter
Captain	Lee Chin
Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Manager	Henry Shefflin
Captain	Daithí Burke
Other
Matches played	11
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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]

Competition format

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]

Results

Group 1

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

Source: Leinster GAA

Group 2

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

Source: Leinster GAA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Antrim v. Westmeath was not played.^[5]

Group 3

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

Source: Leinster GAA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Galway led Offaly by 4-15 to 1-11 when the game was called off after 55 minutes due to heavy fog.^[6] It was later decided that this result would stand.^[7]

Finals

20 January 2024
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)

28 January 2024
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')