Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship semi-finals of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship. The current Leinster Junior Club Hurling champions are Mooncoin of Kilkenny who beat Ratoath of Meath in the final. A separate Leinster Special Junior Club Championship which included the Junior Champions of Meath, Kildare, Carlow and Offaly as well as the senior champions of Louth and Longford was discontinued after the 2015 competition. The 2015 champions were Ballypickas of Laois who beat Broadford of Kildare in the final. County champions from various grades throughout the province participated in the 2017 championship: Intermediate champions: Laois, Offaly, Wicklow, Westmeath, Kildare, Meath, Carlow Senior champions:
County Offaly out across the county with the Bog of Allen extending into four other counties. The county consists of approximately 42,000 hectares of peatlands which is 21% of Offaly's total land area. Offaly contains approximately of forest and woodland area, which only amounts to 4.5% of the county's land area. This includes woodlands within the Slieve Blooms and the Lough Boora Parklands. Roughly 75% of Offaly's forested area is Conifer High Forest. The following are the historical baronies located in County Offaly: One of the earliest known settlements in County Offaly is at Boora bog which dates back to the Mesolithic