was one of the first teams to benefit. As a result, the county won six Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) titles in the 1980s, as well as its first All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) in 1981.

The county has since gone on to win three other All-Ireland SHC titles. Perhaps Offaly's most famous win came in the 1994 All-Ireland SHC final,