All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2004

Championship Details
Dates	2 May - 12 September
Teams	22
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (29th win)
Captain	Ben O'Connor
Manager	Donal O'Grady
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	Martin Comerford
Manager	Brian Cody
Provincial Champions
Munster	Waterford
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	32
Total Goals	108 (3.375 per game)
Total Points	915 (28.5 per game)
Player of the Year	Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
All-Star Team	See here
← 2003 2005 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 2004 was the 118th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Kilkenny 0-17 to 0-9 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

Participating counties

Province	County	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial
Leinster	Carlow
	Dublin	1938	1961
	Kildare
	Kilkenny	2003	2003
	Laois	1915	1949
	Meath
	Offaly	1998	1995
	Westmeath
	Wexford	1996	1997
	Wicklow
Munster	Clare	1997	1998
	Cork	1999	2003
	Kerry	1891	1891
	Limerick	1973	1996
	Tipperary	2001	2001
	Waterford	1959	2002
Connacht	Galway	1988	1999
Ulster	Antrim		2003
	Derry		2001
	Down		1997
	London	1901
	New York

Calendar

Round	Date
Leinster Preliminary Round	Sunday 2 May 2004
Ulster Final	Sunday 6 June 2004
Ulster Final Replay	Sunday 13 June 2004
Munster Final	Sunday 27 June 2004
Leinster Final	Sunday 4 July 2004
All-Ireland Quarter-Finals	Sunday 25 July 2004
All-Ireland Quarter-Final Replay	Sunday 31 July 2004
All-Ireland Semi-Final	Sunday 8 August 2004
All-Ireland Semi-Final	Sunday 15 August 2004
All-Ireland Final	Sunday 12 September 2004

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

2004-05-02 Preliminary Round	Carlow	0-8 – 4-19	Laois	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: É. Morris (Dublin).
	Pat Coady 0-4 (3f); K English 0-2 (1f); F Foley 0-1 (pen); S M Murphy 0-1.	(report)	T Fitzgerald 1-3; Paul Cuddy 0-5 (4f, 1 '65); D Culleton, E Browne, E Jackman 1-0 each; E Meagher 0-3; D Rooney, F Keenan, D Walsh 0-2 each; J Fitzpatrick, J Walsh 0-1 each.

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2004-05-02 Preliminary Round	Westmeath	6-14 – 1-13	Wicklow	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: F Smith (Meath).
	A Mitchell 1-7 (0-5f), J Shaw 2-1 (0-1f), R Whelan 1-2, V Bateman 1-0, F Shaw 1-0, D Gallagher 0-1, B Kennedy 0-1, B Connaughton 0-1.	(report)	J O'Neill 1-11 (1-10 frees), T McGrath 0-1, G Doran 0-1.

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2004-05-15 1st Round	Westmeath	1-18 – 1-6	Kildare	Cusack Park, Mullingar Referee: J. Guinan (Kilkenny).
	D. McCormack 0-2, O. Devine 0-2, A. Mitchell 0-9 6fs, B. Kennedy 0-3, J. Forbes 1-2.	(report)	C. Divilly 0-1, J. Dempsey 1-1, A. Quinn 0-1, T. Carew 0-3fs

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2004-05-16 1st Round	Laois	1-13 – 0-8	Meath	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise Referee: J. Kelly (Wexford).
	Paul Cuddy (0-1f), R Jones (0-4), J Young (1-6, 5f), E Meagher (0-1); T Fitzgerald (0-1).	(report)	S Reilly (0-1f), E Lynam (0-2), S Clinch (0-1), M Gannon (0-1), M Cole (0-3, 1f).

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2004-05-29 Quarter-final	Offaly	2-23 – 1-15	Laois	O'Connor Park, Tullamore Referee: S McMahon (Clare).
	C Cassidy (0-3 65s); M Cordial (0-1), G Hanniffy (0-1), B Murphy (1-2); B Carroll (1-4), J Brady (0-1), D Murray (0-10, 8f), S Whelahan (0-1).	(report)	J Fiztpatrick (0-1), D Cuddy (0-1), C Coonan (1-0), J Young (0-11, 9f, 1 65), R Jones (0-1), D Culleton (0-1).

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2004-06-13 Quarter-final	Dublin	2-14 – 0-11	Westmeath	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: D. Kirwan (Cork).
	C Keaney(1-2, 1 pen, 1 free), D O'Callaghan(1-1), D Curtain(0-3, 2 frees), L Ryan, P Fleury(0-2 each), M Carton, K Flynn, J McGurk, S O'Shea(0-1 each).	(report)	A Mitchell(0-5, 4 frees), E Loughlin(0-2), J Shaw, K Cosgrove, V Bateman, R Whelan(0-1 each).

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2004-06-13 Semi-final	Wexford	2-15 – 1-16	Kilkenny	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: B. Kelly (Westmeath).
	M. Jacob 1-2; R. Jacob 1-1; B. Lambert 0-4 (0-3 frees); M. Jordan 0-3; P. Carley 0-3 (0-2 frees); E. Quigley, A. Fenlon (sideline) 0-1 each.	(report)	H. Shefflin 0-5 (all frees); E. Brennan 1-1; T. Walsh 0-2; M. Comerford 0-2; S. Dowling, P. Barry (free), P. Tennyson, J. Hoyne, J. Coogan, DJ Carey, 0-1 each.

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2004-06-20 Semi-final	Offaly	2-25 – 1-13	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: P. Ahern (Carlow).
	B. Murphy 2-5; D. Murray 0-8 (0-3 frees); B. Carroll 0-4; R. Hanniffy 0-3; M. Cordial 0-3; C. Cassidy 0-2 (frees).	(report)	D. O'Callaghan 0-5; M. Carton 1-0; K. Flynn 0-2; A. De Paor 0-2 (0-1 65); L. Ryan 0-2; D. Kirwan, D. Sweeney, 0-1 each.

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2004-07-04 Final	Wexford	2-12 – 1-11	Offaly	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: G. Harrington (Cork).
	P. Carley 1-1 (0-1 free); M. Jacob 1-0; E. Quigley 0-3; B. Lambert 0-3 frees; R. Jacob and P. Codd 0-2 each; A. Fenlon 0-1.	(report)	D. Murray 0-4 (0-3 frees); G. Hanniffy 1-0; B. Carroll 0-2; R. Hanniffy, M. Cordial, C. Cassidy (free), B. Murphy and Barry Whelahan 0-1 each.

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship

2004-05-16 Quarter-final	Waterford	3-21 – 1-8	Clare	Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: G. Harrington (Cork).
	D. Shanahan 3-1; E. Kelly 0-8 (0-4 frees) D. Bennett 0-5 frees; J. Mullane 0-4; P. Flynn, S. Prendergast, M. Walsh 0-1.	(report)	T. Griffin 1-0; N. Gilligan 0-4 (0-1 free); F. Lohan 0-3; C. Lynch 0-1.

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2004-05-16 Quarter-final	Cork	4-19 – 1-7	Kerry	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: B. Kelly (Westmeath).
	J. Deane 1-4 (0-2 from frees); B. O'Connor 1-1 (0-1 from free); J. Gardiner 1-1; B. Corcoran 1-1; J. O'Connor 0-3; J. O'Callaghan 0-2; N. McCarthy 0-2; M. O'Connell 0-2 (0-1 from 65); T. McCarthy, J. Anderson and R. Curran (penalty) 0-1 each.	(report)	E. Tuohy 1-1; P. O'Connell 0-2 (0-1 from free); S. Brick 0-2 (0-2 from frees); J. Egan and J. McCarthy (free) 0-1 each.

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2004-05-30 Semi-final	Limerick	2-12 – 1-18	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: S. Roche (Tipperary).
	N. Moran 0-7 (0-3 frees); S. O'Connor 2-0; P. Tobin 0-2; D. Sheehan, J.P. Sheahan and M. McKenna 0-1 each.	(report)	B. O'Connor 1-7 (1-6 frees, 0-1 65); J. Deane 0-4 (0-3 frees); N. McCarthy 0-3; T. McCarthy, M. O'Connell, J. O'Connor and B. Corcoran 0-1 each.

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2004-06-06 Semi-final	Tipperary	3-12 – 4-10	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork Referee: G. Kirwan (Offaly).
	E. Kelly 2-8 (0-4 frees); C. Morrissey 1-1; P. Kelly (seventy), T. Dunne and S. Butler 0-1 each.	(report)	D. Shanahan 2-0; J. Mullane and P. O'Brien 1-0 each; S. Prendergast, D. Bennett (0-1 seventy), P. Flynn (0-1 free) and E. Kelly (0-1 free), 0-2 each; M. Walsh and E. McGrath 0-1 each.

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2004-06-27 Final	Cork	1-21 – 3-16	Waterford	Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: S. McMahon (Clare).
	J. Deane 0-9 (0-6 frees); G. McCarthy 1-0; B. O'Connor 0-4 (0-1 free, 0-1 seventy); T. Kenny 0-3; B. Corcoran and J. O'Connor 0-2 each; R. Curran 0-1.	(report)	P. Flynn 1-7 (1-3 frees); D. Shanahan 1-3; E. Kelly 1-1; J. Mullane 0-2; D. Bennett (free), K. McGrath and S. Prendergast 0-1 each.

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Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

2004-05-16 Quarter-final	London	0-12 – 2-14	Derry	Emerald GAA Grounds, London Referee: J. Sexton (Limerick
	D Bourke 0-8 (0-8f), F McMahon, T Ó hAilpín, M Hayes (f), E Kinlon 0-1 each.	(report)	G McGonigle 1-4 (1-4f), K Hinphey 1-0, G Biggs (0-1 free), D McGrellis 0-3 each, G Biggs 0-2, P Kelly 0-1.

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2004-05-23 Semi-final	New York	1-9 – 1-19	Down	Gaelic Park, New York
	B Kennedy 1-2 (1-0f, 0-1 sideline), V Norton, D Sims (both frees), T Moylan 0-2, S Quirke 0-1.	(report)	P Braniff 0-9 (0-1f), G Johnson 1-1, B McGourty 0-2, G Adare 0-2, M Coulter 0-2, S Wilson, G McGratton, M Braniff 0-1 each.

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2004-05-23 Semi-final	Antrim	2-14 – 0-12	Derry	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: B. Gavin (Offaly).
	J Connolly 1-2, L Watson 0-4 (4f), B McFall 0-4 (3f), P Richmond 1-0, K McKeegan, L Richmond, C McGuickian, M Herron 0-1.	(report)	Greg Biggs 0-5 (3f), G McGonagle 0-3 (3f), K Hinphey 0-2, P Doherty, Gary Biggs 0-1.

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2004-06-06 Final	Antrim	1-19 – 1-19	Down	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: M. Haverty (Galway).
	B McFall 0-5 (0-2f), D Quinn 0-4, M Herron 1-1, P Richmond 0-3, K McKeegan 0-1 (0-1f), C McGuickian 0-1.	(report)	G Johnson 0-4 (0-2f), M Coulter 1-1 (1-0 pen), B McGourty 0-2, S Clarke 0-2 (0-2f), J Convery 0-1, G McGrattan 0-1, G Adair 0-1, A Savage 0-1.

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2004-06-13 Final Replay	Antrim	3-14 – 0-18	Down	Casement Park, Belfast Referee: É. Morris (Dublin).
	P Richmond 2-3, B McFall 1-3, L Watson 0-2, M Herron 0-2, C Herron, J Connolly, L Richmond, B Herron O-1 each.	(report)	S Clarke 0-6, B McGourty 0-4, J Convery, G Johnson 0-2 each, G Adair, A Savage, M Coulter, S Wilson 0-1 each.

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Qualifiers

2004-06-26 Round 1	Tipperary	3-10 – 2-12	Limerick	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
	S. Butler 1-3; T. Dunne 1-1 (0-1 free); J. Carroll 1-0; C. Morrissey 0-2; E. Kelly 0-3 (0-2 frees); B. Dunne 0-1.	(report)	A. O'Shaughnessy 2-1; N. Moran 0-7 (0-4 frees, 0-2 65's); M. Foley, J. O'Brien, P. Tobin, D. O'Grady, 0-1 each.

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2004-06-26 Round 1	Clare	7-19 – 2-15	Laois	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: M. Haverty (Galway)
	T Griffin 4-1, N Gilligan 2-10 (0-5f), T Carmody 1-0, D Forde 0-3, B Murphy 0-2, G Quinn S McMahon, F Lohan 0-1 each.	(report)	J Young 0-6 (5f), T Fitzgerald 1-2, R Coonan 1-0, D Cuddy 0-3, P Mahon, C Cuddy, J Dunne, R Jones 0-1 each.

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2004-06-26 Round 1	Kilkenny	4-22 – 0-8	Dublin	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow Referee: S. Roche (Tipperary)
	D Lyng (0-1), M Comerford (0-2), J Coogan (1-2), E Brennan (1-3); DJ Carey (0-4; 1f, 1 65), H Shefflin (2-8; 0-6f), J Fitzpatrick (0-1), J Maher (0-1).	(report)	R Fallon (0-1), A de Paor (0-3; 0-2f, 1 65), S O'Shea (0-1), D O'Callaghan (0-2; 0-2f), G O'Mara (0-1).

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2004-06-26 Round 1	Down	1-14 – 5-19	Galway	McKenna Park, Ballycran Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)
	S Clarke 0-5 (4f), M Coulter 1-2 (0-1f), A Savage, B McGourty, G Johnson (1f) 0-2 each, G McGrattan 0-1.	(report)	E Cloonan (4-7, 1-4f), A Kerins 1-2, D Forde 0-3, D Tierney (1f), Damien Hayes, David Hayes 0-2 each, K Broderick, M Kerins 0-1 each.

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2004-07-10 Round 2	Cork	2-19 – 1-16	Tipperary	FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney Referee: B. Kelly (Westmeath)
	J. Deane 0-7 (0-6 frees); N. McCarthy 1-2; T. McCarthy 1-1; B. O'Connor 0-4 (0-2 frees); K. Murphy 0-2; J. O'Connor, J. Gardiner and M. O'Connell 0-1 each.	(report)	E. Kelly 0-9 (0-6 frees); P. Kelly 1-0; B. Dunne 0-3; C. Gleeson, C. Morrissey, J. Carroll and M. O'Leary 0-1 each.

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2004-07-11 Round 2	Kilkenny	4-20 – 1-10	Galway	Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: D. Kirwan (Cork)
	H. Shefflin 2-11 (1-9 frees); E. Brennan 1-3; J. Hoyne 1-0; M. Comerford 0-2; D.J. Carey (free), R. Mullally, D. Lyng and C. Phelan 0-1 each.	(report)	E. Cloonan 0-7 (0-5 frees, 0-1 '65); D. Hayes 1-2; K. Broderick 0-1.

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2004-07-17 Round 2	Clare	3-16 – 2-10	Offaly	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)
	N Gilligan 2-7 (1-4 frees), T Griffin 1-2, A Quinn, D Forde 0-2 each, D O'Connell, C Lynch, T Carmody 0-1 each.	(report)	R Hanniffy 1-2, D Murray 1-3 (1-3 frees), B Murphy, G Hanniffy, B Whelahan, D Hayden, M Cordial 0-1 each.

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-Finals July 25 / July 31

Semi-Finals August 8 / August 15

Final September 12

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Wexford

Wexford

0-12

Cork

1-27

Cork

2-26

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Antrim

0-10

Cork

0-17

Kilkenny

0-09

Kilkenny

1-13 1-11(R)

Clare

1-13 0-09(R)

Kilkenny

3-12

Waterford

0-18

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Waterford

Note: * = Provincial Champions, (R) = Replay

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2004-07-25 Quarter-final	Cork	2-26 - 0-10	Antrim	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
	B. Corcoran 2-1, J. O'Connor, J. O'Callaghan, J. Deane (0-3 frees) 0-4 each, B. O'Connor 0-3 (0-2 frees), T. McCarthy, M. O'Connell, N. McCarthy, J. Anderson 0-2 each, K. Murphy, J. Gardiner (65) 0-1 each.	(report)	B. McFall 0-4 (0-2 from sideline cuts; 0-1 free), P. Richmond 0-3, M. McCambridge, C. McGuckian, D. Quinn 0-1 each.

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2004-07-25 Quarter-final	Kilkenny	1-13 - 1-13	Clare	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: G Harrington
	H. Shefflin 0-9 (0-7 frees); J. Hoyne 1-0; P. Tennyson, J. Coogan, D.J. Carey (free) and S. Dowling 0-1 each.	(report)	N. Gilligan 1-7 (1-5 frees); S. McMahon 0-3 (0-2 seventies); A. Quinn, D. McMahon and J. O’Connor 0-1 each.

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2004-07-31 Quarter-final Replay	Kilkenny	1-11 - 0-09	Clare	Semple Stadium, Thurles Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)
	E. Brennan 1-2; D.J. Carey 0-3 (0-1 free, 0-1 seventy; H. Shefflin 0-3 frees; M. Comerford 0-2; J. Hoyne 0-1.	(report)	N. Gilligan 0-3 frees; J. O'Connor 0-2; S. McMahon 0-2 frees; T. Griffin and D. Forde 0-1 each.

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2004-07-08 Semi-final	Kilkenny	3-12 - 0-18	Waterford	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
	H. Shefflin 2-4 (0-4 frees); E. Brennan 1-1; M. Comerford 0-3; D.J. Carey 0-2 (0-1 free); K. Coogan and C. Fitzpatrick 0-1 each.	(report)	P. Flynn 0-13 (0-8 frees, 0-1 '65); J. Kennedy 0-3; E. Kelly and M. Walsh 0-1 each.

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2004-07-15 Semi-final	Cork	1-27 - 0-12	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin Referee: B. Kelly (Westmeath)
	B. O’Connor 0-8 (0-5 frees, 0-1 ’65); J. O’Connor 0-6; T. Kenny 1-1; J. Deane 0-4 (0-1 free); N. McCarthy, T. McCarthy and J. O’Callaghan 0-2 each; K. Murphy and M. O’Connell 0-1 each.	(report)	T. Mahon, P. Codd, M. Jordan, D. Ruth (0-1 free, 0-1 ’65), P. Carley (0-2 frees), 0-2 each; E. Quigley and M. Travers 0-1 each.

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Main article: 2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

2005-09-12 Final	Cork	0-17 - 0-09	Kilkenny	Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 78,212 Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

Cork

Kilkenny

Championship statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the championship: Damien Culleton for Laois against Carlow (Leinster preliminary round)
• Last goal of the championship: Tom Kenny for Cork against Wexford (All-Ireland semi-final)
• First hat-trick of the championship: Dan Shanahan for Waterford against Clare (Munster quarter-final)
• Most goals in a match: 9
  • Clare 7-19 : 2-15 Laois (All-Ireland qualifier)
• Most points in a match: 39
  • Cork 1-27 :0-12 Wexford (All-Ireland semi-final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 7
  • Clare 7-19 : 2-15 Laois (All-Ireland qualifier)
• Most points by one team in a match: 27
  • Cork 1-27 :0-12 Wexford (All-Ireland semi-final)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
  • Tipperary 3-12 : 4-10 Waterford (Munster semi-final)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 21
  • Cork 1-21 : 3-16 Waterford (Munster final)

Miscellaneous

• The round one qualifier between Galway and Down was the first ever championship meeting between these two teams.
• The round one qualifier between Clare and Laois was the first championship meeting between these two teams since the All-Ireland final of 1914. Clare were the winners on both occasions.
• The All-Ireland final was, for the first time, contested by two teams, neither of which were their respective provincial champions. Cork were defeated in the Munster final while Kilkenny were defeated in the Leinster semi-final.