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1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamLimerick (1st win)
CaptainDenis Grimes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainJackie Walsh
Provincial champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
← 1896
1898 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final.[1]

Format

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All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Provincial championships

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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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Offaly2-3 – 1-4Laois
Kilkenny2-6 – 2-6Dublin
Kilkenny6-13 – 1-4Dublin
Kilkennyw/o – scr.Wexford

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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Limerick2-5 – 2-3Clare
Cork4-16 – 0-2Tipperary
Limerick4-9 – 1-6Cork

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland semi-finals

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Kilkenny3-4 – 0-4Galway

All-Ireland Final

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Limerick3-4 – 2-4Kilkenny
Attendance: c.5,000
Referee: J. J. McCabe (Dublin)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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  • Limerick win the Munster championship for the first time. It was their fourth appearance in the final.
  • An All-Ireland semi-final is played for the first time since the 1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting of Galway and Kilkenny.
  • The All-Ireland final is the first championship meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick. The win gives Limerick their very first championship.
  • Limerick become fifth team to win the All-Ireland hurling title. They become the fourth team to have won an All-Ireland title in both hurling and Gaelic football.

Roll of Honour

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  • Cork - 4 (1894)
  • Tipperary - 3 (1896)
  • Limerick - 1 (1897)
  • Dublin - 1 (1889)
  • Kerry - 1 (1891)

References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Sources

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  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
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