1939 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 May – 3 September 1939 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Kilkenny (12th win) |
| Captain | Jimmy Walsh |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Jack Lynch |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 12 |
| Goals total | 91 (7.58 per game) |
| Points total | 116 (9.66 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Jim Langton (0-21) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1938 1940 → | |
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1939 was the 53rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 7 May 1939 and ended on 3 September 1939.
Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were eliminated in the provincial stages. Kilkenny won the title following a 2-7 to 3-3 victory over Cork in the thunder and lightning final.
Teams
A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams from the 1938 championship. Wexford re-entered the championship after a one-year absence.
Team summaries
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1931 | 1931 | 1929-30 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1938 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930-31 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1935 | 1937 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1936 | 1936 | 1937-38 |
| Meath | Green and gold | |||
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1937 | 1937 | 1927-28 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1938 | ||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |
Results
| 7 May 1939 First round | Meath | 6-4 - 1-3 | Westmeath | Páirc Tailteann |
| 7 May 1939 Quarter-final | Wexford | 4-7 - 1-4 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
| 18 June 1939 Quarter-final | Laois | 12-7 - 4-2 | Meath | O'Connor Park |
| 18 June 1939 Semi-final | Wexford | 2-3 - 10-7 | Dublin | Wexford Park |
| 2 July 1939 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 6-9 - 1-5 | Laois | Nowlan Park |
| 16 July 1939 Final | Kilkenny | 2-12 - 4-3 | Dublin | O'Moore Park |
| 21 May 1939 Quarter-final | Tipperary | 2-0 - 3-3 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
| 25 June 1939 Semi-final | Cork | 7-4 - 4-3 | Waterford | FitzGerald Park |
| 9 July 1939 Semi-final | Limerick | 5-5 - 1-1 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds |
| 30 July 1939 Final | Cork | 4-3 - 3-4 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
| 6 August 1939 Semi-final | Kilkenny | 1-16 - 3-1 | Galway | St. Cronan's Park |
| 3 September 1939 Final | Kilkenny | 2-7 - 3-3 | Cork | Croke Park |
| J Phelan (2-0), J Langton (0-3), T Leahy (0-2), J O'Brien (0-1), J Kelly (0-1). | T O'Sullivan (2-1), J Lynch (1-2). | Attendance: 39,302 Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly) |
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Kilkenny's victory over Cork in the All-Ireland final is the fourth time that Kilkenny have beaten their great rivals by just a single point. Previous one-point wins came in 1904, 1907 and 1912. Among the attendance was the poet Louis McNeice who was visiting Dublin.
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
- Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
- Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
- Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).