1970 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
| All Ireland Champions | |
|---|---|
| Winners | Cork (10th win) |
| Captain | Pat Kavanagh |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Galway |
| Captain | Seán Hynes |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Wexford |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
← 1969 1971 → | |
The 1970 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 6 September 1970 Cork won the championship following a 5-19 to 2-9 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in-a-row and their tenth title overall.
The Championship
Format
All-Ireland Championship
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The semi-final pairings saw the Munster champions play the Ulster champions and the Leinster champions play Galway, who received a bye to this stage. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winners advanced to the final.
Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game.
Results
| Wexford | 3-10 - 1-10 | Kilkenny |
|---|---|---|
| T O'Connor and D Grannell 1-1 each, T O'Brien 1-0, J Murphy, PJ Harris and B Murphy 0-2 each, P O'Neill and L Dunphy 0-1 each. | P Bollard 0-5, P Mullally 1-0, J Giles 0-3, R Dunne and P Butler 0-1 each. |
| Cork | 3-8 - 4-4 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| S O'Leary 3-2, G Sheehan 0-2, S Farrell, T Crowley, M Doherty and G Hanley 0-1 each. | N Maher, D O'Dwyer, C Keogh and J Darcy 1-0 each, W Conlon and T Young 0-2 each. |
| Galway | 3-9 - 2-4 | Wexford |
|---|---|---|
| S Hynes (1-2), M Donohghue (0-4), J McDonagh (1-0), D Duffy (1-0), D Campbell (0-2), A Fintan (0-1). | M Bernie (1-1), B Dempsey (1-0), T O'Connor (0-2), P O'Neill (0-1). |
| Cork | 6-16 - 0-7 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| S O'Leary (2-5), T Sheehan (0-8), S O'Farrell (2-0), G Hanley (1-1), D Renihan (1-0), N Crowley (0-1), T Crowley (0-1). | J Crossley (0-3), K Donnelly (0-2), S O'Donnell (0-2). |
| Cork | 5-19 - 2-9 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| D Relihan (2-2), S O'Leary (2-2), T Sheehan (0-7), S O'Farrell (1-2), G Hanley (0-3), V Twomey (0-1), M O'Doherty (0-1), P Kavanagh (0-1). | M Donoghue (1-6), S Hynes (1-0), D Campbell (0-2), M Holland (0-1). |
| Provincial finals | All-Ireland semi-finals | All-Ireland final | ||||||||||||
| Cork | 3-8 | |||||||||||||
| Tipperary | 2-4 | Cork | 6-16 | |||||||||||
| Antrim | 4-12 | Antrim | 0-7 | |||||||||||
| Down | 0-5 | Cork | 5-19 | |||||||||||
| Galway | 2-9 | |||||||||||||
| Galway | 3-9 | |||||||||||||
| Wexford | 3-10 | Wexford | 2-4 | |||||||||||
| Kilkenny | 1-10 | |||||||||||||