1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1974–75

Championship Details
Dates	1974–1975
All Ireland Champions
Winners	St. Finbarr's (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Fenians Johnstown
Provincial Champions
Munster	St. Finbarr's
Leinster	Fenians Johnstown
Ulster	Ballycran
Connacht	Ardrahan
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 5th national club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played in the winter of 1974 and the championship ended on 16 March 1975. Blackrock went into the 1974–75 championship as defending champions, having won their second All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland club final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by St. Finbarr's of Cork and Fenians of Kilkenny. St. Finbarr's won the game by 3–8 to 1–6. It was their first ever All-Ireland title.

Format

The 1974–75 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Connacht champions while the Leinster champions played the Ulster champions. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Fixtures

Provincial Senior Club Hurling Championship

1974-12-08
Ulster

Ballycran	3–5 – 3–2	Sarsfield’s

Corrigan Park, Belfast

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1975-01-19
Munster

St. Finbarr's	0–7 – 0–3	Newmarket-on-Fergus

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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1975-01-26
Leinster

Fenians	2–6 – 1–6	St. Rynagh's

Croke Park, Dublin

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1975-02-02
Connacht

Ardrahan	9–12 – 1–6	Tooreen

Ballyhaunis

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All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

1975-02-23
Semi-final

Fenians	2–13 – 1–8	Ardrahan

St. Croan’s Park, Ballinasloe

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1975-02-23
Semi-final

St. Finbarr's	8–8 – 3–10	Ballycran

Ballycran

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1975-03-16
Final

St. Finbarr's	3–8 – 1–6	Fenians
		P. Henderson (0–1), M. Garrett (0–1), J. Moriarty (0–1), P. Delaney (1–0), J. Ryan (0–1), B. Fitzpatrick (0–2).

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: M. Spain (Offaly)

ST. FINBARR'S: GK 1 J. Power (c) RCB 2 T. Maher FB 3 S. Canty LCB 4 C. Barrett RWB 5 B. O'Brien CB 6 D. O'Grady LWB 7 T. Butler MD 8 G. McCarthy MD 9 C. Roche RWF 10 E. Fitzpatrick CF 11 J. Barry-Murphy LWF 12 S. Gillen RCF 13 C. McCarthy FF 14 S. Looney LCF 15 J. O'Shea Substitutes: FF C. Cullinane

FENIANS: GK 1 P.J. Ryan RCB 2 S. Delaney FB 3 N. Orr LCB 4 M. Fitzpatrick RWB 5 G. Murphy CB 6 P. Henderson LWB 7 G. Henderson MD 8 F. Hawkes MD 9 M. Garrett RWF 10 J. Moriarty CF 11 P. Delaney LWF 12 J. Ryan RCF 13 B. Fitzpatrick FF 14 W. Watson LCF 15 P. Fitzpatrick Substitutes: MD P. Murphy

MATCH RULES

• 60 minutes
• Replay if scores level