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1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1978–79
Championship Details
Dates28 January 1979 – 25 March 1979
Teams5
All Ireland Champions
WinnersBlackrock (3rd win)
CaptainJohn Horgan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upBallyhale Shamrocks
CaptainDenis Shefflin
Provincial Champions
MunsterBlackrock
LeinsterBallyhale Shamrocks
UlsterMcQuillan's
ConnachtArdrahan
Championship Statistics
Matches Played5
Total Goals27 (5.4 per game)
Total Points79 (15.8 per game)

The 1978–79 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the ninth season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament. The All-Ireland series began on 28 January 1979 and ended on 25 March 1979.

St. Finbarr's were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify.[1] Blackrock won the title after defeating Ballyhale Shamrocks by 5-7 to 5-5 in the final.[2]

Results

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

28 January 1979 Quarter-final St. Gabriel's 2-5 - 1-8 Ardrahan Pearse Stadium
18 February 1979 Quarter-final reply St. Gabriel's 2-9 - 1-10 Ardrahan Páirc Ciaráin

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Blackrock become the first team to win three All-Ireland titles. John Horgan was the captain for all three victories making him the only three-time All-Ireland-winning captain.

References

  1. ^ Allen, John (14 March 2014). "Patrick's Day will see country's best clubs playing for town, village and posterity". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  2. ^ "The spirit of the Shamrock". Irish Examiner. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2015.