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1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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FieldValue
year1897
munsterLimerick
leinsterKilkenny
teamLimerick
titles1st
captainDenis Grimes
team2Kilkenny
captain2Jackie Walsh
previous1896
next1898

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.

Format

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

[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Final

[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Semi-final

All-Ireland Final

Source: Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • 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

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

References

Sources

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

References

  1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website.
  2. Potter, Matthew. (2023-07-20). "Limerick's historic links with the GAA".
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