All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1890

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1890 was the fourth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, after being awarded the title over Wexford.^[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The two provincial representatives make up the two final teams with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• In the provincial championships Cork win their first Munster title and Wexford win their first Leinster title.
• The All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford is the very first championship meeting between the two teams. The game remains unfinished and Cork are awarded the title as the game is terminated when Cork withdraw on the grounds of excessively rough play by the opposition.

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).

See also