| All Ireland Champions | |
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| Winners | Kilkenny (8th win) |
| Captain | Jimmy Walsh |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship Statistics | |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1939 was the 53rd edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 3 September. The match was contested by Kilkenny and Cork, with Kilkenny taking the title by 2-7 to 3-3. The ‘thunder and lightning’ final has gone down in history as one of the greatest.
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
| May 7 First Round |
Meath | – | Westmeath | Páirc Tailteann, Navan |
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| May 7 Quarter-Final |
Wexford | 4-7 – 1-4 | Offaly | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
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| June 18 Quarter-Final |
Laois | 12-7 – 4-2 | Meath | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
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| June 18 Semi-Final |
Wexford | 2-3 – 10-7 | Dublin | Wexford Park, Wexford |
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| July 2 Semi-Final |
Kilkenny | – | Laois | Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |
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| July 16 Final |
Kilkenny | 2-12 – 4-3 | Dublin | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
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| May 21 First Round |
Tipperary | 2-0 – 3-3 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles Attendance: 20,000 |
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| June 25 Semi-Final |
Cork | 7-4 – 4-3 | Waterford | FitzGerald Park, Fermoy |
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| July 9 Semi-Final |
Limerick | 5-5 – 1-1 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds, Limerick |
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| July 30 Final |
Cork | 4-3 – 3-4 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles Attendance: 40,000 |
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| August 6 Semi-Final |
Kilkenny | 1-16 – 3-1 | Galway | St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea Attendance: 12,000 |
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| September 3 Final |
Kilkenny | 2-7 – 3-3 | Cork | Croke Park, Dublin Attendance: 39,302 Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly) |
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| J. Phelan (2-0), J. Langton (0-3), T. Leahy (0-2), J. O'Brien (0-1), J. Kelly (0-1). | T. O'Sullivan (2-1), J. Lynch (1-2). |
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