1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	15 May - 4 September 1966
Teams	13
All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Cork (20th win)
Captain	Gerald McCarthy
Manager	Jim Barry
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Jim Lynch
Manager	Fr. Tommy Maher
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	13
Top Scorer	Seánie Barry (3-23)
Player of the Year	Justin McCarthy
All-Star Team	See here
← 1965 1967 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1966 was the 80th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating KIlkenny 3-9 to 1-10 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

Calendar

Round	Date
Leinster Final	Sunday 17 July 1966
Munster Final	Sunday 24 July 1966
All-Ireland Final	Sunday 4 September 1966

Fixtures

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Carlow v Laois

1966-05-15
First round

Carlow	1-16 – 1-11	Laois
J. Mitchell (1-2), L. Walsh (0-5), J. Walsh (0-3), M. Morrissey (0-2), T. Coburn (0-2), E. Walsh (0-1), P. McNally (0-1).		C. O'Brien (1-2), J. Conroy (0-3), S. Cashin (0-2), J. Holohan (0-1), G. Cuddy (0-1), J. Lynas (0-1), N. Kelly (0-1).

Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow

Westmeath v Offaly

1966-05-29
First round

Westmeath	2-6 – 10-9	Offaly
T. Ring (1-2), P. Loughlin (1-2), S. Bolger (0-1), P. Fagan (0-1).		P. Molloy (3-4), T. Dooley (2-0), W. Gorman (2-0), E. Fox (1-2), B. Johnston (1-1), P. Mulhaire (1-0), M. Kirwan (0-1), T. Moylan (0-1).

Cusack Park, Mullingar
Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

Offaly v Carlow

1966-06-12
Second Round

Offaly	5-11 – 5-5	Carlow
T. Dooley (4-0), P. Molloy (1-5), W. German (0-2), P. Mulhaire (0-1), P. Spellman (0-1), M. Kirwan (0-1), J. Hernon (0-1).		L. Walsh (2-3), J. Mitchell (2-0), N. Gladney (1-0), L. Morrissey (0-1), P. McNally (0-1).

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
Referee: P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

Wexford v Dublin

1966-06-19
Semi-final

Wexford	3-18 – 4-5	Dublin
R. Shannon (1-5), C. Jacob (1-2), J. O'Brien (0-5), S. Barron (1-0), W. Murphy (1-0 own goal, 0-3), M. Lyng (0-2), C. Dowdall (0-1).		F. Whelan (1-1), D. McPartland (1-0), P. Croke (1-0), A. Boothman (0-2), B. Galvin (0-1), E. Malone (0-1).

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
Referee: P. Buggy (Kilkenny)

Offaly v Kilkenny

1966-07-03
Semi-final

Offaly	0-10 – 3-13	Kilkenny
P. Molloy (0-5), W. Gorman (0-2), S. Moylan (0-1), P. Mulhaire (0-1), J. J. Healion (0-1).		E. Keher (0-9), T. Walsh (2-0), T. O'Connell (1-0), S. Buckley (0-2), P. Morgan (0-2).

St. Brendan's Park, Birr
Referee: E. Kelly (Laois)

Kilkenny v Wexford

1966-07-17
Final

Kilkenny	1-15 – 2-6	Wexford
E. Keher (0-6), J. Dunphy (1-2), C. Dunne (0-2), J. Teehan (0-2), S. Cleere (0-1), P. Carroll (0-1), S. Buckley (0-1).		C. Jacob (1-1), S. Whelan (1-0), R. Shannon (0-3), J. O'Brien (0-2).

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: B. Smyth (Meath)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Tipperary

1966-06-06
First Round

Limerick	4-12 – 2-9	Tipperary
E. Cregan (3-5), T. Bluett (1-1), K. Long (0-2), M. Savage (0-2), A. Dunworth (0-1), B. Hartigan (0-1).		S. McLoughlin (1-0), J. McKenna (1-0), L. Devaney (0-2), M. Keating (0-1), D. Nealon (0-1), J. Doyle (0-1), M. Burns (0-1), L. Gaynor (0-1), T. English (0-1), P. Doyle (0-1).

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
Referee: C. Conway (Cork)

Cork v Clare

1966-06-19
First Round

Cork	3-8 – 3-8	Clare
J. McCarthy (1-0), D. Sheehan (1-0), J. O'Halloran (1-0), P. Harte (0-3), S. Barry (0-3), C. Sheehan (0-1), C. Roche (0-1).		P. Cronin (1-5), N. Pyne (1-3), M. O'Shea (1-0).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: P. Ryan (Tipperary)

Cork v Clare

1966-07-03
First Round
Replay

Cork	5-11 – 1-7	Clare
S. Barry (1-6), C. McCarthy (1-2), C. Sheehan (1-2), J. McCarthy (1-1), D. Sheehan (1-0).		N. Jordan (1-3), P. Henehy (0-2), P. Cronin (0-2).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: T. Foran (Tipperary)

Waterford v Galway

1966-07-03
Semi-final

Waterford	2-16 – 1-9	Galway
J. Kirwan (1-4), F. Walsh (0-7), W. Walsh (1-0), T. Cheasty (0-3), M. Murphy (0-1), L. Guinan (0-1).		B. Lally (1-2), M. Forrestal (0-3), J. Conroy (0-3), T. Mitchell (0-1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: T. Fitzgerald (Limerick)

Cork v Limerick

1966-07-10
Semi-final

Cork	2-6 – 1-7	Limerick
S. Barry (1-4), C. McCarthy (1-0), G. McCarthy (0-2).		B. Hartigan (0-5), T. Bluett (1-0), E. Cregan (0-1), A. O'Brien (0-1).

FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney
Referee: T. Foran (Limerick)

Cork v Waterford

1966-07-24
Final

Cork	4-9 – 2-9	Waterford
S. Barry (1-6), J. Bennett (2-1), J. McCarthy (0-1), C. Sheehan (0-1).		V. Connors (1-0), L. Guinan (1-0), F. Walsh (0-3), T. Cheasty (0-3), D. Mahon (0-2), J. Condon (0-1).

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
Referee: G. Fitzgerald (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: 1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Cork v Kilkenny

1966-09-04
Final

Cork	3-9 – 1-10	Kilkenny
C. Sheehan (2-0), S. Barry (0-4), J. O’Halloran (1-0), J. McCarthy (0-2), C. McCarthy (0-1), G. McCarthy (0-1), J. Bennett (0-1).		E. Keher (0-7), T. Walsh (1-0), J. Teehan (0-1), S. Buckley (0-1), J. Dunphy (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 68,249
Referee: J. Hatton (Wicklow)

Cork

Kilkenny

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Tipperary's defeat by Limerick in the first round of the Munster championship was the team's first defeat since the provincial decider of 1963. It also put an end to Tipperary's hopes of capturing a third All-Ireland title in-a-row.
Prior to the Munster semi-final between Limerick and Cork there was a minute's silence in memory of Dr. Rogers, Bishop of Killaloe, who died the previous day.
In the Leinster semi-final Wexford's Willie Murphy scores a remarkable own-goal for Dublin.

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Seánie Barry	Cork	3-23	32	5	6.40
2	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	4-14	26	3	8.66
3	Eddie Keher	Kilkenny	0-22	22	3	7.33

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Éamonn Cregan	Limerick	3-5	14	Tipperary
2	Paddy Molloy	Offaly	3-4	13	Westmeath
3	Tony Dooley	Offaly	4-0	12	Carlow

References

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).

External links

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