1970–71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1970–71
Championship Details
Dates	1970–1971
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Roscrea (1st win)
Captain	Donie Moloney
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	St. Rynagh's
Captain	Ray Horan
Provincial Champions
Munster	Roscrea
Leinster	St. Rynagh's
Ulster	Loughgiel Shamrocks
Connacht	Liam Mellows
1971–72 →

The 1970–71 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the inaugural series of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, an inter-county knock-out competition for Ireland's top championship clubs. The championship was won by Roscrea who beat St. Ryangh's by 4–5 to 2–5 in the final.

The championship

Participating clubs

This is an incomplete list of the participating clubs:

Team	County	Most recent success
Team	County	All-Ireland	Provincial	County
Ballygalget	Down			1966
Clarecastle	Clare			1949
Liam Mellows	Galway			1968
Loughgiel Shamrocks	Antrim			1968
Rathnure	Wexford			1967
Roscommon Gaels	Roscommon			1969
Roscrea	Tipperary			1969
St. Rynagh's	Offaly			1969

Format

The 1970–71 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Ulster champions while the Leinster champions played the Connacht champions. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Liam Mellows v Roscommon Gaels

28 March 1971
Final

Liam Mellows	4–10 – 2–5	Roscommon Gaels

Athleague

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

St. Ryangh's v Rathnure

1 August 1971
Final

St. Ryangh's	4–10 – 2–9	Rathnure

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Roscrea v Clarecastle

18 August 1971
Final

Roscrea	4–11 – 1–6	Clarecastle

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Loughgiel Shamrocks v Ballygalget

18 July 1971
Final

Loughgiel Shamrocks	6–14 – 2–5	Ballygalget

Fr. Healy Park, Loughguile

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Roscrea v Loughgiel Shamrocks

14 November 1971
Semi-final

Roscrea	6–10 – 2–8	Loughgiel Shamrocks

Fr. Healy Park, Loughguile

St. Rynagh's v Liam Mellows

Semi-final

St. Rynagh's	w.o. – scr.	Liam Mellows

Main article: 1971 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final

Roscrea v St. Rynagh's

19 December 1971
Final

Roscrea	4–5 – 2–5	St. Rynagh's
J. Tynan (2–0), J. Cunningham (1–0), M. Nolan (1–0), F. Loughnane (0–3), P. Roland (0–2).		B. Moylan (1–2), B. Johnston (1–1), P. Mulhaire (0–1), B. Lyons (0–1).

St. Brendan's Park, Birr
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships

Seasons	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Finals	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship