1973–74 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1973–74
Championship Details
Dates	1973–1974
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Blackrock (2nd win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Rathnure
Provincial Champions
Munster	Blackrock
Leinster	Rathnure
Ulster	St. John's
Connacht	Castlegar
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

The 1973–74 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 4th national club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played in the winter of 1973 and the championship ended on 28 April 1974. Glen Rovers went into the 1973–74 championship as defending champions, having won their first All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland club final, held at Fraher Field, Dungarvan. The match was contested by Blackrock of Cork and Rathnure of Wexford. Blackrock won the game after a replay by 3–8 to 1–9. It was their second All-Ireland title in three years.

Format

The 1973–74 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.

Fixtures

Provincial Senior Club Hurling Championship

St. John’s v Dungiven

1973-12-09
Ulster

St. John’s	w.o. – scr.	Dungiven

Dunloy

Castlegar v Tremane

1974-03-03
Connacht

Castlegar	7–8 – 1–7	Tremane

Knockcroghery

Blackrock v Newmarket-on-Fergus

1974-02-17
Munster

Blackrock	1–13 – 0–14	Newmarket-on-Fergus

Bruff

Rathnure v St. Rynagh's

1974-03-03
Leinster

Rathnure	1–18 – 2–9	St. Rynagh's

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Blackrock v St. John’s

1974-03-03
Semi-final

Blackrock	5–12 – 1–5	St. John’s

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Rathnure v Castlegar

1974-03-10
Semi-final

Rathnure	1–15 – 1–6	Castlegar

Enniscorthy

Blackrock v Rathnure

1974-03-17
Final

Blackrock	2–14 – 3–11	Rathnure
P. Moylan (0–8), D. Collins (1–1), D. Prendergast (0–2), R. Cummins (0–2), E. O'Donoghue (1–1).		P. Flynn (0–2), J. Murphy (0–2), John Quigley (0–1), D. Quigley (3–6).

Croke Park, Dublin
Referee: P. Johnson (Kilkenny)

Blackrock v Rathnure

1974-04-28
Final
Replay

Blackrock	3–8 – 1–9	Rathnure
P. Moylan (0–2), D. Collins (1–1), D. Prendergast (0–3), R. Cummins (1–0), E. O'Donoghue (1–2).		J. Quigley (1–3), D. Quigley (0–6).

Fraher Field, Dungarvan
Referee: P. Johnson (Kilkenny)

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