1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details | |
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Dates | 30 April - 3 September 1978 |
Teams | 15 |
All-Ireland Champions | |
Winning team | Cork (24th win) |
Captain | Charlie McCarthy |
Manager | Fr. Bertie Troy |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Kilkenny |
Captain | Ger Henderson |
Manager | Fr. Tommy Maher |
Provincial Champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Kilkenny |
Ulster | Not Played |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 14 |
Goals total | 64 (4.5 per game) |
Points total | 340 (24.2 per game) |
Top Scorer | Liam O'Brien |
Player of the Year | John Horgan |
All-Star Team | See here |
← 1977 1979 → |
The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 92nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1978 and ended on 3 September 1978.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, and they successfully defended their title following a 1-15 to 2-8 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.[1]
Teams
A total of fifteen teams contested the championship, an increase of one from the 1977 championship. Laois withdrew from the Leinster series of games, however, they did qualify for the All-Ireland series by winning the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship. They did this at Antrim's expense.
Team summaries
Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
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All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
Antrim | Saffron and white | 1946 | ||
Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1977-78 |
Cork | Red and white | 1977 | 1977 | 1973-74 |
Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1961 | 1938-39 |
Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1974-75 |
Kerry | Green and gold | 1891 | 1891 | |
Kildare | White | |||
Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1975 | 1975 | 1975-76 |
Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
Limerick | Green and white | 1973 | 1974 | 1970-71 |
Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1971 | 1971 | 1967-68 |
Waterford | Blue and white | 1959 | 1963 | 1962-63 |
Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
Wexford | Purple and gold | 1968 | 1977 | 1972-73 |
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
First round 30 April | Laois | 2-8 - 2-7 | Westmeath | O'Connor Park | ||
Quarter-final 4 June | Laois | 2-10 - 2-13 | Dublin | O'Connor Park | ||
Quarter-final 11 June | Offaly | 3-19 – 2-10 | Kildare | O'Moore Park | ||
Semi-final 18 June | Dublin | 4-13 - 5-16 | Wexford | Dr. Cullen Park | ||
Semi-final 25 June | Kilkenny | 2-17 – 1-4 | Offaly | O'Moore Park | ||
Final 23 July | Kilkenny | 2-16 – 1-16 | Wexford | Croke Park | ||
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-final 4 June | Waterford | 5-13 - 0-11 | Kerry | Fraher Field | ||
Quarter-final 11 June | Limerick | 1-14 - 0-9 | Tipperary | Páirc Uí Chaoimh | ||
Semi-final 25 June | Cork | 3-17 – 2-8 | Waterford | Semple Stadium | ||
Semi-final 2 July | Clare | 4-12 – 3-8 | Limerick | Semple Stadium | ||
Final 30 July | Cork | 0-13 – 0-11 | Clare | Semple Stadium | ||
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-final 23 July | Galway | 4-19 – 3-10 | Antrim | Croke Park | ||
Semi-final 6 August | Galway | 4-20 – 4-13 | Kilkenny | Croke Park | ||
Final 3 September | Cork | 1-15 – 2-8 | Kilkenny | Croke Park | ||
Attendance: 64,155 Referee: J Rankins (Laois) | ||||||
Championship statistics
Miscellaneous
- Cork retain the All-Ireland title for a third successive season. It is the fourth time in their history that they have achieved this feat and the first time since Cork in 1954 that a team has won three championships in succession.
Sources
- 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).
References
- ↑ "Cork's three-in-a-row 70s hurling teams honoured". Hogan Stand website. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2013.