1939 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1939 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	7 May – 3 September 1939
Teams	13
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (12th win)
Captain	Jimmy Walsh
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Cork
Captain	Jack Lynch
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	12
Goals total	91 (7.58 per game)
Points total	116 (9.66 per game)
Top Scorer	Jim Langton (0-21)
All-Star Team	See here
← 1938 1940 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1939 was the 53rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 7 May 1939 and ended on 3 September 1939.

Dublin entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were eliminated in the provincial stages. Kilkenny won the title following a 2-7 to 3-3 victory over Cork in the thunder and lightning final.

Teams

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams from the 1938 championship. Wexford re-entered the championship after a one-year absence.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932
Cork	Red and white	1931	1931	1929-30
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1938	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1935	1937	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1936	1936	1937-38
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1937	1937	1927-28
Waterford	Blue and white		1938
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

7 May 1939 First round	Meath	6-4 - 1-3	Westmeath	Páirc Tailteann

7 May 1939 Quarter-final	Wexford	4-7 - 1-4	Offaly	Nowlan Park

18 June 1939 Quarter-final	Laois	12-7 - 4-2	Meath	O'Connor Park

18 June 1939 Semi-final	Wexford	2-3 - 10-7	Dublin	Wexford Park

2 July 1939 Semi-final	Kilkenny	6-9 - 1-5	Laois	Nowlan Park

16 July 1939 Final	Kilkenny	2-12 - 4-3	Dublin	O'Moore Park

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

21 May 1939 Quarter-final	Tipperary	2-0 - 3-3	Limerick	Thurles Sportsfield

25 June 1939 Semi-final	Cork	7-4 - 4-3	Waterford	FitzGerald Park

9 July 1939 Semi-final	Limerick	5-5 - 1-1	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

30 July 1939 Final	Cork	4-3 - 3-4	Limerick	Thurles Sportsfield

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

6 August 1939 Semi-final	Kilkenny	1-16 - 3-1	Galway	St. Cronan's Park

3 September 1939 Final	Kilkenny	2-7 - 3-3	Cork	Croke Park
	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).	Attendance: 39,302 Referee: J Flaherty (Offaly)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Kilkenny's victory over Cork in the All-Ireland final is the fourth time that Kilkenny have beaten their great rivals by just a single point. Previous one-point wins came in 1904, 1907 and 1912. Among the attendance was the poet Louis McNeice who was visiting Dublin.

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

Championships	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 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 2015 2016

Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 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 2015 2016

Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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