1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates	27 May 1888 - 2 September 1888
Teams	9
All-Ireland champions
Provincial champions
Munster	Not Played
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	5
Goals total	8 (1.60 per game)
Points total	31 (6.20 per game)
All-Star Team	See here
← 1887 1889 →

The 1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 27 May 1888; however, no All-Ireland final took place and the championship remains unfinished due to the North American invasion tour of Irish athletes, an unsuccessful attempt to raise funds for a revival of the Tailteann Games.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Tipperary were the defending champions; however, they were defeated in the provincial series.

Teams

A total of nine teams contested the championship, including four teams from the 1887 championship and five new entrants. Galway and Wexford did not field teams in the championship. Cork, Kildare, Laois, Limerick and Waterford all fielded teams in their respective provincial championships.

Team summaries

Team	Club	Colours	Most recent success
Team	Club	Colours	All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Ogonnelloe	Black and amber
Cork	Tower Street	Green
Dublin	Kickhams	Red
Kildare	Monasterevin	Blue and white
Kilkenny	Mooncoin	Green and white
Laois	Rathdowney	Green and red
Limerick	South Liberties	Green and yellow
Tipperary	Clonoulty	Green and yellow	1887
Waterford	Carrickbeg

Format

For the first time the championship was organised on a provincial basis. Two separate championships were played in Leinster and Munster with the winners meeting in the All-Ireland final.

Leinster Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four participating teams make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the Leinster final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners are declared Leinster champions and qualify for the All-Ireland final.

Munster Championship

Quarter-final: (1 match) This is a lone match between the first two team drawn from the province. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the lone quarter-final join the three other teams to make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the Munster final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners are declared Munster champions and qualify for the All-Ireland final.

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The two provincial representatives from Leinster and Munster contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

3 June 1888 Semi-final	Dublin	3-6 - 0-2	Kildare	Donnybrook
				Referee: J. J. Kenny

10 June 1888 Semi-final	Laois	0-2 - 1-2	Kilkenny	Portlaoise
				Attendance: 10,000 Referee: G. F. Moore

15 July 1888 Final	Kilkenny	0-7 - 0-3	Dublin	Portlaoise
				Referee: J. Maher

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

27 May 1888 Quarter-final	Cork	2-2 - 0-0	Tipperary	Buttevant
				Attendance: 12,000 Referee: J. Ryan

16 July 1888 Quarter-final refixture	Cork	w/o. - scr.	Tipperary	Buttevant

22 July 1888 Semi-final	Waterford	0-0 - 2-8	Cork	Fraher Field
				Referee: D Fraher

Semi-final	Clare	w/o. - scr.	Limerick

29 August 1888 Final	Cork	Postponed	Clare	Croom

2 September 1888 Final refixture	Cork	w/o. - scr.	Clare

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Final	Cork	Not played	Kilkenny

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

In the Leinster semi-final between Dublin and Kildare, J. J. Kenny deputised as referee when James O'Connor did not turn up.
Despite losing to Tipperary in the opening round, Cork advanced to the Munster semi-final as Tipperary champions Clonoulty used players from other clubs to supplement their team. Such a format was not yet allowed. A replay was ordered in Cork but Clonoulty refused to play anywhere in Cork stating a preference for Kilmallock. As a result of their refusal to play they were disqualified.
In the Munster final Cork were due to play Clare champions Ogonelloe, who had received a walkover from South Liberties of Limerick in the semi-final. Before the final commenced South Liberties took to the field to play Ogonelloe. The officials decided then not to play either game. It was then decided to play the final in Cork the following week but Clare refused to travel and Cork were awarded the title.

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

External links

1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

↑ Cronin, Mike (2007). "The Gaelic Athletic Association's Invasion of America, 1888: Travel Narratives, Microhistory and the Irish American ‘Other’". Sport in History. 27 (2): 190–216. ISSN 1746-0263. doi:10.1080/17460260701437011.
↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
↑ "The 1888 American Invasion Tour". The GAA website. Retrieved 27 July 2011.

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 2017
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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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