1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Teams	13
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Limerick (6th win)
Captain	Mick Mackey
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Jim Langton
Provincial champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	15
Goals total	84 (5.6 per game)
Points total	162 (10.8 per game)
Top Scorer	Ted O'Sullivan (7-0) Jackie Power (5-6)
All-Star Team	See here
← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 54th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ended on 1 September 1940.

The championship was won by Limerick who secured the title following a 3-7 to 1-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.^[1] This was their 6th All-Ireland title, their first in four championship seasons.

Kilkenny were the defending champions.

Teams

Overview

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams from the 1939 championship.

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	1939-40
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1938	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1939	1939	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

First round	Offaly	3-4 - 4-8	Laois

First round	Westmeath	5-7 - 2-1	Meath

Second round	Laois	2-4 - 2-5	Westmeath

Quarter-final	Westmeath	2-5 - 2-4	Wexford

Semi-final	Dublin	2-8 - 1-8	Laois

Semi-final	Kilkenny	3-16 - 1-5	Westmeath

Final	Kilkenny	3-6 - 2-5	Dublin

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

2 June 1940 Quarter-final	Cork	6-3 - 2-6	Tipperary	Thurles Sportsfield

Quarter-final	Limerick	4-2 - 3-5	Waterford

Quarter-final replay	Limerick	3-5 - 3-3	Waterford

7 July 1940 Semi-final	Cork	7-6 - 3-5	Clare	Gaelic Grounds

28 July 1940 Final	Limerick	4-3 - 3-6	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield

4 August 1940 Final replay	Limerick	3-3 - 2-4	Cork	Thurles Sportsfield

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

11 August Semi-final	Limerick	3-6 - 0-5	Galway	Cusack Park

1 September Final	Limerick	3-7 - 1-7	Kilkenny	Croke Park

Sources

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

References

↑ "All-Ireland final 1940". Memory Lane Limerick. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

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
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 2017
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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