History of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Can you equal the Coughlans, the Ahernes, the Sheas,Scannell, Cremin, Curtis and match Stephen HayesI can mention their names from the round of the clockThe men that won credit for Cork and Blackrock.

Both sides met in the final and 'the Cats' won the game thanks to Dick Doyle’s first-half goal, while Pat 'Fox' Maher made a save at the end to help his team to a 1-9 to 1-8 victory.

The game, however, had to be replayed as Cork goalkeeper Daniel McCarthy was a British army reservist and Kilkenny’s Matt Gargan had played with Waterford in the Munster championship.

Tipp only managed a single point in the second half as Sim Walton scored the deciding goal twelve minutes from the final whistle.

The reigning champions proved no match for the Munster men, with captain Bob McConkey scoring four goals to put his team in the driving seat.

A downpour ruined the game for spectators as Kilkenny's Martin White scored atgoal to give 'the Cats' a five-point lead with time running out.

[citation needed] Jim Langton and Terry Leahy spearheaded the Kilkenny attack, while Mossy O'Riordan and Joe Kelly scored goals for Cork that nearly won the game.

‘The Cats’ were severely hampered for a number of reasons as Eamon Morrissey emigrated to Australia, Jim Treacy was injured, Kieran Purcell had appendicitis and Eddie Keher broke his collarbone.

In 1977 Cork cruised through the provincial campaign again and, following a defeat of Galway in the semi-final, the men in red booked their place in a second consecutive All-Ireland final showdown with Wexford.

Galway fought back and went two points up twelve minutes into the second half courtesy of a Noel Lane goal; however, they failed to score for the rest of the game.

Ach freisin caithimídcaoimhniú ar daoine i Sasana, i Meiriceá, arfud na tíre agus tá siad ag caoineadh anoisláthair...People of Galway, we love you!

It took captain Joe Connolly ten minutes to reach the rostrum in the Hogan Stand to collect the Liam MacCarthy Cup; however, once there he delivered one of the most famous acceptance speeches of all-time.

Four Cork goals, one from John Fenton, two from Tomás Mulcahy and one from Kevin Hennessy, stymied the Galway attack and helped ‘the Rebels’ to a merited 4–13 to 2–15 victory.

We hadn’tplayed as well as we could that day —looking back we didn’t really appreciate itbecause we were young In 1994 the revolution began with Limerick claiming the Munster title while Offaly emerged as the top dogs in Leinster.

A goal by Tom Dempsey in the opening half gave Wexford a deserved 1–8 to 0–10 lead at the interval; however, they had been reduced to fourteen men after the sending-off of Éamonn Scallan.

Brian Cody's gamble on attacker Henry Shefflin's famous knee did not come off, and the Kilkenny ace was forced to retire injured after just 12 minutes.

On the other hand, Liam Sheedy's heroes produced a devastating attacking display, embellished by a Lar Corbett hat-trick of goals as they swept to a 4–17 to 1–18 victory.

Michael Fennelly and Richie Hogan grabbed the vital goals, late in each half, while Henry Shefflin celebrated his record-equalling eighth title triumph with a seven-points haul.

Canning smashed home a tenth-minute goal, and his 1-6 tally helped the Tribesmen to a 1–9 to 0-7 interval lead, with Henry Shefflin converting four Kilkenny frees.

Galway stunned the reigning champions with two first-half goals, but their task became impossible twenty minutes from the end when they were reduced to fourteen men following Cyril Donnellan's dismissal.

Championship debutant Walter Walsh gave a man of the match performance, claiming a 1-3 haul to announce his arrival on the senior stage in spectacular fashion.

[29] After an incredible championship, which saw the three favourites fail to even make the semi-final stage, Cork and Clare emerged at the top of the pile to contest the All-Ireland final.

Clare led by 0–12 to 0–10 at the break, and they continued to brin intensity to the contest, forcing the Rebels into errors, which they exploited with further scores from Tony Kelly and the unerring Ryan, who steered over his sixth free for a four-point lead.

Patrick Horgan appeared to have won it for them with his tenth score in stoppage-time, but there was still time for Domhnall O'Donovan to pop up with a dramatic leveller in the 73rd minute.

Shane O'Donnell, a late call-up to the starting line-up in place of Darach Honan, justified his inclusion with a stunning individual haul of 3-3, all from play.

But in the second minute of stoppage time, Honan cut in from the left touchline and somehow managed to bundle the ball over the line for the eighth goal of a quite incredible spectacle.

Whateverabout being the best game or final ever, last Sundaysurely confirmed that the rivalry between this set ofKilkenny hurlers and this group of Tipperary hurlersis the greatest in GAA history.

Richie Power struck the first goal in the 59th minute and younger brother John, one of three pre-match changes to the starting team, pounced from close range after Darren Gleeson pulled off a save to keep out a deflected Michael Fennelly effort.

Colin Fennelly crowned Kilkenny’s win with the final score of the game as the clock ran out on Tipperary and Henry Shefflin secured a record-breaking 10th winners' medal.

Injury-time goals from Conor Whelan and Joe Canning gave Limerick an almighty fright before Mulcahy scored what proved to be the decisive point to secure the title after a 45-year wait.