All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Championship_1926

1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 18 April 1926 and ended on 24 October 1926.

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The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 4-6 to 2-0 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 8th All-Ireland title.

Tipperary were the defending champions but were defeated by Cork in the Munster final.

Antrim won the Ulster SHC title, but at the suggestion of the Central Council, it was decided that the Ulster winners would enter the All Ireland Junior Hurling Championship.[2]

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

2 May 1926 Semi-final Laois 2-3 – 3-3 Offaly Portlaoise Sportsfield
Semi-final Kilkenny 4-8 - 5-4 Dublin
11 July 1926 Final Kilkenny 3-8 – 1-4 Offaly Croke Park

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

18 April 1926 Quarter-final Kerry 4-6 – 2-4 Clare Tralee Sportsfield
30 May 1926 Quarter-final Waterford 5-2 – 12-3 Cork Fraher Field
15 August 1926 Semi-final Cork 7-7 – 1-4 Kerry Cork Athletic Grounds
22 August 1926 Semi-final Tipperary 6-5 – 4-6 Limerick Fraher Field
12 September 1926 Final Cork 0-0 – 1-2 Tipperary Cork Athletic Grounds
19 September 1926 Final replay Tipperary 4-1 – 3-4 Cork Thurles Sportsfield
3 October 1926 Final second replay Tipperary 2-4 – 3-6 Cork Thurles Sportsfield

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

29 August 1926 Semi-final Kilkenny 6-2 – 5-1 Galway Croke Park
24 October 1926 Final Cork 4-6 – 2-0 Kilkenny Croke Park
Attendance: 26,829
Referee: P McCullagh (Wexford)
Main article: 1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

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

  1. [1]
    "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  2. [2]
    Irish Independent 1905-current, Friday, 10 December 1926; Page: 12
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