1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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{{Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
| year = 1919
| image =
| dates = 18 May 1919 - 21 September 1919
| teams = 14
| connacht =
| munster = Cork
| leinster = Dublin
| ulster =
| matches = 13
| poty =
| team = Cork
| titles = 7th
| captain = Jimmy Kennedy
| manager =
| team2 = Dublin
| captain2 = Charlie Stuart{{Cite web |last=Rouse |first=Paul |date=2017-10-27 |title=What type of men win an All-Ireland in time of war? |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport-columnists/arid-20461696.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}
| manager2 =
| totalgoals = 82 (6.3 per game)
| totalpoints = 88 (6.7 per game)
| topscorer =
| previous = 1918
| next = 1920
}}
The 1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 18 May 1919 and ended on 21 September 1919.
Limerick were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Cork won the title following a 6-4 to 2-4 defeat of Dublin in the final.{{Cite web |date=1919-09-22 |title=Cork defeat Dublin in All-Ireland hurling decider |url=https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/articles/cork-defeat-dublin-in-all-ireland-hurling-decider |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Century Ireland - RTE}}{{cite web|url=http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html |title=All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour |publisher=The GAA website |access-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html |archive-date=5 September 2011 }}
Teams
=Team summaries=
| class="wikitable" |
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Colours !colspan="2"|Most recent success |
|---|
| All-Ireland
!Provincial |
| Clare
|Saffron and blue |1914 |1914 |
| Cork
|Red and white |1903 |1915 |
| Dublin
|Navy and blue |1917 |1917 |
| Galway
|Maroon and white | |1917 |
| Kerry
|Green and gold |1891 |1891 |
| Kilkenny
|Black and amber |1914 |1916 |
| Laois
|Blue and white |1915 |1915 |
| Limerick
|Green and white |1918 |1918 |
| Louth
|Red and white | | |
| Meath
|Green and gold | | |
| Offaly
|Green, white and gold | | |
| Tipperary
|Blue and gold |1916 |1916 |
| Waterford
|Blue and white | | |
| Wexford
|Purple and gold |1910 |1918 |
Results
=[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]=
First round
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| date = 22 June 1919
| round = First round
| team1 = Laois
| score = 2-2 - 4-1
| team2 = Offaly
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Ballybrophy
| attendance = 2,000
| referee = P Kennefick
}}
Quarter-finals
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| date = 25 May 1919
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Louth
| score = 1-02 - 4-02
| team2 = Meath
| goals1 =
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| stadium =
| attendance = 2,000
| referee =
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| date = 6 July 1919
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Dublin
| score = 2-5 - 0-3
| team2 = Offaly
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Portlaoise
| attendance =
| referee = R O'Keeffe
}}
Semi-final
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| date = 6 July 1919
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Wexford
| score = 0-00 - 7-5
| team2 = Kilkenny
| goals1 =
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| stadium = New Ross
| attendance =
| referee = M de Búrca
}}
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| date = 20 July 1919
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Dublin
| score = 8-8 - 5-4
| team2 = Meath
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
| attendance =
| referee =
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Final
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| date = 10 August 1919
| round = Final
| team1 = Dublin
| score = 1-05 - 1-02
| team2 = Kilkenny
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Wexford Park, Wexford
| attendance = 4,500
| referee =
}}
=[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]=
Quarter-finals
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| date = 18 May 1919
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Waterford
| score = 3-00 - 10-01
| team2 = Cork
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Fraher Field, Dungarvan
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| date = 25 May 1919
| round = Quarter-final
| team1 = Tipperary
| score = 5-04 - 0-01
| team2 = Kerry
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
Semi-finals
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| date = 22 June 1919
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Clare
| score = 4-01 - 6-06
| team2 = Limerick
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Cusack Park, Ennis
| attendance =
| referee =
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| date = 29 June 1919
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Cork
| score = 2-04 - 2-03
| team2 = Tipperary
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
| attendance =
| referee =
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Final
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| date = 24 August 1919
| round = Final
| team1 = Limerick
| score = 1-06 - 3-05
| team2 = Cork
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Markets Field, Limerick
| attendance = 15,000
| referee = W Walsh (Waterford)
}}
=[[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]=
Semi-final
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| date = 7 September 1919
| round = Semi-final
| team1 = Cork
| score = 3-08 - 0-02
| team2 = Galway
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Markets Field, Limerick{{Cite web |last=Keane |first=Eoin |date=2020-04-20 |title=Hurling history: The struggle to play Cork and Limerick at the height of the War of Independence |url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40121258.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=echo live |language=en}}
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Final
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| date = 21 September 1919
| round = Final
| team1 = Cork
| score = 6-04 - 2-04
| team2 = Dublin
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
| attendance = 20,000
| referee = W Walsh (Waterford)
}}
{{Main|1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final}}
Championship statistics
=Miscellaneous=
- Cork's All-Ireland final victory is their first since 1903. It remains their longest interval between successive championship titles.
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
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140428031116/http://www.hurlingstats.ie/competition/code/AIHC/1919 1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results]