1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

As a result of a decision taken at the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) annual congress the previous year, as of 1970 all provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and the All-Ireland final itself were extended to 80 minutes playing time. Prior to this all championship matches were sixty minutes in duration.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/playing-with-time-when-gaelic-games-lasted-80-minutes-1.4311122|title=Playing with time: When Gaelic games lasted 80 minutes|publisher=Irish Times|date=23 July 2020|accessdate=19 May 2023|first=Seán|last=Moran}} Lasted until 1974.

A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, including thirteen teams from the 1969 championship and one new entrant.

The Leinster championship was extended to seven teams as Kildare entered the provincial series of games. They had won the All-Ireland title at intermediate level in 1969 and decided to make the step up to the senior grade.

Galway left the Munster championship where they had been playing since the 1959 championship and returned to the old system whereby they entered the All-Ireland semi-finals.{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Pat |date=2018-05-09 |title=How GAA Championships have evolved in the last 131 years |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/how-ireland-football-hurling-championships-12501976 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Irish Mirror |language=en}}

First round{{football box |

date = 3 May 1970
First round|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Laois |

score = 1-9 – 1-8 |

team2 = Kildare |

goals1 = P. Dillon (0-4), G. Conroy (1-0), P. Dowling (0-1), P. Dooley (0-1), T. Keenan (0-1), J. Lyons (0-1), F. Keenan (0-1). |

goals2 = B. Burke (0-2), J. O'Brien (0-2), T. Christian (0-1), J. O'Connell (0-1), M. Duane (0-1). |

stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |

referee = P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

}}Quarter-finals{{football box |

date =3 May 1970
Quarter-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Dublin |

score = 0-16 – 3-5 |

team2 = Westmeath |

goals1 = G. O'Driscoll (0-5), E. Davey (0-4), T. Grealish (0-2), L. Lalor (0-2), F. Murphy (0-2), H. Dawson (0-1). |

goals2 = T. Ring (2-3), C. Gavin (1-0), P. McCabe (0-1), S. White (0-1). |

stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore |

referee = P. Buggy (Kilkenny)

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{{football box |

date = 24 May 1970
Quarter-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Offaly |

score = 2-15 – 2-9 |

team2 = Laois |

goals1 = B. Moylan (0-7), T. Molloy (1-3), P. Mulhaire (1-1), J. J. Healy (0-1), J. Flaherty (0-1), M. Cleare (0-1), P. J. Whelehan (0-1). |

goals2 = S. Keenan (1-2), J. Loyans (1-2), N. Delany (0-2), J. Dooly (0-1), P. Dowling (0-1), D. Sheeran (0-1). |

stadium = St. Brendan's Park, Birr |

referee = R. Sheppard (Carlow)

}}Semi-finals{{football box |

date = 21 June 1970
Semi-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Wexford |

score = 4-17 – 2-4 |

team2 = Dublin |

goals1 = N. Buggy (1-7), T. Doran (2-1), D. Fortune (1-0), P. Quigley (0-2), D. Quigley (0-2), J. Quigley (0-2), J. Berry (0-1), P. Wilson (0-1), M. Browne (0-1). |

goals2 = E. Flynn (1-3), J. Towell (1-0), R. Copeland (0-1). |

stadium = Nowlan Park, Kilkenny |

referee = P. Johnston (Kilkenny)

}}

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{{football box |

date = 28 June 1970
Semi-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Kilkenny |

score = 2-15 – 1-12 |

team2 = Offaly |

goals1 = E. Keher (0-9), M. Crotty (2-0), J. Kinsella (0-2), P. Delaney (0-2), S. Muldowney (0-1), J. Millea (0-1). |

goals2 = T. Dooley (1-0), P. Molloy (0-3), J. Flaherty (0-3), B. Moylan (0-1), W. O'Gorman (0-1), S. Begin (0-1), P. J. Whelehan (0-1), J. J. Healion (0-1), D. Hanniffy (0-1). |

stadium = Croke Park, Dublin|

referee = J. Grey (Dublin)

}}Final{{football box |

date = 12 July 1970
Final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Wexford |

score = 4-16 – 3-14 |

team2 = Kilkenny |

goals1 = N. Buggy (0-8), T. Doran (2-0), J. Quigley (1-2), J. Berry (1-0), P. Wilson (0-2), M. Quigley (0-2), P. Quigley (0-1), D. Bernie (0-1). |

goals2 = P. Delaney (1-4), E. Keher (1-3), M. Crotty (1-0), F. Cummins (0-3), P. Kavanagh (0-2), J. Millea (0-1), M. Coogan (0-1). |

stadium = Croke Park, Dublin |

referee = J. Hatton (Wicklow)

}}

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{{16TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes

| RD1= Preliminary round

| RD2= Quarter-finals

| RD3= Semi-finals

| RD4= Leinster final

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| score-width= 35

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| RD1-team15= Laois

| RD1-score15= 1-9

| RD1-team16= Kildare

| RD1-score16= 1-8

| RD1-seed10=

| RD2-team1= Dublin

| RD2-score1= 0-16

| RD2-team2= Westmeath

| RD2-score2= 3-5

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| RD2-team6=

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| RD2-team7= Offaly

| RD2-score7= 2-15

| RD2-team8= Laois

| RD2-score8= 2-9

| RD3-team1= Wexford

| RD3-score1= 4-17

| RD3-team2= Dublin

| RD3-score2= 2-4

| RD3-team3= Kilkenny

| RD3-score3= 2-15

| RD3-team4= Ofaly

| RD3-score4= 1-12

| RD4-team1= Wexford

| RD4-score1= 4-16

| RD4-team2= Kilkenny

| RD4-score2= 3-14

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Quarter-finals{{football box |

date =14 June 1970
Quarter-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Limerick |

score = 3-9 – 2-12 |

team2 = Clare |

goals1 = P. K. Keane (1-1), R. Bennis (0-4), D. Flynn (1-0), T. Bluett (1-0), B. Hartigan (0-1), Phil Bennis (0-1), Peter Bennis (0-1), A. Dunworth (0-1). |

goals2 = P. Cronin (1-8), P. McNamara (1-0), D. Fitzgerald (0-2), J. Rochford (0-1), J. McNamara (0-1). |

stadium = Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles

| referee =F. Murphy (Cork)

}}

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{{football box |

date = 21 June 1970
Quarter-final
Replay|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Limerick |

score = 1-10 – 0-4 |

team2 = Clare |

goals1 = R. Bennis (0-4), P. J. Keane (1-0), É. Cregan (0-2), P. Bennis (0-2), A. Dunworth (0-1), T. Ryan (0-1). |

goals2 = M. Moroney (0-1), J. Rochford (0-1), D. Fitzgerald, J. Cronin. |

stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

| referee =F. Murphy (Cork)

}}Semi-finals{{football box |

date = 21 June 1970
Semi-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Tipperary |

score = 2-9 – 0-5 |

team2 = Waterford |

goals1 = M. Roche (0-5), R. Ryan (1-1), N. O'Dwyer (1-0), J. McKenna (0-1), J. Flanagan (0-1), T. O'Connor (0-1). |

goals2 = P. Enright (0-4), S. Greene (0-5). |

stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

| referee = S. O'Connor (Limerick)

}}

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{{football box |

date = 28 June 1970
Semi-final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Cork |

score = 4-13 – 3-6 |

team2 = Limerick |

goals1 = E. O'Brien (2-0), C. McCarthy (0-5), P. Hegarty (1-2), R. Cummins (1-0), G. McCarthy (0-3), S. Barry (0-2), C. Cullinane (0-1). |

goals2 = M. Graham (2-2), T. Bluett (1-0), R. Bennis (0-3), P. J. Keane (0-1). |

stadium = Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles

| referee =J. Maloney (Tipperary)

}}Final{{football box |

date = 19 July 1970
Final|

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Cork |

score = 3-10 – 3-8 |

team2 = Tipperary |

goals1 = W. Walsh (2-0), C. Cullinane (1-0), C. McCarthy (0-3), G. McCarthy (0-2), D. Clifford (0-1), C. Roche (0-1), J. Murphy (0-1), T. Ryan (0-1), R. Cummins (0-1). |

goals2 = F. Loughnane (1-4), J. Flanagan (1-0), N. O'Dwyer (1-0), D. Ryan (0-2), M. Roche (0-1), P.J. Ryan (0-1). |

stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

| referee = J. Fitzgerald (Limerick)

}}

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{{8TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes

| RD1= Quarter-final

| RD2= Semi-finals

| RD3= Munster final

| team-width= 100

| score-width= 35

| RD1-team8= Limerick
(R)

| RD1-score8= 3-9 (1-10)

| RD1-team7= Clare
(R)

| RD1-score7= 2-12 (0-4)

| RD2-team1= Tipperary

| RD2-score1= 2-9

| RD2-team2= Waterford

| RD2-score2= 0-5

| RD2-team3= Cork

| RD2-score3= 4-13

| RD2-seed4=

| RD2-team4= Limerick

| RD2-score4= 3-6

| RD3-team1= Tipperary

| RD3-score1= 3-8

| RD3-team2= Cork

| RD3-score2= 3-10

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{{football box |

date = 16 August 1970
Semi-Final |

time = 3:30pm|

team1 = Cork |

score = 4-20 – 2-9 |

team2 = London |

goals1 = T. Ryan (1-5), R. Cummins (1-3), C. McCarthy (0-6), W. Walsh (1-2), E. O'Brien (1-0), S. Barry (0-2), D. Coughlan (0-1), J. Murphy (0-1). |

goals2 = P. O'Neill (0-4), T. Connolly (0-1), N. Power (1-0), J. Bennett (1-0), M. Canning (0-3), L. Corless (0-1). |

stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

| referee =M. Spain (Offaly)

}}

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{{football box |

date = 16 August 1970
Semi-Final |

time = 3:30pm|

team2 = Galway |

score = 3-17 – 5-9 |

team1 = Wexford |

goals1 = M. Butler (0-9), D. Quigley (1-2), D. Bernie (0-4), J. Quigley (1-1), T. Doran (1-0), M. Quigley (0-1). |

goals2 = T. Ryan (3-5), B. O'Connor (1-1), K. Kennedy (1-0), P. Niland (0-1), F. Coffey (0-1), M. O'Connor (0-1). |

stadium = St. Ciarán's Park, Athlone

| referee =S, O'Connor (Limerick)

}}

{{football box |

|date=6 September 1970
Final

|time = 3:15pm|

|team1 = Cork

|score = 6-21 – 5-10

|team2 = Wexford

|goals1 = C. McCarthy (1-9), E. O'Brien (3-1), T. Ryan (0-6), W. Walsh (1-2), C. Cullinane (1-0), G. McCarthy (0-2), R. Cummins (0-1).

|goals2 = P. Quigley (2-0), T. Doran (2-0), D. Quigley (1-0), D. Bernie (0-3), M. Butler (0-3), T. Byrne (0-2), M. Browne (0-1), M. Jacob (0-1).

|stadium =Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=65,062

|referee= J. Hatton (Wicklow)

}}

{{main|1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final}}

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• Widest winning margin: 19 points
• Wexford 4-17 : 2-4 Dublin (Leinster semi-final)
• Most goals in a match: 11
• Cork 6-21 : 5-10 Wexford (All-Ireland final)
• Most points in a match: 31
• Cork 6-21 : 5-10 Wexford (All-Ireland final)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 6
• Cork 6-21 : 5-10 Wexford (All-Ireland final)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
• Wexford 5-10 : 6-21 Cork (All-Ireland final)
• Galway 5-9 : 3-17 Wexford (All-Ireland semi-final)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 14
• Kilkenny 3-14 : 4-16 Wexford (Leinster final)

• The Leinster final between Kilkenny and Wexford was the first championship game to be played over the course of 80 minutes.

{{main|List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship hat-tricks}}

The following players made their début in the 1970 championship:

Wexford

August 15

Galway

All-Ireland semi-final

The Texaco Hurler of the Year was awarded to Pat McDonnell of Cork.

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