1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

• The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
• The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
• Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
• The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland quarter-final where they played the winners of the All-Ireland 'B' championship. The winners of this game advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Leinster champions.

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• London

Relegated to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• None

Fourteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

{{main|Leinster Senior Hurling Championship}}

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|date=26 May 1985
Quarter-Final

|team1=Laois

|score=4–16 – 2–10

|team2=Dublin

|report=

|goals1= E. Fennelly (0–11), P. J. Cuddy (2–0), P. Cleary (1–2), M. Walsh (1–1), T. Taylor (0–1), P. Critchley (0–1).

|goals2= P. Carton (1–3), E. O'Shea (1–0), J. Twomey (0–2), G. Hogarty (0–2), S. Dalton (0–1), L. Byrne (0–1), P. Mulhare (0–1).

|stadium=O'Connor Park, Tullamore

|attendance=5,000

|referee= P. Long (Kilkenny)

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{{footballbox

|date=26 May 1985
Quarter-Final

|team1=Kilkenny

|score=1–30 – 1–10

|team2=Westmeath

|report=

|goals1= K. Brennan (1–9), G. Fennelly (0–6), B. Fitzpatrick (0–4), H. Ryan (0–4), R. Heffernan (0–3), J. Murphy (0–2), R. Power (0–1), G. Henderson (0–1).

|goals2= B. McCabe (1–0), D. Kilcoyne (0–3), M. Kilcoyne (0–2), M. Cosgrave (0–2), R. Gallagher (0–1), J. Fitzsimons (0–1), P. Bradley (0–1).

|stadium=O'Connor Park, Tullamore

|attendance= 5,000

|referee= J. Rankins (Laois)

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{{footballbox

|date=24 June 1985
Semi-Final

|team1=Laois

|score=1–18 – 2–13

|team2=Wexford

|report=

|goals1= E. Fennelly (0–10), M. Walsh (0–4) M. Cuddy (1–0), P. J. Cuddy (0–2), P. Cleary (0–1), C. Jones (0–1).

|goals2= T. Dempsey (1–3), M. Fitzhenry (1–1), J. Fleming (0–3), G. Coady (0–2), M. Quigley (0–1), P. Courtney (0–1), G. O'Connor (0–1), B. Byrne (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=29,586

|referee= N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

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{{footballbox

|date=24 June 1985
Semi-Final

|team1=Offaly

|score=3–18 – 3–18

|team2=Kilkenny

|report=

|goals1= P. Corrigan (1–6), M. Corrigan (1–3), J. Kelly (1–1), P. Delaney (0–4), P. Horan (0–2), P. Carroll (0–1), D. Owens (0–1).

|goals2= L. Fennelly (2–0), H. Ryan (0–5), K. Brennan (0–4), C. Heffernan (1–0), G. Fennelly (0–3), P. Walsh (0–3), R. Power (0–2), R. Heffernan (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=29,586

|referee= N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

}}

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|date=14 July 1985
Semi-Final Replay

|team1=Offaly

|score=1–20 – 0–17

|team2=Kilkenny

|report=

|goals1= P. Corrigan (1–11), P. Cleary (0–3), P. Carroll (0–3), M. Corrigan (0–2), D. Owens (0–1).

|goals2= K. Brennan (0–7), H. Ryan (0–2), L. Fennelly (0–2), J. Hennessy (0–1), G. Henderson (0–1), G. Fennelly (0–1), R. Heffernan (0–1), P. Walsh (0–1), R. Power (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=22,171

|referee= N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

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{{footballbox

|date=21 July 1985
Final

|team1=Offaly

|score=5–15 – 0–17

|team2=Laois

|report=

|goals1= M. Corrigan (1–5), P. Cleary (2–1), P. Horan (2–0), P. Delaney (0–3), P. Corrigan (0–2), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Carroll (0–1), G. Coughlan (0–1), F. Conneely (0–1).

|goals2= E. Fennelly (0–7), M. O'Sullivan (0–4), M. Walsh (0–2), C. Jones (0–2), P. J. Cuddy (0–1), M. Cuddy (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=32,123

|referee= J. Denton (Wexford)

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{{footballbox

|date=26 May 1985
Quarter-Final

|team1=Limerick

|score=2–14 – 0–11

|team2=Waterford

|report=

|goals1= P. Kelly (0–7), F. FitzGerald (1–3), R. Sampson (1–1), J. McKenna (0–2), M. Carroll (0–1).

|goals2= D. Byrne (0–9), M. Ronayne (0–1), P. Ryan (0–1).

|stadium=Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

|attendance= 5,571

|referee= F. Murphy (Cork)

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{{footballbox

|date=9 June 1985
Semi-Final

|team1=Clare

|score=1–8 – 1–8

|team2=Tipperary

|report=

|goals1= C. Lyons (0–4), T. Guilfoyle (1–0), V. Donnellan (0–2), D. Coote (0–1), A. Nugent (0–1).

|goals2= M. Doyle (1–0), S. Power (0–2), J. McIntyre (0–1), I. Conroy (0–1), N. English (0–1), D. O'Connell (0–1), L. Maher (0–1), G. O'Neill (0–1).

|stadium=Cusack Park, Ennis

|attendance= 21,305

|referee= J. Moore (Waterford)

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{{footballbox

|date=16 June 1985
Semi-Final

|team1=Cork

|score=2–13 – 1–9

|team2=Limerick

|report=

|goals1= J. Fenton (1–5), J. Barry-Murphy (1–0), P. Hartnett (0–3), K. Hennessy (0–2), D. Walsh (0–2), T. O'Sullivan (0–1).

|goals2= S. Fitzgibbon (1–3), M. Carroll (0–1), J. Carroll (0–1), R. Sampson (0–1), O. O'Connor (0–1), P. McCarthy (0–1), P. Kelly (0–1).

|stadium=Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

|attendance= 37,231

|referee= J. Moore (Waterford)

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{{footballbox

|date=23 June 1985
Semi-Final Replay

|team1=Tipperary

|team2=Clare

|score=5–14 – 4–6

|report=

|goals1= S. Power (2–5), N. English (2–0), D. O'Connell (1–3), G. O'Neill (0–3), M. Doyle (0–1), M. Scully (0–1), L. Maher (0–1).

|goals2= C. Lyons (1–4), V. Donnellan (2–0), T. Guilfoyle (0–1), G. McInerney (0–1).

|stadium=Semple Stadium, Thurles

|attendance= 23,673

|referee= J. Moore (Waterford)

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{{footballbox

|date=7 July 1985
Final

|team1=Cork

|score=4–17 – 4–11

|team2=Tipperary

|report=

|goals1= J. Fenton (1–6), J. Barry-Murphy (1–3), D. Walsh (1–2), T. Mulcahy (1–0), T. O'Sullivan (0–3), K. Hennessy (0–1), P. Horgan (0–1), D. Mac Curtain (0–1).

|goals2= N. English (2–3), G. O'Neill (1–3), L. Maher (1–0), A. Ryan (0–1), S. Power (0–1), B. Ryan (0–1), I. Conroy (0–1), G. Stapleton (0–1).

|stadium=Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

|attendance= 48,902

|referee= J. Moore (Waterford)

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|date=21 July 1985
Quarter-Final

|team1=Antrim

|score=3–12 – 1–15

|team2=London

|report=

|goals1= D. Donnelly (2–3), P. Boyle (0–4), B. Donnelly (1–0), C. Donnelly (0–2), J. McKiernan (0–2), C. McVeigh (0–1).

|goals2= M. Burke (0–9), N. Uniack (1–1), D. Fox (0–3), J. McCormack (0–1), L. Walsh (0–1).

|stadium=Casement Park, Belfast

|attendance=

|referee= G. Ryan (Tipperary)

}}

{{footballbox

|date=4 August 1985
Semi-Final

|team1=Offaly

|score=3–17 – 0–12

|team2=Antrim

|report=

|goals1= P. Cleary (2–2), M. Corrigan (1–5), P. Corrigan (0–5), D. Owens (0–3), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Delaney (0–1).

|goals2= D. Donnelly (0–4), C. McVeigh (0–2), C. Donnelly (0–2), G. Cunningham (0–1), D. McKinley (0–1), P. McKillen (0–1), P. Boyle (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=8,205

|referee= G. Ryan (Tipperary)

}}

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|date=4 August 1985
Semi-Final

|team1=Galway

|score=4–12 – 5–5

|team2=Cork

|report=

|goals1= P. J. Molloy (0–5), B. Forde (1–3), N. Lane (1–2), J. Cooney (1–1), B. Lynskey (1–0), M. McGrath (0–1).

|goals2= J. Fenton (2–2), K. Hennessy (2–1), K. Kingston (1–0), D. Walsh (0–1), T. Crowley (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=8,205

|referee= N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

}}

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|date=1 September 1985
Final

|team1=Offaly

|score=2–11 – 1–12

|team2=Galway

|report=

|goals1= P. Cleary (2–0), P. Corrigan (0–5), P. Horan (0–3), M. Corrigan (0–2), B. Bermingham (0–1).

|goals2= P. J. Molloy (1–6), B. Lynskey (0–2), M. McGrath (0–1), J. Cooney (0–1), N. Lane (0–1), T. Keady (0–1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=61,451

|referee= G. Ryan (Tipperary)

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• Laois qualified for the Leinster final for the first time since 1951.
• In the All-Ireland semi-final, Galway defeated Cork for only the third time in the history of the championship. Previous victories for the Galway men came in the All-Ireland semi-finals of 1975 and 1979.

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

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship