1986 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

{{Infobox hurling championship

| name = 1986 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

| image =

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| caption =

| dates = 16 February 1986 - 17 March 1986

| teams = 4

| champions = Connacht

| count = 5

| champions captain =

| runners-up = Munster

| runners-up captain =

| matches = 3

| goals = 6

| points = 71

| top scorer = John Fenton (0-15)

| previous year = 1985

| previous tournament = 1985 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

| next year = 1987

| next tournament = 1987 Railway Cup Hurling Championship

}}

The 1986 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 60th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927.{{cite web|url=https://www.balls.ie/gaa/railway-cup-decline-354359-354359|title=The fall and fall of the Railway Cup|date=12 December 2016|publisher=ball.ie|access-date=27 December 2018|first=Conor|last=Neville}} The cup began on 16 February 1986 and ended on 17 March 1986.

Munster were the defending champions.

On 17 March 1986, Connacht won the cup after a 3-11 to 0-11 defeat of Connacht in the final at Duggan Park.{{cite web|url=http://munster.gaa.ie/history/railway-cup-hurling/|title=Railway Cup Hurling|publisher=Munster GAA|access-date=10 April 2018}} This was their fifth Railway Cup title overall and their first title since 1983.

Results

=Semi-finals=

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| date = 16 February 1986

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Connacht

| score = 1-10 - 1-09

| team2 = Leinster

| report =

| goals1 = PJ Molloy 1-1, J Cooney 0-4, A Cunningham 0-2, S Linnane 0-1, B Lynskey 0-1, M McGrath 0-1.

| goals2 = P Corrigan 1-6, P Cleary 0-1, G Fennelly 0-1, P Horan 0-1.

| stadium = Pearse Stadium, Galway

| referee = T Murray (Limerick)

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| date = 16 February 1986

| round = Semi-final

| team1 = Munster

| score = 1-19 - 0-11

| team2 = Ulster

| report =

| goals1 = J Fenton 0-10, N English 0-5, P McCarthy 1-1, D O'Connell 0-1, T O'Sullivan 0-1, D Walsh 0-1.

| goals2 = D Donnelly 0-5, M Mageean 0-4, M Bailie 0-1, D McKinley 0-1.

| stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

| referee =

}}

=Final=

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| date = 17 March 1986

| round = Final

| team1 = Connacht

| score = 3-11 - 0-11

| team2 = Munster

| report =

| goals1 = N Lane 2-1, M Connolly 1-1, PJ Molloy 0-4, J Cooney 0-2, M McGrath 0-1, P Malone 0-1, A Cunningham 0-1.

| goals2 = J Fenton 0-5, C Lyons 0-3, N English 0-1, G Cunningham 0-1, J Carroll 0-1.

| stadium = Duggan Park, Ballinasloe

| referee = J Bailey (Dublin)

}}

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall

class="wikitable"
Rank ! Player ! Club ! Tally ! Total ! Matches ! Average
rowspan=1 align=center\|1 \|John Fenton \|Munster \|align=center\|0-15 \|align=center\|15 \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|7.50
rowspan=1 align=center\|1 \|Paddy Corrigan \|Leinster \|align=center\|1-06 \|align=center\|9 \|align=center\|1 \|align=center\|9.00
rowspan=1 align=center\|3 \|P. J. Molloy \|Connacjt \|align=center\|1-05 \|align=center\|8 \|align=center\|2 \|align=center\|4.00

class="wikitable"

Rank

! Player

! Club

! Tally

! Total

! Matches

! Average

rowspan=1 align=center|1

|John Fenton

|Munster

|align=center|0-15