1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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| title = 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final

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| event = 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

| team1 = Galway

| team1association = 40px

| team1score = 1-15

| team2 = Tipperary

| team2association = 40px

| team2score = 0-14

| details =

| date = 4 September 1988

| stadium = Croke Park

| city = Dublin

| man_of_the_match1a = Tony Keady{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/they-were-going-to-put-an-end-to-it-and-theyd-caught-me-a-highprofile-player-26603848.html|title='They were going to put an end to it and they'd caught me, a high-profile player'|date=6 December 2010|work=Irish Independent|access-date=20 June 2017}}

| referee = G. Kirwan (Offaly)

| attendance = 63,545

| weather = Dry

| previous = 1987

| next = 1989

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The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 4 September 1988, between Galway and Tipperary. The Munster champions lost to the Connacht men on a score line of 1-15 to 0-14.{{cite web|url=http://www.the42.ie/galway-all-ireland-hurling-1988-2308304-Sep2015/|title=It's 27 years since Galway won the All-Ireland hurling title…but where are they now?|date=3 September 2015|work=The 42|access-date=3 September 2015}}

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Match details

{{cite web|url= http://irishphotoarchive.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Oqs86RURvZQ|title=1988 All Ireland Final Teams |work=Irish Photo Archive|access-date=5 August 2015}}

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Final

|team1=Galway

|score=1–15 – 0–14

|team2=Tipperary

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|goals1= N. Lane (1–0), P. Malone (0–3), M. Naughton (0–2), M. McGrath (0–2), T. Keady (0–2, 0-1f, 0-1(70)), G. McInerney (0–2), J. Cooney (0–1), E. Ryan (0–1), B. Lynskey (0–1), C. Hayes (0–1f).

|goals2= N. English (0–6, 0-5f, 0-1pen), D. Ryan (0–4), D. O'Connell (0–2), A. Ryan (0–1), P. Delaney (0–1f).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=63,545

|referee= G. Kirwan (Offaly)

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colspan="4"|GALWAY GAA:
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1John Commins
2Sylvie Linnane
3Conor Hayes (c)
4Ollie Kilkenny
5Pete Finnerty
6Tony Keady
7Gerry McInerney
8Michael Coleman
9Pat Malone
10Anthony Cunningham
11Joe Cooney
12Martin Naughton
13Michael McGrath
14Brendan Lynskey
15Éanna Ryan
colspan=3|Substitutes Used:
19N. Lane for A Cunningham (43 mins)
18Tony Kilkenny for M. Naughton (57 mins)
21Gerry Burke for B. Lynskey (68 mins)
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| Cyril Farrell

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colspan="4"|TIPPERARY GAA:
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1Ken Hogan
2Paul Delaney
3Conor O'Donovan
4John Heffernan
5Bobby Ryan
6Noel Sheehy
7John Kennedy
8Colm Bonnar
9Joe Hayes
10Declan Ryan
11Donie O'Connell
12John Leahy
13Pat Fox
14Nicky English (c)
15Aidan Ryan
colspan=3|Substitutes Used:
20Cormac Bonnar for J. Hayes (54 mins)
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan=4| Michael Babs Keating

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