1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship#Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
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{{Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
| year = 1989
| image =
| dates = 21 May – 1 September 1989
| teams = 17
| connacht =
| munster = Tipperary
| leinster = Offaly
| ulster = Antrim
| matches = 17
| poty = File: Colours of Tipperary.svg Nicky English
| team = Tipperary
| titles = 23rd
| captain = Bobby Ryan
| manager = Michael 'Babs' Keating
| team2 = Antrim
| captain2 = Ciaran Barr
| manager2 =
| totalgoals =
| totalpoints =
| topscorer = File: Colours of Tipperary.svg Nicky English (4-38)
| previous = 1988
| next = 1990
}}
The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 27 May to 3 September 1989.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}
Galway were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-finals.{{cite web|url=https://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?|publisher=The 42|date=3 September 2015|access-date=6 January 2025|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41169001.html|title=An icy start to the heated Galway v Tipp rivalry|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=23 June 2023|access-date=6 January 2025|first=|last=}}
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 September 1989 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Tipperary and Antrim, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Wexford won the match by 4–24 to 3–09 to claim their 23rd All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 18 years.{{cite web|url=https://belfastmedia.com/50th-anniversary-the-final-reckoning|title=1989 brought final reckoning for Antrim hurlers|publisher=Belfast Media Group|date=30 December 2022|access-date=6 January 2025|first=|last=}}{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/65690|title='Occasion got to us," Donnelly recalls|publisher=Hogan Stand|date=30 August 2006|access-date=6 January 2025|first=|last=}}
Tipperary's Nicky English was the championship's top scorer with 4-38.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/2019/09/03/news/on-this-day-september-3-1989-nicky-english-racked-up-a-personal-tally-of-2-12-as-tipperary-defeated-antrim-in-the-all-irel-1701220/|title=On this Day, September 3 1989: Nicky English racked up a personal tally of 2-12 as Tipperary defeated Antrim in the All-Ireland SHC final|publisher=The Irish News|date=3 September 2019|access-date=6 January 2025|first=|last=}}
Team changes
= To Championship =
Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
= From Championship =
Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Teams
= General information =
Seventeen 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, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
Provincial championship
=Leinster Senior Hurling Championship=
{{Main|Leinster Senior Hurling Championship}}
{{6TeamBracket|seeds=no|RD1=Quarter-Finals|RD2-team1= File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly|RD3-team2=File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny|RD3-score1= 3-15|RD3-team1= File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly|RD2-score4=2-18|RD2-team4=File:Colours of Wexford.svg Wexford|RD2-score3= 4-15|RD2-team3= File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny|RD2-score2=1-10|RD2-team2=File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois|RD2-score1= 5-14|RD1-score4=3-05|RD2=Semi-Finals|RD1-team4=File:Colours of Westmeath.svg Westmeath|RD1-score3= 4-29|RD1-team3= File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg Kilkenny|RD1-score2=2-10|RD1-team2=File:Colours of Dublin.svg Dublin|RD1-score1= 2-11|RD1-team1= File:Colours of Laois.svg Laois|RD3=Final|RD3-score2=4-09}}
{{football box |
date = May 28, 1989
Quarter-Final |
team1 = Laois |
score = 2-11 – 2-10 |
team2 = Dublin |
goals1 = P. Bergin (1-4), P. J. Cuddy (1-0), P. O'Brien (0-2), A. Dunne (0-2), J. Taylor (0-2), N. Rigney (0-1). |
goals2 = M. J. Ryan (1-7), R. Boland (1-1), K. Hepherton (0-1), S. Dalton (0-1). |
attendance = 6,000 |
referee = D. Murphy (Wexford) |
stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore
}}
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{{football box |
date = May 28, 1989
Quarter-Final |
team1 = Kilkenny |
score = 4-29 – 3-5 |
team2 = Westmeath |
goals1 = A. Ronan (1-10), C. Heffernan (2-1), L. Ryan (1-1), G. Fennelly (0-4), L. Egan (0-4), L. Fennelly (0-2), T. Prendergast (0-2), T. O'Keeffe (0-2), S. Fennelly (0-2), J. Power (0-1.) |
goals2 = D. Kilcoyne (1-4), R. Shaw (1-0), S. Coyne (1-0), E. Gallagher (0-1). |
attendance = 6,000 |
referee = P. Horan (Offaly) |
stadium = O'Connor Park, Tullamore
}}
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{{football box |
date = June 18, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Kilkenny |
score = 4-15 – 2-18 |
team2 = Wexford |
goals1 = A. Prendergast (2-2), A. Ronan (0-6), C. Heffernan (1-1), L. McCarthy (1-0), R. Power (0-3), L. Fennelly (0-1), M. Phelan (0-1), M. Cleere (0-1). |
goals2 = John O'Connor (1-5), M. Quigley (1-1), M. Storey (0-4), B. Byrne (0-3), T. Dempsey (0-2), L. O'Gorman (0-2), James O'Connor (0-1). |
attendance = 33,512 |
referee = N. O'Donoghue (Dublin) |
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
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{{football box |
date = June 18, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Offaly |
score = 5-14 – 1-10 |
team2 = Laois |
goals1 = M. Duignan (2-1), D. Dooley (1-3), M. Corrigan (1-2), P. Cleary (1-0), J. Kelly (0-2), J. Pilkington (0-2), D. Pilkington (0-1), D. Owens (0-1), D. Regan (0-1), P. Delaney (0-1). |
goals2 = P. J. Cuddy (1-0), J. Dollard (0-2), J. Taylor (0-2), P. Bergin (0-2), T. Delaney (0-2), P. O'Brien (0-1), L. Bergin (0-1). |
attendance = 33,512 |
referee = J. Denton (Wexford) |
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
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{{football box |
date = July 9, 1989
Final |
team1 = Offaly |
score = 3-15 – 4-9 |
team2 = Kilkenny |
goals1 = M. Corrigan (3-7), J. Dooley (0-3), P. Corrigan (0-1), V. Teehan (0-1), D. Pilkington (0-1), J. Kelly (0-1), J. Pilkington (0-1). |
goals2 = L. Fennelly (2-0), A. Ronan (0-5), L. McCarthy (1-1), C. Heffernan (1-0), R. Power (0-2), M. Cleere (0-1). |
attendance = 24,519 |
referee = J. Denton (Wexford) |
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
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=Munster Senior Hurling Championship=
{{Main|Munster Senior Hurling Championship}}
{{6TeamBracket|seeds=no|RD1=Quarter-Finals|RD2-team1=File:Colours of Cork.svg Cork|RD3-team2= File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary|RD3-score1=2-08|RD3-team1=File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford|RD2-score4=2-11|RD2-team4=File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick|RD2-score3= 4-18|RD2-team3=File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary|RD2-score2=0-18, 5-16|RD2-team2= File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford|RD2-score1=0-18, 4-17|RD1-score4= 6-11|RD2=Semi-Finals|RD1-team4= File:Colours of Limerick.svg Limerick|RD1-score3=3-10|RD1-team3=File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg Kerry|RD1-score2=1-10|RD1-team2=File:Colours of Clare.svg Clare|RD1-score1= 5-13|RD1-team1= File:Colours of Waterford.svg Waterford|RD3=Final|RD3-score2= 0-26}}
{{football box |
date = May 21, 1989
Quarter-Final |
team1 = Kerry |
score = 3-10 – 6-11 |
team2 = Limerick |
goals1 = J. Hennessy (3-5), B. Murphy (0-2), J. O'Sullivan (0-1), P. Healy (0-1), C. Walsh (0-1). |
goals2 = G. Kirby (1-6), L. O'Connor (2-1), S. Fitzgibbon (2-0), T. Kenny (1-1), M. Galligan (0-1), M. Nelligan (0-1), G. Hegarty (0-1). |
attendance = |
referee = J. Moore (Waterford) |
stadium = FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney
}}
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{{football box |
date = May 21, 1989
Quarter-Final |
team1 = Waterford |
score = 5-13 – 1-10 |
team2 = Clare |
goals1 = P. Murphy (2-0), G. Connors (1-3), N. Crowley (1-1), S. Aherne (1-1), K. Delahunty (0-4), W. Sullivan (0-2), P. Prendergast (0-2). |
goals2 = C. Lyons (0-6), V. Donnellan (1-0), M. Nugent (0-2), M. Guilfoyle (0-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-1). |
attendance = |
referee = W. Barrett (Tipperary) |
stadium = Semple Stadium, Thurles
}}
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{{football box |
date = June 4, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Waterford |
score = 0-18 – 0-18 |
team2 = Cork |
goals1 = K. Delahunty (0-6), S. Aherne (0-4), N. Crowley (0-3), A. Qualter (0-2), G. Connors (0-1), L. O'Connor (0-1). |
goals2 = F. Delaney (0-8), T. O'Sullivan (0-3), M. Foley (0-2), T. McCarthy (0-2), B. Cunningham (0-1), M. Mullins (0-1), P. O'Connor (0-1). |
attendance = 9,216 |
referee = K. Walsh (Limerick) |
stadium = Semple Stadium, Thurles
}}
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{{football box |
date = June 11, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Tipperary |
score = 4-18 – 2-11 |
team2 = Limerick |
goals1 = N. English (2-5), P. Fox (1-5), J. Hayes (1-2), J. Leahy (0-1), Conal Bonnar (0-1), P. Delaney (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), Cormac Bonnar (0-1), J. Cormack (0-1). |
goals2 = S. Fitzgibbon (1-4), G. Kirby (0-4), T. Kenny (1-0), M. Galligan (0-1), M. Nelligan (0-1), M. Reale (0-1). |
attendance = 23,159 |
referee = W. Horgan (Cork) |
stadium = Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
}}
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{{football box |
date = June 18, 1989
Semi-Final
Replay |
team1 = Waterford |
score = 5-16 – 4-17 |
team2 = Cork |
goals1 = P. Murphy (3-0), S. Aherne (1-3), N. Crowley (0-6), B. Sullivan (1-2), A. Qualter (0-3), L. O'Connor (0-1), K. Delahunty (0-1). |
goals2 = F. Delaney (1-11), M. Foley (2-0), T. McCarthy (1-1), S. O'Gorman (0-3), T. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Mullins (0-1). |
attendance = 15,178 |
referee = K. Walsh (Limerick) |
stadium = Semple Stadium, Thurles
}}
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{{football box |
date = July 2, 1989
Final |
team1 = Tipperary |
score = 0-26 – 2-8 |
team2 = Waterford |
goals1 = N. English (0-13), P. Delaney (0-3), M. Cleary (0-3), P. Fox (0-2), J. Cormack (0-1), A. Ryan (0-1), J. Hayes (0-1), J. Leahy (0-1), Conal Bonnar (0-1). |
goals2 = K. Delahunty (1-4), L. O'Connor (1-1), S. Aherne (0-1), B. Sullivan (0-1), P. Prendergast (0-1). |
attendance = 30,241 |
referee = W. Horgan (Cork) |
stadium = Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
}}
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=Ulster Senior Hurling Championship=
{{Main|Ulster Senior Hurling Championship}}
{{3TeamBracket|seeds=no|RD2-seed1=|RD2-team1= File:Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim|RD2-score1= 2-16|RD1-seed1=|RD1-team1= File:Colours of Down.svg Down|RD1-score1= 6-07|RD2-seed2=|RD2-team2=File:Colours of Down.svg Down|RD2-score2=0-09|RD1-seed2=|RD1-team2=File:Colours of Derry.svg Derry|RD1-score2=1-13|RD1=Semi-finals}}
{{football box |
date = June 25, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Down |
score = 6-7 – 1-13 |
team2 = Derry |
goals1 = |
goals2 = |
attendance = |
referee = |
stadium =
}}
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{{football box |
date = July 9, 1989
Final |
team1 = Antrim |
score = 2-16 – 0-9 |
team2 = Down |
goals1 = D. McNaughton (2-5), B. Donnelly (0-3), A. McCarry (0-2), J. P. McKillen (0-2), P. McKillen (0-2), T. McNaughton (0-1), D. Armstrong (0-1). |
goals2 = B. Coulter (0-3), C. Mageen (0-2), B. Coulter (0-2), H. Gilmore (0-1). |
attendance = |
referee = P. Delaney (Laois) |
stadium = Athletic Grounds, Armagh
}}
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
{{8TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes|RD1=Quarter-Finals|RD2-seed4=|RD3-seed1=|RD2-seed2=|RD2-seed1=|RD2-seed3=|RD1-seed7=|RD1-seed8=|RD3-score2=3-09|RD3-team2=File:Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim|RD3-score1=4-24|RD3-team1=File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary|RD2-score4=1-15|RD2-team4=File:Colours of Offaly.svg Offaly|RD2-score3= 4-15|RD2=Semi-Finals|RD2-team3=File:Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim|RD2-score2=2-11|RD2-team2=File:Colours of Galway.svg Galway|RD2-score1= 1-17|RD2-team1=File:Colours of Tipperary.svg Tipperary|RD1-score7=4-14|RD1-team7=File:Colours of Antrim.svg Antrim|RD1-score8=0-07|RD1-team8=File:Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare|score-width=35|team-width=100|RD3=Final|RD3-seed2=}}
=All-Ireland quarter-finals=
{{football box |
date = July 23, 1989
Quarter-Final |
team1 = Antrim |
score = 4-14 – 0-7 |
team2 = Kildare |
goals1 = B. Donnelly (2-1), O. McFetridge (1-3), C. Barr (1-2), P. McKillen (0-2), J. McNaughton (0-2), T. McNaughton (0-1), D. McNaughton (0-1), D. Armstrong (0-1), A. McCarry (0-1). |
goals2 = M. Moore (0-4), G. Deering (0-1), G. Ennis (0-1), R. Byrne (0-1). |
stadium = St. Brigid's Park, Dundalk
}}
=All-Ireland semi-finals=
{{football box |
date = August 6, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Antrim |
score = 4-15 – 1-15 |
team2 = Offaly |
report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120921144633/http://www.gaainfo.com/article.php?story=0&matchno=330&co=intercounty&year=1989 Report] |
goals1 = A. McCarry (2-4), O. McFetridge (2-3), T. McNaughton (0-2), D. Armstrong (0-2), C. Barr (0-1), D. McKinley (0-1), P. McKillen (0-1), B. Donnelly (0-1). |
goals2 = V. Teehan (1-0), J. Dooley (0-3), P. Delaney (0-3), M. Corrigan (0-3), D. Regan (0-2), D. Pilkington (0-1), R. Mannion (0-1), J. Kelly (0-1), J. Pilkington (0-1). |
attendance = 64,127 |
referee = G. McClory (Antrim) |
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
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{{football box |
date = August 6, 1989
Semi-Final |
team1 = Tipperary |
score = 1-17 – 2-11 |
team2 = Galway |
report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120921144721/http://www.gaainfo.com/article.php?story=0&matchno=329&co=intercounty&year=1989 Report]|
goals1 = N. English (0-8), P. Fox (1-2), P. Delaney (0-3), C. Bonnar (0-2), D. Ryan (0-1), M. Cleary (0-1). |
goals2 = É. Ryan (2-1), M. McGrath (0-3), J. Cooney (0-3), G. Burke (0-2), J. Treacy (0-1), M. Coleman (0-1). |
attendance = 64,127 |
referee = J. Denton (Wexford) |
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
=All-Ireland Final=
{{football box |
date = September 3, 1989
Final |
team1 = Tipperary |
score = 4-24 – 3-9 |
team2 = Antrim |
report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120921144846/http://www.gaainfo.com/article.php?story=0&matchno=333&co=intercounty&year=1989 Report] |
goals1 = N. English (2-12), D. Ryan (1-3), P. Fox (1-2), J. Leahy (0-3), D. Carr (0-2), M. Cleary (0-2). |
goals2 = B. Donnelly (1-1), O. McFetridge (0-3), A. McCarry (1-0), D. Armstrong (1-0), T. McNaughton (0-2), P. McKillen (0-1), L. McKeegan (0-1), D. McKillop (0-1). |
attendance = 65,496 |
referee = P. Delaney (Laois) |
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin
}}
{{main|1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final}}
Stadia and locations
{{Main|List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums}}
Championship statistics
= Top scorers =
== Season ==
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Player ! County ! Tally ! Total ! Matches ! Average |
|---|
| rowspan=1 align=center|1
|align=center|4-38 |align=center|50 |align=center|4 |align=center|12.50 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|2
|align=center|1-21 |align=center|24 |align=center|3 |align=center|8.00 |
| Mark Corrigan
|align=center|4-12 |align=center|24 |align=center|3 |align=center|8.00 |
| rowspan=1 align=center|4
|Cork |align=center|1-19 |align=center|23 |align=center|2 |align=center|8.00 |
| rowspan=1 align=center|5
|align=center|3-11 |align=center|20 |align=center|4 |align=center|5.00 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|6
|align=center|3-9 |align=center|18 |align=center|3 |align=center|6.00 |
| Kieran Delahunty
|align=center|1-15 |align=center|18 |align=center|4 |align=center|4.50 |
| rowspan=1 align=center|8
|align=center|3-7 |align=center|16 |align=center|4 |align=center|4.00 |
| rowspan=3 align=center|9
|align=center|5-0 |align=center|15 |align=center|4 |align=center|3.75 |
| Brian Donnelly
|align=center|3-6 |align=center|15 |align=center|4 |align=center|3.75 |
| Shane Aherne
|align=center|2-9 |align=center|15 |align=center|4 |align=center|3.75 |
== Single game ==
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
! Player ! County ! Tally ! Total ! Opposition |
|---|
| rowspan=1 align=center|1
|align=center|2-12 |align=center|18 |
| rowspan=1 align=center|2
|align=center|3-7 |align=center|16 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|3
|align=center|3-5 |align=center|14 |
| Finbarr Delaney
|Cork |align=center|1-11 |align=center|14 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|5
|align=center|0-13 |align=center|13 |
| Adrian Ronan
|align=center|1-10 |align=center|13 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|7
|align=center|2-5 |align=center|11 |
| Danny McNaughton
|align=center|2-5 |align=center|11 |Down |
| rowspan=1 align=center|9
|align=center|1-7 |align=center|10 |
| rowspan=2 align=center|10
|align=center|1-6 |align=center|9 |
| Pat Murphy
|align=center|3-0 |align=center|9 |Cork |
Broadcasting
The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on The Sunday Game.
| class="wikitable" |
| Round
! RTÉ ! Channel 4 |
|---|
| Munster final
| |
| All-Ireland semi-finals
|Antrim vs Offaly | |
| All-Ireland final |
References
{{reflist}}
External link
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711070620/http://www.gaainfo.com/comp.php?cyear=1988&comp=shc&co=intercounty&year=1989&submit=Go All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1989 Results]
{{Hurling All-Irelands}}