1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Limerick (1st win)
Captain	Denis Grimes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Jackie Walsh
Provincial champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
All-Star Team	See here
← 1896 1898 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the eleventh series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final.^[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Offaly v Laois

Quarter-final

Offaly	2-3 – 1-4	Laois

Jones's Road, Dublin

Kilkenny v Dublin

Semi-final

Kilkenny	2-6 – 2-6	Dublin

Kilkenny v Dublin

Semi-final replay

Kilkenny	6-13 – 1-4	Dublin

Kilkenny v Wexford

16 October 1898
Final

Kilkenny	w/o – scr.	Wexford

Jones's Road, Dublin

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Limerick v Clare

Semi-final

Limerick	2-5 – 2-3	Clare

Limerick

Cork v Tipperary

Semi-final

Cork	4-16 – 0-2	Tipperary

Cork

Limerick v Cork

Final

Limerick	4-9 – 1-6	Cork

Tipperary

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Kilkenny v Galway

30 October 1898
Semi-final

Kilkenny	3-4 – 0-4	Galway

Jones's Road, Dublin

Limerick v Kilkenny

20 November 1898
Final

Limerick	3-4 – 2-4	Kilkenny

Jones's Road, Dublin
Attendance: c.5,000
Referee: J. J. McCabe (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Limerick win the Munster championship for the first time. It was their fourth appearance in the final.
An All-Ireland semi-final is played for the first time since the 1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting of Galway and Kilkenny.
The All-Ireland final is the very first championship meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick. The win gives Limerick their very first championship.
Limerick become fifth team to win the All-Ireland hurling title. They become the fourth team to have won an All-Ireland title in both hurling and Gaelic football.

References

↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Sources

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

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals

Qualification	via Connacht via Leinster via Munster via Ulster via the Christy Ring Cup

Championships	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Finals	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Statistics	Finalists Hat-tricks Records Top scorers Winning captains Winning managers Winning players Winning teams

Miscellaneous	All Stars History Hurler of the Year Player of the Month Trophy

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