1970 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1970
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (10th win)
Captain	Pat Kavanagh
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	Seán Hynes
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 6 September 1970 Cork won the championship following a 5-19 to 2-9 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in-a-row and their tenth title overall.

The Championship

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The semi-final pairings saw the Munster champions play the Ulster champions and the Leinster champions play Galway, who received a bye to this stage. Two teams were eliminated at this stage while the two winners advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contested this game.

Results

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

5 July 1970 Semi-final	Wexford	1-09 - 1-02	Dublin	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

Final

19 July 1970 Final	Wexford	3-10 - 1-10	Kilkenny	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	T O'Connor and D Grannell 1-1 each, T O'Brien 1-0, J Murphy, PJ Harris and B Murphy 0-2 each, P O'Neill and L Dunphy 0-1 each.		P Bollard 0-5, P Mullally 1-0, J Giles 0-3, R Dunne and P Butler 0-1 each.

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

First round

16 May 1970 First round	Limerick	0-05 - 3-05	Clare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	P Neville 0-2, F Ryan 0-1, J Ryan 0-1, L O'Donoghue 0-1.		M Gough 1-0, G Treacy 1-0, S O'Connell 1-0, M McKeogh 0-3, C Honan 0-1.

Semi-finals

28 June 1970 Semi-final	Cork	6-17 - 2-00	Clare	Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
	T Sheehan 1-5, T Crowley 1-3, D Relihan 1-4, J Hanley 1-2, S O'Leary 1-1, S O'Farrell 0-2.		M O'Connell 1-0, M Gough 1-0.

28 June 1970 Semi-final	Tipperary	9-11 - 7-04	Waterford	Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
	M Hogan 4-1, D Dwyer 3-1, W Condon 2-1, M Young 0-3, J Keogh 0-3, J Darcy 0-1, J Spooner 0-1.		D Ormonde 2-1, T Casey 2-0, T Reid 1-3, PJ Ryan 1-0, M O'Brien 1-0.	Referee: D O'Brien (Cork)

Final

19 July 1970 Final	Cork	3-08 - 4-04	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	S O'Leary 3-2, G Sheehan 0-2, S Farrell, T Crowley, M Doherty and G Hanley 0-1 each.		N Maher, D O'Dwyer, C Keogh and J Darcy 1-0 each, W Conlon and T Young 0-2 each.

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Final

21 June 1970 Final	Antrim	4-12 - 0-05	Down	Casement Park, Belfast

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

16 August 1970 Semi-final	Galway	3-09 - 2-04	Wexford	Páirc Chiaráin, Athlone
	S Hynes 1-2, M Donohghue 0-4, J McDonagh 1-0, D Duffy 1-0, D Campbell 0-2, A Fintan 0-1.		M Bernie 1-1, B Dempsey 1-0, T O'Connor 0-2, P O'Neill 0-1.

16 August 1970 Semi-final	Cork	6-16 - 0-07	Antrim	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	S O'Leary 2-5, T Sheehan 0-8, S O'Farrell 2-0, G Hanley 1-1, D Renihan 1-0, N Crowley 0-1, T Crowley 0-1.		J Crossley 0-3, K Donnelly 0-2, S O'Donnell 0-2.

Final

6 September 1970 Final	Cork	5-19 - 2-09	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
	D Relihan 2-2, S O'Leary 2-2, T Sheehan 0-7, S O'Farrell 1-2, G Hanley 0-3, V Twomey 0-1, M O'Doherty 0-1, P Kavanagh 0-1.		M Donoghue 1-6, S Hynes 1-0, D Campbell 0-2, M Holland 0-1.

External links

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour

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