1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1974–75
Championship Details
Dates	1 December 1974 – 16 March 1975
All Ireland Champions
Winners	St. Finbarr's (1st win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Fenians Johnstown
Provincial Champions
Munster	St. Finbarr's
Leinster	Fenians Johnstown
Ulster	Ballycran
Connacht	Ardrahan
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 5th national club hurling competition since its establishment in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played in the winter of 1974 and the championship ended on 16 March 1975. Blackrock went into the 1974–75 championship as defending champions, having won their second All-Ireland title the previous year.

The championship culminated with the All-Ireland club final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by St. Finbarr's of Cork and Fenians of Kilkenny. St. Finbarr's won the game by 3–8 to 1–6. It was their first ever All-Ireland title.

Format

The 1974–75 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the participating counties entered their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:

Provincial Championships

The Leinster, Connacht, Munster and Ulster championships were played on a straight knock-out basis. The four respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.

All-Ireland Series

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The Munster champions played the Connacht champions while the Leinster champions played the Ulster champions. The winners of these two games contested the All-Ireland club final.

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final	Tooreen	w/o - scr.	St. Finbarr's

24 November 1974 Quarter-final	Tremane	w/o - scr.	Craobh Rua	Athleague

Semi-final

1 December 1975 Semi-final	Tooreen	3-05 - 0-11	Tremane	Charlestown
	T Henry 1-2, W Stenson 1-0, E Mulrennan 1-0, J Henry 0-3.		R Sallon 0-3, S Kilroy 0-3, J Kilroy 0-2, T Healy 0-2, J Coyne 0-1.	Referee: M Donlon (Sligo)

Final

2 February 1975 Final	Tooreen	1-06 - 9-12	Ardrahan	Ballyhaunis
	J Henry 1-5, E Mulrennan 0-1.		M Whelan 4-1, J O'Mahony 1-6, G Curtin 1-1, V Mullins 1-1, B Forde 1-0, M Kearns 1-0, M Cunningham 0-2, JJ O'Dea 0-1.

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

1 December 1974 First round	Carnew Emmets	3-13 - 2-05	Suncroft	Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim

1 December 1974 First round	Castlepollard	0-07 - 2-09	Boardsmill	Cusack Park, Mullingar

1 December 1974 First round	The Fenians	3-07 - 1-07	Rathnure	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Moriarty 1-2, P Delaney 1-1, B Fitzpatrick 1-0, M Garrett 0-2, B Watson 0-1, P Broderick 0-1.		D Quigley 0-5, M Quigley 1-0, J Murphy 0-1, J Quigley 0-1.

Quarter-finals

1 December 1974 Quarter-final	St. Rynagh's	2-03 - 0-09	Camross	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	S Moylan 1-0, P Horan 1-0, PJ Whelehan 0-2, J Horan 0-1.		F Keenan 0-3, M Carroll 0-2, M Cuddy 0-2, P Dowling 0-1, M Cuddy 0-1.

8 December 1974 Quarter-final	Boardsmill	3-13 - 0-04	Naomh Moninne	St. Loman's Park, Trim

15 December 1974 Quarter-final	Carnew Emmets	3-07 - 4-05	Faughs	Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
	M Lalor 2-5, T Collins 1-1, M Doyle 0-1.		J Cunningham 2-3, J Bennett 1-1, N Rea 1-0, J Derwin 0-1.

15 December 1974 Quarter-final	The Fenians	5-14 - 0-04	Naomh Eoin	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Moriarty 1-7, E Graham 2-1, B Watson 2-1, P Delaney 0-3, P Broderick 0-2.		M Nolan 0-1, J O'Hara 0-1, E Quirke 0-1, L Fox 0-1.

15 December 1974 Quarter-final replay	Camross	1-06 - 2-08	St. Rynagh's	Kelly Daly Park, Rathdowney
	F Keenan 0-5, Martin Cuddy 1-0, G Cuddy 0-1.		B Moylan 1-1, B Lyons 1-1, G Burke 0-2, J Horan 0-1, S Moylan 0-1, G Woods 0-1, PJ Whelehan 0-1,

Semi-finals

12 January 1975 Semi-final	St. Rynagh's	1-10 - 0-09	Boardsmill	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	M Moylan 1-4, PJ Whelehan 0-2, B Lyons 0-1, H Dolan 0-1, G Woods 0-1, P Horan 0-1.		S Carney 0-3, S Garrigan 0-3, M Mooney 0-1, D Fay 0-1, L Gibbons 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

12 January 1975 Semi-final	The Fenians	2-09 - 0-07	Faughs	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Moriarty 0-5, P Delaney 1-1, B Watson 1-0, B Fitzpatrick 0-2, G Henderson 0-1.		J Cunningham 0-3, K Maher 0-1, N Rea 0-1, C Muldoon 0-1, J Bennett 0-1.	Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

Final

26 January 1975 Final	The Fenians	2-06 - 1-06	St. Rynagh's	Croke Park, Dublin
	M Garrett 1-1, B Fitzpatrick 0-4, P Fitzpatrick 1-0, J Moriarty 0-1.		B Moylan 0-4, M Moylan 1-0, PJ Whelehan 0-1, P Horan 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

1 December 1974 Quarter-final	Kilmallock	6-16 - 0-04	Abbeydorney	Páirc Mac Gearailt, Kilmallock
	B Savage 3-1, T Smith 1-8, D O'Riordan 2-2, M Finn 0-2, T Moloney 0-1, P Kelly 0-1, M Dowling 0-1.		T Behan 0-2, T Lyons 0-1, B Keane 0-1.	Referee: J Woods (Clare)

1 December 1974 Quarter-final	Mount Sion	3-03 - 5-12	St. Finbarr's	Walsh Park, Waterford
	M Óg Morrissey 1-0, S Greene 1-0 ,P Kelly 1-0, P O'Grady 0-2, M Geary 0-1.		J Barry-Murphy 2-4, B Scully 2-0, J O'Shea 1-2, S Gillen 0-3, E Fitzpatrick 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: D Dowling (Kilkenny)

Semi-finals

17 November 1974 Semi-final	Newmarket-on-Fergus	2-10 - 0-09	Thurles Sarsfields	Newmarket-on-Fergus
	S Liddy 1-2, J McNamara 0-5, T Ryan 1-1, C Woods 0-1, P McNamara 0-1.		J Doyle Snr 0-4, E Clancy 0-1, P McCormack 0-1, P Byrne 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, J Doyle 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (Cork)

15 December 1974 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	4-12 - 0-09	Kilmallock	The Mardyke, Cork
	J Barry-Murphy 2-2, B Scully 2-0, J O'Shea 0-3, S Gillen 0-3, G McCarthy 0-2, S McCarthy 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1.		T Smith 0-4, P Kelly 0-3, T Moloney 0-1, D O'Riordan 0-1.	Referee: H Moloney (Tipperary)

Final

19 January 1975 Final	St. Finbarr's	0-07 - 0-03	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	C McCarthy 0-4, S Gillen 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1.		C Woods 0-2, M Pewter 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-final

1 December 1974 Semi-final	Dungiven	1-08 - 4-06	Ballycran	Galladuff

Final

8 December 1974 Final	Sarsfields	3-02 - 3-05	Ballycran	Corrigan Park, Belfast
	A Thorneberry 1-0, S Doherty 1-0, E McGarrigle 1-0, S Ward 0-2.		M O'Flynn 2-1, B Gilmore 1-0, S Mullan 0-1, J Martin 0-1, B Mullan 0-1, T Browne 0-1.	Referee: F Carlisle (Armagh)

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

23 February 1975 Semi-final	Fenians	2-13 - 1-08	Ardrahan	Duggan Park, Ballinasloe
	B Fitzpatrick 1-8, JJ Tobin 1-1, J Moriarty 0-2, B Watson 0-1, P Henderson 0-1.		M Bond 0-4, M Whelan 1-0, V Mullins 0-3, N Geoghegan 0-1.	Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

23 February 1975 Semi-final	Ballycran	3-10 - 8-08	St. Finbarr's	McKenna Park, Ballycran
	T Browne 2-0, B Gilmore 0-5, J Martin 1-0, B Mullan 0-3, B Gordon 0-2.		J Barry-Murphy 3-2, C McCarthy 2-1, S Looney 2-0, G O'Shea 1-2, E Fitzpatrick 0-2, S Gillen 0-1.	Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)

Final

16 March 1975 Final	St. Finbarr's	3-08 - 1-06	The Fenians	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Barry-Murphy 1-4, C Cullinane 1-0, J O'Shea 1-0, C Roche 0-2, C McCarthy 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1.		P Delaney 1-0, B Fitzpatrick 0-2, J Moriarty 0-1, J Ryan 0-1, M Garrett 0-1, P Henderson 0-1.	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's	8-13	37	5	7.40
2	Johnny Moriarty	The Fenians	2-18	24	6	4.00

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