1995 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final

1995 Munster Senior Hurling Final
Event 1995 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare Limerick
1-17 0-11
Date 9 July 1995
Venue Semple Stadium, Thurles
Man of the Match P. J. O'Connell
Referee J. McDonnell (Tipperary)
Weather Sunny

The 1995 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 9 July 1995 at Semple Stadium, Thurles, County Tipperary. It was contested by Clare and Limerick. Clare claimed their first Munster Championship since 1932 and fourth ever after beating Limerick on a scoreline of 1-17 to 0-11. Clare were leading the game by 1-5 to 0-7 at half time.[1]

With the scores at 0-5 to 0-3 in Clare's favour in the first half, Davy Fitzgerald scored from a penalty five minutes before the break, crashing the ball high into the net at the town end before sprinting back to his goal-line. In 2005 this penalty goal came fifth in the Top 20 GAA Moments poll by the Irish public.[2] Clare were captained by Anthony Daly and managed by Ger Loughnane in his first year.[3]

Clare had defeated Cork in the semi-final by 2-13 to 3-09 to reach the final, while Limerick had defeated Tipperary by 0-16 to 0-15 in their semi-final.[4]

The match was screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme with commentary by Ger Canning and analysis by Éamonn Cregan.

Clare 1-17 – 0-11 Limerick
J. O'Connor (0-6), P. J. Connell (0-4), D. FitzGerald (1-0), C. Clancy (0-2), S. McMahon (0-1), F. Tuohy (0-1), F. Hegarty (0-1), S. McNamara (0-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-1). Report G. Kirby (0-6), M. Galligan (0-3), P. Heffernan (0-1), F. Carroll (0-1).
Referee: J. McDonnell (Tipperary)

References

  1. ↑ "1995 CLARE'S ALL IRELAND WIN". Gaa.ie. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Top 20 GAA Moments". Youtube. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "20 years ago today the Clare hurlers won a famous Munster title…but where are they now?". The 42. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "1995 Munster Hurling Championship". Gaainfo.ie. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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