2007 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship

2007 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship
Dates	13 October; – 27 October 2007
Teams	Connacht; Leinster; Munster; Ulster
Champions	Munster (45th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
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The 2007 Inter-provincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2007 M Donnelly Hurling Inter-provincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, was the 80th series of the Inter-provincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland was contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster. The championship was won by Munster.

Participants

The teams involved are:

Province	Manager(s)	Captain
Connacht	Ger Loughnane
Leinster	John Conran	James McGarry
Munster	Michael Ryan	Michael Walsh
Ulster	Terence McNaughton Dominic McKinley	Seán Delargy

Results

Inter-provincial Championship

13 October
Semi-final

Munster	1-21 – 1-13	Leinster
E Kelly (1-10) L Corbett (0-3) J Gardiner (0-2) M Fitzgerald (0-1) J Mullane (0-1) S O’Connor (0-1) S McGrath (0-1) J Clancy (0-1) M Walsh (0-1)	Report	J Young (0-4) R McCarthy (1-0) M Rice (0-2) D Lyng (0-2) B Lambert (0-2) A Fogarty (0-1) R Power (0-1) K Brady (0-1)

Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy

Referee: M Haverty (Galway)

27 October
Final

Munster	2-22 – 2-19	Connacht
E Kelly (0-10) J Mullane (1-2) J Gardiner (0-4) D O'Grady (0-3) L Corbett (0-2) G Quinn (0-1)	Report	N Healy (0-11) A Callanan (1-3) D Hayes (0-3) A Kerins (1-0) C Dervan (0-2)

Croke Park, Dublin

Referee: D Magee (Down)

Sources

Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

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