The 2011 ESB GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship was the 81st edition of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its inception in 1928. Games were played between 9 April and 4 September 2011.
The championship
Overview
The All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship of 2011 will be run on a provincial basis as usual. It will be a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there will be no seeds.
Each match will be played as a single leg. If a match is drawn a period of extra time will be played, however, if both sides are still level at the end of extra time a replay will take place.
O. Hickey 3-1, A. Mulready 2-2, A. Cunningham 0-6, C. O’Connor 0-6 ( 0-4f), S. O’Donnell 1-1, C. Galvin 0-3, T. Kelly 0-3, G. O’Connell 0-1, J. Colleran 0-1
J Carr 3-2, S Maloney 1-4 (0-1f, 0-1 '65), K Cullinane 0-6, B Lane, J Flynn 1-2 each, A Tuohy 0-5, J Glynn 1-1, S Caulfield 1-0, D Higgins, P Flaherty, M Mullins, B Keane 0-1 each
C Costello 4-2, C Kilkenny 1-6 (0-1f), P Winters 1-3 (0-2f), A Clabby 0-3, E Ó Conghaile 0-1, C Cronin 0-1, G Whelan 0-1, J Desmond 0-1, M McCaffrey 0-1, B McCarthy 0-1.
G O’Brien 1-3, S Bennett 1-1, P O’Keeffe 1-1, C Heffernan 1-0, A O’Sullivan 1-0, D Breathnach 0-3, J Dillion 0-2 (0-1f), C Curran 0-1, J Barron 0-1, C Chester 0-1.
The 2011 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Final took place in Croke Park, Dublin on Sunday, 4 September 2011. It was the 81st All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championships Final and was played prior to the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. Kilkenny are the defending champions, having beaten Clare on a scoreline of 2-10 to 0-14 in the 2010 final. Galway won the match after a 1-21 to 1-12 win against Dublin.[1][2]
Galway
1-21 - 1-12
Dublin
A Tuohy (0-01), P Brehony (0-04), D Higgins (0-01), J Flynn (0-03), G O'Donoghue (0-01), J Carr (0-01), S Maloney (1-09 (0-06f)