1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning team Tipperary (4th win)
Captain Mikey Maher
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team Kilkenny
Captain Ned Hennessy
Provincial champions
Munster Tipperary
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
Championship statistics
All-Star Team See here
← 1897
1899 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1898 was the twelfth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 7-13 to 3-10 in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Munster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Wexford 0-0 – 1-11 Offaly
Kilkenny 4-13 – 1-5 Offaly
Kilkenny 4-12 – 3-2 Dublin

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Cork 6-6 – 0-2 Limerick
Tipperary w.o – scr. Clare
Tipperary 3-0 – 2-3 Cork
Tipperary 1-13 – 1-2 Cork

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Galway 1-3 – 3-14 Tipperary
Tipperary 7-13 – 3-10 Kilkenny
Attendance: c.2,500
Referee: J.J. McCabe (Dublin)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • The Munster final between Cork and Tipperary had to be abandoned due to fading light. Both sides were level at the time and a replay later took place.
  • Mikey Maher of Tipperary became the first player to captain a team to three All-Ireland final victories.

References

  1. ↑ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

Sources

  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
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