1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

The 1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 8 June 1969 and ended on 19 April 1970.

1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Dates8 June 1969 - 19 April 1970
Teams15
Champions James Stephens (3rd title)
Mickey Dunne (captain)
Runners-up Fenians
← 1968 (Previous) (Next) 1970 →

Rower-Inistioge were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galmoy in the second round.

On 19 April 1970, James Stephens won the championship after an 8-05 to 2-07 defeat of Fenians in the final.[1] It was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1937.

Format change

At the Kilkenny County Convention on 24 January 1969, it was decided to change the format of the championship by introducing a losers' group for teams defeated in the first round. The winners of the losers' group entered the championship proper at the semi-final stage.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship

  • Fenians

Results

First round
8 June 1969 First roundGalmoy2-11 - 4-16MooncoinNowlan Park, Kilkenny
8 June 1969 First roundBennettsbridge3-06 - 1-07FeniansNowlan Park, Kilkenny
8 June 1969 First roundNewpark Sarsfields9-21 - 1-07St. Senan'sThomastown Sportsfield, Thomastown
15 June 1969 First roundJames Stephens6-06 - 1-06Erin's OwnNowlan Park, Kilkenny
15 June 1969 First roundCoon2-10 - 0-07St. Lachtain'sNowlan Park, Kilkenny
29 June 1969 First roundLisdowney2-11 - 3-10Young IrelandsNowlan Park, Kilkenny
29 June 1969 First roundThomastown2-10 - 1-15Rower-InistiogeNowlan Park, Kilkenny

Losers' group
27 July 1969 Fenians3-09 - 3-04St. Lachtain'sNowlan Park, Kilkenny
3 August 1969 Galmoy3-15 - 4-04Erin's OwnNowlan Park, Kilkenny
3 August 1969 Rower-Inistioge4-14 - 4-04LisdowneyNowlan Park, Kilkenny

Second round
27 July 1969 Second roundTullaroan1-05 - 7-14BennettsbridgeNowlan Park, Kilkenny
27 July 1969 Second roundYoung Irelands2-07 - 5-11CoonNowlan Park, Kilkenny
27 July 1969 Second roundSt. Senan's2-09 - 7-18James StephensThomastown Sportsfield, Thomastown

Third round
14 September 1969 Second roundMooncoin2-09 - 2-05CoonNowlan Park, Kilkenny
14 September 1969 Second roundJames Stephens3-07 - 2-10BennettsbridgeNowlan Park, Kilkenny
26 October 1969 Second roundGalmoy2-14 - 1-14Rower-InistiogeNowlan Park, Kilkenny
26 October 1969 Second roundFenians5-18 - 4-06Newpark SarsfieldsSt. Patrick's Park, Ballyragget
26 October 1969 Second round replayJames Stephens3-09 - 3-09BennettsbridgeNowlan Park, Kilkenny
9 November 1969 Second round second replayJames Stephens4-03 - 2-02BennettsbridgeNowlan Park, Kilkenny

Semi-finals
30 November 1969 Semi-finalJames Stephens4-11 - 1-07GalmoyNowlan Park, Kilkenny
30 November 1969 Semi-finalFenians4-08 - 4-07MooncoinNowlan Park, Kilkenny

Final
19 April 1970 FinalJames Stephens8-05 - 2-07FeniansNowlan Park, Kilkenny
E Byrne 4-0, S Leahy 2-3, M Crotty 1-0, E Tallent 1-0, M Dunne 0-1, S Brennan 0-1. P Delaney 1-3, J Moriarty 1-0, T O'Connell 0-2, W Watson 0-1, P Henderson 0-1. Referee: D Dowling (Glenmore)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Following their semi-final defeat, Mooncoin lodged an objection against Fenians based on an alleged illegality in the registration of a member of their team. The objection was not upheld, however, it did result in a delay to the playing of the final.

References
  1. "Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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