1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Limerick (1st win)
Captain	Denis Grimes
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Jackie Walsh
Provincial champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
All-Star Team	See here
← 1896 1898 →

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final.^[1]

Format[]

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster 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[]

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship[]

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship[]

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Championship statistics[]

Miscellaneous[]

• Limerick win the Munster championship for the first time. It was their fourth appearance in the final.
• An All-Ireland semi-final is played for the first time since the 1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting of Galway and Kilkenny.
• The All-Ireland final is the first championship meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick. The win gives Limerick their very first championship.
• Limerick become fifth team to win the All-Ireland hurling title. They become the fourth team to have won an All-Ireland title in both hurling and Gaelic football.

References[]

Sources[]

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