1997 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Dates 16 August 1997 – 12 October 1997 Teams 12 Sponsor St. Canice's Credit Union Champions Dunnamaggin (1st title)Runners-up Young Irelands Relegated Mooncoin Matches played 15 Goals scored 46 (3.07 per match) Points scored 303 (20.2 per match) Top scorer(s) D. J. Carey (3-16)
The 1997 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board . The championship began on 16 August 1997 and ended on 12 October 1997.
Young Irelands were the defending champions .
On 12 October 1997, Dunnamggin won the title after a 2–10 to 2–07 defeat of Young Irelands in the final at Nowlan Park .[1]
D. J. Carey from the Young Irelands club was the championship's top scorer with 3–16.
Team changes [ ] To Championship [ ] Promoted from the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
From Championship [ ] Relegated to the Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship
Results [ ] First round [ ] Glenmore v Mooncoin 16 August 1997 First round Glenmore 1-14 - 2-09 Mooncoin Mullinavat R Heffernan 0-5, P Mullally 1-1, P Fitzgerald 0-3, J Murphy 0-2, M Phelan 0-1, J Phelan 0-1, D Heffernan 0-1.
M Walsh 1-2, T Murphy 1-0, T Dunphy 0-2, J Fitzgerald 0-2, G Kirwan 0-1, P Hogan 0-1, L Sutton 0-1.
Referee: J Guinan (Lisdowney)
Tullaroan v Fenians 17 August 1997 First round Tullaroan 2-08 - 1-07 Fenians Páirc Lachtáin , Freshford B Teehan 2-0, J Coogan 0-3, J Walton 0-2, M Maher 0-1, L Keoghan 0-1, J Breen 0-1.
B Purcell 1-3, K Power 0-2, P Delaney 0-1, Brendan Ryan 0-1.
Erin's Own v Graigue-Ballycallan 17 August 1997 First round Erin's Own 4-10 - 3-13 Graigue-Ballycallan Nowlan Park , Kilkenny B Young 1-5, D Buggy 2-0, E Holland 1-1, M Coogan 0-2, V Smith 0-2.
D Cleere 2-4, J Young 1-0, J Brennan 0-3, D Byrne 0-3, T Dermody 0-2, A Ronan 0-1.
Referee: P Neary (James Stephens)
Relegation play-offs [ ] Mooncoin v St. Martin's 6 September 1997 Semi-final Mooncoin 1-11 - 4-17 St. Martin's John Locke Park , Callan J Murphy 1-2, M Walsh 0-4, D Connolly 0-1, E Mackey 0-1, P Hogan 0-1, G Kirwan 0-1, M Purcell 0-1.
L Dowling 1-4, J Maher 1-2, N Moloney 1-2, D Lawlor 1-2, J Dooley 0-3, D Dooley 0-1, B Ryan 0-1, P Shore 0-1, A Lawlor 0-1.
Mooncoin v Graigue-Ballycallan 20 September 1997 Final Mooncoin 0-10 - 2-12 Graigue-Ballycallan Páirc na Seamróga , Ballyhale M Walsh 0-3, T Murphy 0-3, B Quinn 0-1, D Mackey 0-1, J Murphy 0-1, D Connolly 0-1.
D Cleere 0-6, J Hoyne 1-2, A Ronan 1-1, J Teehan 0-1, T Dermody 0-1, E Dwyer 0-1.
Referee: P Neary (James Stephens)
Quarter-finals [ ] Glenmore v Young Irelands 31 August 1997 Quarter-final Glenmore 1-10 - 3-08 Young Irelands Páirc na Seamróga , Ballyhale S Dollard 1-0, M Phelan 0-3, R Heffernan 0-2, D Heffernan 0-2, R Mullally 0-1, P Mullally 0-1, J Phelan 0-1.
C Carter 2-1, DJ Carey 0-6, J Carey 1-0, D Carroll 0-1.
Referee: P Neary (James Stephens)
Erin's Own v Dunnamaggin 8 September 1997 Quarter-final Erin's Own 1-07 - 0-18 Dunnamaggin Nowlan Park , Kilkenny E Holland 1-1, B Young 0-2, F Slevin 0-1, M Coogan 0-1, D Buggy 0-1, K Brennan 0-1.
M Moran 0-8, S Ryan 0-5, E Kennedy 0-2, P Kearney 0-1, P Cahill 0-1, K O'Shea 0-1.
Semi-finals [ ] Young Irelands v James Stephens
21 September 1997 Semi-final Young Irelands 3-14 - 2-13 James Stephens Nowlan Park , Kilkenny DJ Carey 2-8, J Carey 1-0, C Carter 0-3, D Carroll 0-2, C Phelan 0-1.
B McEvoy 0-7, L O'Connor 1-3, T O'Dowd 1-0, K Grogan 0-1, P Barry 0-1, B Leahy 0-1.
Referee: J Guinan (Lisdowney)
Final [ ] Dunnamaggin v Young Irelands12 October 1997 Final Dunnamaggin 2-10 - 2-07 Young Irelands Nowlan Park , Kilkenny S Ryan 1-1, E Kennedy 1-1, K O'Shea 0-2, P Kearney 0-2, M Moran 0-2, R Cahill 0-1, M O'Neill 0-1.
DJ Carey 1-2, C Carter 1-0, J Fitzgerald 0-2, C Phelan 0-2, J McDermott 0-1.
Referee: P Neary
Championship statistics [ ] Top scorers [ ] Overall Single game References [ ]
Dunnamaggin (1st title)
Young Irelands
Mooncoin