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.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Offaly	2-3 – 1-4	Laois

Jones's Road, Dublin

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Semi-final

Kilkenny	2-6 – 2-6	Dublin

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Semi-final replay

Kilkenny	6-13 – 1-4	Dublin

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16 October 1898
Final

Kilkenny	w/o – scr.	Wexford

Jones's Road, Dublin

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Limerick	2-5 – 2-3	Clare

Limerick

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Semi-final

Cork	4-16 – 0-2	Tipperary

Cork

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Final

Limerick	4-9 – 1-6	Cork

Tipperary

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

30 October 1898
Semi-final

Kilkenny	3-4 – 0-4	Galway

Jones's Road, Dublin

All-Ireland Final ^[2]

20 November 1898
Final

Limerick	3-4 – 2-4	Kilkenny

Jones's Road, Dublin

Attendance: c.5,000

Referee: J. J. McCabe (Dublin)

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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.

Roll of Honour

• Cork - 4 (1894)
• Tipperary - 3 (1896)
• Limerick - 1 (1897)
• Dublin - 1 (1889)
• Kerry - 1 (1891)

References

1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
2. Potter, Matthew (20 July 2023). "Limerick's historic links with the GAA". Limerick City and County Council. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

Sources

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