1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	18 May 1919 - 21 September 1919
Teams	14
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Cork (7th win)
Captain	Jimmy Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Dublin
Captain	Charlie Stuart [1]
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	13
Goals total	82 (6.3 per game)
Points total	88 (6.7 per game)
All-Star Team	See here
← 1918 1920 →

The 1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 33rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 18 May 1919 and ended on 21 September 1919.

Limerick were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Cork won the title following a 6-4 to 2-4 defeat of Dublin in the final. ^{[2] [3]}

Teams

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1914
Cork	Red and white	1903	1915
Dublin	Navy and blue	1917	1917
Galway	Maroon and white		1917
Kerry	Green and gold	1891	1891
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1914	1916
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1918	1918
Louth	Red and white
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1916	1916
Waterford	Blue and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Laois v Offaly

22 June 1919First round	Laois	2-2 - 4-1	Offaly	Ballybrophy
				Attendance: 2,000 Referee: P Kennefick

Quarter-finals

Louth v Meath

25 May 1919Quarter-final	Louth	1-02 - 4-02	Meath
				Attendance: 2,000

Dublin v Offaly

6 July 1919Quarter-final	Dublin	2-5 - 0-3	Offaly	Portlaoise
				Referee: R O'Keeffe

Semi-final

Wexford v Kilkenny

6 July 1919Semi-final	Wexford	0-00 - 7-5	Kilkenny	New Ross
				Referee: M de Búrca

Dublin v Meath

20 July 1919Semi-final

Dublin

8-8 - 5-4

Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Dublin v Kilkenny

10 August 1919Final	Dublin	1-05 - 1-02	Kilkenny	Wexford Park, Wexford
				Attendance: 4,500

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Waterford v Cork

18 May 1919Quarter-final

Waterford

3-00 - 10-01

Cork

Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Tipperary v Kerry

25 May 1919Quarter-final

Tipperary

5-04 - 0-01

Kerry

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Semi-finals

Clare v Limerick

22 June 1919Semi-final

Clare

4-01 - 6-06

Limerick

Cusack Park, Ennis

Cork v Tipperary

29 June 1919Semi-final

Cork

2-04 - 2-03

Tipperary

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Final

Limerick v Cork

24 August 1919Final	Limerick	1-06 - 3-05	Cork	Markets Field, Limerick
				Attendance: 15,000 Referee: W Walsh (Waterford)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Cork v Galway

7 September 1919Semi-final

Cork

3-08 - 0-02

Galway

Markets Field, Limerick [4]

Final

Cork v Dublin

21 September 1919Final	Cork	6-04 - 2-04	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: W Walsh (Waterford)

Main article: 1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Cork's All-Ireland final victory is their first since 1903. It remains their longest interval between successive championship titles.

Sources

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

External links

• 1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

References

1. Rouse, Paul (27 October 2017). "What type of men win an All-Ireland in time of war?". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
2. "Cork defeat Dublin in All-Ireland hurling decider". Century Ireland - RTE. 22 September 1919. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
3. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
4. Keane, Eoin (20 April 2020). "Hurling history: The struggle to play Cork and Limerick at the height of the War of Independence". echo live. Retrieved 5 March 2025.