| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 May - 4 September 1938 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Dublin (6th win) |
| Captain | Mick Daniels |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Waterford |
| Captain | Mick Hickey |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Waterford |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Goals total | 66 |
| Points total | 113 |
| Top Scorer | Locky Byrne (4-5) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1937 1939 → | |
The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1938 and ended on 4 September 1938.
Tipperary were the defending champions but were disqualified from the championship after fielding an ineligible player in their Munster semi-final defeat of Clare.
On 4 September 1938, Dublin won the championship following a 2-5 to 1-6 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final. [1] This was their sixth All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.
Waterford's Locky Byrne was the championship's top scorer with 4-5.
The 1938 championship featured no new entrants to the competition. Kerry, a team who had fielded a team throughout much of the 1930s, declined to participate in the Munster Championship.
Galway were the sole representatives from the Conancht Championship and received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final. There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship.
| Team | Colours | Grounds | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | Cusack Park | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | Cork Athletic Grounds | 1931 | 1931 | 1929-30 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | Croke Park | 1927 | 1934 | 1928-29 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | Pearse Stadium | 1923 | ||
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | Nowlan Park | 1935 | 1937 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | O'Moore Park | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | Ennis Road | 1936 | 1936 | 1937-38 |
| Meath | Green and gold | Páirc Tailteann | |||
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | St. Brendan's Park | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | Thurles Sportsfield | 1937 | 1937 | 1927-28 |
| Waterford | White and blue | Walsh Park | |||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | Cusack Park | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | Wexford Park | 1910 | 1918 | |
Quarter-final
| 1 May 1938Quarter-final | Dublin | 7-1 - 3-7 | Wexford | Aughrim Park, Aughrim |
| 8 May 1938Quarter-final | Westmeath | 5-4 - 4-2 | Meath | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
| 15 May 1938Quarter-final | Offaly | 2-2 - 1-6 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park, Birr |
Semi-finals
| 26 June 1938Semi-final | Laois | 1-2 - 5-7 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
Finals
| 17 July 1938Final | Dublin | 2-3 – 2-3 | Kilkenny | O'Moore Park, Portlaoise |
| R Ryan 1-1, J Byrne 1-0, J Gray 0-2. | J Walsh 1-0, M White 1-0, D Maher 1-0, J Mulcahy 0-1, J Phelan 0-1. |
The Leinster final ended in a draw for the first time since 1934.
| 31 July 1938Final replay | Dublin | 4-9 – 3-5 | Kilkenny | O'Connor Park, Tullamore |
| M McDonnell 0-7, M Brophy 2-0, J Gray 1-1, J Byrne 1-1. | D Maher 1-1, J Mulcahy 1-0, T Leahy 1-0, J Phelan 0-3, J Langton 0-1. |
Quarter-final
| 22 May 1938Quarter-final | Cork | 5-04 - 2-05 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles |
| J Kelly 1-1, C Buckley 1-1, F Barry 1-0, M Brennan 1-0, D Moylan 1-0, J Lynch 0-2. | Givens 1-0, J McCarthy 1-1, M Mackey 0-3, T Ryan 0-1. |
Semi-finals
| 26 June 1938Semi-final | Tipperary | 3-10 - 2-03 | Clare | Ennis Road, Limerick |
| J Coffey 2-2, N Wade 1-2, J Cooney 0-1, P Ryan 0-1, T Doyle 0-1, Burke 0-1, Barry 0-1, B O'Donnell 0-1. | Hennessy 1-0, Murphy 1-0, C Flanagan 0-2, O'Halloran 0-1. | Referee: J O'Regan (Cork) |
Clare later objected to the victory as Tipperary had fielded Jimmy Cooney who was suspended. The objection was upheld and Clare were later awarded the game.
| 10 July 1938Semi-final | Waterford | 5-02 - 1-03 | Cork | Fraher Field, Dungarvan |
| PA Sheehan 2-0, L Byrne 2-0, D Goode 1-0, T Greaney 0-1, S Feeney 0-1. | M Brennan 1-0, F Barry 0-1, J Young 0-1, J Barrett 0-1. |
Final
| 31 July 1938Final | Waterford | 3-05 – 2-05 | Clare | Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork |
| L Byrne 1-0, J Butler 1-0, J Halpin 1-0, J Feeney 0-2, C Moylan 0-2, T Greaney 0-1. | Hennessy 1-1, P Loughnane 1-0, S Guinnane 0-2, M Murphy 0-2. | Referee: J O'Regan (Cork) |
Waterford won the Munster title for the first time in their history.
Semi-final
| 7 August 1938Semi-final | Waterford | 4-8 – 3-1 | Galway | Cusack Park, Ennis |
Waterford's first championship match against Galway
Final
| 4 September 1938Final | Dublin | 2-5 – 1-6 | Waterford | Croke Park, Dublin |
| M Flynn 1-0, W Loughman 1-0, M McDonnell 0-3, H Gray 0-1, P Doody 0-1. | J Keane 0-4, D Goode 1-0, L Byrne 0-2. | Attendance: 37,129 Referee: I Harney (Galway) |
Waterford's first All-Ireland final and first championship match against Dublin
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