1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	18 May - 28 October 1941
Teams	12
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Cork (12th win)
Captain	Connie Buckley
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Dublin
Captain	Ned Wade
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	11
Goals total	82 (7.45 per game)
Points total	126 (11.45 per game)
Top Scorer	Jack Lynch (3-9)
All-Star Team	See here
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The 1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 55th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ended on 28 September 1941.

Limerick were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Cork in the provincial series.

The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 5-11 to 0-6 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. ^[1] This was their 12th All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons.

Foot-and-mouth disease

There was major disruption to the format of the 1941 championship due to a serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease ^[2] in many parts of Munster and south Leinster. The championship was run on a knockout provincial basis as usual, however, there was a certain amount of tweaking required to cope with the situation.

In the Munster championship Limerick defeated Waterford in the semi-final of the competition and qualified for the Munster final. Cork were drawn to meet Tipperary in the second semi-final, however, this game was cancelled by the Munster Council at the behest of the Department of Agriculture. As a result of this it was decided that Cork would play Limerick and the winners would represent Munster in the All-Ireland series. The delayed Cork-Tipperary game took place after the All-Ireland series, however, since Cork had already beaten Limerick this was now deemed to be the Munster decider. Tipperary won that game.

It was a similar story in the Leinster championship as foot-and-mouth disease ravaged southern parts of the province. Kilkenny were drawn to play Laois in one of the earlier stages of the provincial competition, however, the match could not take place and Kilkenny were given a bye into the Leinster final. The Department of Agriculture subsequently brought out an order that Kilkenny could not play in the Leinster final until the county was three weeks clear of the disease. The result was that Dublin were nominated to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland series. A delayed Leinster final was played after the completion of the All-Ireland final with Dublin defeating Kilkenny.

Teams

Overview

Six teams contested the Leinster championship while five teams contested the Munster championship. Galway, who faced no competition in their own province, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage. No team from Ulster participated in the senior championship.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932
Cork	Red and white	1931	1931	1940-41
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	1938	1938-39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930-31
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1939	1940	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1940	1940	1937-38
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1937	1937	1927-28
Waterford	Blue and white		1938
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Westmeath v Offaly

18 May 1941First round

Westmeath

2-2 – 8-4

Offaly

Cusack Park

Wexford v Laois

25 May 1941Quarter-final

Wexford

3-2 – 5-6

Laois

Enniscorthy Sportsfield

Offaly v Dublin

15 June 1941Quarter-final

Offaly

2-4 – 5-11

Dublin

O'Connor Park

Laois v Dublin

20 July 1941Semi-final

Laois

5-7 – 6-11

Dublin

O'Moore Park

Dublin v Kilkenny

2 November 1941Final	Dublin	2-8 – 1-8	Kilkenny	Croke Park
	M McDonnell 2-3, T Leahy 0-3, H Gray 0-2.		J Langton 0-5, S O'Brien 1-0, J Walsh 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Tipperary v Waterford

1 June 1941First round

Tipperary

Postponed

Waterford

Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles

Tipperary v Waterford

27 July 1941First round refixture	Tipperary	4-07 – 3-04	Waterford	Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles
	B O'Donnell 1-3, P Ryan 1-0, T Kennedy 1-0, J Heaney 1-0, D Doorly 0-2, N Condon 0-1, M Ryan 0-1.		W Barron 1-1, N Daly 1-0, S Feeney 1-0, M Hickey 0-2, D Power 0-1.

Semi-finals

Clare v Limerick

22 June 1941Semi-final	Clare	1-05 – 8-03	Limerick	Cusack Park, Ennis
	Flynn 1-0, Halloran 0-2, Flanagan 0-1, McNamara 0-1, Mullane 0-1.		D Stokes 3-1, P McMahon 3-0, Power 1-1, J Roche 1-0, M Butler 0-1.

Cork v Tipperary

17 August 1941Semi-final

Cork

Cancelled

Tipperary

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

Finals

Cork v Limerick

14 September 1941Final	Cork	8-10 – 3-02	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	J Lynch 2-5, J Quirke 2-1, T O'Sullivan 2-1, M Brennan 1-0, J Young 1-0, C Ring 0-2, C Buckley 0-1.		D Stokes 2-0, P McMahon 1-0, M Butler 0-1, T Ryan 0-1.

Tipperary v Cork

26 October 1941Final refixture	Tipperary	5-04 – 2-05	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	B O'Donnell 2-3, T Treacy 1-1, J Heaney 1-0, J Looby 1-0.		J Lynch 1-4, J Ryng 1-0, J Young 0-1.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Dublin v Galway

14 September 1941Semi-final

Dublin

2-4 – 2-2

Galway

St. Cronan's Park

Cork v Dublin

28 September 1941Final	Cork	5-11 – 0-6	Dublin	Croke Park
				Attendance: 26,150 Referee: W O'Donnell (Tipperary)

Main article: 1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 23 points
  • Cork 8-10 : 5-2 Limerick (Munster final, 14 September 1941)
• Most goals in a match: 11
  • Cork 8-10 : 5-2 Limerick (Munster final, 14 September 1941)
  • Laois 5-7 : 6-11 Dublin (Leinster semi-final, 20 July 1941)
• Most points in a match: 18
  • Laois 5-7 : 6-11 Dublin (Leinster semi-final, 20 July 1941)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 8
  • Cork 8-10 : 5-2 Limerick (Munster final, 14 September 1941)
  • Offaly 8-4 : 2-2 Westmeath (Leinster first round, 18 May 1941)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
  • Laois 5-7 : 6-11 Dublin (Leinster semi-final, 20 July 1941)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 8
  • Kilkenny 1-8 : 2-8 Dublin (Leinster final, 2 November 1941)

Miscellaneous

• Cork win their 12th All-Ireland title to draw level with Kilkenny and Tipperary at the top of the all-time roll of honour. It is the second time that "the big three" share the title of roll of honour leaders.
• Cork's defeat by Tipperary in the delayed Munster final left the team with the unusual distinction of being the first All-Ireland champions and provincial runners-up.

Player facts

Debutants

The following players made their début in the 1941 senior championship:

Player	Team	Date	Opposition	Game
Con Cottrell	Cork	September 14	Limerick	Munster final

Retirees

The following players played their last game in the 1941 championship:

Player	Team	Last Game	Date	Opposition	Début
Jack Barrett	Cork	Delayed Munster final	October 26	Tipperary	1934
Connie Buckley	Cork	Delayed Munster final	October 26	Tipperary	1934
James Ryng	Cork	Delayed Munster final	October 26	Tipperary	1932

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
• Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
• Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
• Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster HUrling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).

References

1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
2. Moran, Seán (11 September 2019). "Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park". The Irish Times . Retrieved 11 September 2019. Dublin [footballers]... hadn't won Leinster for seven years and didn't go into the All-Ireland semi-final as provincial champions – they were nominated by the province because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak that year, which caused the Leinster [football] final against Carlow to be postponed until November.