1979 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1979
All Ireland Champions
Winners Cork (14th win)
Captain Christy Coughlan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Kilkenny
CaptainSeánie Tyrrell
Provincial Champions
Munster Cork
Leinster Kilkenny
Ulster Not Played
Connacht Not Played
1978
1980

The 1979 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 49th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

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Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.

On 2 September 1979 Cork won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-9 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in-a-row and their 14th overall.

Results

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Leinster first round

12 May 1979First round Meath 2-04 - 4-07 Down Cusack Park

Leinster quarter-finals

26 May 1979Quarter-final Westmeath 2-08 - 5-14 Down Cusack Park
26 May 1979Quarter-final Kilkenny 2-16 - 2-07 Offaly O'Moore Park
27 May 1979Quarter-final Antrim 2-08 - 1-02 Dublin Croke Park

Leinster semi-finals

27 June 1979Semi-final Kilkenny 1-14 - 1-07 Wexford Dr. Cullen Park
30 June 1979Semi-final Antrim 3-11 - 1-01 Down Croke Park

Leinster final

15 July 1979Final Kilkenny 5-13 - 1-09 Antrim Semple Stadium

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Munster first round

4 May 1979First round Tipperary 7-11 - 0-05 Kerry MacDonagh Park
8 May 1979First round Limerick 6-12 - 1-05 Waterford Semple Stadium

Munster semi-finals

18 May 1979Semi-final Limerick 2-07 - 1-10 Clare MacDonagh Park
25 May 1979Semi-final Cork 1-08- 2-04 Tipperary Gaelic Grounds
29 June 1979Semi-final replay Limerick 6-04 - 2-03 Clare MacDonagh Park

Munster final

8 July 1979Final Cork 3-17 - 4-04 Limerick Semple Stadium

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

5 August 1979Semi-final Cork 6-15 - 0-06 Galway Croke Park
T Coakley 3-1, T Coyne 1-6, K Hennessy 1-3, R Hegarty 1-1, M O'Sullivan 0-2, D Walsh 0-1, J Greally 0-1.D Fahy 0-2, J Murphy 0-2, P Blaney 0-1, A Staunton 0-1.

All-Ireland final

2 September 1979Final Cork 2-11 - 1-09 Kilkenny Croke Park
T Coyne 1-4, T Coakley 1-0, M O'Sullivan 0-3, T O'Sullivan 0-2, D Scanlon 0-2.J Mahon 0-5, S Tyrrell 1-0, B Purcell 0-1, J O'Dwyer 0-1, P Phelan 0-1, M Walsh 0-1.Referee: N O'Donoghue (Dublin)


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