1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final

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1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final
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Event 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Date13 September 1998
Venue Croke Park, Dublin
Man of the Match Brian Whelahan
Referee Dickie Murphy (Wexford)
Attendance65,491
WeatherSunny
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The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 111th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 13 September 1998, between Offaly and Kilkenny. [1]

It was the first all-Leinster All-Ireland final with victory going to Offaly managed by Michael Bond on a score line of 2-16 to 1-13. It was the first time that a defeated team from the earlier rounds of the championship had come through to win the All-Ireland final. [2]

Offaly 2-16 1-13 Kilkenny
B. Whelehan (1-6), J. Errity (1-2), J. Troy (0-3), M. Duignan (0-2), Joe Dooley (0-2), J. Pilkington (0-1). Report D. J. Carey (0-5), C. Carter (1-1), B. McEvoy (0-3), K. O'Shea (0-2), A. Comerford (0-1), P. Larkin (0-1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,491
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)
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Offaly
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Kilkenny
OFFALY:
GK1 Stephen Byrne
RCB2 Simon Whelahan
FB3 Kevin Kinahan
LCB4 Martin Hanamy
RWB5 Brian Whelahan
CB6 Hubert Rigney (c)
LWB7 Kevin Martin
MD8 Johnny Pilkington
MD9 Johnny Dooley
RWF10 Michael Duignan
CF11 John Troy
LWF12 Gary Hanniffy
RCF13 Billy Dooley
FF14 Joe Errity
LCF15 Joe Dooley
Substitutes:
16 Paudie Mulhaire
17 Darren Hanniffy
18 John Ryan
KILKENNY:
GK1 Joe Dermody
RCB2 Tom Hickey (c)
FB3 Pat O'Neill
LCB4 Willie O'Connor
RWB5 Michael Kavanagh
CB6 Canice Brennan
LWB7 Liam Keoghan
MD8 Phil Larkin
MD9 Peter Barry
RWF10 D. J. Carey
CF11 Andy Comerford
LWF12 Brian McEvoy
RCF13 Ken O'Shea
FF14 P. J. Delaney
LCF15 Charlie Carter
Substitutes:
16 Sean Ryan
17 Niall Moloney
18 John Costelloe

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References

  1. McGee, Eugene (14 September 1998). "Offaly silence the 'back door' knockers". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. "1998 All-Ireland Final Supplement". Offaly Express. Retrieved 11 September 2023.