2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	6 May – 10 September 2000
Teams	19
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Kilkenny (26th win)
Captain	Willie O'Connor
Manager	Brian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Offaly
Captain	Johnny Dooley
Manager	Pat Fleury
Provincial champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Derry
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	24
Goals total	66
Points total	717
Top Scorer	Johnny Dooley (0–41)
Player of the Year	D. J. Carey
All-Star Team	See here
← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (also known as the Guinness Hurling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the 2000 fixtures took place on 14 November 1999. The championship began on 6 May 2000 and ended on 10 September 2000.

Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Offaly in the All-Ireland semi-final. ^[1] Carlow, New York and Westmeath fielded teams after long absences.

On 10 September 2000, Kilkenny won the championship following a 5–15 to 1–14 defeat of Offaly in the All-Ireland final. ^[2] This was their 26th All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons. It was the third All-Ireland final to feature teams from the same province.

Offaly's Johnny Dooley was the championship's top scorer with 0–41. Kilkenny's D. J. Carey was the unanimous choice for Hurler of the Year.

New provincial formats

Following a motion from the Westmeath County Board at Congress, the Leinster Council proposed the introduction of a "back door system" in their hurling championship. This would be introduced to help develop hurling in the "weaker" counties and to ensure at least two championship games for these teams. While the motion was passed at Congress in April, the new format was rejected by the GAA's management committee at a meeting on 30 October 1999. The committee disagreed with the prospect of allowing losers from earlier rounds to re-enter the championship through a "back door system". As a result of this the Leinster Council were forced to tweak their championship format. This also led to the postponement of the championship draw. The Leinster Council's diluted proposal saw the introduction of a round-robin for the four weakest teams in the province. The group stage winners would join the other three teams in the championship proper.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Carlow
• Westmeath

Re entered Championship

• New York

From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

• Roscommon

Teams

Due to the introduction of the round robin system in Leinster, Carlow and Westmeath returned to the championship.

On 18 May 2000 the Roscommon County Board announced that the senior hurling team were withdrawing from the Connacht Championship. Nine of the previous year's panel were absent and, together with a lack of commitment from the remaining players, the board were left with no choice but to withdraw. As a result of this the Connacht Championship was not played and Galway's first game was an All-Ireland quarter-final.

The Kerry County Board were faced with a similar prospect to Roscommon, however, they declined to withdraw from the Munster Championship.

New York joined the Ulster Championship.

General information

Nineteen counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, seven teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and five teams in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.

County	Last provincial title	Last championship title	Position in 1999 Championship
Antrim	1999	—
Carlow	—	—
Clare	1998	1997
Cork	1999	1999
Derry	1908	—
Down	1997	—
Dublin	1961	1938
Galway	1999	1988
Kerry	1891	1891
Kilkenny	1999	1993
Laois	1949	1915
Limerick	1996	1973
London	—	1901
New York	—	—
Offaly	1995	1998
Tipperary	1993	1991
Waterford	1963	1959
Westmeath	—	—
Wexford	1997	1996

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Antrim	Seán McNaughton	Conor McCambridge	Bushmills	O'Neills
Carlow	Eddie Byrne		Stone Developments	O'Neills
Clare	Ger Loughnane	Brian Lohan	Eircell	O'Neills
Cork	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	Fergal Ryan	Esat Digifone	O'Neills
Derry	Kevin McNaughton	Conor Murray	O'Kane Insurance	O'Neills
Down	Jimmy O'Reilly		Canal Court Hotel	O'Neills
Dublin	Michael O'Grady		Arnott's	O'Neills
Galway	Mattie Murphy	Joe Rabbitte	Supermac's	O'Neills
Kerry	Michael O'Halloran		Kerry Group	O'Neills
Kilkenny	Brian Cody	Willie O'Connor	Avonmore	O'Neills
Laois	Padraig Horan	P. J. Peacock	Meadow Meats	O'Neills
Limerick	Éamonn Cregan	Ollie Moran	Red Cow Moran's Hotel	O'Neills
London			Setanta Sports	O'Neills
New York			Budweiser	O'Neills
Offaly	Pat Fleury	Johnny Dooley	Carroll Meats	O'Neills
Tipperary	Nicky English	Tommy Dunne	Finches	O'Neills
Waterford	Gerald McCarthy	Paul Flynn	Gain Feeds	O'Neills
Wexford	Joachim Kelly	Rory McCarthy	Wexford Creamery	O'Neills

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Derry

3–14

New York

1–10

Derry

2–15

Down

0–08

Derry

4–08

Antrim

0–19

Antrim

2–23

London

0–12

Derry v New York

3 June 2000Quarter-final	Derry	3–14 – 1–10	New York	Casement Park
	P Branniff 0–6, N Sands, G Savage 1–1 each, B Branniff 0–4, G McGrattan 1–0, P Monan, G Gordan 0–1 each.		K Kennedy 1–1, O Cummins 0–3, D Ryan, T Simms, B McCabe 0–2 each.	Referee: E Morris (Dublin)

Derry v Down

11 June 2000Semi-final	Derry	2–15 – 0–8	Down	Casement Park
	G Biggs 0–10, M Collins 1–2, J O'Dwyer 0–3, K McKeever 1–0.	Report	J McGrattan 0–3, P Braniff, G McGrattan, G Savage, G Gordan, D Byers 0–1 each.	Referee: P Aherne (Carlow)

Antrim v London

11 June 2000Semi-final	Antrim	2–23 – 0–12	London	Casement Park
	G O'Kane 1–9, C McCambridge 1–4, A Delargey 0–3, C Hamill 0–3, C Cunning 0–2, M Molloy, R Donnelly 0–1 each.	Report	T Moloney 0–6, D Browne, M O'Meara, T Lohan, D Deane 0–1 each, F Horgan 0–2.	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Derry v Antrim

9 July 2000Final	Derry	4–8 – 0–19	Antrim	Casement Park
	G Biggs 1–3 (2f), O Collins 1–2 (2f), J O'Dwyer 1–1, K McKeever 1–0, K McCloy and G Biggs 0–1 each.	Report	C McCambridge. 0–6, (3 '65, 1f), Gregory O'Kane 0–4 (3f), A Elliott 0–3, C Hamill 0–3 (1 sideline), C Cunning, J Connolly, A Delargy 0–1 each.	Referee: J McDonnell (Tipperary)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Kerry

0–04

Cork

2–32

Cork

2–17

Limerick

1–11

Cork

0–23

Tipperary

3–12

Tipperary

2–19

Tipperary

0–17

Clare

1–14

Waterford

0–14

Kerry v Cork

27 May 2000Quarter-final	Kerry	0–4 – 2–32	Cork	Fitzgerald Stadium
	P Cronin, O Diggins, C Walsh (f), M Slattery (f) 0–1 each.	Report	N Ronan 0–8 (1f), T McCarthy 1–3, S McGrath 0–4, J Deane 0–4 (3f), A Browne 1–1, K Murray 0–3, P Ryan, B Coleman, F McCormack, J O'Connor 0–2 each, M O'Connell 0–1 (f).	Referee: B Kelly (Westmeath)

Tipperary v Waterford

28 May 2000Quarter-final	Tipperary	0–17 – 0–14	Waterford	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	T Dunne 0–5 (5f), J Leahy 0–3, D Ryan, P Shelley, M O'Leary 0–2 each, B O'Meara, P Ryan, P O'Brien 0–1 each.	Report	K McGrath, P Flynn (2f) 0–3 each, P Queally, D Bennett 0–2 each, F Hartley (f), B O'Sullivan, T Browne, D Shanahan 0–1 each.	Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Cork v Limerick

4 June 2000Semi-final	Cork	2–17 – 1–11	Limerick	Semple Stadium
	J Deane (1–4), S McGrath (1–2), P Ryan (0–3), T McCarthy (0–2), F McCormack (0–2), W Sherlock (0–1), N Ronan (0–1), B O'Connor (0–1), K Murray (0–1).	Report	J Butler (1–1), M Keane (0–3), M O'Brien (0–1), M Foley (0–1), C Carey (0–1), B Begley (0–1), O Moran (0–1), J Moran (0–1), D Hennessy (0–1).	Referee: A Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

Tipperary v Clare

11 June 2000Semi-final	Tipperary	2–19 – 1–14	Clare	Páirc Uí Chaoimh
	E O'Neill (0–7), D Ryan (1–1), P Shelly (1–0), J Leahy (0–3), B O'Meara (0–3), M O'Leary (0–3), T Dunne (0–1), P O'Brien (0–1).	Report	D Forde (1–1), J O'Connor (0–3), N Gilligan (0–2), S McMahon (0–2), G Quinn (0–1), B Quinn (0–1), A Daly (0–1), E Flannery (0–1), K Ralph (0–1), B Murphy (0–1).	Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

Tipperary v Cork

2 July 2000Final	Tipperary	3–12 – 0–23	Cork	Semple Stadium
	E O'Neill 1–5 (4f), T Dunne 2–0, B O'Meara, E Enright 0–2 each, J Leahy, P Kelly, L Cahill 0–1 each.	Report	J Deane 0–10 (7f), B O'Connor, S McGrath, A Browne 0–3 each, P Ryan 0–2 (1f), D Barrett, K Murray 0–1 each.	Attendance: 54,586 Referee: P Horan (Offaly)

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	Qualification
1	Laois	3	2	1	0	5–52	3–36	+22	5	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Dublin	3	2	1	0	2–54	2–37	+17	5
3	Carlow	3	1	0	2	6–33	5–43	−7	2
4	Westmeath	3	0	0	3	4–26	7–49	−32	0

Carlow v Dublin

6 May 2000Round robin	Carlow	2–12 – 1–16	Dublin	Dr. Cullen Park
	P Coady (0–5), M Ryan (1–1), J Byrne (1–0), J Kavanagh (0–2), R Foley (0–2), D Roberts (0–1), C Jordan (0–1).	Report	T McGrane (0–7), D Daly (1–2), G Glynn (0–3), D Russell (0–1), L O'Donoghue (0–1), M Fitzsimons (0–1), D Sweeney (0–1).	Referee: G Harrington (Cork)

Laois v Westmeath

7 May 2000Round robin	Laois	3–18 – 2–8	Westmeath	Cusack Park
	F O'Sullivan 1–3, J Young 1–3 (0–2 frees), D Cuddy 0–5 (0–2 frees), N Rigney 1–0 (`65'), D Rooney and J Phelan 0–2 each, P Cuddy, D Dowling and D Conroy 0–1 each.	(report)	A Mitchell 1–4 (0–3 frees and 1–0 penalty), B Kennedy 1–0, O Devine 0–2, J Gavigan 0–1, B Williams 0–1 (free).	Referee: J. McDonnell (Tipperary)

Westmeath v Dublin

14 May 2000Round robin	Westmeath	0–7 – 1–20	Dublin	Cusack Park
	B. Murphy (0–1), V. Bateman (0–1), P. Williams (0–1), A. Mitchell (0–1), O. Devine (0–1), G. Gavin (0–1), J. Gavigan (0–1).		T. McGrane (1–6), D. Russell (0–3), S. Duignan (0–2), D. Daly (0–2), G. Ennis (0–2), D. Sweeney (0–2), G. Glynn (0–2), S. Martin (0–1).	Referee: S Roche (Tipperary)

Carlow v Laois

17 May 2000Round robin	Carlow	1–10 – 2–16	Laois	Dr. Cullen Park
	P. Coady (0–6), C. Jordan (1–1), R. Foley (0–2), M. Ryan (0–1).		D. Cuddy (1–6), F. O'Sullivan (1–0), D. Rooney (0–3), A. Coffey (0–2), N. Rigney (0–2), J. Phelan (0–2), J. Young (0–1).	Referee: J Guinan (Kilkenny)

Westmeath v Carlow

23 May 2000Round robin	Westmeath	2–11 – 3–11	Carlow	Cusack Park
	B. Kennedy (2–1), B. Williams (0–3), A. Devine (0–2), C. Murtagh (0–2), R. Galvin (0–1), P. Williams (0–1), J. Gavigan (0–1).		P. Coady (1–5), J. Kavanagh (0–4), J. Byrne (1–0), M. Ryan (1–0), R. Foley (0–2).	Referee: P Neary (Kilkenny)

Dublin v Laois

28 May 2000Round robin	Dublin	0–18 – 0–18	Laois	Nowlan Park
	T McGrane 0–8 (7f), D Henry, D Russell, S Duignan, G Ennis 0–2 each, D Sweeney, S Martin 0–1 each.	Report	D Cuddy 0–12 (9f), C Cuddy, F O'Sullivan 0–2 each, D Rooney, J Young 0–1 each.	Referee: S McMahon (Clare)

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Dublin

2–15

Laois

1–14

Kilkenny

3–16

Dublin

0–10

Kilkenny

2–21

Offaly

1–13

Offaly

3–15

Wexford

1–08

Dublin v Laois

5 June 2000Play-off	Dublin	2–15 – 1–14	Laois	O'Connor Park
	T McGrane 0–8 (7f), S Martin, S Duignan 1–1 each, D Sweeney 0–2, D Henry, N Butler, G Ennis 0–1 each.	Report	D Cuddy 0–6 (4f), D Conroy 1–0, D Rooney, A Coffey 0–2 each, D Dowling, N Rigney, J Young, F O'Sullivan 0–1 each.	Referee: W Barrett (Tipperary)

Kilkenny v Dublin

18 June 2000Semi-final	Kilkenny	3–16 – 0–10	Dublin	Croke Park
	C Carter 1–3, H Shefflin 0–6, 3 frees, E Brennan 1–0, S Grehan 0–2, E Kennedy 0–2, 1 free, 1 `65', P Mullally, B McEvoy, DJ Carey 0–1 each.	Report	T McGrane 0–4, 3 frees, D Russell, S Duignan 0–2 each, M Fitzsimons, S Martin 0–1 each.	Attendance: M Wadding (Waterford)

Offaly v Wexford

18 June 2000Semi-final	Offaly	3–15 – 1–8	Wexford	Croke Park
	J Dooley 0–9 (6f, 1 `65'), J Errity 1–1, G Hanniffy 1–1, B Murphy 1–0, Joe Dooley 0–2, J Pilkington, J Troy 0–1 each.	(report)	L Murphy 1–2, P Codd 0–4 (2f, 1 `65'), M Jordan and M Storey 0–1 each.	Referee: W Barrett (Tipperary)

Kilkenny v Offaly

9 July 2000Final	Kilkenny	2–21 – 1–13	Offaly	Croke Park
	C Carter 1–4, D J Carey 1–3 (2f), H Shefflin 0–6 (4f, 1 '65), S Grehan 0–3, D Byrne 0–2, B McEvoy, J Power, A Comerford 0–1 each.	(report)	Johnny Dooley 0–5 (4f), B Murphy 0–4, Joe Dooley 1–0, G Hanniffy 0–3, M Duignan 0–1.	Attendance: 32,802 Referee: W Barrett (Tipperary)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Tipperary

0–15

Galway

1–14

Kilkenny

2–19

Galway

0–17

Kilkenny

5–15

Offaly

1–14

Cork

0–15

Offaly

2–23

Offaly

0–19

Derry

2–17

All-Ireland quarter-finals

Tipperary v Galway

23 July 2000Quarter-Final	Tipperary	0–15 – 1–14	Galway	Croke Park
	J Leahy 0–4 (3f), E O'Neill 0–3 (2f), B O'Meara, M O'Leary 0–2 each, P Shelley, E Enright, P Kelly, E Kelly 0–1 each.	Report	E Cloonan 1–4 (1–1 frees), R Gantley 0–5 (2f, 2'65's), D Canning, A Kerins, O Fahy, J Rabbitte, K Broderick 0–1 each.	Attendance: 43,011 Referee: D Murphy (Wexford)

Offaly v Derry

23 July 2000Quarter-final	Offaly	2–23 – 2–17	Derry	Croke Park
	Johnny Dooley 0–12 (4 frees, 2 `65s'), B Murphy 2–1, J Pilkington 0–5, C Gath 0–3, Joe Dooley 0–2.	Report	M Collins 1–4, G McGonigle 1–3 (2 frees), Gary Biggs 0–4 (all frees), R McCloskey, J O'Dwyer 0–2 each, O Collins 0–2 (1 free, 1 pen).	Attendance: 43,011 Referee: M Wadding (Waterford)

All-Ireland semi-finals

Offaly v Cork

6 August 2000Semi-final	Offaly	0–19 – 0–15	Cork	Croke Park
	Johnny Dooley 0–7 (5f), J Pilkington 0–4, G Hanniffy 0–3, Joe Dooley 0–2, G Oakley, J Ryan, M Murphy 0–1 each.	Report	J Deane 0–10 (6f), B O'Connor, P Ryan, D Barrett, A Browne, S McGrath 0–1 each.	Referee: W Barrett (Tipperary)

Kilkenny v Galway

13 August 2000Semi-final	Kilkenny	2–19 – 0–17	Galway	Croke Park
	D Byrne 0–8 (1f, 2 65s), H Shefflin 0–7 (4f), D J Carey 1–2 (1f), A Comerford 1–0, C Carter, J Power 0–1 each.	Report	A Kerins 0–5, E Cloonan 0–5 (3f), R Gantley 0–4 (2f, 2'65's), D Tierney, O Fahy, M Healy 0–1 each.	Referee: P O'Connor (Limerick)

All-Ireland Final

Kilkenny v Offaly

10 September 2000Final	Kilkenny	5–15 – 1–14	Offaly	Croke Park
	H Shefflin (2–2), DJ Carey (1–4), C Carter (1–3), D Byrne (0–4), E Brennan (1–0), J Hoyne (0–1), A Comerford (0–1)	Report	Johnny Dooley (0–8), J Pilkington (1–1), G Hanniffy (0–1), B Murphy (0–1), P Mulhaire (0–1), Joe Dooley (0–1), B Whelehan (0–1)	Attendance: 61,493 Referee: W Barrett (Tipperary)

Main article: 2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Stadia and locations

See also: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Johnny Dooley	Offaly	0–41	41	5	8.20
2	Tomás McGrane	Dublin	1–33	36	5	7.20
3	Dave Cuddy	Laois	1–29	32	4	8.00
4	Joe Deane	Cork	1–28	31	4	7.75
5	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	2–21	27	4	6.75
6	Charlie Carter	Kilkenny	3–11	20	4	5.00
	Gary Biggs	Derry	1–17	20	3	6.66
8	Pat Coady	Carlow	1–16	19	3	6.33
	D.J. Carey	Kilkenny	3–10	19	4	4.75
10	Gregory O'Kane	Antrim	1–13	16	2	8.00

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Gary O'Kane	Antrim	1–9	12	London
	Dave Cuddy	Laois	0–12	12	Dublin
	Johnny Dooley	Offaly	0–12	12	Derry
4	Gary Biggs	Derry	0–10	10	Down
	Joe Deane	Cork	0–10	10	Tipperary
	Joe Deane	Cork	0–10	10	Offaly
7	Tomás McGrane	Dublin	1–6	9	Westmeath
	Dave Cuddy	Laois	1–6	9	Carlow
	Johnny Dooley	Offaly	0–9	9	Wexford
10	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	2–2	8	Offaly
	Eugene O'Neill	Tipperary	1–5	8	Cork
	Pat Coady	Carlow	1–5	8	Westmeath
	Johnny Dooley	Offaly	0–8	8	Kilkenny
	Denis Byrne	Kilkenny	0–8	8	Galway
	Tomás McGrane	Dublin	0–8	8	Laois
	Tomás McGrane	Dublin	0–8	8	Laois
	Neil Ronan	Cork	0–8	8	Kerry

Clean sheets

Rank	Goalkeeper	County	Clean sheets
1	Kieran Stevenson	Derry	2
	Donal Óg Cusack	Cork
	Brendan Cummins	Tipperary
	Brendan McLoughlin	Dublin
	James McGarry	Kilkenny
6	Shane Elliott	Antrim	1
	Brendan Landers	Waterford
	John Lyons	Laois
	Michael Crimmins	Galway
	Stephen Byrne	Offaly

References

1. Downey, Paddy (12 September 2003). "Keepers of September's flame". Irish Times. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
2. Breheny, Martin (11 September 2000). "Goal hungry Kilkenny play Cat and mouse with Offaly". Irish Independent. Retrieved 25 July 2015.

Further reading

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
• Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).

External links

• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2000 Results