2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 2008

Championship Details
Dates	29 March 2008 – 7 September 2008
Teams	22
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Kilkenny (19th win)
Captain	Thomas Breen
Manager	Richie Mulrooney
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	David Burke
Manager	Mattie Murphy
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship Statistics
Matches Played	36
Top Scorer	Michael O'Hanlon (3-37)
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The 2008 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 78th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 29 March 2008 and ended on 7 September 2008.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final. ^[1]

On 7 September 2008 Kilkenny won the championship following a 3-6 to 0-13 defeat of Galway in a replay of the All-Ireland final. ^[2] This was their 19th All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2003.

Wexford's Michael O'Hanlon was the championship's top scorer with 3-37.

Results

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Group 1A

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Carlow	1	1	0	0	2-13	1-09	7	2
Offaly	2	0	1	1	2-19	3-23	-7	1
Dublin	1	0	0	1	1-10	1-20	-10	0

Carlow v Offaly

29 March 2008Round 1	Carlow	2-13 - 1-09	Offaly	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	D Murphy 0-6, P McEligott 1-1, J Doyle 1-0, S Kelly 0-2, P Kehoe 0-1, T Nolan 0-1, R Kent 0-1, C McCabe 0-1.		T Carroll 1-1, E Murphy 0-4, B Harding 0-2, G Spollen 0-1, A Kealey 0-1.	Referee: F Devereux (Kildare)

Offaly v Dublin

13 April 2008Round 2	Offaly	1-10 - 1-10	Dublin	Mountbolus
	A Kealey 1-1, T Carroll 0-3, J Roddy 0-2, E Quinlan 0-1, G Spollen 0-1, K Connolly 0-1, B Harding 0-1.		N McMurrow 0-4, C Dorney 1-0 ,L Rushe 0-1, J Keogh 0-1, J O'Callaghan 0-1, K O'Loughlin 0-1, D Plunkett 0-1, D Curran 0-1.	Referee: F Devereux (Kildare)

Dublin v Carlow

20 April 2008Round 3

Dublin

Cancelled

Carlow

Group 1B

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kilkenny	2	2	0	0	9-29	1-23	30	4
Wexford	2	1	0	1	5-34	5-23	11	2
Laois	2	0	0	2	3-19	11-36	-41	0

Wexford v Kilkenny

6 April 2008Round 1	Wexford	0-15 - 3-12	Kilkenny	Wexford Park, Wexford
	Michael O'Hanlon 0-6, J Kelly 0-3, A Shore 0-3, D Tomkins 0-1, J Gahan 0-1, D O'Keeffe 0-1.		D Purcell 1-1, M Moloney 0-4, G Maher 1-0, P McCarthy 1-0, M O'Dwyer 0-2, T Breen 0-2, J Brennan 0-2, C Kenny 0-1,	Referee: A Lagrue (Kildare)

Kilkenny v Laois

13 April 2008Round 2	Kilkenny	6-17 - 1-08	Laois	Páirc Lachtain, Freshford
	M O'Dwyer 3-2, C Maher 2-1, M Moloney 0-5, T Breen 0-4, M Gaffney 1-0, J Brennan 0-3, J Gannon 0-1, D Healy 0-1.		N Foyle 1-2, G Gaughan 0-3, C Kavanagh 0-2, O Whelan 0-1.

Laois v Wexford

20 April 2008Round 3	Laois	2-11 - 5-19	Wexford	Kelly O'Daly Park, Rathdowney
	N Foyle 1-8, D King 1-2, G Gaughan 0-1.		Michael O'Hanlon 1-10, S Tomkins 2-1, A Shore 0-4, P Morris 0-4, J Kelly 1-0, D O'Keeffe 1-0.	Referee: D O'Donovan

Group 2

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Kildare	3	3	0	0	3-42	1-24	24	6
Meath	3	2	0	1	6-34	3-20	23	4
Westmeath	3	1	0	2	10-38	0-20	48	2
Wicklow	3	0	0	3	2-08	14-54	-82	0

Wicklow v Kildare

6 April 2008Round 1	Wicklow	0-05 - 2-19	Kildare	Parnell Park, Arklow
	T Cash 0-2, K Byrne 0-1, S Keogh 0-1, D Conyard 0-1.		E Doyle 1-4, R Kelly 0-4, G Sunderland 0-4, M Fitzpatrick 1-0, M Kinsella 0-3, D Butler 0-3, P Cullen 0-1.	Referee: D Harrington (Dublin)

Meath v Westmeath

6 April 2008Round 1	Meath	3-11 - 0-07	Westmeath	Páirc Tailteann, Navan
	M Doyle 1-2, D Carty 0-4, A Healy 1-0, G McGovern 1-0, R Hatton 0-2, G Murphy 0-1, W Mahady 0-1, N O'Rourke 0-1.		S Boylan 0-2, S Bardon 0-1, B O'Meara 0-1, C Sleator 0-1, D Riggs 0-1, A McGrath 0-1.

Westmeath v Wicklow

13 April 2008Round 2	Westmeath	9-22 - 0-00	Wicklow	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	S Boylan 3-3, S Barden 2-3, B O'Meara 2-0, K Murphy 1-3, D Riggs 0-5, M Heffernan 1-1, D Kilcoyne 0-4, C Boyle 0-2, S Óg Doyne 0-1.			Referee: T Anderson

Kildare v Meath

13 April 2008Round 2

Kildare

1-10 - 0-10

Meath

Sallins Road, Naas

Westmeath v Kildare

19 April 2008Round 3	Westmeath	1-09 - 0-13	Kildare	Cusack Park, Mullingar,
	B O'Meara 0-6, D Kilcoyne 1-0, S Doyne 0-2, D Riggs 0-1.		M Fitzgerald 0-7, R Kelly 0-2, P Cullen 0-1, B Ahern 0-1, E Doyle 0-1, L O'Reilly 0-1.

Meath v Wicklow

20 April 2008Round 3

Meath

3-13 - 2-03

Wicklow

Second round

Kildare v Offaly

4 May 2008Second round	Kildare	1-07 - 4-12	Offaly	Sallins Road, Naas
	M Fitzgerald 0-4, G Sunderland 1-0, R Kelly 0-2, P Cullen 0-1.		T Carroll 2-4, B Harding 1-1, T Bolger 1-0, G Conneely 0-2, E Murphy 0-2, G Spollen 0-2, A Kealey 0-1.	Referee: A Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

Meath v Laois

13 May 2008Second round	Meath	0-13 - 1-07	Laois	Conneff Park, Clane
	Dermot Carty (0-4), G Murphy (0-3), M O'Sullivan (0-3); T Meyler (0-1), S Troy (0-1), N O'Rourke (0-1).		N Foyle (0-4), TJ Lalor (1-0), D King (0-1); G Gaughan (0-1), P Foyle (0-1).	Referee: C Groome (Offaly)

Quarter-finals

Carlow v Meath

17 May 2008Quarter-final	Carlow	0-17 - 1-10	Meath	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	D Murphy (0-9), P Kehoe (0-3), E Byrne (0-2), R Kent (0-2); T Nolan (0-1).		D Carty (0-5), M Doyle (1-0), G Murphy (0-2), W Mahady (0-1); M O'Sullivan (0-1), D Maguire (0-1).

Wexford v Offaly

17 May 2008Quarter-final	Wexford	1-19 - 1-07	Offaly	Wexford Park, Wexford
	Michael O'Hanlon 1-8, P Morris 0-3, S Tomkins 0-2, J Kelly 0-2, L Óg McGovern 0-2, E Moore 0-1, P Kelly 0-1.		T Carroll 0-5, T Bolger 1-0, J Roddy 0-1, C Duffy 0-1.	Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny v Carlow

21 June 2008Semi-final	Kilkenny	1-16 - 0-07	Carlow	Páirc Lachtain, Freshford
	J Brennan 0-8, M O'Dwyer 1-2, C Kenny 0-2, M Maloney 0-2; D Purcell 0-1, T Breen 0-1.		D Murphy 0-6, S Kelly 0-1.	Referee: M Mannion (Westmeath)

Dublin v Wexford

22 June 2008Semi-final	Dublin	3-13 - 3-13	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	K O'Loughlin 0-8, L Rush 2-0, C Brennan 1-1, D Curran 0-1, J O'Callaghan 0-1, C Gough 0-1, D Plunkett 0-1.		Michael O'Hanlon 1-4, P Morris 0-7, J Kelly 1-0, D O'Keeffe 1-0, S Tomkins 0-2.	Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)

Wexford v Dublin

28 June 2008Semi-final replay	Wexford	1-15 - 2-11	Dublin	Wexford Park, Wexford
	M O'Hanlon 0-9, P Morris 1-3, S Tomkins 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, L Og McGovern 0-1.		L Rush 1-1, C Brennan 1-1, N McMorrow 0-3, K O'Loughlin 0-3; J Winters 0-2, J Keogh 0-1.	Referee: C Groome (Offaly)

Final

Kilkenny v Wexford

6 July 2008Final	Kilkenny	1-19 - 0-13	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Brennan (0-7) (4f), T Breen (0-5), M Gaffney (1-1), D Purcell (0-2), R Hickey (0-1); M Moloney (0-1) (1f), C Kenny (0-1), J Gannon (0-1).		P Morris (0-6) (4f, 1’65), A Shore (0-3), H Kehoe (0-1), E Moore (0-1), J Kelly (0-1).	Referee: T Carroll (Offaly)

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Cork v Clare

30 April 2008Quarter-final	Cork	2-16 - 2-17	Clare	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	S O'Brien 1-7, P Haughney 1-3, A Walsh 0-2, C Sheehan 0-2, M Sexton 0-1, M Collins 0-1.		D Honan 2-2, C McGrath 0-5, K Heagney 0-4, T Downes 0-2, P O'Connor 0-2, F Kennedy 0-1, K Moynihan 0-1.	Referee: M O'Connor (Limerick)

Tipperary v Limerick

30 April 2008Quarter-final	Tipperary	3-21 - 1-12	Limerick	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	K Morris 2-4, J O'Neill 0-7, B O'Meara 1-0, J O'Dwyer 0-2, P Murphy 0-2, R Gleeson 0-2, N McGrath 0-1, T Butler 0-1, J Gallagher 0-1, C Ryan 0-1.		K Downes 0-7, S Bulfin 1-0, S Madden 0-2, M Deegan 0-1, S O'Brien 0-1, G Mulcahy 0-1.	Referee: C Lyons (Cork)

Play-off

Cork v Limerick

7 May 2008Play-off	Cork	0-23 - 1-11	Limerick	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	S O'Brien 0-6, P Haughney 0-6, J O'Dwyer 0-4, C Sheehan 0-3, M Collins 0-1, P O'Shea 0-1, A Walsh 0-1, D Roche 0-1.		K Downes 0-6, G Mulcahy 1-0, S Madden 0-3, N Kennedy 0-1, K Kennedy 0-1.	Referee: P Casey (Waterford)

Semi-finals

Tipperary v Clare

25 June 2008Semi-final	Tipperary	2-12 - 1-10	Clare	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	P Murphy 2-1, N McGrath 0-3, K Morris 0-2, R Gleeson 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1, J Gallagher 0-1, J O'Dwyer 0-1, B O'Meara 0-1.		C McGrath 1-3, D Honan 0-5, P Fitzpatrick 0-1, C McInerney 0-1.

Waterford v Cork

25 June 2008Semi-final	Waterford	1-06 - 4-13	Cork	Walsh Park, Waterford
	M Shanahan 1-1, C Curran 0-2, B O'Halloran 0-2, B O'Sullivan 0-1.		J Coughlan 2-0, C Sheehan 1-3, P Honohan 1-1, S O'Brien 0-4, M Collins 0-3, P O'Shea 0-2.

Final

Cork v Tipperary

13 July 2008Final	Cork	0-19 - 0-18	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	S O'Brien 0-5, C Sheehan 0-4, P Haughney 0-3, P O'Shea 0-3, P Honohan 0-2, S O'Farrell 0-1, M Collins 0-1.		N McGrath 0-5, P Murphy 0-4, K Morris 0-3, J O'Neill 0-2, M Sheedy 0-2, T Butler 0-1, B O'Meara 0-1.	Referee: M O'Connor (Limerick)

Ulster Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Derry v Donegal

25 May 2008Quarter-final

Derry

6-12 - 0-13

Donegal

Semi-finals

Down v Armagh

1 June 2008Semi-final	Down	8-14 - 3-09	Armagh	Casement Park, Belfast
	D Toner 3-2, C Doran 2-4, C Dorrian 1-2, C Mageean 1-1, P O'Neill 1-0, S Conlon 0-3, D Ennis 0-1, M Cunningham 0-1.		C Coulter 3-1, K McKiernan 0-6, M Lennon 0-1, M Green 0-1.	Referee: R Matthews (Antrim)

Antrim v Derry

1 June 2008Semi-final	Antrim	6-20 - 1-11	Derry	Casement Park, Belfast
	C Quinn 1-8, M Dallat 2-1, P Dallat 1-1, T McCloskey 1-0, T McCarry 1-0, M Devlin 0-3, S Shannon 0-3, C Rocks 0-2, A Downey 0-1, A Cosgrove 0-1.		G O'Kane 0-8, P Cleary 1-1, S McCloskey 0-1, M McCormack 0-1.	Referee: T Mahon (Fermanagh)

Final

Antrim v Down

15 June 2008Final	Antrim	3-18 - 0-5	Down	Casement Park, Belfast
	M Devlin (0-6), G Laverty (1-1), M Armstrong (1-1), P Dallat (0-4), M Dallat (1-0), S Shannon (0-3), C Coyle (0-2), A Downey (0-1).	Report	S Conlon (0-2), P Sheehan (0-1), A O'Prey (0-1), D Toner (0-1).	Referee: M Mulholland (Down)

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Tipperary v Antrim

26 July 2008Quarter-final	Tipperary	4-18 - 0-06	Antrim	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	N McGrath 1-8, K Shelly 1-2, M Sheedy 1-1, R Gleeson 1-0, J O'Neill 0-2, C Morris 0-2, C Lorrigan 0-1, P Acheson 0-1, T Butler 0-1.		M Dallat 0-3, M Devlin 0-1, M Armstrong 0-1, C Coyle 0-1.	Referee: S Whelan (Wexford)

Galway v Wexford

26 July 2008Quarter-final	Galway	0-16 - 0-15	Wexford	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	N Burke 0-4, D Burke 0-3, N Quinn 0-3, J Regan 0-1, B Burke 0-1, D Glennon 0-1, L Madden 0-1, A Dolan 0-1, D Fox 0-1.		J Kelly 0-4, L Óg McGovern 0-3, P Morris 0-2, D O'Keeffe 0-1, J Gahan 0-1, A Shore 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, S Tompkins 0-1, P Kelly 0-1.	Referee: T Ryan (Tipperary)

Semi-finals

Kilkenny v Tipperary

10 August 2008Semi-final	Kilkenny	3-17 - 1-14	Tipperary	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Brennan 0-8, W Walsh 2-1, M Gaffney 1-0, C Kenny 0-3, T Breen 0-2, J Gannon 0-1; R Hickey 0-1; P McCarthy 0-1.		N McGrath 0-9, K Morris 1-0, T Butler 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1, R Gleeson 0-1, K Shelly 0-1.	Referee: A Kelly (Galway)

Galway v Cork

17 August 2008Semi-final	Galway	1-18 - 0-17	Cork	Croke Park, Dublin
	R Cummins (1-05), N Burke (0-03), N Quinn (0-03), D Glennon (0-02, 0-01 ’65’), B Burke (0-02), D Burke (0-02, 0-01f), D Fox (0-01).		P O’Shea (0-05, 0-04f, 0-01 ’65’), S O’Brien (0-04, 0-03f); A Walsh (0-02), S O’Farrell (0-02), P Honohan (0-01), J O’Dwyer (0-01), D Roche (0-01), J Coughlan (0-01).	Referee: A Stapleton (Laois)

Final

Kilkenny v Galway

7 September 2008Final	Kilkenny	3-6 - 0-13	Galway	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Brennan 1-3 (3f); D Purcell 1-1; T Breen 1-0; P McCarthy, C Kenny (f) 0-1 each.	Report	N Burke 0-5 (2f); B Burke, D Burke (1'65) 0-3 each; D Fox, R Cummins 0-1 each.	Referee: C McAllister (Cork)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorer overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Michael O'Hanlon	Wexford	3-37	46
2	Joe Brennan	Kilkenny	1-31	34	6	5.66
3	Simon O'Brien	Cork	1-26	29	5	5.80
	Noel McGrath	Tipperary	1-26	29	5	5.80

Miscellaneous

• The Leinster Championship game between Westmeath and Wicklow went ahead in spite of the latter team only fielding 13 players. They were reduced to just 12 players during the first half when a player went off injured. After training by 9-22 to no score, the Wicklow players refused to line out for the second half and the match was awarded to Kildare.

References

1. "Carey fires Tipperary to double minor glory". Irish Independent. 3 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
2. "Danny boy on song for lucky Cats". Irish Independent. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2016.