1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

The 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 May 1937 and ended on 5 September 1937.

Limerick entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stages. Tipperary won the title following a 3–11 to 0–3 victory over Kilkenny in the final.^[1]

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

• The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
• The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
• Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Leinster champions.
• There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.

Results

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Westmeath arguably enjoy their best ever season of championship hurling. Three successive victories allowed them to qualify for their first, and to date their only, Leinster decider.^[2]
• That All-Ireland final was the first to be played outside of Croke Park and, indeed, Dublin for thirty years. A builders' strike delayed the construction of the Cusack Stand in Croke Park meaning an alternative venue had to be found and the new FitzGerald Stadium in Killarney was chosen.^[3]

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

External links

• 1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 24 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .
2. Web site: Paddy Flanagan recalls some of the highlights. Westmeath Examiner. 5 May 2009. 8 October 2013. Paddy. Flanagan. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224253/http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/sport/people/articles/2009/05/05/39088-paddy-flanagan-recalls-some-of-the-highlights/print. 10 June 2015. dead.
3. Web site: The day Killarney hosted the All-Ireland hurling final. The Kerryman. 7 September 2007. 8 October 2013. Jason. O'Connor.