1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final.^[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Final

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Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Limerick win the Munster championship for the first time. It was their fourth appearance in the final.
• An All-Ireland semi-final is played for the first time since the 1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting of Galway and Kilkenny.
• The All-Ireland final is the first championship meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick. The win gives Limerick their very first championship.
• Limerick become fifth team to win the All-Ireland hurling title. They become the fourth team to have won an All-Ireland title in both hurling and Gaelic football.

Roll of Honour

• Cork - 4 (1894)
• Tipperary - 3 (1896)
• Limerick - 1 (1897)
• Dublin - 1 (1889)
• Kerry - 1 (1891)

Sources

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 25 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .