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1897 All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Winning team
  
Limerick (1st win)

Losing team
  
Kilkenny

Munster
  
Limerick

Captain
  
Denis Grimes

Captain
  
Jackie Walsh

Leinster
  
Kilkenny

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the eleventh 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.

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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.

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 very 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.

    • References

    1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Wikipedia
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