Winners Cork (14th win) Runners-up Kilkenny Munster Cork | Captain Christy Coughlan Captain Seánie Tyrrell Leinster Kilkenny | |
The 1979 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 49th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.
Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 2 September 1979 Cork won the championship following a 2-11 to 1-9 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title in-a-row and their 14th overall.
References
1979 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA