1955 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

The 1955 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 34th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

1955 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (7th win)
CaptainConnie Moynihan
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upWarwickshire
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
1954
1956

Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 1 October 1955 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Cork and Warwickshire, in what was their first meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 6–10 to 0–02 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title since 1950.[2][3]

Results

edit

All-Ireland semi-finals

edit
28 August 1955 Semi-final Galway 3-06 - 2-09 Dublin Croke Park
28 August 1955 Semi-final Antrim 3-06 - 4-09 Cork Casement Park
11 September 1955 Semi-final replay Galway 2-12 - 3-03 Dublin St. Brendan's Park

All-Ireland home final

edit
18 September 1955 Home final Cork 3-10 - 4-05 Galway MacDonagh Park

All-Ireland final

edit
1 October 1955 Final Cork 6-10 - 0-02 Warwickshire Cork Athletic Grounds

References

edit
  1. ^ "Limerick profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.