1895 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1895 was the ninth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 6-8 to 1-10 in the final.[1]

1895 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (2nd win)
CaptainMikey Maher
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainJames Grace
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
All-Star TeamSee here
1894
1896

Teams

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General information

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Six counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: two teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship and four teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

County Province Appearance Position in 1894 Championship Provincial Titles Last provincial title Championship Titles Last championship title
  Dublin Leinster 9th Runners-up 3 1894 1 1889
  Kerry Munster 7th Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) 1 1891 1 1891
Kilkenny Leinster 6th - 1 1888 0 -
  Limerick Munster 7th Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) 0 - 0 -
  Tipperary Munster 6th Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) 0 - 1 1887
Waterford Munster 4th - 0 - 0 -

Format

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All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The two provincial representatives make up the two final teams with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Provincial championships

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Kilkenny1-5 – 0-5Dublin
Tipperaryw.o – scr.Waterford

Limerick1-2 – 0-4Kerry

Limerick0-2 – 7-8Tipperary

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Final

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Tipperary6-8 – 1-10Kilkenny
Attendance: c.8,000
Referee: J.J. Kenny (Dublin)

Championship statistics

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Miscellaneous

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References

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  1. ^ "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Sources

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