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The 1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 80th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 3 September 1967, between Kilkenny and Tipperary.
The most recent All-Ireland Hurling Final was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 23 July 2023 and saw Limerick beat Kilkenny by 9 points (final score: Limerick 0-30 to Kilkenny: 2-15).
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- Background
- Pre-Match
- Match
The All-Ireland final was the eleventh meeting of Cork and Kilkenny in a championship decider. Kilkenny held the balance of power in all previous meetings between the two, having recorded six All-Ireland victories to Cork's five. Cork, however, also defeated Kilkenny in the 1903 All-Ireland 'home' final before putting London to the sword in the 'pr...
Referee
Limerick's Seán O'Connor was named as the referee for the 1969 All-Ireland final on 2 September 1969. His only experience in a national senior decider was the Oireachtas final between Kilkenny and Clare in 1967. Thirty-four-year-old O'Connor, an aircraft mechanic with Aer Lingus, won recognition for his efficient refereeing in National Hurling League and provincial championship games over the previous couple of seasons. He entered the short-list for All-Ireland honours following his handling...
'The blood and bandage'
The All-Ireland final marked a special anniversary for the Cork hurling team. It was the golden jubilee of the first appearance in an All-Ireland decider of Cork's famed red and white colours of the county teams.
First half
Cork lived up to the favourites tag when, after just two minutes of play, Charlie McCarthy took advantage of a collision between Ray Cummins and Pa Dillon and sent the ball into the net for the first goal of the day. Less than two minutes later Kilkenny responded when Eddie Keher split the posts from a free. What followed over the next fifteen minutes was a series of tit-for-tat scores between both teams. Pat Hegarty from play, Martin Coogan from a 70-yards free, Charlie McCarthy from two fre...
Second half
Cork started the second-half where they left off when Charlie McCarthy converted a free after a minute. Five minutes into the second period Joe Millea scored Kilkenny's second goal and the comeback was on. Keher pointed a free five minutes later to level the sides for the first time. Charlie McCarthy quickly restored Cork's lead when he pointed from a free also. The final quarter of the match was all Kilkenny. Martin Coogan pointed another 70-yards free to level the scores again before a spec...
All the way. The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for inter-county hurling in Ireland and has been contested in every year except one since 1887 .
The inaugural All-Ireland senior hurling final was played on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1888, in Birr, County Offaly. Tipperary and Galway were the opponents, with both sides vigorously contesting the game from start to finish.
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