1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

none April 2022 Minor 1957 31 March 1957 – 2 September 1957 19 Galway Tipperary Kilkenny Antrim 18 Tipperary 11th Jimmy Doyle Kilkenny 148 (8.2 per game) 198 (11.0 per game) 1956 1958 The 1957 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 31 March 1957 and ended on 2 September 1957. Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title. On 2 September 1957 Tipperary won the championship following a 4-7 to 3-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title in-a-row and their 11th title overall. Team summaries TeamColoursMost recent successAll-IrelandProvincialAntrimSaffron and white1956CarlowGreen, red and yellowClareSaffron and blueCorkRed and white19511951DownRed and black1934DublinBlue and navy19541954GalwayMaroon and white1956KildareWhiteKilkennyBlack and amber19501956LaoisBlue and white1941LimerickGreen and white19401940MeathGreen and gold1929OffalyGreen, white and goldRoscommonSaffron and blueTipperaryBlue and gold19561956WaterfordWhite and blue19481948WestmeathMaroon and whiteWexfordPurple and goldWicklowBlue and gold Results Connacht Minor Hurling Championship Final Galway w/o - scr. Roscommon Leinster Minor Hurling Championship 31 March 1957 First round Kildare 3-3 - 7-2 Wicklow St. Conleth's Park 7 April 1957 Second round Carlow 3-6 - 1-2 Wicklow Dr. Cullen Park 14 April 1957 Second round Offaly 4-2 - 1-3 Laois St. Brendan's Park 14 April 1957 Third round Westmeath 8-9 - 0-00 Meath Newcastle 28 April 1957 Third round Carlow 3-2 - 8-7 Offaly Dr. Cullen Park 12 May 1957 Quarter-final Offaly 5-5 - 3-8 Westmeath O'Connor Park 30 June 1957 Semi-final Dublin 2-6 - 4-11 Kilkenny Croke Park 7 July 1957 Semi-final Wexford 3-3 - 4-3 Offaly Nowlan Park 4 August 1957 Final Kilkenny 5-10 - 4-2 Offaly Croke Park Munster Minor Hurling Championship First round 12 May 1957 First round Clare 1-06 - 9-10 Cork Gaelic Grounds, Limerick 26 May 1957 First round Kerry 1-06 - 10-08 Tipperary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Semi-final 16 June 1957 Semi-final Limerick 6-12 - 3-02 Waterford Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork 30 June 1957 Semi-final Tipperary 6-06 - 4-04 Cork Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Final 14 July 1957 Final Tipperary 3-08 - 1-04 Limerick J Doyle 1-2, S Ryan 1-1, Hogan 1-0, P Butler 0-2, P Doyle 0-2, Kennedy 0-1. Murphy 1-1, Hogan 0-1, Hayes 0-1, Kennedy 0-1, M Pollard (Waterford) Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles Ulster Minor Hurling Championship 21 July 1957 Final Down 4-1 - 3-3 Antrim St. Patrick's Park All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Semi-finals 28 July 1957 Semi-final Tipperary 4-12 - 3-07 Galway J Doyle 2-5, P Butler 1-3, P Doyle 1-1, S Ryan 0-2, M Murphy 0-1. F Glynn 2-0, T Flanagan 1-0, F Keane 0-3, S Lyons 0-2, S Gohery 0-1, O Gannon 0-1. C McLoughlin (Dublin) Croke Park, Dublin 11 August 1957 Semi-final Down 1-00 - 14-11 Kilkenny P Mullen 1-0. T O'Connell 4-3, E Keher 3-1, B Lennon 3-0, D Walsh 2-0, M Dunne 1-3, P Maher 0-4, A Comerford 1-0. Casement Park, Belfast Final 1 September 1957 Final Tipperary 4-07 - 3-07 Kilkenny P Butler 2-1, J Doyle 1-3, P Doyle 1-1, P Kennedy 0-1, S Ryan 0-1. D Walsh 1-1, E Keher 0-4, J Doherty 1-0, M Dunne 1-0, A Comerford 0-1, T Bowe 0-1. C McLoughlin (Dublin) Croke Park, Dublin Statistics Miscellaneous Jimmy Doyle of Tipperary became the second player to win three All-Ireland medals as Kevin McGrath had already achieved this with Cork in 1937, 1938 & 1939. This has subsequently also achieved by John Buckley Cork in 1969. 1970 & 1971, John Troy Offaly 1986, 1987 & 1989 and Shane Morgan Galway in 2019, 2020 & 2021. External links All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour Minor Category:All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship Category:Long stubs with short prose