1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

none April 2022 1926 18 April – 24 October 1926 11 Cork Kilkenny 12 Cork 8th Seán Óg Murphy Kilkenny Dick Grace 1925 1927 The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 40th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 18 April 1926 and ended on 24 October 1926. The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 4–6 to 2–0 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour The GAA website 27 July 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html 5 September 2011 This was their 8th All-Ireland title. Tipperary were the defending champions but were defeated by Cork in the Munster final. Antrim won the Ulster SHC title, but at the suggestion of the Central Council, it was decided that the Ulster winners would enter the All Ireland Junior Hurling Championship.Irish Independent 1905–current, Friday, 10 December 1926; Page: 12 Results Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 2 May 1926 Semi-final Laois 2–3 – 3–3 Offaly Portlaoise Sportsfield Semi-final Kilkenny 4–8 – 5–4 Dublin 11 July 1926 Final Kilkenny 3–8 – 1–4 Offaly Croke Park Munster Senior Hurling Championship 18 April 1926 Quarter-final Kerry 4–6 – 2–4 Clare Tralee Sportsfield 30 May 1926 Quarter-final Waterford 5–2 – 12–3 Cork Fraher Field 15 August 1926 Semi-final Cork 7–7 – 1–4 Kerry Cork Athletic Grounds 22 August 1926 Semi-final Tipperary 6–5 – 4–6 Limerick Fraher Field 12 September 1926 Final Cork 0–0 – 1–2 Tipperary Cork Athletic Grounds 19 September 1926 Final replay Tipperary 4–1 – 3–4 Cork Thurles Sportsfield 3 October 1926 Final second replay Tipperary 2–4 – 3–6 Cork Thurles Sportsfield All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 29 August 1926 Semi-final Kilkenny 6–2 – 5–1 Galway Croke Park 24 October 1926 Final Cork 4–6 – 2–0 Kilkenny Croke Park P McCullagh (Wexford) 26,829 1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final Championship statistics Miscellaneous The Munster final between Cork and Tipperary is abandoned after just ten minutes when the crowd storm the field.August 2022 For the first time ever the Munster final goes to a second replay.August 2022 The All-Ireland semi-final between Kilkenny and Galway is the first GAA game to be broadcast on radio. The commentator is P.D. Mehigan. It is also the first commentary on a field game to take place in Europe.August 2022 Sources Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005). References 1926 Category:1926 in Irish sport