1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season January 2022 January 2022 1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship 22 July – 17 September 1978 8 20px|Border South Liberties Denis O'Sullivan 6 20px|Border Bruree 8 29 130 1977 1977 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship 1979 1979 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship The 1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.http://hoganstand.com/Limerick/ClubTitles Club titles – Limerick Hogan Stand 15 October 2018 Patrickswell entered the championship as the defending champions.https://www.patrickswellgaa.com/history/ History Patrickswell GAA website 21 October 2024 The final was played on 17 September 1978 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between South Liberties and Bruree, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. South Liberties won the match by 2–09 to 2–05 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in two years.https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/then---now---tom-aherne/658628/then-and-now-more-on-the-great-grimes.html Then and Now: More on the great Grimes Limerick Live 26 August 2021 21 October 2024https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/hurling/1815491/pictures-south-liberties-gaa-club-celebrate-special-commemoration.html PICTURES: South Liberties GAA club celebrate special commemoration Limerick Live 31 May 2025 31 May 2025https://www.brureegaa.com/articles/87353 Memories – 1978 Bruree GAA website 31 May 2025 Teams ChampionshipChampionsRunners-upLimerick City Senior Hurling ChampionshipPatrickswellClaughaunEast Limerick Senior Hurling ChampionshipSouth LibertiesKilteely-DromkeenSouth Limerick Senior Hurling ChampionshipBrureeDromin/AthlaccaWest Limerick Senior Hurling ChampionshipKilleedyAdare Results Quarter-finals 22 July 1978 Quarter-final Killeedy 2–08 – 0–08 Kilteely-Dromkeen D Flynn 1–2, T Mulcahy 1–0, W Cronin 0–3, W Fitzmaurice 0–2, C Herbert 0–1. P Murphy 0–2, D Murphy 0–2, P Reddan 0–1, J McCarthy 0–1, G Murphy 0–1, JJ Bermingham 0–1. Bruff Grounds 23 July 1978 Quarter-final South Liberties 3–09 – 1–10 Adare M Butler 1–1, E Grimes 0–4, J Moynihan 1–0, D O'Sullivan 1–0, J McKenna 0–3, M Shanahan 0–1. B Flynn 1–2, T Dunne 0–3, G Hickey 0–2, M Bourke 0–1, E Mackessy 0–1, T Reidy 0–1. Gaelic Grounds 29 July 1978 Quarter-final Patrickswell 3–16 – 2–04 Dromin/Athlacca R Bennis 1–5, J Lynch 1–2, F Nolan 0–5, S Foley 1–0, J Fenton 0–2, D Punch 0–1, L Foley 0–1. E Hayes 2–1, J Neenan 0–2, B Neenan 0–1. Bruff Grounds 30 July 1978 Quarter-final Bruree 3–12 – 2–03 Claughaun M Moloney 2–1, F McDonagh 0–5, P O'Brien 1–1, G Moloney 0–1, J O'Brien 0–1, L Moloney 0–1, M Mullane 0–1. E Cregan 1–1, M Graham 1–0, D Brougham 0–1, F Connolly 0–1. Fr Hayes Memorial Park Semi-finals 13 August 1978 Semi-final South Liberties 1–08 – 2–05 Patrickswell Bruff Grounds 20 August 1978 Semi-final Bruree 3–13 – 2–08 Killeedy F McDonagh 1–5, P O'Brien 1–3, L Moloney 1–2, G Moloney 0–2, J Potter 0–1. D Flynn 2–2, W Fitzmaurice 0–5, T Mulcahy 0–1. Gaelic Grounds 27 August 1978 Semi-final replay South Liberties 1–05 – 0–07 Patrickswell E Grimes 0–4, J Moynihan 1–0, J McKenna 0–1. R Bennis 0–5, F Nolan 0–2. Bruff Grounds Final 17 September 1978 Final South Liberties 2–09 – 2–05 Bruree J Moynihan 1–1, M Grimes 1–1, E Grimes 0–4, T Ryan 0–2, M Butler 0–1. F McDonagh 1–2, L Moloney 1–0, G Mullane 0–2, P O'Brien 0–1. Gaelic Grounds References Limerick Senior Hurling Championship Category:Limerick Senior Hurling Championship