1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season October 2020 October 2020 1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship 8 June 1969 – 19 April 1970 15 20px|Border James Stephens Mickey Dunne 3 20px|Border Fenians 23 1968 1968 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship 1970 1970 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The 1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 8 June 1969 and ended on 19 April 1970. Rower-Inistioge were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galmoy in the second round. On 19 April 1970, James Stephens won the championship after an 8–05 to 2–07 defeat of Fenians in the final.http://hoganstand.com/Kilkenny/ClubTitles Club titles - Kilkenny Hogan Stand 6 October 2018 It was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1937. Format change At the Kilkenny County Convention on 24 January 1969, it was decided to change the format of the championship by introducing a losers' group for teams defeated in the first round. The winners of the losers' group entered the championship proper at the semi-final stage. Team changes To Championship Promoted from the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship Fenians Results First round 8 June 1969 First round Bennettsbridge 3-06 - 1-07 Fenians Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 8 June 1969 First round Newpark Sarsfields 1-07 - 9-21 St. Senan's Thomastown Sportsfield, Thomastown 8 June 1969 First round Galmoy 2-11 - 4-16 Mooncoin J Dillon 1-4, B Harte 1-0, J Phelan 0-3, M Phelan 0-2. D Holden 1-3, N Doyle 1-2, C Dunne 0-5, J Dunphy 1-1, T Ryan 1-1, J Lynch 0-3, J Doherty 0-1. Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 15 June 1969 First round James Stephens 6-06 - 1-06 Erin's Own Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 15 June 1969 First round Coon 2-10 - 0-07 St. Lachtain's Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 29 June 1969 First round Lisdowney 2-11 - 3-10 Young Irelands Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 29 June 1969 First round Thomastown 1-15 - 2-10 Rower-Inistioge E Keher 0-1. Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Tullaroan received a bye. Winners' group First round 13 July 1969 Second round Mooncoin 1-15 - 2-09 Thomastown N Doyle 0-5, C Dunne 0-5, T Grant 1-1, J Dunphy 0-4. G lee 1-3, O Walsh 1-2, B O'Sullivan 0-2, T Hoyne 0-1, N Cullen 0-1. Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 27 July 1969 Second round Tullaroan 1-05 - 7-14 Bennettsbridge Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 27 July 1969 Second round Young Irelands 2-07 - 5-11 Coon Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 27 July 1969 Second round St. Senan's 2-09 - 7-18 James Stephens Thomastown Sportsfield, Thomastown Second round 14 September 1969 Second round Mooncoin 2-09 - 2-05 Coon Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 14 September 1969 Second round James Stephens 3-07 - 2-10 Bennettsbridge Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 26 October 1969 Second round replay James Stephens 3-09 - 3-09 Bennettsbridge Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 9 November 1969 Second round second replay James Stephens 4-03 - 2-02 Bennettsbridge Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Losers' group First round 27 July 1969 First round Fenians 3-09 - 3-04 St. Lachtain's Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 3 August 1969 First round Galmoy 3-15 - 4-04 Erin's Own Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 3 August 1969 First round Rower-Inistioge 4-14 - 4-04 Lisdowney T Murphy 2-1, E Keher 0-7, G Mackey 1-0, M Kavanagh 1-0, T Waters 0-2, P Kavanagh 0-1. D Blanchfield 1-3, M Carroll 1-0, J Dowling 1-0, D Dunne 1-0, M Fogarty 0-1, Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Second round 26 October 1969 Second round Fenians 5-18 - 4-06 Newpark Sarsfields St. Patrick's Park, Ballyragget 26 October 1969 Second round Galmoy 2-14 - 1-14 Rower-Inistioge B Harte 1-3, J Dillon 1-3, W Phelan 0-5, J Phelan 0-3. E Keher 1-8, T Murphy 0-2, D Kavanagh 0-2, M Kavanagh 0-1, B Murphy 0-1. Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Semi-finals 30 November 1969 Semi-final James Stephens 4-11 - 1-07 Galmoy Nowlan Park, Kilkenny 30 November 1969 Semi-final Fenians 4-08 - 4-07 Mooncoin Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Final 19 April 1970 Final James Stephens 8-05 - 2-07 Fenians E Byrne 4-0, S Leahy 2-3, M Crotty 1-0, E Tallent 1-0, M Dunne 0-1, S Brennan 0-1. P Delaney 1-3, J Moriarty 1-0, T O'Connell 0-2, W Watson 0-1, P Henderson 0-1. Nowlan Park, Kilkenny D Dowling (Glenmore) Championship statistics Miscellaneous Following their semi-final defeat, Mooncoin lodged an objection against Fenians based on an alleged illegality in the registration of a member of their team. The objection was not upheld, however, it did result in a delay to the playing of the final. References Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Category:Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship