1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

April 2022 Under-21 1972 Galway Tipperary Dublin Antrim Galway 1st Dublin 1971 1973 The 1972 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 9th staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Clare in the Munster quarter-final. On 10 September 1972, Galway won the championship following a 2-9 to 1-10 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final.http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile.aspx County profile: Galway Hogan Stand 24 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526185053/http://www.hoganstand.com/Galway/Profile.aspx 2010-05-26 dead This was their first All-Ireland title in the under-21 grade. Results Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship Final 16 July 1972 Final Dublin 2-11 - 0-15 Offaly V Holden 0-5, M Holden 1-1, C Henneberry 1-0, J Kiely 0-2, PJ Holden 0-1, V Donovan 0-1, M Leonard 0-1. K Mooney 0-7, J Egan 0-2, J McKenna 0-2, G Woods 0-1, P Quinn 0-1, A Daly 0-1, P Bennett 0-1. O'Moore Park, Portlaoise J Rankins (Laois) Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship First round 3 May 1972 First round Limerick 9-15 - 1-05 Kerry Dromcollogher 3 May 1972 First round Tipperary 6-05 - 0-05 Waterford S Dunne 2-2, J Darcy 2-0, J Cunningham 1-2, G Howard 1-0, T Fitzpatrick 0-1. J Galvin 0-2, T Casey 0-1, J Heffernan 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1. Leahy Park, Cashel D Twomey (Cork) Semi-finals 3 May 1972 First round Clare 3-09 - 3-08 Cork T Ryan 1-4, M O'Connor 1-0, P Hickey 1-0, N Ryan 0-2, J Callinan 0-1, E O'Connor 0-1, J Durack 0-1. J Rothwell 3-0, S O'Leary 0-5, J Barry-Murphy 0-1, T Fogarty 0-1, P Kavanagh 0-1. Gaelic Grounds, Limerick J O'Grady (Limerick) 25 June 1972 Semi-final Limerick 3-03 - 0-16 Tipperary L Enright 1-0, L O'Donoghue 1-0, L Lawlor 1-0, J Neenan 0-3. J Cunningham 0-8, N Flannery 0-2, S Power 0-2, G Howard 0-1, J Darcy 0-1, T Fitzpatrick 0-1, J Keogh 0-1. Gaelic Grounds, Limerick Final 16 July 1972 Final Clare 3-10 - 4-10 Tipperary S Durack 1-3, S Stack 1-1, M O'Connor 1-0, T Ryan 0-2, J Callinan 0-2, N Ryan 0-1, P Hickey 0-1. J Cunningham 2-4, S Power 1-1, M Kennedy 1-0, T Butler 0-2, M Flannery 0-2, T Kehoe 0-1. Cusack Park, Ennis F Murphy (Cork) All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Semi-finals 15 August 1972 Semi-final Tipperary 1-11 - 2-11 Galway J Keogh 1-3, J Cunningham 0-4, S Power 0-3, T Fitzpatrick 0-1. G Glynn 0-5, P Donoghue 1-0, G Holland 1-0, A Fenton 0-3, PJ Molloy 0-2, M Donoghue 0-1. MacDonagh Park, Nenagh S O'Connor (Limerick) 20 August 1972 Semi-final Antrim 2-08 - 4-12 Dublin J McClean 1-2, A Thornbury 1-0, M Brunty 0-3, S McFadden 0-2, J O'Neill 0-1. C Henneberry 1-2, J Kealy 0-5, B Donovan 1-0, P Lee 1-0, D Moody 1-0, C McGrath 0-3, V Holden 0-2. Glenariffe E Devlin (Tyrone) Final 10 September 1972 Final Galway 2-09 - 1-10 Dublin G Holland 1-4, A Fenton 1-0, PJ Molloy 0-3, G Glynn 0-1, M Barrett 0-1. B Sweeney 1-0, J Kealy 0-3, PJ Holden 0-2, J Whelan 0-2, P Lee 0-2, G O'Connell 0-1. Gaelic Grounds, Limerick S O'Grady (Limerick) Championship statistics Miscellaneous The All-Ireland final between Galway and Dublin was the very first championship meeting between the two teams. Both sides were hoping to win their first All-Ireland title. References Under Category:All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship