All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1923

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1923


team=Galway
titles=1st
captain=Mick Kenny
manager=
munster=Limerick
leinster=Kilkenny
ulster=Donegal
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1923 was the 37th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran across two years from 1923 until 1924, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 14 September, 1924. The match was contested by Galway and Limerick, with Galway taking the title by 7-3 to 4-5. It was Galway's first All-Ireland title in the history of the championship.

Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions.
* Galway, a team who faced no competition in Connacht, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Leinster champions.

Results

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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date = April 27, 1924
Semi-Final
team1 = Limerick
score = 7-4 – 0-1
team2 = Donegal
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin----footballbox
date = May 18, 1924
Semi-Final
team1 = Galway
score = 5-4 – 2-0
team2 = Kilkenny
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park, Dublin----

All-Ireland final

Previous championship encounters

This particular fixture was largely infrequent in the history of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship due to the provincial structure of the championship. Limerick had played Galway on two occasions and had been victorious on both occasions.

References

* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Fullam, Brendan, "Captains of the Ash" (Wolfhound Press, 2002).

ee also