All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1919

Infobox Hurling All-Ireland
year=1919


team=Cork
titles=7th
captain=Jimmy ‘Major’ Kennedy
manager=
munster=Cork
leinster=Dublin
ulster=
connacht=
poty=
matches=
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1919 was the 33rd edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran throughout the whole of 1919, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 21 September. The match was contested by Cork, represented by a selection of their best players, and Dublin, represented by Collegians, with Cork taking the title by 6-4 to 2-4. It was Cork’s first All-Ireland title in sixteen years.

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 Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
* Galway, a team who were unopposed in the Connacht Championship, advanced directly to the lone All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Munster champions.
* There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series due to the suspension of the competition.

References

* Corry, Eoghan, "The GAA Book of Lists" (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, "The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games" (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

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