All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1982

The All-Ireland Hurling Championship 1982 ran from May to September of that year. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Kilkenny who beat Cork by 3-18 to 1-15.

Format

The provincial championships in Munster and Leinster and Ulster were all played on a knock-out basis as usual. In keeping with the rotation system for advancement to the All-Ireland final, the Munster champions automatically qualified for the final of 1982. Galway, having no competition in the Connacht Championship, played the Ulster champions in an All-Ireland quarter-final. The winner of this game later played the Leinster champions in an All-Ireland semi-final.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Paths to the final

The Munster Championship proved to be a complete walkover for Cork. In the Munster final they defeated Waterford on a huge score line of 5-31 to 3-6. It was their first provincial title since 1979. In the Leinster Championship Kilkenny broke the dominance of Wexfod and Offaly to win their first provincial title since 1979 also.

Teams

The final

Sunday, September 14 was the date of the 1982 All-Ireland final between Cork and Kilkenny. It was the sides first meeting in the final since 1978, when Cork captured the three-in-a-row. Cork, who had played so well in the provincial series of games en route, were installed as firm favourites. The tag of underdogs, however, did not sit well with Kilkenny and they played like men inspired from the throw-in. Just before half-time Kilkenny’s Chrity Heffernan scored two goals within one minute to give ‘the Cats’ a huge confidence boost. The fact that it was only his third ever championship appearance certainly seemed to demoralise Cork even more. At the interval the score was Kilkenny 2-11, Cork 0-7.

In the second-half Cork tried to fight back, however, Kilkenny’s Noel Skehan was unbeatable as goalkeeper. Ger Fennelly captured Kilkenny’s third goal eight minutes into the second-half and the game was all but over for Cork. What had previously been regarded as no more than a moderately-good Kilkenny team certainly proved themselves against Cork. The final score was Kilkenny 3-18, Cork 1-15.

Results

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date = July 18
Quarter-Final
team1 = Galway
score = 6-19 – 3-12
team2 = Antrim
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stadium = Croke Park
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date = August 8
Semi-Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 2-20 – 2-10
team2 = Galway
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stadium = Croke Park
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date = September 5
Final
team1 = Kilkenny
score = 3-18 – 1-15
team2 = Cork
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stadium = Croke Park,
Dublin
Attendance: 59,550----

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