All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1989

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year=1989


team=Tipperary
titles=23rd
captain=Nicky English
manager=
munster=Tipperary
leinster=Offaly
ulster=Antrim
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The All-Ireland Hurling Championship 1989 ran from May to September of that year. The All-Ireland Hurling Final was won by Tipperary who beat Antrim by 4-24 to 3-9.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The Munster and Leinster championships were played as normal with the winners Tipperary and Offaly going through to the All-Ireland semi-finals along with Galway, the only Connacht team. The Ulster champions Antrim had to beat Kildare in a preliminary game to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals.

The All-Ireland hurling semi-finals were played as a double-header in Croke Park. Antrim caused something of a sensation in the first match by beating Leinster champions Offaly by 4-15to 1-15, in doing so reaching only their second All-Ireland final and first since 1943.

The second semi-final was between Tipperary and Galway - a rematch of the previous year's final which Galway had won. In a tight tussle Tipperary gained revenge on the Tribesmen by winning 3-13 to 1-9.

Final

In contrast to the semi-finals, the final itself was a poor affair as stagefright overcame the Antrim team and the match gradually drifted into a non-contest, Tipperary finally winning by an eighteen point margin 4-24 to 3-9. Nicky English scored a remarkable 2-12, the highest score ever by an individual in an All-Ireland final. Bobby Ryan (Borisileigh) received the cup for Tipperary's first All-Ireland hurling title since 1971.

Results

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date = July 23
Quarter-Final
team1 = Antrim
score = 4-14 – 0-7
team2 = Kildare
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Dundalk----footballbox
date = August 6
Semi-Final
team1 = Antrim
score = 4-15 – 1-15
team2 = Offaly
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park----footballbox
date = August 6
Semi-Final
team1 = Tipperary
score = 3-13 – 1-9
team2 = Galway
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park----footballbox
date = September 1
Final
team1 = Tipperary
score = 4-24 – 3-9
team2 = Antrim
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Croke Park----

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