1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:1916
Connacht:Galway
Munster:Tipperary
Leinster:Kilkenny
Team:Tipperary
Titles:9th
Captain:Johnny Leahy
Team2:Kilkenny
Captain2:Sim Walton
Previous:1915
Next:1917

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1916 was the 30th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-4 to 3-2 in the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This was a lone match which saw the winners of the Munster championship play Galway who received a bye to this stage. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final played the winners of the Leinster championship. The winners were declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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See main article: 1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 28 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .