1955 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship Explained

Type:Junior
Year:1955
Connacht:Galway
Munster:Cork
Leinster:Dublin
Ulster:Antrim
Team:Cork
Titles:7th
Captain:Connie Moynihan
Team2:Warwickshire
Previous:1954
Next:1956

The 1955 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 34th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played on 1 October 1955 at the Athletic Grounds in Cork, between Cork and Warwickshire, in what was their first meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 6–10 to 0–02 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title since 1950.[2] [3]

Results

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Limerick profile. Hogan Stand website. 18 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Junior hurling. Munster GAA website. 18 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Cork profile. Hogan Stand website. 18 August 2021.