2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:	2005
Dates:	15 May - 11 September 2005
Teams:	12
Munster:	Cork
Leinster:	Kilkenny
Ulster:	Antrim
Matches:	36
Poty:	Jerry O'Connor
Team:	Cork
Titles:	30th
Captain:	Seán Óg Ó hAilpín
Manager:	John Allen
Team2:	Galway
Captain2:	Liam Donoghue
Manager2:	Conor Hayes
Topscorer:	Ger Farragher (3-57)
Previous:	2004
Next:	2006

The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the provincial fixtures took place on 17 October 2004.^[1] The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 11 September 2005.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.^[2]

On 11 September 2005, Cork won the championship after a 1–21 to 1–16 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.^[3] This was their 30th All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.

Galway's Ger Farragher was the championship's top scorer with 3-57.

New Format

On 17 April 2004, the Hurling Development Committee's proposal to restructure the entire championship system was endorsed by Congress. The new format resulted in a three-tier championship. In the top grade 12 teams would compete for the Liam MacCarthy Cup, with the first round losers and beaten semi-finalists from Leinster and Munster joining Antrim and Galway in a league section split into two groups. The group winners would re-enter the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage, meeting the losing provincial finalists. The runners-up in each group would face the Leinster and Munster champions in the last eight. The new format provided two additional quarter-finals, a minimum of three games for each team and four for the vast majority. In the league section, matches would be played on a home and away basis. The bottom-placed teams in both groups would contest the relegation section with the eventual loser being relegated to the Christy Ring Cup.

Team changes

From Championship

Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup

• Carlow
• Down
• Derry
• Kerry
• Kildare
• Meath
• Westmeath
• Wicklow

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

• London

Withdrew from Championship

• New York

Teams

General information

Twelve counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and one team in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.

County	Last provincial title	Last championship title	Position in 2004 Championship	Appearance
Antrim	2004	—	Quarter-finals
Clare	1998	1997	Quarter-finals
Cork	2003	2004	Champions
Dublin	1961	1938	Round 1
Galway	1999	1988	Round 2
Kilkenny	2003	2003	Runners-up
Laois	1949	1915	Round 1
Limerick	1996	1973	Round 1
Offaly	1995	1998	Round 2
Tipperary	2001	2001	Round 2
Waterford	2004	1959	Semi-finals
Wexford	2004	1996	Semi-finals

Overview

Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2005. These were the same 12 teams who competed in Division 1 of the National Hurling League. The provincial championships in Leinster and Munster featured five teams each, while Antrim and Galway entered the championship at the group stage.

Personnel and general information

Team	Colours	Manager(s)	Captain(s)	Sponsor
					Antrim		Dinny Cahill	Jim Connolly	Bushmills
Cork		Dónal O'Grady	Ben O'Connor	O2
Clare		Anthony Daly	Seánie McMahon	Pat O'Donnell
Dublin		Tommy Naughton	David Curtin	Arnotts
Galway		Liam Donoghue	Conor Hayes	Supermacs
Kilkenny		Brian Cody	Peter Barry	Avonmore
Laois		Paudie Butler	Joe Phelan	The Heritage
Limerick		Joe McKenna	Ollie Moran	Sporting Limerick
Offaly		John McIntyre	Barry Teehan	Carroll Cuisine
Tipperary		Ken Hogan	Benny Dunne	Enfer
Waterford		Justin McCarthy	Eoin Kelly	Gain Feeds
Wexford		Séamus Murphy	Keith Rossiter	Wexford Creamery

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Final

Cup competitions

Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2)

See main article: 2005 Christy Ring Cup.

Group A

	Team									Qualification
1	Westmeath	4	3	0	1	10-64	8-49	+21	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Down	4	3	0	1	14-72	9-57	+30	6
3	Meath	4	2	1	1	9-67	7-52	+21	5
4	Roscommon	4	1	0	3	4-46	13-83	-64	2	Advance to Relegation Playoffs
5	Derry	4	0	1	3	7-49	7-57	-8	1

Group B

	Team									Qualification
1	Carlow	4	3	0	1	5-50	5-53	-3	6	Advance to Knockout Stage
2	Kildare	4	3	0	1	11-54	7-50	+16	6
3	Kerry	4	2	1	1	12-59	8-46	+25	5
4	Wicklow	4	1	1	2	8-55	10-49	+0	3	Advance to Relegation Playoffs
5	Mayo	4	0	0	4	7-41	13-61	-38	0

Knockout stage

Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)

See main article: 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup.

Group A

	Team									Qualification
1	Donegal	3	3	0	0	14-43	5-25	45	6	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Tyrone	3	2	0	1	8-44	10-30	8	4	Advance to Quarter-Finals
3	Sligo	3	1	0	2	10-27	10-44	-17	2
4	Fermanagh	3	0	0	3	5-30	12-45	-36	0

Group B

	Team									Qualification
1	Louth	3	3	0	0	9-51	4-28	38	6	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Armagh	3	2	0	1	12-42	6-26	34	4	Advance to Quarter-Finals
3	Cavan	2	0	0	2	3-13	5-37	-30	0
4	Leitrim	2	0	0	2	3-21	12-36	-42	0

Group C

	Team									Qualification
1	London	3	3	0	0	2-64	5-29	26	6	Advance to Semi-Finals
2	Longford	3	2	0	1	6-38	4-36	8	4	Advance to Quarter-Finals
3	Monaghan	3	1	0	2	4-36	5-42	-9	2
4	Warwickshire	3	0	0	3	4-24	2-55	-25	0

Knockout stage

All-Ireland qualifiers

See main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship qualifiers.

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	width=377	Qualification
1	Galway	3	3	0	0	6-69	4-35	+40	6	Advance to All Ireland Quarter-finals
2	Limerick	3	2	0	1	8-54	3-36	+33	4
3	Laois	3	1	0	2	3-41	5-53	-18	2	Advance to Relegation playoffs
4	Antrim	3	0	0	3	2-35	7-75	-55	0

Results

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	SF	SA	Diff	Pts	width=377	Qualification
1	Clare	3	3	0	0	6-49	1-41	+23	6	Advance to All Ireland Quarter-finals
2	Waterford	3	2	0	1	5-64	6-32	+29	4
3	Offaly	3	1	0	2	4-41	4-52	-11	2	Advance to Relegation playoffs
4	Dublin	3	0	0	3	3-26	7-55	-41	0

Results

Relegation Section

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland final

See main article: 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Ger Farragher	Galway	3-57	66	6	11.00
2	James Young	Laois	2-53	59	7	8.43
3	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	3-37	46	4	11.50
4	T. J. Ryan	Limerick	3-36	45	6	7.50
5	Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	1-36	39	5	7.80
6	Paul Flynn	Waterford	3-26	35	5	7.00
7	Niall Gilligan	Clare	0-33	33	6	5.50
8	Brian Carroll	Offaly	1-29	32	5	6.40
9	Ben O'Connor	Cork	1-26	29	5	5.80
10	Joe Deane	Cork	1-18	21	5	4.20

In a single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	2-11	17	Offaly
2	Ger Farragher	Galway	2-09	15	Kilkenny
3	Ger Farragher	Galway	1-11	14	Laois
4	Henry Shefflin	Kilkenny	1-09	12	Galway
Eoin Kelly	Tipperary	1-09	12	Galway
James Young	Laois	1-09	12	Dublin
Ger Farragher	Galway	0-12	12	Antrim
5	Paul Flynn	Waterford	1-08	11	Offaly
Brian Carroll	Offaly	1-08	11	Antrim
David Curtin	Dublin	1-08	11	Laois
James Young	Laois	0-11	11	Antrim

Miscellaneous

• The attendance of 81,136 at the All-Ireland final was the biggest since 1956 when 83,096 saw Wexford defeat Cork.

See also

• 2005 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2)
• 2005 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)

External links

• Official GAA Website
• RTÉ Sport Website
• Hurling Statistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cork open against Munster champs. Irish Independent. 17 October 2004. 4 August 2013. Martin. Breheny.
2. Web site: Cork savour sweet victory. Irish Examiner. 12 September 2004. 4 August 2013.
3. Web site: Confidence and craft carry the day. Irish Examiner. 12 September 2005. 4 August 2013. Jim. O'Sullivan. 28 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190428095158/https://www.irishexaminer.com/archives/2005/0912/ireland/confidence-and-craft-carry-the-day-119045974.html. dead.