1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Explained

Year:1908
Connacht:Galway
Munster:Tipperary
Leinster:Dublin
Ulster:Derry
Team:Tipperary
Titles:8th
Captain:Tom Semple
Team2:Dublin
Captain2:Jack Grace
Previous:1907
Next:1909

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1908 was the 22nd series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Dublin 3-15 to 1-5 in a replay of the final.[1]

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives made up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest this game with the winners being declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Kilkenny refused to play due a dispute over the Railway Shield.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour . The GAA website . 26 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085701/http://gaaweb.sitesuite.cn/page/roll_of_honour2.html . 5 September 2011 .