1986 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

The 1986 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 92nd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.^[1]

1986 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

Champions	Claughaun (10th title) Éamonn Cregan (captain)
Runners-up	Adare
← 1985 (Previous) (Next) 1987 →

Kilmallock entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Adare in the quarter-finals.^[2]

The final was played on 28 September 1986 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Claughaun and Adare, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 18 years. Claughaun won the match by 1–09 to 0–09 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a first title in 15 years.^[3]

Results

Quarter-finals

Claughaun v Ardagh

12 July 1986 Quarter-final	Claughaun	1-18 - 2-13	Ardagh	FitzGerald Park
	D Fitzgerald 1-4, L O'Connor 0-4, G Ryan 0-3, É Cregan 0-3, M Ryan 0-2, J Rea 0-1, M Rea 0-1.		M O'Connor 1-5, M O'Brien 0-5, R Woulfe 1-1, M Woulfe 0-2.

Kilmallock v Adare

13 July 1986 Quarter-final	Kilmallock	1-08 - 1-11	Adare	Bruff Grounds
	J Neenan 1-1, P Kelly 0-4, S Carroll 0-2, D Riordan 0-1.		S Fitzgibbon 1-2, M Benson 0-5, B Heffernan 0-1, D Marron 0-1, T Dunne 0-1, PJ Kinnavane 0-1.

Garryspillane v Killeedy

13 July 1986 Quarter-final	Garryspillane	1-10 - 2-11	Killeedy	Bruff Grounds
	K Walsh 0-6, B Carroll 1-1, D Barry 0-1, W Burke 0-1, B Stapleton 0-1.		P Fitzmaurice 1-5, K Kiely 1-0, T Mulcahy 0-2, M Scanlan 0-1, J Magner 0-1, W Fitzmaurice 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.

Cappmore v Fedamore

13 July 1986 Quarter-final	Cappmore	2-11 - 0-07	Fedamore	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	L O'Brien 1-2, D Mulcahy 0-4, N Sheehan 0-3, I Walsh 0-2.		S O'Dwyer 0-2, M Hedderman 0-2, S Fitzgibbon 0-1, J Condon 0-1, S Prendergast 0-1.

Semi-final

Claughaun v Killeedy

24 August 1986 Semi-final	Claughaun	6-15 - 4-05	Killeedy	FitzGerald Park
	L O'Connor 2-9, G Ryan 2-0, D Fitzgerald 1-2, M Rea 1-1, M Ryan 0-3.		W Fitzmaurice 2-2, J McGrath 1-0, G Forde 1-0, P Fitzmaurice 0-3.

Adare v Cappamore

31 August 1986 Semi-final	Adare	3-12 - 1-05	Cappamore	Bruff Grounds
	M Benson 0-8, Declan Marron 1-0, Donal Marron 1-0, S Fitzgibbon 1-0, M Alfred 0-2, B Heffernan 0-1, T Dunne 0-1.		M Clarke 1-0, D Mulcahy 0-2, G Sheehan 0-1, D McKenna 0-1, N Sheehan 0-1.

Final

Claughaun v Adare

28 September 1986 Final	Claughaun	1-09 - 0-09	Adare	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	L O'Connor 0-4, M Rea 1-0, A Maloney 0-2, M Ryan 0-2, M Molyneaux 0-1.		M Benson 0-7, S Fitzgerald 0-2.	Referee: S Burke (Garryspillane)