1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 27 May to 3 September 1989.^{[citation needed]}

1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	21 May – 1 September 1989
Teams	17
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Tipperary (23rd win)
Captain	Bobby Ryan
Manager	Michael 'Babs' Keating
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Antrim
Captain	Ciaran Barr
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Offaly
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	17
Top Scorer	Nicky English (4-38)
Player of the Year	Nicky English
All-Star Team	See here
← 1988 1990 →

Galway were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-finals.^[1][2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 3 September 1989 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Tipperary and Antrim, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Tipperary won the match by 4–24 to 3–09 to claim their 23rd All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 18 years.^[3][4]

Tipperary's Nicky English was the championship's top scorer with 4-38.^[5]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• Derry
• Down
• Kildare (qualified)

From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

• London

Teams

General information

Seventeen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

County	Last provincial title	Last championship title	Position in 1988 Championship	Current championship
Antrim	1946	—	Semi-finals	Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare	1932	1914	Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork	1986	1986	Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Derry	1908	—		Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Down	1942	—	Runners-up (All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship)	Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin	1961	1938	Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway	1922	1988	Champions	Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry	1891	1891	Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Kildare	—	—		All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Kilkenny	1987	1983	Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois	1949	1915	First round (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick	1981	1973	Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly	1988	1985	Semi-finals	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary	1988	1971	Runners-up	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford	1963	1959	Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath	—	—	First round (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford	1977	1968	Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championship

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
					Offaly	5-14
	Laois	2-11			Laois	1-10
	Dublin	2-10							Offaly	3-15
									Kilkenny	4-09
					Kilkenny	4-15
	Kilkenny	4-29			Wexford	2-18
	Westmeath	3-05

May 28, 1989
Quarter-Final

Laois	2-11 – 2-10	Dublin
P. Bergin (1-4), P. J. Cuddy (1-0), P. O'Brien (0-2), A. Dunne (0-2), J. Taylor (0-2), N. Rigney (0-1).		M. J. Ryan (1-7), R. Boland (1-1), K. Hepherton (0-1), S. Dalton (0-1).

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)

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May 28, 1989
Quarter-Final

Kilkenny	4-29 – 3-5	Westmeath
A. Ronan (1-10), C. Heffernan (2-1), L. Ryan (1-1), G. Fennelly (0-4), L. Egan (0-4), L. Fennelly (0-2), T. Prendergast (0-2), T. O'Keeffe (0-2), S. Fennelly (0-2), J. Power (0-1.)		D. Kilcoyne (1-4), R. Shaw (1-0), S. Coyne (1-0), E. Gallagher (0-1).

O'Connor Park, Tullamore

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

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June 18, 1989
Semi-Final

Kilkenny	4-15 – 2-18	Wexford
A. Prendergast (2-2), A. Ronan (0-6), C. Heffernan (1-1), L. McCarthy (1-0), R. Power (0-3), L. Fennelly (0-1), M. Phelan (0-1), M. Cleere (0-1).		John O'Connor (1-5), M. Quigley (1-1), M. Storey (0-4), B. Byrne (0-3), T. Dempsey (0-2), L. O'Gorman (0-2), James O'Connor (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 33,512

Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

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June 18, 1989
Semi-Final

Offaly	5-14 – 1-10	Laois
M. Duignan (2-1), D. Dooley (1-3), M. Corrigan (1-2), P. Cleary (1-0), J. Kelly (0-2), J. Pilkington (0-2), D. Pilkington (0-1), D. Owens (0-1), D. Regan (0-1), P. Delaney (0-1).		P. J. Cuddy (1-0), J. Dollard (0-2), J. Taylor (0-2), P. Bergin (0-2), T. Delaney (0-2), P. O'Brien (0-1), L. Bergin (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 33,512

Referee: J. Denton (Wexford)

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July 9, 1989
Final

Offaly	3-15 – 4-9	Kilkenny
M. Corrigan (3-7), J. Dooley (0-3), P. Corrigan (0-1), V. Teehan (0-1), D. Pilkington (0-1), J. Kelly (0-1), J. Pilkington (0-1).		L. Fennelly (2-0), A. Ronan (0-5), L. McCarthy (1-1), C. Heffernan (1-0), R. Power (0-2), M. Cleere (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 24,519

Referee: J. Denton (Wexford)

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Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship

	Quarter-Finals				Semi-Finals				Final
					Cork	0-18, 4-17
	Waterford	5-13			Waterford	0-18, 5-16
	Clare	1-10							Waterford	2-08
									Tipperary	0-26
					Tipperary	4-18
	Kerry	3-10			Limerick	2-11
	Limerick	6-11

May 21, 1989
Quarter-Final

Kerry	3-10 – 6-11	Limerick
J. Hennessy (3-5), B. Murphy (0-2), J. O'Sullivan (0-1), P. Healy (0-1), C. Walsh (0-1).		G. Kirby (1-6), L. O'Connor (2-1), S. Fitzgibbon (2-0), T. Kenny (1-1), M. Galligan (0-1), M. Nelligan (0-1), G. Hegarty (0-1).

FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney

Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)

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May 21, 1989
Quarter-Final

Waterford	5-13 – 1-10	Clare
P. Murphy (2-0), G. Connors (1-3), N. Crowley (1-1), S. Aherne (1-1), K. Delahunty (0-4), W. Sullivan (0-2), P. Prendergast (0-2).		C. Lyons (0-6), V. Donnellan (1-0), M. Nugent (0-2), M. Guilfoyle (0-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-1).

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Referee: W. Barrett (Tipperary)

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June 4, 1989
Semi-Final

Waterford	0-18 – 0-18	Cork
K. Delahunty (0-6), S. Aherne (0-4), N. Crowley (0-3), A. Qualter (0-2), G. Connors (0-1), L. O'Connor (0-1).		F. Delaney (0-8), T. O'Sullivan (0-3), M. Foley (0-2), T. McCarthy (0-2), B. Cunningham (0-1), M. Mullins (0-1), P. O'Connor (0-1).

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Attendance: 9,216

Referee: K. Walsh (Limerick)

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June 11, 1989
Semi-Final

Tipperary	4-18 – 2-11	Limerick
N. English (2-5), P. Fox (1-5), J. Hayes (1-2), J. Leahy (0-1), Conal Bonnar (0-1), P. Delaney (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), Cormac Bonnar (0-1), J. Cormack (0-1).		S. Fitzgibbon (1-4), G. Kirby (0-4), T. Kenny (1-0), M. Galligan (0-1), M. Nelligan (0-1), M. Reale (0-1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 23,159

Referee: W. Horgan (Cork)

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June 18, 1989
Semi-Final
Replay

Waterford	5-16 – 4-17	Cork
P. Murphy (3-0), S. Aherne (1-3), N. Crowley (0-6), B. Sullivan (1-2), A. Qualter (0-3), L. O'Connor (0-1), K. Delahunty (0-1).		F. Delaney (1-11), M. Foley (2-0), T. McCarthy (1-1), S. O'Gorman (0-3), T. O'Sullivan (0-1), M. Mullins (0-1).

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Attendance: 15,178

Referee: K. Walsh (Limerick)

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July 2, 1989
Final

Tipperary	0-26 – 2-8	Waterford
N. English (0-13), P. Delaney (0-3), M. Cleary (0-3), P. Fox (0-2), J. Cormack (0-1), A. Ryan (0-1), J. Hayes (0-1), J. Leahy (0-1), Conal Bonnar (0-1).		K. Delahunty (1-4), L. O'Connor (1-1), S. Aherne (0-1), B. Sullivan (0-1), P. Prendergast (0-1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 30,241

Referee: W. Horgan (Cork)

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Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Main article: Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

	Semi-finals				Final
					Antrim	2-16
	Down	6-07			Down	0-09
	Derry	1-13

June 25, 1989
Semi-Final

Down	6-7 – 1-13	Derry

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July 9, 1989
Final

Antrim	2-16 – 0-9	Down
D. McNaughton (2-5), B. Donnelly (0-3), A. McCarry (0-2), J. P. McKillen (0-2), P. McKillen (0-2), T. McNaughton (0-1), D. Armstrong (0-1).		B. Coulter (0-3), C. Mageen (0-2), B. Coulter (0-2), H. Gilmore (0-1).

Athletic Grounds, Armagh

Referee: P. Delaney (Laois)

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

	Quarter-Finals					Semi-Finals					Final
						Tipperary		1-17
						Galway		2-11
											Tipperary		4-24
											Antrim		3-09
						Antrim		4-15
	Antrim		4-14			Offaly		1-15
	Kildare		0-07

All-Ireland quarter-finals

July 23, 1989
Quarter-Final

Antrim	4-14 – 0-7	Kildare
B. Donnelly (2-1), O. McFetridge (1-3), C. Barr (1-2), P. McKillen (0-2), J. McNaughton (0-2), T. McNaughton (0-1), D. McNaughton (0-1), D. Armstrong (0-1), A. McCarry (0-1).		M. Moore (0-4), G. Deering (0-1), G. Ennis (0-1), R. Byrne (0-1).

St. Brigid's Park, Dundalk

All-Ireland semi-finals

August 6, 1989
Semi-Final

Antrim	4-15 – 1-15	Offaly
A. McCarry (2-4), O. McFetridge (2-3), T. McNaughton (0-2), D. Armstrong (0-2), C. Barr (0-1), D. McKinley (0-1), P. McKillen (0-1), B. Donnelly (0-1).	Report	V. Teehan (1-0), J. Dooley (0-3), P. Delaney (0-3), M. Corrigan (0-3), D. Regan (0-2), D. Pilkington (0-1), R. Mannion (0-1), J. Kelly (0-1), J. Pilkington (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 64,127

Referee: G. McClory (Antrim)

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August 6, 1989
Semi-Final

Tipperary	1-17 – 2-11	Galway
N. English (0-8), P. Fox (1-2), P. Delaney (0-3), C. Bonnar (0-2), D. Ryan (0-1), M. Cleary (0-1).	Report	É. Ryan (2-1), M. McGrath (0-3), J. Cooney (0-3), G. Burke (0-2), J. Treacy (0-1), M. Coleman (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 64,127

Referee: J. Denton (Wexford)

All-Ireland Final

September 3, 1989
Final

Tipperary	4-24 – 3-9	Antrim
N. English (2-12), D. Ryan (1-3), P. Fox (1-2), J. Leahy (0-3), D. Carr (0-2), M. Cleary (0-2).	Report	B. Donnelly (1-1), O. McFetridge (0-3), A. McCarry (1-0), D. Armstrong (1-0), T. McNaughton (0-2), P. McKillen (0-1), L. McKeegan (0-1), D. McKillop (0-1).

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 65,496

Referee: P. Delaney (Laois)

Main article: 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Stadia and locations

Main article: List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Nicky English	Tipperary	4-38	50	4	12.50
2	Adrian Ronan	Kilkenny	1-21	24	3	8.00
	Mark Corrigan	Offaly	4-12	24	3	8.00
4	Finbarr Delaney	Cork	1-19	23	2	8.00
5	Pat Fox	Tipperary	3-11	20	4	5.00
6	Olcan McFetridge	Antrim	3-9	18	3	6.00
	Kieran Delahunty	Waterford	1-15	18	4	4.50
8	Aidan McCarry	Antrim	3-7	16	4	4.00
9	Pat Murphy	Waterford	5-0	15	4	3.75
	Brian Donnelly	Antrim	3-6	15	4	3.75
	Shane Aherne	Waterford	2-9	15	4	3.75

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Nicky English	Tipperary	2-12	18	Antrim
2	Mark Corrigan	Offaly	3-7	16	Kilkenny
3	Joe Hennessy	Kerry	3-5	14	Limerick
	Finbarr Delaney	Cork	1-11	14	Waterford
5	Nicky English	Tipperary	0-13	13	Waterford
	Adrian Ronan	Kilkenny	1-10	13	Westmeath
7	Nicky English	Tipperary	2-5	11	Limerick
	Danny McNaughton	Antrim	2-5	11	Down
9	M. J. Ryan	Dublin	1-7	10	Laois
10	Gary Kirby	Limerick	1-6	9	Kerry
	Pat Murphy	Waterford	3-0	9	Cork

Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on The Sunday Game.

Round	RTÉ	Channel 4
Munster final	Tipperary vs Waterford
All-Ireland semi-finals	Antrim vs Offaly Tipperary vs Galway
All-Ireland final	Tipperary vs Antrim	Tipperary vs Antrim