1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1934 was the 48th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Dublin 5-2 to 2-6 in a replay of the final.^[1]

1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship details
Dates	6 May - 30 September 1934
Teams	12
All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Limerick (4th win)
Captain	Timmy Ryan
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Dublin
Captain	Stephen Feeny
Provincial champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played	13
Goals total	95 (7.30 per game)
Points total	105 (8.07 per game)
Top Scorer	Dave Clohessey (8-2)
All-Star Team	See here
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Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

• The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the All-Ireland final.
• The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland semi-final.
• Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
• There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship in the All-Ireland series.

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

May 6, 1934
Quarter-final

Meath	8-3 – 6-2	Wexford

Croke Park, Dublin

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May 13, 1934
Quarter-final

Offaly	2-1 – 6-5	Laois

St. Brendan's Park, Birr

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May 27, 1934
Semi-final

Kilkenny	3-7 – 4-2	Laois

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

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June 24, 1934
Semi-final

Dublin	5-4 – 0-1	Meath

Páirc Tailteann, Navan

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August 12, 1934
Final

Dublin	2-8 – 4-2	Kilkenny
T Treacy 1-4, D O'Neill 1-0, S Hegarty 0-2, J O'Connell 0-1, N Wade 0-1.		J Dunne 2-0, M Power 1-2, M White 1-0.

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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August 19, 1934
Final replay

Dublin	3-5 – 2-2	Kilkenny
S Hegarty 1-1, T Treacy 1-1, D O'Neill 1-1, J O'Connell 0-1, S Muldowney 0-1.		L Meagher 1-1, J Duggan 1-0, M Power 0-1,

O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

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	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Leinster final
	Meath		8-3
	Wexford		6-2			Dublin		5-4
						Meath		0-1
											Dublin (R)		2-8 3-5
											Kilkenny (R)		4-2 2-2
						Kilkenny		3-7
	Offaly		2-1			Laois		4-2
	Laois		6-5

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

June 10, 1934
Quarter-final

Cork	7-5 – 5-6	Tipperary

Walsh Park, Waterford

Attendance: 15,000

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June 24, 1934
Quarter-final

Limerick	6-4 – 3-2	Clare

Gaelic Grounds, Limerick

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July 8, 1934
Semi-final

Limerick	3-4 – 2-2	Cork

Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles

Attendance: 30,000

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July 22, 1934
Final

Limerick	4-8 – 2-5	Waterford
M Mackey 1-7, D Clohessy 2-0, P Clohessy 1-0, J Mackey 0-1.		D Wyse 1-2, Condon 1-1, Ryan 0-1, Gough 0-1.

Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork

Attendance: 15,000

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	Quarter-finals					Semi-final					Munster final
	Limerick		6-4
	Clare		3-2			Limerick		3-4
	Cork		7-5			Cork		2-2
	Tipperary		5-6								Limerick		4-8
											Waterford		2-5

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Galway v Limerick

5 August 1934 Semi-final	Galway	2-04 – 4-04	Limerick	St. Cronan's Park, Roscrea
	J Deely 1-0, Kelly 1-0, M Gill 0-2, M King 0-1, Hanniffy 0-1.			Referee: M Walsh (Dublin)

Finals

Limerick v Dublin

2 September 1934 Final	Limerick	2-07 – 3-04	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 34,867 Referee: S Jordan (Galway)

Limerick v Dublin

30 September 1934 Final replay	Limerick	5-02 – 2-06	Dublin	Croke Park, Dublin
				Attendance: 30,250 Referee: S Jordan (Galway)

Main article: 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Championship statistics

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 18 points
  • Dublin 5-4 : 0-1 Meath (Leinster semi-final, 24 June 1934)
• Most goals in a match: 14
  • Meath 8-3 : 6-2 Wexford (Leinster quarter-final, 6 May 1934)
• Most points in a match: 12
  • Limerick 4-8 : 2-5 Waterford (Munster final, 22 July 1934)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 8
  • Meath 8-3 : 6-2 Wexford (Leinster quarter-final, 6 May 1934)
• Most goals scored by a losing team: 5
  • Wexford 6-2 : 8-3 Meath (Leinster quarter-final, 6 May 1934)
• Most points scored by a losing team: 6
  • Tipperary 5-6 : 7-5 Cork (Munster quarter-final, 10 June 1934)
  • Dublin 2-6 : 5-2 Limerick (All-Ireland final, 2 September 1934)

Miscellaneous

• On 3 June three-in-a-row hopefuls Kilkenny set sail for the United States where they took part in a series of exhibition games. The team returned home on 14 July and resumed their participation on the Leinster Championship.

Golden Jubilee

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1934 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association.

• In honour of the golden jubilee a special set of All-Ireland medals were struck and presented to the championship winner, and a postage stamp was issued on 27 July 1934, which was designed by Richard King (artist).^[2]

  "They were all delighted in Limerick over the G.A.A. Jubilee Stamp. They regard it as an omen that the colours chosen for the jersey of the hurler depicted on the stamp are those of the winners of the 1934 All-Ireland".^[3]

• 
  Official Brochure
• 
  Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of GAA
• 
  Souvenir supplement published by the Irish Independent to celebrate the golden jubilee.
• 
  Advertisement from An Gaedheal 1 September 1934.

See also

Main article: 1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

• James Andrew Walsh (hurler)
• Patrons of the GAA prior to 1934 (Irish Independent Golden Jubilee Supplement, 1934)