ALL-IRELAND MINOR HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP

The 'All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship' (known for sponsorship reasons as the 'ESB Minor Hurling Championship') is the premier "knockout" competition for the youngest competitors of the game of hurling played in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association and are played during the summer months with the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final being played on the first or second Sunday in September in Croke Park, Dublin. The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final.
The current All-Ireland minor hurling champions are Tipperary, having beaten Cork by a scoreline of 3-14 to 2-11 at Croke Park on September 2, 2007.

Contents

2007

Overview

Top Winners

Roll of Honour

See Also

2007

Overview

The All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship features the youngest competitive players of the game of hurling - players must be under eighteen years of age on 1 January of the year of the competition. The first minor championship was played in 1928 when Cork were crowned the champions. The championship has been held every year since then, however, it was suspended for a period during The Emergency.
The 'Big Three' of Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary are the most dominant teams in minor hurling. All three counties have claimed famous three-in-rows over the years. The coveted treble of winning senior, under-21 and minor titles in the same year has been achieved by Cork in 1970 and by Kilkenny in 1975 and 2003.

Top Winners

'Club'	'Winners'	'Winning Years'
Tipperary	18	1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1996, 2006, 2007
Kilkenny	18	1931, 1935, 1936, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003
Cork	18	1928, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1951, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1995, 1998, 2001
Galway	7	1983, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005
Dublin	4	1945, 1946, 1954, 1965
Offaly	3	1986, 1987, 1989
Limerick	3	1940, 1958, 1984
Wexford	3	1963, 1966, 1968
Waterford	2	1929, 1948
Clare	1	1997

Roll of Honour

'Year'	'Winner'	'Opponent'
2007	Tipperary 3-14	Cork 2-11
2006	Tipperary 2-18	Galway 2-7
2005	Galway	Limerick
2004	Galway	Kilkenny
2003	Kilkenny	Galway
2002	Kilkenny	Tipperary
2001	Cork	Galway
2000	Galway	Cork
1999	Galway	Tipperary
1998	Cork	Kilkenny
1997	Clare	Galway
1996	Tipperary	Galway
1995	Cork	Kilkenny
1994	Galway	Cork
1993	Kilkenny	Galway
1992	Galway	Waterford
1991	Kilkenny	Tipperary
1990	Kilkenny	Cork
1989	Offaly	Clare
1988	Kilkenny	Cork
1987	Offaly	Tipperary
1986	Offaly	Cork
1985	Cork	Wexford
1984	Limerick	Kilkenny
1983	Galway	Dublin
1982	Tipperary	Galway
1981	Kilkenny	Galway
1980	Tipperary	Wexford
1979	Cork	Kilkenny
1978	Cork	Kilkenny
1977	Kilkenny	Cork
1976	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1975	Kilkenny	Cork
1974	Cork	Kilkenny
1973	Kilkenny	Galway
1972	Kilkenny	Cork
1971	Cork	Kilkenny
1970	Cork	Galway
1969	Cork	Kilkenny
1968	Wexford	Cork
1967	Cork	Wexford
1966	Wexford	Cork
1965	Dublin	Limerick
1964	Cork	Laois
1963	Wexford	Limerick
1962	Kilkenny	Tipperary
1961	Kilkenny	Tipperary
1960	Kilkenny	Tipperary
1959	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1958	Limerick	Kilkenny
1957	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1956	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1955	Tipperary	Galway
1954	Dublin	Tipperary
1953	Tipperary	Dublin
1952	Dublin	Dublin
1951	Cork	Galway
1950	Kilkenny	Tipperary
1949	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1948	Waterford	Kilkenny
1947	Tipperary	Galway
1946	Dublin	Tipperary
1945	Dublin	Tipperary
1944	Suspended
1943	Suspended
1942	Suspended
1941	Cork	Galway
1940	Limerick	Antrim
1939	Cork	Kilkenny
1938	Cork	Kilkenny
1937	Cork	Kilkenny
1936	Kilkenny	Cork
1935	Kilkenny	Tipperary
1934	Tipperary	Laois
1933	Tipperary	Galway
1932	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1931	Kilkenny	Galway
1930	Tipperary	Kilkenny
1929	Waterford	Meath
1928	Cork	Dublin

See Also

★ Leinster Minor Hurling Championship