1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1916 was the 30th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-4 to 3-2 in the final.^[1]

1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland champions
Winning team	Tipperary (9th win)
Captain	Johnny Leahy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Kilkenny
Captain	Sim Walton
Provincial champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Galway
Championship statistics
All-Star Team	See here
← 1915 1917 →

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This was a lone match which saw the winners of the Munster championship play Galway who received a bye to this stage. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final played the winners of the Leinster championship. The winners were declared All-Ireland champions.

Results

Connacht Senior Hurling Championship

Galway	3-0 – 2-3	Roscommon

3 September 1916
Final

Athlone

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Galway	1-4 – 1-0	Roscommon

1916
Final Replay

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Kilkenny	11-3 – 2-2	Wexford

5 November 1916
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary	5-0 – 1-2	Cork

Final

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

Antrim	2-6 – 2-2	Down

27 August 1916
Final

Ardglass

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary	8-1 – 0-0	Galway

22 October 1916
Semi-final

Athlone

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Tipperary	5-4 – 3-2	Kilkenny

21 January 1917
Final

Croke Park, Dublin

References

1. "All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Roll of Honour". The GAA website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).