1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 May - 5 September 1971 |
| Teams | 15 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | 1972 → |
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was the 85th staging of
The championship
Participating counties
| Province | County | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | |||
| Leinster | Dublin | 1938 | 1961 | |
| Kildare | ||||
| Kilkenny | 1969 | 1969 | ||
| Laois | 1915 | 1949 | ||
| Offaly | ||||
| Westmeath | ||||
| Wexford | 1968 | 1970 | ||
| Munster | Clare | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | 1970 | 1970 | ||
| Limerick | 1940 | 1955 | ||
| Tipperary | 1965 | 1968 | ||
| Waterford | 1959 | 1963 | ||
| Connacht | Galway | 1923 | 1922 | |
| Ulster | Antrim | 1946 | ||
Britain
|
London | 1901 | ||
Format
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1971 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a
Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay. If both sides were still level at the end of that game another replay had to take place.
Munster Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between the first two teams drawn from the province of Munster.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined the other three Munster teams to make up the semi-final pairings.
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
Leinster Championship
First round: (1 match) This was a single match between two of the 'weaker' teams drawn from the province of Leinster.
Quarter-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the first-round game joined three other Leinster teams to make up the two quarter-final pairings.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winners of the two quarter-finals joined Kilkenny and Wexford, who received a bye to this stage, to make up the semi-final pairings.
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
All-Ireland Championship
Quarter-final: (1 match) This was a single match between Antrim and Galway, two teams who faced no competition in their respective provinces.
Semi-finals: (2 matches) The winner of the lone quarter-final joined London and the Munster and Leinster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. The provincial champions were drawn in opposite semi-finals.
Final: (1 match) The winner of the two semi-finals contested this game.
Provincial championships
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
First round
| Westmeath | 3-9 – 1-10 | Kildare |
|---|---|---|
| T. Ring (2-1), Pete Loughlin (1-1), J. Keary (0-3), W. Shanley (0-2), Mick Flanagan (0-2). | J. Walsh (1-9), T. Carew (0-1). |
Quarter-finals
| Dublin | 2-14 – 1-11 | Laois |
|---|---|---|
| M. Bermingham (0-5), W. Pierce (1-0), F. Murphy (1-0), J. Kenny (0-3), H. Dalton (0-2), P. Pierce (0-2), B. Cooney (0-1), G. O'Driscoll (0-1). | P. Dowling (1-3), P. Bates (0-4), B. Delaney (0-3), F. Bates (0-1). |
| Offaly | 1-20 – 1-15 | Westmeath |
|---|---|---|
| B. Moylan (0-8), Barry (0-4), J. Flaherty (0-4), P. J. Whelehan (1-0), A. Hanniffy (0-2), M. Cleere (0-2). | T. Ring (0-10), C. Gavin (1-0), M. Flanagan (0-2), J. Keary (0-1), Fanning (0-1), L. Maher (0-1). |
Semi-finals
| Kilkenny | 3-14 – 1-13 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| E. Keher (2-7), M. Brennan (0-4), K. Purcell (1-0), P. Delaney (0-2), N. Byrne (0-1). | J. Kenny (0-4), M. Bermingham (0-4), B. Cooney (1-0), P. Pierce (0-2), D. Rheinisch (0-1), G. O'Driscoll (0-1), H. Dalton (0-1). |
| Wexford | 2-14 – 2-6 | Offaly |
|---|---|---|
| T. Doran (2-1), T. Byrne (0-4), C. Dowdall (0-3), D. Bernie (0-3),C. Kehoe (0-3). | P. Molloy (1-3), J. Kirwan (1-0), J. Flaherty (0-2), M. Cleare (0-1). |
Final
| Kilkenny | 6-16 – 3-16 | Wexford |
|---|---|---|
| E. Keher (0-11), M. Murphy (2-2), P. Delaney (2-0), M. Coogan (1-0), N. Byrne (1-0), K. Purcell (0-1), P. Cullen (0-1), M. Brennan (0-1). | C. Kehoe (1-7), T. Doran (1-1), T. Byrne (1-0), J. Quigley (0-3), D. Bernie (0-3), M. Quigley (0-1), C. Doran (0-1). |
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
| Limerick | 3-10 – 2-8 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| R. Bennis (1-5), M. Cregan (1-1), É. Cregan (1-1), É. Grimes (0-2), J. O'Donnell (0-1). | P. Enright (0-5), M. Ormond (1-1), S. Greene (1-0), A. Heffernan (0-1), J. Kirwan (0-1). |
Semi-finals
| Limerick | 2-16 – 2-14 | Cork |
|---|---|---|
| R. Bennis (1-8), D. Flynn (1-1), J. Foley (0-2), É. Grimes (0-2), M. Graham (0-1), É. Cregan (0-1), J. O'Donnell (0-1). | C. Kelly (0-7), R. Cummins (2-0), J. Horgan (0-2), C. Roche (0-1), S. Looney (0-1), P. Hegarty (0-1), M. Malone (0-1), J. McCarthy (0-1). |
| Tipperary | 1-15 – 3-4 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| M. Keating (1-3), L. Gaynor (0-3), S. Hogan (0-3), J. Flanagan (0-2), N, O'Dwyer (0-1), P. J. Ryan (0-1), F. Loughnane (0-1), T. O'Connor (0-1). | J. Rochford (1-1), M. Moroney (1-0), N. Casey (1-0), T. Ryan (0-1), P. Russell (0-1), M. Pewter (0-1). |
Final
| Tipperary | 4-16 – 3-18 | Limerick |
|---|---|---|
| M. Keating (3-4), J. Flanagan (0-5), P. J. Ryan (1-0), F. Loughnane (0-3), L. Gaynor (0-2), J. Doyle (0-1), N. O'Dwyer (0-1) | R. Bennis (0-12), É. Cregan (1-2), É. Grimes (1-1), D. Flynn (1-0), M. Graham (0-2), B. Hartigan (0-1) |
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland quarter-finals
| Galway | 7-24 – 1-8 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| D. Coen (3-4), T. Ryan (1-7), J. Lane (2-1), P. Ryan (1-1), J. Connolly (0-4), P. Fahy (0-3), P. Mitchell (0-2), C. Muldoon (0-1), T. Murphy (0-1). | S. Burns (1-2), A. McAllin (0-4), S. Collins (0-2). |
All-Ireland semi-finals
| Kilkenny | 2-23 – 2-8 | London |
|---|---|---|
| E. Keher (0-14), P. Delaney (1-2), M. Murphy (1-1), M. Brennan (0-4), F. Cummins (0-1), K. Purcell (0-1). | F. Canning (1-4), N. Power, (1-0), L. Corless (0-2), T. Connolly (0-2). |
| Tipperary | 3-26 – 6-8 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| M. Keating (2-12), F. Loughnane (0-7), J. Flanagan (1-2), N. O'Dwyer (0-3), S. Hogan (0-1), J. Ryan (0-1). | P. Fahy (2-3), P. Ryan (2-0), B. O'Connor (1-1), P. Mitchell (1-1), J. Connolly (0-2), D. Coen (0-1). |
All-Ireland Final
| Tipperary | 5-17 – 5-14 | Kilkenny |
|---|---|---|
| M. Keating (0-7), R. Ryan (2-0), J. Flanagan (1-2), D. Ryan (1-1), F. Loughnane (0-4), N. O'Dwyer (1-0), P.J. Ryan (0-2), P. Byrne (0-1). | E. Keher (2-11), M. Murphy (1-1), K. Purcell (1-0), N. Byrne (1-0), F. Cummins (0-2). |
      Tipperary
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   Kilkenny
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Championship statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 34 points
- Most goals in a match: 10
- Most points in a match: 34
- Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 6
- Most points scored by a losing team: 18
Miscellaneous
- The All-Ireland final between in colour by Telefís Éireann. Some years later, it was revealed that RTÉ had recorded over its only copy of archive footage of the game, due to a shortage of blank cassette tape.
- Kilkenny's Eddie Keher set a new scoring record in an All-Ireland final. He scored 2-11 of his team's total of 5-14 yet, remarkably, ended up on the losing team.
Top scorers
Season
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 4-43 | 55 | 4 | 13.75 |
| 2 | Michael 'Babs' Keating
|
Tipperary | 6-26 | 44 | 4 | 11.00 |
| 3 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 2-25 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 |
| 4 | Tommy Ring | Westmeath | 2-11 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 5 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 0-15 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 6 | Des Coen | Galway | 3-05 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael 'Babs' Keating
|
Tipperary | 2-12 | 18 | Galway |
| 2 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 2-11 | 17 | Tipperary |
| 3 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-14 | 14 | London |
| 4 | Michael 'Babs' Keating
|
Tipperary | 3-04 | 13 | Limerick |
| Des Coen | Galway | 3-04 | 13 | Antrim | |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 2-07 | 13 | Dublin | |
| 5 | Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 1-09 | 12 | Westmeath |
| Richie Bennis | Limerick | 0-12 | 12 | Tipperary | |
| 6 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | Cork |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-11 | 11 | Wexford |
Player facts
Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1971 championship:
| Player | Team | Date | Opposition | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seánie O'Leary | Cork | July 4 | Limerick | Munster semi-final |
Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1971 championship:
| Player | Team | Date | Opposition | Game | Début |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ollie Walsh | Kilkenny | September 5 | Tipperary | All-Ireland final | 1956
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