The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 80th staging of the

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for ...

, the

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's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 15 May 1966 to 4 September 1966. Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by

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in the Munster quarter-finals. The All-Ireland final was played on 4 September 1996 at

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, between

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and

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, in what was their 14th meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in 19 years. Cork won the match by 3–09 to 1–10 to claim their 20th All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 12 years. Cork's

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was the championship's top scorer with 3-23. Cork's Justin McCarthy was the choice for

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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hur ...

Leinster first round

Leinster second round

Leinster semi-finals

Leinster final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship The Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Munster GAA, Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the h ...

Munster quarter-finals

Munster semi-finals

Munster final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for ...

All-Ireland final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

* Tipperary's defeat by

in the first round of the Munster championship was the team's first defeat since the provincial decider of 1963. It also put an end to Tipperary's hopes of capturing a third All-Ireland title in-a-row. * Prior to the Munster semi-final between

and

there was a minute's silence in memory of Dr. Rogers,

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, who died the previous day. * In the Leinster semi-final

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's Willie Murphy scores a remarkable own-goal for

Roll of Honour

*Tipperary - 21 (1965) *Cork - 20 (1966) *Kilkenny - 15 (1963) *Limerick - 6 (1940) *Dublin - 6 (1938) *Wexford - 4 (1960) *Waterford - 2 (1959) *Galway - 1 (1923) *Laois - 1 (1915) *Clare - 1 (1914) *London - 1 (1901) *Kerry - 1 (1891)

Top scorers

Season

Single game

Clean sheets

Soirces

* Corry, Eoghan, ''The GAA Book of Lists'' (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). * Donegan, Des, ''The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games'' (DBA Publications Limited, 2005). * Nolan, Pat, ''Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling'' (The Collins Press, 2000).

References

External links

Cork GAA website

Kilkenny GAA website

Gaelic Athletic Association website
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