The 1978 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the

Limerick Senior Hurling Championship The Limerick Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Bon Secours Hospital County Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Limerick SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Limerick County Board ...

since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in

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entered the championship as the defending champions. The

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was played on 17 September 1978 at the

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, between South Liberties and

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, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. South Liberties won the match by 2–09 to 2–05 to claim their sixth championship title overall and a first title in two years.

Teams

Results

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References