GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Finals 1887-2020

Year	Winners		Runners-Up
1887	Tipperary (Thurles)	1-1	Galway (Meelick)	0-0
1888	Unfinished*
1889	Dublin (Kickhams)	5-1	Clare (Tulla)	1-6
1890	Wexford (Castlebridge)	2-2	Cork (Aughabullogue)	1-6
1891	Kerry (Ballyduff)	2-3	Wexford (Crossabeg)	1-5
1892	Cork	2-4	Dublin	1-1
1893	Cork	6-8	Kilkenny	0-2
1894	Cork	5-20	Dublin	2-0
1895	Tipperary	6-8	Kilkenny	1-0
1896	Tipperary	8-14	Dublin	0-4
1897	Limerick	3-4	Kilkenny	2-4
1898	Kilkenny	3-3	Clare	2-3
1899	Awarded to Tipparary		Unfinished
1900	Tipperary	2-5	London	0-6
1901	London	1-5	Cork	0-4
1902	Cork	3-13	London	0-0
1903	Cork	3-16	London	1-1
1904	Kilkenny	1-9	Cork	1-8
1905 **	Cork	5-10	Kilkenny	3-13
1905 (R)**	Kilkenny	7-7	Cork	2-9
1906	Tipperary	3-16	Dublin	3-8
1907	Kilkenny	3-12	Cork	4-8
1908 *	Tipperary	2-5	Dublin	1-8
1908 (R)*	Tipperary	3-15	Dublin	1-5
1909	Kilkenny	4-6	Tipperary	0-12
1910	Wexford	7-0	Limerick	6-2
1911 ***	Kilkenny	w/o	Limerick	scr
1911 (R)***	Kilkenny	3-3	Tipperary	1-1
1912	Kilkenny	2-1	Cork	1-3
1913	Kilkenny	2-4	Tipperary	1-2
1914	Clare	5-1	Laois	1-0
1915	Laois	6-2	Cork	4-1
1916	Tipperary	5-4	Kilkenny	3-2
1917	Dublin	5-4	Tipperary	4-2
1918	Limerick	9-5	Wexford	1-3
1919	Cork	6-4	Dublin	2-4
1920	Dublin	6-3	Galway	1-4
1921	Limerick	8-5	Dublin (Faughs)	3-2
1922	Kilkenny	4-2	Tipperary	2-6
1923	Galway	7-3	Limerick	4-5
1924	Dublin	5-3	Galway	2-6
1925	Tipperary	5-6	Galway	1-5
1926	Cork	4-6	Kilkenny	2-0
1927	Dublin	4-8	Cork	1-3
1928	Cork	6-12	Galway	1-0
1929	Cork	4-9	Galway	1-3
1930	Tipperary	2-7	Dublin	1-3
1931 *	Cork	1-6	Kilkenny	1-6
1931 (R)*	Cork	2-5	Kilkenny	2-5
1931 (R2)*	Cork	5-8	Kilkenny	3-4
1932	Kilkenny	3-3	Clare	2-3
1933	Kilkenny	1-7	Limerick	0-6
1934 *	Limerick	2-7	Dublin	3-4
1934 (R)*	Limerick	5-2	Dublin	2-6
1935	Kilkenny	2-5	Limerick	2-4
1936	Limerick	5-6	Kilkenny	1-5
1937	Tipperary	3-11	Kilkenny	0-3
1938	Dublin	2-5	Waterford	1-6
1939	Kilkenny	2-7	Cork	3-3
1940	Limerick	3-7	Kilkenny	1-7
1941	Cork (nominated)	5-11	Dublin	0-6
1942	Cork	2-14	Dublin	3-4
1943
1944	Cork	2-13	Dublin	1-2
1945	Tipperary	5-6	Kilkenny	3-6
1946	Cork	7-5	Kilkenny	3-8
1947	Kilkenny	0-14	Cork	2-7
1948	Waterford	6-7	Dublin	4-2
1949	Tipperary	3-11	Laois	0-3
1950	Tipperary	1-9	Kilkenny	1-8
1951	Tipperary	7-7	Wexford	3-9
1952	Cork	1-5	Galway	0-6
1953	Cork	3-3	Galway	0-8
1954	Cork	1-9	Wexford	1-6
1955	Wexford	3-13	Limerick	2-3
1956	Wexford	2-14	Cork	2-8
1957	Kilkenny	4-10	Waterford	3-12
1958	Tipperary	4-9	Galway	2-5
1959 *	Waterford	1-17	Kilkenny	5-5
1959 (R)*	Waterford	3-12	Kilkenny	1-10
1960	Wexford	2-15	Tipperary	0-11
1961	Tipperary	0-16	Dublin	1-12
1962	Tipperary	3-10	Wexford	2-11
1963	Kilkenny	4-17	Waterford	6-8
1964	Tipperary	5-13	Kilkenny	2-8
1965	Tipperary	2-16	Wexford	0-10
1966	Cork	3-9	Kilkenny	1-10
1967	Kilkenny	3-8	Tipperary	2-7
1968	Wexford	5-8	Tipperary	3-12
1969	Kilkenny	2-15	Cork	2-9
1970	Cork	6-21	Wexford	5-10
1971	Tipperary	5-17	Kilkenny	5-14
1972	Kilkenny	3-24	Cork	5-11
1973	Limerick	1-21	Kilkenny	1-14
1974	Kilkenny	2-32	Galway	3-17
1975	Kilkenny	2-22	Galway	2-10
1976	Cork	2-21	Wexford	4-11
1977	Cork	1-17	Wexford	3-8
1978	Cork	1-15	Kilkenny	2-8
1979	Kilkenny	2-12	Galway	1-8
1980	Galway	2-15	Limerick	3-9
1981	Offaly	2-12	Galway	0-15
1982	Kilkenny	3-18	Cork	1-13
1983	Kilkenny	2-14	Cork	2-12
1984	Cork	3-16	Offaly	1-12
1985	Offaly	2-11	Galway	1-12
1986	Cork	4-13	Galway	2-15
1987	Galway	1-12	Kilkenny	0-9
1988	Galway	1-15	Tipperary	0-14
1989	Tipperary	4-24	Antrim	3-9
1990	Cork	5-15	Galway	2-21
1991	Tipperary	1-16	Galway	1-9
1992	Kilkenny	3-10	Cork	1-12
1993	Kilkenny	2-17	Galway	1-15
1994	Offaly	3-16	Limerick	2-13
1995	Clare	1-13	Offaly	2-8
1996	Wexford	1-13	Limerick	0-14
1997	Clare	0-20	Tipperary	2-13
1998	Offaly	2-13	Kilkenny	1-13
1999	Cork	0-13	Kilkenny	0-12
2000	Kilkenny	5-15	Offaly	1-14
2001	Tipperary	2-18	Galway	2-15
2002	Kilkenny	2-20	Clare	0-19
2003	Kilkenny	1-14	Cork	1-11
2004	Cork	0-17	Kilkenny	0-9
2005	Cork	1-21	Galway	1-16
2006	Kilkenny	1-16	Cork	1-13
2007	Kilkenny	2-19	Limerick	1-15
2008	Waterford	1-20	Tipperary	1-18
2009	Kilkenny	2-22	Tipperary	0-23
2010	Tipperary	4-17	Kilkenny	1-18
2011	Kilkenny	2-17	Tipperary	1-16
2012 *	Kilkenny	0-19	Galway	2-13
2012 (R)*	Kilkenny	3-22	Galway	3-11
2013	Clare	5-16	Cork	3-16
2014 *	Tipperary	1-28	Kilkenny	3-22
2014 (R)*	Kilkenny	2-17	Tipperary	2-14
2015	Kilkenny	1-22	Galway	1-18
2016	Tipperary	2-29	Kilkenny	2-20
2017	Galway	0-26	Waterford	2-17
2018	Limerick	3-16	Galway	2-18
2019	Tipperary	3-25	Kilkenny	0-20
2020	Limerick	0-30	Waterford	0-19

Legend / Key: (R)* Replay necessary after Final ended in a drawn game. (R2)* Second Replay Necessary after first two Finals finished drawn. (R) ** Replay ordered after Objection and Counter-Objection to the result of the Final. *** Kilkenny given walkover after Limerick refused to play Final over the state of the pitch. (R) *** Game played In Lieu of Final.

Report

The Big three – Kilkenny (36 wins), Cork (30) and Tipperary (28) between them account for 94 GAA All-Ireland Hurling Championship Final wins out of the 133 played since 1887. Kerry surprisingly holds the record for winning percentage in the All-Ireland Final with 100% although that Championship victory came in 1891. Antrim are the only county to have appeared in the Final without a victory, having lost two Finals. Munster Counties account for 74 Championship titles between them with Limerick (9), Clare (4) and Waterford (2) also winning Championships, meaning all six Munster counties have won the All-Ireland Final. Leinster has been the second most successful Province with Wexford and Dublin (6 wins each), Offaly (4) and Laois (1) also getting on the winners roll, all of them in the Southern half of the province. Galway are the only Connacht Champions with 5 wins, although London which is part of Britain GAA and competes in Connacht in the Gaelic Football Championship, won one Championship in 1901 out of the four All-Ireland Finals it played in when they took on the 32 Counties Champions for the All-Ireland title.

All-Time Final Record

County	W	L
Kilkenny	36	27
Cork	30	19
Tipperary	28	13
Limerick	9	8
Wexford	6	11
Dublin	6	14
Galway	5	20
Offaly	4	3
Clare	4	4
Waterford	2	5
Kerry	1	0
Laois	1	2
London	1	3
Antrim	0	2

References

Images

[1] Wikipedia (2020) Gaelic_Athletic_Association [Internet] Available from: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ga/a/ad/Gaelic_Athletic_Association.png [Accessed 11 November 2020]

Internet Archive

[2] GAA | Wayback Machine (2011) Hurling Results 1887-1910 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080720181355/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_1887_1910.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

[3] GAA | Wayback Machine (2011) Hurling Results 1911-1940 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080720180745/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_1911_1940.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

[4] GAA | Wayback Machine (2011) Hurling Results 1941-1970 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080720180813/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_1941_1970.html[Accessed 17 September 2019]

[5] GAA | Wayback Machine (2011) Hurling Results 1971-1990 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080720174530/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_1971_1990.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

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[7] GAA | Wayback Machine (2008) GUINNESS HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080720174141/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_2006_championship.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

[8] GAA | Wayback Machine (2008) HURLING RESULTS 2007 CHAMPIONSHIP [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080720175648/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_results_2007_championship.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

[9] GAA | Wayback Machine (2008) HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20080822214357/http://gaa.ie/page/hurling_championship_20081.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

[10] GAA | Wayback Machine (2008) GAA Hurling All Ireland Senior Championship [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090915015601/http://gaa.ie/page/gaa_hurling_all_ireland_senior_championship4.html [Accessed 17 September 2019]

[11] GAA | Wayback Machine (2008) GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110909010304/http://gaa.ie/fixtures-and-results/national-fixtures/gaa-hurling-all-ireland-senior-championship/ [Accessed 17 September 2019]

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[14] GAA | Wayback Machine (2016) GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161017220834/http://gaa.ie/hurling/gaa-hurling-all-ireland-senior-championship/results [Accessed 16 September 2019]

Newspapers

[15] Irish Independent (2010) Championship Scoreboard Irish independent. Monday, 1 October 2010. Pg. Sport 32.

[16] Irish Independent (2012) Championship scoreboard Irish Independent. Monday. 24 September 2012. Pg Sport 32.

[17] Irish independent (2012) Top Cats Peerless Irish Independent. Monday. 1 October 2012. Pg 24-25.

[18] Irish Independent (2013) GAA Scoreboard Irish Independent. Monday. 30 September 2013. Pg Sport 34.

[19] Brian Carthy (2017) The Championship 2017 p.106. Sliabh Ban Productiuons. Fortfield. Dublin 6W.

[20] Anon. (2018) Gaelic Games Scoreboard [All Ireland Series] Irish independent. Monday, 20 August 2018. Pg. 41.

Videos

[21] GAA (2020) GAA NOW 2020 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Final Limerick v Waterford [Final score at ][1:23.10] [Internet] Available from: https://www.gaa.ie/gaa-now/gaanow-2020-gaa-hurling-all-ireland-final-limerick-v-waterford/ [Accessed 7 April 2021]

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[22] GAA (2017) “Championship statistics”. The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games – Full Record from 1887 to 2017 Inclusive. Front Section.

Websites

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Gabriel McCloyne & Tom Dunne.

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