1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates24 May - 6 September 1987
Teams15
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamGalway (3rd win)
CaptainConor Hayes
ManagerCyril Farrell
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainPaddy Prendergast
ManagerPat Henderson
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played17
Goals total61 (3.58 per game)
Points total500 (29.41 per game)
Top Scorer Pat Fox (3-45)
Player of the Year Joe Cooney
All-Star TeamSee here
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The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 101st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 24 May 1987 and ended on 6 September 1987.

Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster final. Kerry fielded a team in the provincial championship for the first time since 1978.

On 6 September 1987, Galway won the championship following a 1-12 to 0-9 defeat of Kilkenny in the 100th All-Ireland final. This was their third All-Ireland title, their first in seven championship seasons.

Tipperary's Pat Fox was the championship's top scorer with 3-45. Galway's Joe Cooney was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.

Team changes

To Championship

Qualified from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

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Teams

General information

Fifteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

County Last provincial title Last championship title Position in 1986 Championship Current championship
Antrim 1946 — Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare 1932 1914 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork 1986 1986 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin 1961 1938 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway 1922 1980 Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
London — 1901 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Kerry 1891 1891 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny 1986 1983 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois 1949 1915 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick 1981 1973 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly 1985 1985 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary 1971 1971 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford 1963 1959 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath — — Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford 1977 1968 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Kilkenny4–20 – 4–5Westmeath
C. Heffernan (2–5), K. Brennan (1–2), P. Walsh (1–2), L. Fennelly (0–3), H. Ryan (0–3), L. McCarthy (0–3), G. Fennelly (0–2). D. Kilcoyne (2–1), S. Kilcoyne (2–1), E. Gallagher (0–1), P. Clancy (0–1), M. Kennedy (0–1).
Attendance: 10,127
Referee: G. Kirwan (Offaly)
Offaly2–18 – 1–13Dublin
M. Corrigan (0–7), P. Cleary (1–3), J. Dooley (1–1), D. Fogarty (0–3), B. Keeshan (0–2), S. Coughlan (0–1), D. Owens (0–1). N. Howard (1–5), M. J. Ryan (0–2), J. Murphy (0–2), S. Dalton (0–1), B. McMahon (0–1), G. Hegarty (0–1), P. Pringle (0–1).
Attendance: 10,127
Referee: P. Delaney (Laois)
Offaly1–16 – 0–13Laois
M. Corrigan (0–7), S. Coughlan (1–1), B. Keeshan (0–3), P. Cleary (0–2), P. Corrigan (0–1), J. Dooley (0–1), J. Kelly (0–1). B. Bohane (0–5), M. O'Sullivan (0–3), S. Plunkett (0–2), E. Fennelly (0–1), P. Cleary (0–1), P. O'Brien (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 35,719
Referee: J. Denton (Wexford)
Kilkenny3–20 – 2–15Wexford
H. Ryan (1–4), L. McCarthy (1–3), L. Fennelly (1–1), G. Fennelly (0–4), C. Heffernan (0–3), P. Walsh (0–2), S. Fennelly (0–2), L. Ryan (0–1). J. Houlihan (0–9), T. Dempsey (1–1), S. Fitzhenry (1–0), M. Quigley (0–2), G. O'Connor (0–2), J. McDonald (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 35,719
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)
Kilkenny2–14 – 0–17Offaly
G. Fennelly (0–9), L. Fennelly (2–0), H. Ryan (0–1), K. Brennan (0–1), T. Lennon (0–1), C. Heffernan (0–1), R. Power (0–1). D. Fogarty (0–3), B. Keeshan (0–3), M. Corrigan (0–2), P. Cleary (0–2), J. Kelly (0–2), D. Owens (0–2), P. Connors (0–1), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Corrigan (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 29,133
Referee: P. Delaney (Laois)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Kerry2–6 – 1–21Tipperary
J. Hennessy (1–1), B. Neenan (1–0), E. Murphy (0–3), S. Sheahan (0–1), C. Nolan (0–1). P. Fox (1–10), M. Scully (0–3), C. Bonnar (0–2), A. Ryan (0–2), L. Stokes (0–2), M. Doley (0–1), D. O'Connell (0–1).
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)
Limerick2–15 – 1–14Waterford
P. Kelly (0–10), D. FitzGerald (1–0), S. Fitzgibbon (1–0), T. Kenny (0–2), P. McCarthy (0–1), G. Kirby (0–1), A. Carmody (0–1). K. Delahunty (0–8), P. Bennett (1–0), P. Ryan (0–2), N. Crowley (0–2), M. Walsh (0–1), B. Power (0–1).
Attendance: 9,537
Referee: G. Ryan (Tipperary)
Tipperary1–13 – 1–13Clare
P. Fox (0–7), N. English (1–3), A. Ryan (0–2), J. McGrath (0–1). C. Lyons (0–8), G. McInenrey (1–0), T. Guilfoyle (0–3). M. Guilfoyle (0–1), J. Shanahan (0–1).
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)
Cork3–11 – 3–11Limerick
K. Kingston (2–1), J. Fenton (0–5), J. Fitzgibbon (1–0), T. O'Sullivan (0–3), G. FitzGerald (0–1), T. McCarthy (0–1). P. McCarthy (1–3), S. Fitzginnon (1–1), P. Kelly (0–5), A. Carmody (0–1), J. Carroll (0–1).
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)
Tipperary4–17 – 0–8Clare
N. English (2–4), P. Fox (0–7), B. Ryan (1–1), D. O'Connell (1–0), A. Ryan (0–3), R. Stakelum (0–1), P. Hayes (0–1). A. Cunningham (0–2), C. Lyons (0–2), M. Guilfoyle (0–2), G. O'Loughlin (0–1).
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)
Cork3–14 – 0–10Limerick
J. Fenton (1–8), K. Hennessy (1–2), K. Fitzgibbon (1–0), T. McCarthy (0–2), T. O'Sullivan (0–1), J. Cashman (0–1). P. Kelly (0–3), D. FitzGerald (0–2), O. O'Connor (0–2), P. McCarthy (0–1), D. Punch (0–1), G. Hegarty (0–1).
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)
Tipperary1–18 – 1–18Cork
P. Fox (0–9), N. English (1–1), D. O'Donnell (0–4), A. Ryan (0–2), R. Stakelum (0–1), J. McGrath (0–1). J. Fenton (0–12), T. O'Sullivan (0–4), K. Kingston (1–0), K. Hennessy (0–1), T. McCarthy (0–1).
Attendance: 56,005
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)
Tipperary4–22 – 1–22
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P. Fox (0–11), M. Doyle (2–0), N. English (1–1), D. O'Connell (1–1), M. McGrath (0–3), A. Ryan (0–3), P. Delaney (0–2), P. Fitzelle (0–1). J. Fenton (0–13), T. Mulcahy (1–2), T. McCarthy (0–3), T. O'Sullivan (0–3), G. FitzGerald (0–1).
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
Galway 3-20
Tipperary 2-17
Galway 1-12
Kilkenny 0-09
Kilkenny 2-18
Antrim 3-14 Antrim 2-11
London 1-15

All-Ireland quarter-finals

Antrim3–14 – 1–15London
D. McNaughton (1–5), B. Donnelly (2–1), D. Donnelly (0–3), P. McKillen (0–3), T. McGrath (0–1), T. McNaughton (0–1). M. Jordan (1–2), M. Burke (0–4), P. Hoctor (0–3), J. Murphy (0–3), G. Ryan (0–2), C. Aherne (0–1).

All-Ireland semi-finals

Galway3–20 – 2–17Tipperary
E. Ryan (1–4), J. Cooney (0–6), M. Naughton (1–0), N. Lane (1–0), A. Cunningham (0–3), S. Mahon (0–3), M. McGrath (0–3), B. Lynskey (0–1). Report P. Fox (2–1), N. English (0–6), P. Delaney (0–3), M. McGrath (0–2), D. O'Connell (0–2), A. Ryan (0–2), J. Hayes (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 49,410
Referee: G. Kirwan (Offaly)
Kilkenny2–18 – 2–11Antrim
H. Ryan (2–5), G. Fennelly (0–7), K. Brennan (0–3), T. Lennon (0–1), C. Heffernan (0–1), R. Power (0–1). D. McNaughton (2–1), D. Donnelly (0–6), T. McNaughton (0–2), B. Donnelly (0–1), P. McKillen (0–1).
St. Brigid's Park, Dundalk, County Louth
Attendance: 4,962
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)

All-Ireland Final

Galway1–12 – 0–9Kilkenny
J. Cooney (0–5), N. Lane (1–0), T. Keady (0–2), S. Mahon (0–2), M. Naughton (0–1), A. Cunningham (0–1), M. McGrath (0–1). G. Fennelly (0–7), H. Ryan (0–1), T. Lennon (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 65,586
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

  • Kerry take part in the Munster series of games for the first time since 1978.
  • In the Munster semi-final replay against Limerick, Cork's John Fenton scored, what is often regarded as, one of the greatest hurling goals of all-time. Playing in his usual midfield position he struck the sliotar on the ground and scored a goal from forty-five yards out. In 2005 this goal was listed as one of RTÉ's Top 20 GAA Moments and, in a TG4 poll in 2009 it was voted the second greatest hurling goal of all-time.
  • At the Munster final between Cork and Tipperary the official attendance is given as 56,005. Two gates, however, were broken down before the start of the game and an estimated 3,000 people gained free entry to the Killinan terrace.
  • The Leinster final between Kilkenny and Offaly is postponed due to damage to the Croke Park pitch following a U2 concert in June.

Top scorers

Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Pat Fox Tipperary 3–45 54 6 9.00
2 John Fenton Cork 1–38 41 4 10.25
3 Nicky English Tipperary 5–15 30 6 5.00
4 Ger Fennelly Kilkenny 0–29 29 5 5.80
5 Harry Ryan Kilkenny 3–14 23 5 4.60
6 Paddy Kelly Limerick 0-18 18 3 6.00
7 Christy Heffernan Kilkenny 2-10 16 4 4.00
Mark Corrigan Offaly 0-16 16 3 5.33
9 Danny McNaughton Antrim 3-6 15 2 7.50
10 Liam Fennelly Kilkenny 3-4 13 5 2.60
Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Pat Fox Tipperary 1–10 13 Kerry
John Fenton Cork 0–13 13 Tipperary
3 John Fenton Cork 0–12 12 Tipperary
4 Christy Heffernan Kilkenny 2–5 11 Westmeath
Harry Ryan Kilkenny 2–5 11 Antrim
John Fenton Cork 1–8 11 Limerick
Pat Fox Tipperary 0–11 11 Cork
8 Nicky English Tipperary 2–4 10 Clare
Paddy Kelly Limerick 0–10 10 Waterford
10 Ger Fennelly Kilkenny 0–9 9 Offaly
Pat Fox Tipperary 0–9 9 Cork
John Houlihan Wexford 0–9 9 Kilkenny

Clean sheets

Rank Goalkeeper County Clean sheets
1 Jim Troy Offaly 1
Kevin Fennelly Kilkenny
Ken Hogan Tipperary
Ger Cunningham Cork
John Commins Galway

References

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