The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3–4 to 2–4 in the final.
Format
All-Ireland Championship
Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.
Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.
Provincial championships Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship All-Ireland semi-finals
All-Ireland Final Source:
Championship statistics Miscellaneous
Limerick win the Munster championship for the first time. It was their fourth appearance in the final. An All-Ireland semi-final is played for the first time since the 1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting of Galway and Kilkenny. The All-Ireland final is the first championship meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick. The win gives Limerick their very first championship. Limerick become fifth team to win the All-Ireland hurling title. They become the fourth team to have won an All-Ireland title in both hurling and Gaelic football.
Roll of Honour Cork – 4 (1894) Tipperary – 3 (1896) Limerick – 1 (1897) Dublin – 1 (1889) Kerry – 1 (1891)
References
Sources
Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).