2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 114th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Galway 2-18 to 2-15 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates15 April - 9 September 2001
Teams21
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (25th win)
CaptainTommy Dunne
ManagerNicky English
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainLiam Hodgins
ManagerNoel Lane
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterDerry
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played19
Top Scorer Eugene Cloonan (5-25)
Player of the Year Tommy Dunne
All-Star TeamSee here
2000
2002

Calendar edit

Round Date
Leinster Round One Monday 7 May 2001
Ulster Quarter-Final Tuesday May 15, 2001
Leinster Quarter-Final Sunday 20 May 2001
Munster Quarter-Final Sunday 27 May 2001
Munster Semi-Finals Sunday 3 June 2001
Sunday 10 June 2001
Leinster Semi-Finals Sunday 10 June 2001
Ulster Semi-Finals Sunday 1 July 2001
Munster Final Sunday 1 July 2001
Leinster Final Sunday 8 July 2001
Ulster Final Sunday 15 July 2001
All-Ireland Quarter-Finals Sunday 29 July 2001
All-Ireland Semi-Finals Sunday 12 August 2001
Sunday 19 August 2001
All-Ireland Final Sunday 9 September 2001

Format edit

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

  • The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland semi-finals.
  • The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
  • The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland quarter-finals where they were drawn to play Galway. The winners of this game would later play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
  • The Munster runners-up were drawn to play the Leinster runners-up in the second All-Ireland quarter-final. The winners of this game would later play the Munster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.

Team changes edit

To Championship edit

Promoted from the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

  • Kildare
  • Meath
  • Wicklow

From Championship edit

Regraded to the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

  • Kerry

Teams edit

General information edit

Twenty-one counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, ten teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and five teams in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.

County Last provincial title Last championship title Position in 2000 Championship
  Antrim 1999 Runners-up (Ulster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Carlow Group Stage (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Clare 1998 1997 Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Cork 2000 1999 Semi-finals
  Derry 2000 Quarter-finals
  Down 1997 Semi-finals (Ulster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Dublin 1961 1938 Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Galway 1999 1988 Semi-finals
  Kildare
  Kilkenny 2000 2000 Champions
  Laois 1949 1915 Quarter-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Limerick 1996 1973 Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)
  London 1901 Semi-finals (Ulster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Meath
  New York Quarter-finals (Ulster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Offaly 1995 1998 Runners-up
  Tipperary 1993 1991 Quarter-finals
  Waterford 1963 1959 Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Westmeath Group Stage (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Wexford 1997 1996 Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)
  Wicklow

Provincial championships edit

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship edit

Wicklow2-16 – 5-11Kildare
J. Keogh (0-8), D. Hyland (1-2), W. O'Gorman (1-0), Michael Moran (0-1), C. O'Brien (0-1), J. Murphy (0-1), M. J. O'Neill (0-1), J. O'Toole (0-1), J. Berkery (0-1). T. Carew (1-8), T. Spain (2-2), J. Dempsey (2-0), J. Brennan (0-1).
Referee: T. McIntyre (Antrim)

Carlow2-13 – 0-14Westmeath
T. Walsh (1-3), J. Kavanagh (1-3), D. Murphy (0-4), D. Roberts (0-1), M. Farrell (0-1), J. Hickey (0-1). A. Mitchell (0-11), B. Kennedy (0-1), N. Gavin (0-1), B. Williams (0-1).
Referee: J. Sexton (Limerick)

Carlow1-4 – 2-17Laois
D Murphy (1-0), J Nevin (0-1), D Roberts (0-1), T Walsh (0-1), J Kavanagh (0-1). D Conroy (1-2), D Rooney (1-2), D Cuddy (0-4, three frees), O Dowling (0-3), P Phelan (0-2), F O'Sullivan (0-1), J Phelan (0-1), C Cuddy (0-1), J O'Sullivan (0-1).
Referee: G. Devlin (Armagh)

Kildare2-24 – 2-25
(AET)
Meath
T Carew (0-16, 15 frees), C Sheridan (1-1), C Buggy (0-4), A McAndrew (1-0), N O'Callaghan (0-2), J Dempsey (0-1). N Horan (2-15, one penalty and 12 frees), N Reilly (0-2), P Potterton (0-2), F McMahon (0-2), C Keena (0-1), P Donnelly (0-1), T Reilly (0-1, a 65), J Canty (0-1).
Referee: S. Roche (Tipperary)

Laois3-16 – 1-7Meath
D. Cuddy (1-5), F. O'Sullivan (0-5), J. Young (1-1), D. Culleton (1-0), D. Rooney (0-2), D. Conroy (0-1), N. Lacey (0-1), J. O'Sullivan (0-1). N. Horan (0-6), N. Reilly (1-0), P. Potterton (0-1).
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: D. Kirwan (Cork)

Laois1-15 – 2-11Dublin
D. Cuddy (0-10), P. Cuddy (1-0), D. Conroy (0-2), F. O'Sullivan (0-1), D. Culleton (0-1), D. Rooney (0-1). T. McGrane (0-5), S. Martin (1-1), G. Ennis (1-0), K. Flynn (0-3), D. Sweeney (0-2).
Attendance: 3,250
Referee: G. Harrington (Cork)

Wexford0-17 – 0-10Laois
P. Codd (0-10), R. McCarthy (0-2), D. Ruth (0-1), M. Jordan (0-1), G. Laffan (0-1), B. Goff (0-1), A. Fenlon (0-1). D. Cuddy (0-4), D. Rooney (0-2), J. Young (0-1), J. Phelan (0-1), P. Cuddy (0-1), D. Culleton (0-1).
Attendance: 45,475
Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)

Kilkenny3-21 – 0-18Offaly
H. Shefflin (1-6), C. Carter (0-6), E. Brennan (1-2), J. Hoyne (1-0), J. Power (0-2), E. Kennedy (0-2), P. Larkin (0-1), D. J. Carey (0-1), A. Comerford (0-1). J. Dooley (0-9), B. Murphy (0-2), R. Hanniffy (0-2), J. Troy (0-2), G. Hanniffy (0-1), C. Cassidy (0-1), J. Errity (0-1).
Attendance: 45,475
Referee: M. Wadding (Waterford)

Kilkenny2-19 – 0-12Wexford
C. Carter (0-7), B. McEvoy (0-4), H. Shefflin (0-4), D. J. Carey (1-0), E. Brennan (1-0), C. Brennan (0-2), J. Hoyne (0-1), S. Grehan (0-1). P. Codd (0-5), D. Stamp (0-2), L. Murphy (0-1), B. Goff (0-1), T. Kelly (0-1), M. Jordan (0-1), R. Quigley (0-1).
Attendance: 41,146
Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship edit

Cork1-15 – 1-16Limerick
J. Deane (0-4), A. Browne (1-3), M. Landers (0-2), S. McGrath (0-2), B. O'Connor (0-2), P. Ryan (0-1), J. O'Connor (0-1), D. O'Sullivan (0-1). (Report) P. O'Grady (0-5), B. Foley (0-4), J. Butler (1-1), O. Moran (0-3), B. Begley (0-3).
Attendance: 37,792
Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

Tipperary0-15 – 0-14Clare
E. Kelly (0-7), E. Enright (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), B. O'Meara (0-1), L. Corbett (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), P. Kelly (0-1). (Report) J. O'Connor (0-7), D. Forde (0-4), S. McMahon (0-3).
Attendance: 42,063
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)

Limerick4-11 – 2-14Waterford
P. O'Grady (0-7), B. Begley (2-0), O. Moran (1-1), J. Butler (1-0), J. Foley (0-2), MJ Moran (0-1). (Report) P. Flynn (1-4), K. McGrath (0-4), S. Prendergast (1-0), T. Browne (0-2), D. Shanahan (0-1), F. Hartley (0-1), J. Mullane (0-1), M. White (0-1).
Attendance: 40,673
Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

Tipperary2-16 – 1-17Limerick
D. Ryan (1-1), L. Corbett (1-1), M. O'Leary (0-3), B. O'Meara (0-2), E. Enright (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), E. Kelly (0-2), P. Kelly (0-1), E. O'Neill (0-1), J. O'Brien (0-1). (Report) S. O'Connor (1-3), P. O'Grady (0-5), M. Foley (0-2), C. Carey (0-1), M. O'Brien (0-1), J. Foley (0-1), O. Moran (0-1), J. Butler (0-1), B. Begley (0-1), B. Foley (0-1).
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship edit

Desipte the Foot and Mouth and London withdraw from the football championship they remained in the Hurling championship at the time.

New York2-12 – 1-16Down
B. Kennedy (0-6), T. Moylan (1-2), J. Madden (1-0), B. McCabe (0-2), V. Norton (0-1), T. Simms (0-1). T. Coulter (1-4), N. Sands (0-9), M. Coulter (0-2), J. McGrattan (0-1).
Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

Derry1-24 – 0-12London
O. Collins (0-6), G. McGonigle (0-6), J. O'Dwyer (1-2), Gregory Biggs (0-3), Gary Biggs (0-3), M. Collins (0-2), R. Kennedy (0-1), R. McCloskey (0-1). E. Kinlon (0-5), B. Keane (0-3), S. Linnane (0-3), I. Rocks (0-1).
Referee: E. Morris (Dublin)

Antrim1-10 – 2-14Down
Graham O'Kane (1-1), Conor MacCambridge (0-4), J. McIntosh (0-1), J. Connolly (0-1), B. McFall (0-1), Ciarán MacCambridge (0-1), A. Delargy (0-1). N. Sands (0-4), P. Braniff (0-4), P. Mallon (1-0), M. Coulter (1-0), T. Coulter (0-3), G. McGrattan (0-1), G. Adair (0-1).
Referee: P. Dunphy (Kilkenny)

Derry1-17 – 3-10Down
G. McGonigle (1-8), J. O'Dwyer (0-3), Greg Biggs (0-2), O. Collins (0-2), R. McCloskey (0-1), Gary Biggs (0-1). N. Sands (2-0), T. Coulter (0-5), P. Braniff (0-3), B. Coulter (1-0), G. McGrattan (0-1), G. Adair (0-1).
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: P. Aherne (Carlow)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship edit

Bracket edit

Quarter-Finals
July 29
Semi-Finals
August 12 / 18 / 19
Final
September 9
  Wexford 4-10
  Limerick 2-15   Tipperary* 1-16, 3-12
  Wexford 3-10, 0-10
  Tipperary* 2-18
  Galway 2-15
  Kilkenny* 1-13
  Galway 4-23   Galway 2-15
  Derry* 1-11

Note: * = Provincial Champion

All-Ireland quarter-finals edit

Wexford4-10 – 2-15Limerick
D. Fitzhenry (2-0), P. Codd (1-2), R. McCarthy (1-0), M. Jordan (0-2), L. Murphy (0-2), L. Dunne (0-1), G. Laffan (0-1), A. Fenlon (0-1), N. Lambert (0-1). P. O'Grady (0-8), B. Foley (2-0), B. Begley (0-2), M. Foley (0-1), C. Carey (0-1), O. Moran (0-1), J. Moran (0-1), D. Reale (0-1).
Attendance: 36,850
Referee: M. Wadding (Waterford))

Galway4-23 – 1-11Derry
E. Cloonan (2-11), K. Broderick (2-3), A. Kerins (0-2), F. Healy (0-2), J. Rabbitte (0-2), R. Nurray (0-1), D. Shaughnessy (0-1), L. Hodgins (0-1). (report) O. Collins (1-1), G. McGonigle (0-3), G. Biggs (0-3), J. O'Dwyer (0-1), D. McGrellis (0-1), R. Kennedy (0-1), M. Conway (0-1).
Attendance: 36,850
Referee: B. Kelly (Westmeath)

All-Ireland semi-finals edit

Wexford1-16 – 3-10Tipperary
L. O'Gorman (2-0), M. Jordan (0-4), P. Codd (0-4), R. McCarthy (1-0), A. Fenlon (0-2). (report) E. Kelly (0-5), J. Carroll (1-1), M. O'Leary (0-4), T. Dunne (0-2), E. Enright (0-1), B. O'Meara (0-1), M. Ryan (0-1), L. Corbett (0-1).
Attendance: 50,274
Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

Tipperary3-12 – 0-10Wexford
E. Kelly (0-9), E. O'Neill (2-1), J. Carroll (1-0), M. O'Leary (0-2). (report) P. Codd (0-7), L. Murphy (0-1), M. Jordan (0-1), B. Goff (0-1).
Attendance: 39,125
Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

Galway2-15 – 1-13Kilkenny
E. Cloonan (2-9), K. Broderick (0-2), M. Kerins (0-1), R. Murray (0-1), J. Rabbitte (0-1), B. Higgins (0-1). (report) H. Shefflin (0-9), D. J. Carey (1-1), J. Power (0-2), C. Carter (0-1).
Attendance: 34,801
Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)

All-Ireland Final edit

Tipperary2-18 - 2-15Galway
M. O'Leary (2-1), E. Kelly (0-7), T. Dunne (0-5), L. Corbett (0-2), J. Carroll (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1), P. O'Brien (0-1). (report) E. Cloonan (1-5), F. Healy (1-2), K. Broderick (0-5), M. Kerins (0-2), J. Rabbitte (0-1).
Attendance: 68,515
Referee: P. O'Connor (Limerick)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tipperary
 
 
 
 
 
 
Galway

Championship statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Overall edit

Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Eugene Cloonan Galway 5-25 40 3 13.33
2 Eoin Kelly Tipperary 0-30 30 5 6.00
3 Nicky Horan Meath 2-21 27 2 13.50
4 Paul O'Grady Limerick 0-25 25 4 6.25
5 Paul Codd Wexford 1-21 24 4 6.00
6 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 1-19 22 3 7.33
David Cuddy Laois 1-19 22 3 7.33
8 Geoffrey McGonigle Derry 1-17 20 3 6.66
9 Noel Sands Derry 2-13 19 3 6.66
10 Kevin Broderick Galway 2-10 16 3 5.33

Single game edit

Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Nicky Horan Meath 2-15 21 Kildare
2 Eugene Cloonan Galway 2-11 17 Derry
3 Eugene Cloonan Galway 2-9 15 Kilkenny
4 Geoffrey McGonagle Derry 1-8 11 Down
5 David Cuddy Laois 0-10 10 Dublin
Paul Codd Wexford 0-10 10 Laois
6 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 1-6 9 Offaly
Johnny Dooley Offaly 0-9 9 Kilkenny
Kevin Broderick Galway 2-3 9 Derry
Eoin Kelly Tipperary 0-9 9 Wexford
Henry Shefflin Kilkenny 0-9 9 Galway

Miscellaneous edit

References edit

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

External links edit