1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 27 March 1966 and ended on 3 November 1966

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1966
Championship Details
Dates27 March – 3 November 1966
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (1st win)
CaptainGerald McCarthy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upWexford
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtRoscommon
Championship Statistics
Top Scorer Charlie McCarthy (9-15)
Seánie Barry (5-27)
1965
1967

Wexford entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]

The All-Ireland final, the only one to have gone to two replays, was eventually decided on 3 November 1966 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Wexford, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Cork won the match by 9-09 to 5-09 to claim their first championship title.[2][3]

Cork's Charlie McCarthy and Seánie Barry were the championship's top scorers.

Results

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First round

27 March 1966 First round Offaly 3-06 - 8-05 Laois St. Brendan's Park, Birr
27 March 1966 First round Westmeath 4-06 - 2-07 Dublin Cusack Park, Mullingar
O Egan 1-5, C Meagher 2-0, M Kennedy 1-0, M Quinn 0-1. H Hatton 1-2, T Grealish 1-0, N Kinsella 0-3, J Sweeney 0-2. Referee: M Spain (Offaly)
3 April 1966 First round Kildare 5-13 - 2-04 Meath Páirc Mhuire, Maynooth
M Behan 2-1, S Nash 1-2, A Byrne 1-1, O O'Brien 0-3, T Carew 0-2, K Kelly 0-2, J Tobin 0-2. T Dickson 1-1, V Shea 1-1, J Keegan 0-2.

Quarter-finals

20 May 1966 Quarter-final Carlow 1-04 - 8-11 Kilkenny Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
T Coburn 1-1, J Mitchell 0-2, A Coburn 0-1. P Whelan 4-2, K Purcell 2-2, B Harte 1-4, S Muldowney 1-1, S Cooke 0-2.

Semi-finals

12 June 1966 Semi-final Laois 6-11 - 2-05 Kildare O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
G Doheny 4-0, P Dillon 1-2, T O'Gorman 1-1, B Delaney 0-3, S Bergin 0-2, P Dooley 0-2, P Payne 0-1. N Daly 1-1, M O'Brien 1-1, N Behan 0-2, S Nash 0-1.
10 July 1966 Semi-final Wexford 6-11 - 2-00 Kilkenny Enniscorthy
T Doran 3-0, E Cousins 2-2, M Kinsella 1-1, C Dowdall 0-4, S Barron 0-2, N Gardiner 0-1, W Carley 0-1. S Muldowney 1-0, F Cummins 1-0.

Final

8 August 1966 Final Laois 2-08 - 7-10 Wexford O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
B Delaney 1-1, G Doherty 1-0, P Dillon 0-3, P Dooley 0-2, P O'Mahony 0-2. C Dowdall 2-7, E Cousins 2-2, M Rochford 1-0, M Gardiner 1-0, P Doran 1-0, E Furlong 0-1.

Quarter-finals

17 April 1966 Quarter-final Clare 3-08 - 4-06 Tipperary Newmarket-on-Fergus
P Coffey 1-1, M Hanrahan 0-4, J Keaffy 1-0, L Moloney 1-0, V Loftus 0-2, N Pyne 0-1. T Brennan 2-0, J Flanagan 1-2, J Ryan 1-1, S Loughnane 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1, J Walsh 0-1. Referee: A Higgins (Galway)
1 May 1966 Quarter-final Kerry 1-03 - 3-04 Limerick Austin Stack Park, Limerick
B Twomey 1-0, C Flaherty 0-3. D Foley 2-0, A Dunworth 1-1, E Boland 0-1, E Cregan 0-1, T Moloney 0-1.
15 May 1966 Quarter-final Cork 6-10 - 1-02 Waterford Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
C McCarthy 2-3, J McCarthy 2-3, A Flynn 2-0, E O'Brien 0-1, M Kenneally 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, P Curley 0-1. D Mahon 1-0, J Cosgrave 0-1, A Bowman 0-1. Referee: D O'Connell (Tipperary)

Semi-finals

31 July 1966 Semi-final Limerick 2-06 - 1-07 Tipperary Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
E Grimes 1-3, P Fogarty 1-0, A Dunworth 0-2, T Hickey 0-1. R Buckley 1-0, F Loughnane 0-2, N O'Gorman 0-2, J Flanagan 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1, J Ryan 0-1. Referee: S Power (Waterford)
15 August 1966 Semi-final Galway 2-02 - 1-17 Cork Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
B O'Connor 2-0, B Lally 0-1, T McCarthy 0-1. S Barry 0-8, C McCarthy 1-1, G McCarthy 0-2, J McCarthy 0-2, P Riordan 0-2, E O'Brien 0-1, P Curley 0-1.

Final

8 September 1966 Final Cork 5-12 - 2-06 Limerick Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
C McCarthy 1-5, J McCarthy 1-4, P Curley 1-2, S Barry 1-1, A Flynn 1-0. E Cregan 0-4, A Dunworth 1-0, B Cobbe 1-0, R Bennis 0-1, T Hickey 0-1.

Semi-finals

11 September 1966 Semi-final Antrim 1-05 - 4-13 Wexford Casement Park, Belfast
J McCallin 1-0, M McKearney 0-3, TJ Hill 0-1, M Rogan 0-1. J Quigley 2-4, E Cousins 2-1, T Doran 0-4, C Dowdall 0-2, E Kinsella 0-1, S Barron 0-1. Referee: D Ferguson (Dublin)
11 September 1966 Semi-final Cork 11-18 - 5-01 Roscommon Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
E O'Brien 4-3, C McCarthy 2-1, J McCarthy 1-3, S Barry 1-3, P Curley 1-2, A Flynn 1-0, P Hegarty 1-0, J Russell 0-2, G McCarthy 0-2, P Riordan 0-2. T Daly 2-0, S Keating 1-1, S Keane 1-0, MJ Keane 1-0.

Finals

2 October 1966 Final Cork 3-12 - 5-06 Wexford Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
S Barry 2-8, E O'Brien 1-0, J Russell 0-1, P O'Riordan 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1. M Gardiner 1-2, J Quigley 1-1, T Doran 1-0, E Cousins 1-0, W Murphy (Cork, 1-0 own goal), S Barron 0-1, B Ronan 0-1, C Dowdall 0-1. Referee: D Nealon (Tipperary)
23 October 1966 Final replay Cork 4-09 - 4-09 Wexford Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
A Flynn 3-0, C McCarthy 1-2, S Barry 0-5, P Curley 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1. T Doran 1-2, C Dowdall 1-1, S Barron 0-4, E Cousins 1-0, P Quigley 1-0, N Rochford 0-1, M Garland 0-1. Referee: G FitzGerald (Limerick)
3 November 1966 Final second replay Cork 9-09 - 5-09 Wexford Croke Park, Dublin
C McCarthy 2-2, P Curley 2-1, E O'Brien 2-1, A Flynn 2-0, S Barry 1-2, J McCarthy 0-3. S. Barron 3-4, P Quigley 1-0, A Doran 1-0, C Dowdall 0-2, E Cousins 0-1, M Gardiner 0-1, M Jacob 0-1. Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)

Championship statistics

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Top scorers

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Top scorer overall
Rank Player Team Tally Total
1 Charlie McCarthy Cork 9-15 42
Seánie Barry Cork 5-27 42
3 Eddie Cousins Wexford 8-06 30
4 Justin McCarthy Cork 4-17 29
5 Andrew O'Flynn Cork 9-00 27
Eddie O'Brien Cork 7-06 27

Miscellaneous

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  • Wexford beat Laois to win their third Leinster title in succession.
  • Following the first All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford, referee Donie Nealon had to be escorted from the pitch after dismissing two players, one from each team.
  • The All-Ireland final went to a replay for the first time ever. It was also the only occasion that a final went to two replays.
  • Cork's All-Ireland victory came a month after their All-Ireland success at senior level. Gerald McCarthy was the captain for both teams.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Minor breakthrough was 50 years ago". Wexford People. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. ^ Moynihan, Michael (3 September 2016). "The mission accomplished to end Cork famine in 1966". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Leesiders have a habit of coming out on top". Irish Independent. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  4. ^ Coughlan, John (9 May 2020). "The Leeside legends series: Gerald McCarthy was a hurler supreme". Echo Live. Retrieved 24 August 2021.