1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players under the age of twenty-one since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964..

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1968

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (2nd win)
Captain	Pat Hegarty
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Captain	John Kinsella
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
← 1967 1969 →

Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stage. Cork won the title after defeating Kilkenny by 2-18 to 3-9 in the final.

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Leinster final

Kilkenny v Dublin

21 July 1968 Final	Kilkenny	4-10 – 5-04	Dublin	Nowlan Park
15:30	B O'Sullivan 2-1, W Harte 1-3, P Keyes 1-3, T Grant 0-2, P Dowling 0-1.		L Hannebury 2-1, N Kinsella 1-1, J Hackett 1-0, P McCarthy 1-0, T Grealish 0-1, H Dalton 0-1.	Referee: J Maddock (Wexford)

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Munster first round

Tipperary v Waterford

7 April 1968 First round	Tipperary	4-05 – 3-03	Waterford	Leahy Park, Cashel
	J Flanagan 1-2, S Hogan 1-1, M Ryan 1-0, D Fay 1-0, T Delaney 0-2.		J Geoghegan 2-1, B Scanlon 1-0, N Kelly 0-1, M Hickey 0-1.	Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

Limerick v Cork

7 April 1968 First round	Limerick	3-06 – 7-08	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
15:30	N Hayes 1-0, P Bennis 1-0, É Grimes 1-0, J Foley 0-2, P Doherty 0-2, C Shanahan 0-1, R Ryan 0-1.		S Murphy 2-0, P Curley 2-0, M Malone 2-0, B Meade 1-2, J Murphy 0-3, N O'Keeffe 0-2, P Ring 0-1.	Referee: M Slattery (Clare)

Galway v Clare

16 May 1968 First round	Galway	2-05 - 4-02	Clare	Duggan Park
	I Madden 1-0, T Quinn 1-0, P Fahy 0-3, J Connolly 0-2.		J McNamara 2-1, M Culligan 1-0, P O'Leary 1-0, S O'Donnell 0-1.

Munster semi-finals

Kerry v Cork

15 May 1968 Semi-final

Kerry

3-02 – 8-11

Cork

Fitzgerald Stadium

Clare v Tipperary

11 July 1968 Semi-final	Clare	0-09 – 2-07	Tipperary	Cusack Park
	N Casey 0-3, D Fitzgerald 0-2, J McNamara 0-2, P Russell 0-1, P Higgins 0-1.		N O'Dwyer 0-4, D Fahy 1-0, T Delaney 1-0, J Walsh 0-1, M Ryan 0-1, S Hogan 0-1.	Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

Munster final

Tipperary v Cork

4 August 1968 Final	Tipperary	1-13 – 4-10	Cork	Seán Treacy Park
15:30	P Morrissey 1-1, T Delaney 0-4, N Dwyer 0-3, J Walsh 0-2, S Hogan 0-2, D Ryan 0-1.		P Hegarty 1-1, P Ring 1-1, H O'Sullivan 1-0, S Murphy 1-0, B Meade 0-3, P Moylan 0-3, J Murphy 0-2.	Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

Antrim v Cork

18 August 1968 Semi-final

Antrim

4-17 – 2-04

Cork

Fr. Healy Park

All-Ireland final

Cork v Kilkenny

8 September 1968 Final	Cork	2-18 – 3-09	Kilkenny	Walsh Park
15:30	B Meade 1-12, P Curley 1-2, P Hegarty 0-2, R Lehane 0-1, P Moylan 0-1.		W Harte 1-8, P Lalor 1-0, P Keyes 1-0, J Kinsella 0-1.	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: S Power (Waterford)