TheAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship,Ireland's premierhurlingknock-out competition.Limerick won the championship, beatingKilkenny 3–4 to 2–4 in thefinal.^[1]

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinsterchampionship playGalway 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.

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• Limerick win theMunster 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 the1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting ofGalway andKilkenny.
• 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 andGaelic football.

• Cork – 4 (1894)
• Tipperary – 3 (1896)
• Limerick – 1 (1897)
• Dublin – 1 (1889)
• Kerry – 1 (1891)

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

• 1897 in hurling
• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships
• 1897 in Irish sport

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