| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 May – 28 October 1941 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (12th win) |
| Captain | Connie Buckley |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Dublin |
| Captain | Ned Wade |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 11 |
| Goals total | 82 (7.45 per game) |
| Points total | 126 (11.45 per game) |
| Top Scorer | Jack Lynch (3–9) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 55th staging of theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, theGaelic Athletic Association's premierinter-countyhurling tournament. The championship ended on 28 September 1941.
Limerick were thedefending champions, however, they were defeated byCork in the provincial series.
The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 5–11 to 0–6 defeat ofDublin in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 12th All-Ireland title, their first in ten championship seasons.
There was major disruption to the format of the 1941 championship due to a serious outbreak offoot-and-mouth disease[2] in many parts ofMunster and southLeinster. The championship was run on a knockout provincial basis as usual, however, there was a certain amount of tweaking required to cope with the situation.
In theMunster championshipLimerick defeatedWaterford in the semi-final of the competition and qualified for the Munster final.Cork were drawn to meetTipperary in the second semi-final, however, this game was cancelled by theMunster Council at the behest of theDepartment of Agriculture. As a result of this it was decided that Cork would play Limerick and the winners would represent Munster in the All-Ireland series. The delayed Cork-Tipperary game took place after the All-Ireland series, however, since Cork had already beaten Limerick this was now deemed to be the Munster decider. Tipperary won that game.
It was a similar story in theLeinster championship as foot-and-mouth disease ravaged southern parts of the province.Kilkenny were drawn to playLaois in one of the earlier stages of the provincial competition, however, the match could not take place and Kilkenny were given a bye into the Leinster final. The Department of Agriculture subsequently brought out an order that Kilkenny could not play in the Leinster final until the county was three weeks clear of the disease. The result was thatDublin were nominated to represent Leinster in the All-Ireland series. A delayed Leinster final was played after the completion of the All-Ireland final with Dublin defeating Kilkenny.
Six teams contested theLeinster championship while five teams contested theMunster championship.Galway, who faced no competition in their own province, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage. No team fromUlster participated in the senior championship.
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1931 | 1931 | 1940–41 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1938 | 1938–39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930–31 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1939 | 1940 | 1932–33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1937–38 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1937 | 1937 | 1927–28 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1938 | ||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |
| 18 May 1941First round | Westmeath | 2–2 – 8–4 | Offaly | Cusack Park |
| 25 May 1941Quarter-final | Wexford | 3–2 – 5–6 | Laois | Enniscorthy Sportsfield |
| 15 June 1941Quarter-final | Offaly | 2–4 – 5–11 | Dublin | O'Connor Park |
| 20 July 1941Semi-final | Laois | 5–7 – 6–11 | Dublin | O'Moore Park |
| 2 November 1941Final | Dublin | 2–8 – 1–8 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| M McDonnell 2–3, T Leahy 0–3, H Gray 0–2. | J Langton 0–5, S O'Brien 1–0, J Walsh 0–2, J O'Neill 0–1. |
First round
| 27 July 1941First round refixture | Tipperary | 4–07 – 3–04 | Waterford | Thurles Sportsfield,Thurles |
| B O'Donnell 1–3, P Ryan 1–0, T Kennedy 1–0, J Heaney 1–0, D Doorly 0–2, N Condon 0–1, M Ryan 0–1. | W Barron 1–1, N Daly 1–0, S Feeney 1–0, M Hickey 0–2, D Power 0–1. |
Semi-finals
| 22 June 1941Semi-final | Clare | 1–05 – 8–03 | Limerick | Cusack Park,Ennis |
| Flynn 1–0, Halloran 0–2, Flanagan 0–1, McNamara 0–1, Mullane 0–1. | D Stokes 3–1, P McMahon 3–0, Power 1–1, J Roche 1–0, M Butler 0–1. |
Finals
| 14 September 1941Final | Cork | 8–10 – 3–02 | Limerick | Cork Athletic Grounds,Cork |
| J Lynch 2–5, J Quirke 2–1, T O'Sullivan 2–1, M Brennan 1–0, J Young 1–0, C Ring 0–2, C Buckley 0–1. | D Stokes 2–0, P McMahon 1–0, M Butler 0–1, T Ryan 0–1. |
| 26 October 1941Final refixture | Tipperary | 5–04 – 2–05 | Cork | Gaelic Grounds,Limerick |
| B O'Donnell 2–3, T Treacy 1–1, J Heaney 1–0, J Looby 1–0. | J Lynch 1–4, J Ryng 1–0, J Young 0–1. |
| 14 September 1941Semi-final | Dublin | 2–4 – 2–2 | Galway | St. Cronan's Park |
| 28 September 1941Final | Cork | 5–11 – 0–6 | Dublin | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 26,150 Referee: W O'Donnell (Tipperary) |
The following players made their début in the 1941 senior championship:
| Player | Team | Date | Opposition | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Con Cottrell | Cork | September 14 | Limerick | Munster final |
The following players played their last game in the 1941 championship:
| Player | Team | Last Game | Date | Opposition | Début |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Barrett | Cork | Delayed Munster final | October 26 | Tipperary | 1934 |
| Connie Buckley | Cork | Delayed Munster final | October 26 | Tipperary | 1934 |
| James Ryng | Cork | Delayed Munster final | October 26 | Tipperary | 1932 |
Dublin [footballers]... hadn't won Leinster for seven years and didn't go into the All-Ireland semi-final as provincial champions – they were nominated by the province because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak that year, which caused the Leinster [football] final against Carlow to be postponed until November.