| Event | 1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 3 September 1995 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park,Dublin | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Seánie McMahon | ||||||
| Referee | Dickie Murphy (Wexford) | ||||||
| Attendance | 65,092 | ||||||
| Weather | Cloudy | ||||||
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The1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final (sponsored by Guinness) was the 108th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-countyhurling tournament for the top teams inIreland. The match was held atCroke Park,Dublin, on 3 September 1995, betweenClare andOffaly. The Leinster champions lost to their Munster opponents on a score line of 1-13 to 2-8. It was Clare's first All-Ireland title since 1914.[1]The match was shown live in Ireland onNetwork 2 with match commentary byGer Canning with analysis byTomás Mulcahy.
Offaly'sDaithí Regan opened the scoring in the game with a long range point into the canal end of the stadium.Billy Dooley then got a second point for Offaly after a high ball broke to him on the right.Seánie McMahon got Clare's opening score with a long range point to make the score 0-2 to 0-1 in Offaly's favor.Ollie Baker scored from a side line ball on the right to put Clare ahead by a point.Johnny Pilkington got a goal in the second half when he pulled on a loose ball in front of goals that went low and rolled into the net past Clare goalkeeperDavy Fitzgerald. Clare's goal in the second half came when a long range free fromAnthony Daly was patted back into play by Offaly goalkeeperDavid Hughes where it was hit high to the net from the edge of the square byÉamonn Taaffe.
| Clare | 1-13 – 2-8 | Offaly |
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| F. Tuohy (0-4), E. Taffe (1-0), S. McMahon (0-3), J. O'Connor (0-2), F. Hegarty (0-1), G. O'Loughlin (0-1), O. Baker (0-1), A. Daly (0-1). | Report | Johnny Dooley (0-5), J. Pilkington (1-0), M. Duignan (1-0), J. Troy (0-1), D. Regan (0-1), B. Dooley (0-1). |
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Clare captainAnthony Daly received theLiam MacCarthy Cup fromGAA PresidentJack Boothman in the Hogan Stand and gave a famous speech saying "'There's been a missing person in Clare for 81 long years. Well today that person has been found alive and well, and that person's name is Liam McCarthy".[2][3]
The Sunday Game (which was broadcast that night) crossed over to the winners hotel in Dublin, withGer Canning andMarty Morrissey interviewing the winning managerGer Loughnane and some of the players.[citation needed]
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