1968 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

1968 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	London (2nd win)
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Provincial Champions
Munster	Limerick
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Down
Connacht	Roscommon
← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the eighth staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961.

London entered the championship as the defending champions.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 29 September 1968 between London and Dublin, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. London won the match by 4–15 to 0–03 to claim their second All-Ireland title overall and a second title in succession.^[2]

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Tipperary v Limerick

21 April 1968 Quarter-final	Tipperary	2-03 - 4-02	Limerick	MacDonagh Park
	C Hartigan 1-0, M Cawley 1-0, M Heffernan 0-2, S Maher 0-1.		P Fogarty 2-0, J McGrath 1-0, P Carroll 1-0, J Ryan 0-1, T Hickey 0-1.

Cork v Kerry

21 April 1968 Quarter-final	Cork	3-12 - 1-03	Kerry	Castle Grounds
	F Sheedy 2-2, F Kelleher 1-3, J Sheehy 0-3, L Walsh 0-2, A Twomey 0-1, N Gallagher 0-1.		E O'Sullivan 1-0, T McEnery 0-2, D Lovett 0-1.

Waterford v Clare

5 May 1968 Quarter-final	Waterford	2-06 - 6-03	Clare	Walsh Park
	E Callaghan 1-6, M Gilmann 1-0.		M Linnane 4-0, M Clune 1-3, J McNamara 1-0.

Munster semi-finals

Cork v Galway

12 May 1968 Semi-final	Cork	3-09 - 4-02	Galway	Gaelic Grounds
	L McAuliffe 1-1, N Gallagher 1-0, J Murphy 1-0, F Kelleher 0-3, F Sheedy 0-3, T Meaney 0-2.		H Conway 2-1, I Madden 2-0, S Stanley 0-1.

Clare v Limerick

23 May 1968 Semi-final	Clare	2-08 - 2-08	Limerick	Cusack Park
	M Clune 1-3, M Linnane 1-0, P Ryan 0-3, J Teefy 0-1, V Arthur 0-1.		J McGrath 1-2, T McAuliffe 1-0, C McCarthy 0-3, J O'Donnell 0-1, T Hickey 0-1, P Carroll 0-1.

Limerick v Clare

23 June 1968 Semi-final	Limerick	0-13 - 1-02	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
	C McCarthy 0-4, P Carey 0-3, F Costello 0-2, P Ryan 0-2, A Hickey 0-1, M McLoughlin 0-1.		J McNamara 1-0, S O'Leary 0-1, M Clune 0-1.

Munster final

Limerick v Cork

11 August 1968 Final	Limerick	3-08 - 1-06	Cork	Gaelic Grounds
	C McCarthy 1-5, R Martin 1-1, P Ryan 1-0, R Ryan 0-1, K Dermody 0-1.		D Ryan 1-2, B O'Connell 0-2, J O'Mahony 0-1, L Walsh 0-1.	Referee: M Slattery (Clare)

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland quarter-final

Down v Roscommon

11 August 1968 Quarter-final	Down	2-03 - 1-14	Roscommon	St. Coman's Park
	B Mitchell 1-1, R Fallon 1-0, F Kenny 0-2.		B Falloona 1-4, P Braniff 0-7, H Dorrian 0-1, P Byers 0-1, J McGivern 0-1.

All-Ireland semi-finals

Limerick v London

25 August 1968 Semi-final	Limerick	3-06 - 3-10	London	Gaelic Grounds
	C McCarthy 1-2, M Fitzgerald 1-0, T Hickey 1-0, M O'Brien 0-2, E Prendeville 0-2.		M Loughnane 1-1, M Kirwan 1-1, T Cleary 1-0, M Ryan 0-3, F Condon 0-3, S Lambe 0-2.	Referee: M Slattery (Clare)

Down v Dublin

25 August 1968 Semi-final	Down	1-07 - 0-14	Dublin	McKenna Park
	H Dorrian 1-3, P Braniff 0-2, R Faloona 0-1, C Duff 0-1.		J Hackett 0-4, C Ryan 0-2, W Lee 0-2, L Heneberry 0-2, T Cunningham 0-2, S Doran 0-1, J Kenny 0-1.

All-Ireland final

London v Dublin

29 September 1968 Final	London	4-15 - 0-03	Dublin	Croke Park
	F Condon 0-10, S Lambe 1-3, T Connolly 1-1, M Kirwan 1-0, T Cleary 1-0, M Loughnane 0-1.		G Hackett 0-1, J Kenny 0-1, C Ryan 0-1.	Referee: J Dowling (Offaly)

References

1. "Gifted hurler Patsy played in London's golden era". The Nationalist. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
2. "Patsy O'Neill". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

• Rolls of honour