1940 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

1940 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (4th win)
Captain	Dan Lynch
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Galway
← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 23rd staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912.

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

The All-Ireland final was played on 25 August 1940 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Cork and Galway, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Cork won the match by 3–03 to 2–01 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title since 1925.^[2][3]

Results

All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

Galway v Antrim

4 August 1940 Semi-final

Galway

7-04 - 1-07

Antrim

Croke Park

Wexford v Cork

4 August 1940 Semi-final

Wexford

4-01 - 5-07

Cork

Wexford Park

All-Ireland final

Cork v Galway

25 August 1940 Final

Cork

3-03 - 3-01

Galway

Gaelic Grounds

References

1. "Galway profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
2. "Junior hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
3. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 18 August 2021.