1966 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

1966 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Tipperary (2nd win)
Captain	Bill O'Grady
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Provincial Champions
Munster	Tipperary
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the sixth staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.^[1]

The All-Ireland final was played at St. Patrick's Park in Enniscorthy on 18 September 1966 between Tipperary and Dublin, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Tipperary won the match by 4-11 to 2-12 to claim their second All-Ireland title overall and a first title in three years.^[2][3]

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Kerry v Cork

17 April 1966 Quarter-final	Kerry	3-05 - 4-08	Cork	Fr. Breen Park
	D Lovett 1-3, J Culloty 1-1, T McGrath 1-0, P Finnegan 0-1.		D Coleman 2-1, J O'Connell 1-2, P Hegarty 1-1, T Corbett 0-4.

Tipperary v Waterford

24 April 1966 Quarter-final	Tipperary	2-06 - 0-03	Waterford	Clonmel Sportsground
	W O'Grady 1-3, M Jones 1-2, N O'Shea 0-1.		F Moran 0-1, A Browne 0-1, M Tobin 0-1.

Clare v Limerick

22 May 1966 Quarter-final	Clare	8-06 - 8-03	Limerick	Cusack Park
	M Keane 2-3, J Teeffy 2-1, J McMahon 2-0, M O'Leary 1-0, J Keane 0-1, P Henchy 0-1.		A Dunworth 4-3, P Healy 2-0, T Hickey 1-0, G Cagney 1-0.

Munster semi-finals

Tipperary v Cork

29 May 1966 Semi-final	Tipperary	2-11 - 2-07	Cork	Seán Treacy Park
	M Jones 0-5, W O'Grady 1-1, T Brennan 1-1, J Fogarty 0-2, M Cooney 0-1, N O'Gorman 0-1.		J O'Connell 2-1, T Corbett 0-3, N O'Regan 0-1, J O'Flynn 0-1, D Coleman 0-1.

Galway v Clare

29 May 1966 Semi-final	Galway	4-16 - 4-01	Clare	Duggan Park
	M Derivan 2-4, M Hanley 1-1, B Lally 0-5, M Devlin 1-0, B O'Connor 0-3, S Devlin 0-2, M Hoare 0-1.		J Smith 2-0, J McNamara 1-0, M Keane 1-0, J Teefy 0-1.

Munster final

Galway v Tipperary

10 July 1966 Final	Galway	1-07 - 4-02	Tipperary	Duggan Park
	S Dillon 1-1, M Derivan 0-2, B Geraghty 0-1, M Devlin 0-1, K Kennedy 0-1, N Treacy 0-1.		P McLoughlin 1-0, T Brennan 1-0, M Jones 1-0, S Kenny 1-0, W O'Grady 0-1, D Dunne 0-1.

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

Antrim v Dublin

21 August 1966 Semi-final	Antrim	3-06 - 4-10	Dublin	Casement Park
	S Burns 1-3, B McGarry 1-0, S Gallagher 1-0, P McShane 0-1, S McMullan 0-1, B McGurk 0-1.		E Flynn 0-5, D Doody 1-1, H Kinsella 1-1, T Burke 1-0, S Sunderland 1-0, P Dalton 0-1, T Woods 0-1, T Cunningham 0-1.

Tipperary v London

21 August 1966 Semi-final	Tipperary	6-17 - 2-09	London	Páirc Daibhín
	S Kenny 2-4, M Jones 2-3, T Brennan 2-2, J Fogarty 0-4, S Noonan 0-2, L Connolly 0-2.		E Murray 1-3, M Power 1-2, A Gordon 0-2, L Murphy 0-2.

All-Ireland final

Tipperary v Dublin

18 September 1966 Final	Tipperary	4-11 - 2-12	Dublin	St. Patrick's Park
	S Kenny 2-2, M Jones 0-7, T Brennan 1-2, L Connolly 1-0.		E Flynn 0-8, D Doody 1-2, N Kinsella 1-0, S Armstrong 0-1, H Dalton 0-1.

References

1. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
2. "Tipperary profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
3. "Intermediate hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

External links

• Rolls of honour