1970 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

1970 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Antrim (1st win)
Captain	Seán Burns
Manager	Justin McCarthy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Warwickshire
Provincial Champions
Munster	Kerry
Leinster	Dublin
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Not Played
← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the tenth staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961.

Kildare were the defending champions, however, they availed of the right to promotion and contested the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.^[1][2][3]

The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 October 1970 between Antrim and Warwickshire, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Antrim won the match by 4-18 to 3-06 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title.^[4][5]

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

Cork v Tipperary

19 April 1970 Quarter-final	Cork	2-09 - 2-06	Tipperary	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	S Barry 0-6, F Keane 1-0, F Cooper 1-0, DP Curley 0-2, D Lynch 0-1.		P Dorney 1-0, S Noonan 1-0, N Seymour 0-3, M Rush 0-1, W Moloney 0-1, M Grace 0-1.

Kerry v Waterford

3 May 1970 Quarter-final	Kerry	4-05 - 1-06	Waterford	Austin Stack Park
	T Kenny 2-1, F Thornton 2-0, B Healy 0-2, J O'Sullivan 0-1, P Moriarty 0-1.		D Patridge 1-0, J Mason 0-2, D Hayes 0-1, M Connolly 0-1, E Fraher 0-1, M Woods 0-1.

Munster semi-finals

Kerry v Clare

17 May 1970 Semi-final	Kerry	4-08 - 2-07	Clare	Gaelic Grounds
	P Finnegan 2-1, B Healy 1-1, T Kenny 0-4, F Thornton 1-0, W Maguire 0-1.		M Clune 1-2, P Cronin 0-4, D Durack 1-0, J O'Connor 0-1.

Cork v Limerick

28 May 1970 Semi-final	Cork	3-13 - 4-06	Limerick	Dr. Mannix Sportsfield
	S Barry 2-7, F Cooper 1-0, P Curley 0-3, N Gallagher 0-1, J Nodwell 0-1, F Keane 0-1.		N Bridgeman 2-0, Ben O'Sullivan 1-1, P Ryan 1-0, J Bourke 0-3, D O'Connor 0-1, M o'Sullivan 0-1.

Munster final

Cork v Kerry

22 July 1970 Final	Cork	2-10 - 2-13	Kerry	Bishop Casey Memorial Park
	N Gallagher 2-3, P Curley 0-4, K McSweeney 0-2, E Dorney 0-1.		W Maguire 0-9, F Thornton 2-1, P Finnegan 0-1, E O'Sullivan 0-1, J O'Sullivan 0-1.	Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland quarter-final

Galway v Antrim

30 August 1970 Quarter-final

Galway

4-06 - 4-14

Antrim

Dunlo Grounds

All-Ireland semi-finals

Warwickshire v Kerry

29 August 1970 Semi-final	Warwickshire	4-05 - 3-07	Kerry	Gaelic Grounds
	C Danaher 3-1, F Gantley 1-0, W Hogan 0-2, M Hanley 0-1, L Maloney 0-1.		B McGuire 2-2, E O'Sullivan 1-0, T Kenny 0-3, F Thornton 0-2.

Dublin v Antrim

13 September 1970 Semi-final	Dublin	2-11 - 3-15	Antrim	Croke Park
	M Bermingham 2-6, J Kinsella 0-3, M McShane 0-1, S Kennedy 0-1.		B McGarry 2-1, A McCallin 0-6, S Richmond 1-0, E Donnelly 0-3, S Collins 0-2, A Hamill 0-1, P McShane 0-1, S Burns 0-1.	Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

All-Ireland final

Antrim v Warwickshire

4 October 1970 Final	Antrim	4-18 - 3-06	Warwickshire	Croke Park
	E Donnelly 2-3, A McCallin 0-4, B McGarry 1-0, T Connolly 1-0, S Burns 0-2, S Collins 0-2, S Richmond 0-2, A Hamill 0-2, P McShane 0-2, N Wheeler 0-1.		W Hogan 1-1, J Byrne 1-0, F Gantley 1-0, C Danaher 0-2, D Dillane 0-1, S O'Keeffe 0-1, C Crowe 0-1.	Referee: J Hatton (Wicklow)

References

1. "Kildare profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
2. "Leinster All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Winning Teams" (PDF). Leinster GAA website. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
3. "The year Kildare gained 100 hurling medals". Leinster Leader. 7 March 1970. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
4. "Antrim profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
5. Bogue, Declan (29 October 2014). "Antrim point the way: McCarthy's Croke concerns can't be ignored any more". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2010.