1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1974–75
Championship Details
Dates	1 December 1974 – 16 March 1975
Teams	25
All Ireland Champions
Winners	St. Finbarr's (1st win)
Captain	Jim Power
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Fenians Johnstown
Captain	Martin Fitzpatrick
Provincial Champions
Munster	St. Finbarr's
Leinster	Fenians Johnstown
Ulster	Ballycran
Connacht	Ardrahan
Championship Statistics
Top Scorer	Jimmy Barry-Murphy (8-13)
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament.^[1] The championship ran from 1 December 1974 to 16 March 1975.

Blackrock of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by St. Finbarr's in the 1974 Cork SHC final.^[2]

The All-Ireland final was played on 16 March 1975 at Croke Park in Dublin, between St. Finbarr's of Cork and Fenians of Kilkenny, in what was their first ever championship meeting. St. Finbarr's won the match by 3-08 to 1-06 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title.^[3]^[4]

Jimmy Barry-Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 8-13.

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Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Connacht quarter-finals

Quarter-final

Tooreen

w/o - scr.

St. Finbarr's

24 November 1974 Quarter-final

Tremane

w/o - scr.

Craobh Rua

Athleague Sportsfield

Connacht semi-final

1 December 1975 Semi-final	Tooreen	3-05 - 0-11	Tremane	Fr. O'Hara Park
	T Henry 1-2, W Stenson 1-0, E Mulrennan 1-0, J Henry 0-3.		R Sallon 0-3, S Kilroy 0-3, J Kilroy 0-2, T Healy 0-2, J Coyne 0-1.	Referee: M Donlon (Sligo)

Connacht final

2 February 1975 Final	Tooreen	1-06 - 9-12	Ardrahan	Ballyhaunis Grounds
	J Henry 1-5, E Mulrennan 0-1.		M Whelan 4-1, J O'Mahony 1-6, G Curtin 1-1, V Mullins 1-1, B Forde 1-0, M Kearns 1-0, M Cunningham 0-2, JJ O'Dea 0-1.

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Leinster first round

1 December 1974 First round

Carnew Emmets

3-13 - 2-05

Suncroft

Aughrim County Ground

1 December 1974 First round

Castlepollard

0-07 - 2-09

Boardsmill

Cusack Park

1 December 1974 First round	The Fenians	3-07 - 1-07	Rathnure	Nowlan Park
	J Moriarty 1-2, P Delaney 1-1, B Fitzpatrick 1-0, M Garrett 0-2, B Watson 0-1, P Broderick 0-1.		D Quigley 0-5, M Quigley 1-0, J Murphy 0-1, J Quigley 0-1.

Leinster quarter-finals

1 December 1974 Quarter-final	St. Rynagh's	2-03 - 0-09	Camross	St. Brendan's Park
	S Moylan 1-0, P Horan 1-0, PJ Whelehan 0-2, J Horan 0-1.		F Keenan 0-3, M Carroll 0-2, M Cuddy 0-2, P Dowling 0-1, M Cuddy 0-1.

8 December 1974 Quarter-final

Boardsmill

3-13 - 0-04

Naomh Moninne

St. Loman's Park

15 December 1974 Quarter-final	Carnew Emmets	3-07 - 4-05	Faughs	Aughrim County Ground
	M Lalor 2-5, T Collins 1-1, M Doyle 0-1.		J Cunningham 2-3, J Bennett 1-1, N Rea 1-0, J Derwin 0-1.

15 December 1974 Quarter-final	The Fenians	5-14 - 0-04	Naomh Eoin	Nowlan Park
	J Moriarty 1-7, E Graham 2-1, B Watson 2-1, P Delaney 0-3, P Broderick 0-2.		M Nolan 0-1, J O'Hara 0-1, E Quirke 0-1, L Fox 0-1.

15 December 1974 Quarter-final replay	Camross	1-06 - 2-08	St. Rynagh's	Kelly Daly Park
	F Keenan 0-5, Martin Cuddy 1-0, G Cuddy 0-1.		B Moylan 1-1, B Lyons 1-1, G Burke 0-2, J Horan 0-1, S Moylan 0-1, G Woods 0-1, PJ Whelehan 0-1,

Leinster semi-finals

12 January 1975 Semi-final	St. Rynagh's	1-10 - 0-09	Boardsmill	St. Brendan's Park
	M Moylan 1-4, PJ Whelehan 0-2, B Lyons 0-1, H Dolan 0-1, G Woods 0-1, P Horan 0-1.		S Carney 0-3, S Garrigan 0-3, M Mooney 0-1, D Fay 0-1, L Gibbons 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

12 January 1975 Semi-final	The Fenians	2-09 - 0-07	Faughs	Nowlan Park
	J Moriarty 0-5, P Delaney 1-1, B Watson 1-0, B Fitzpatrick 0-2, G Henderson 0-1.		J Cunningham 0-3, K Maher 0-1, N Rea 0-1, C Muldoon 0-1, J Bennett 0-1.	Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

Leinster final

26 January 1975 Final	The Fenians	2-06 - 1-06	St. Rynagh's	Croke Park
	M Garrett 1-1, B Fitzpatrick 0-4, P Fitzpatrick 1-0, J Moriarty 0-1.		B Moylan 0-4, M Moylan 1-0, PJ Whelehan 0-1, P Horan 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

1 December 1974 Quarter-final	Kilmallock	6-16 - 0-04	Abbeydorney	Páirc Mac Gearailt
	B Savage 3-1, T Smith 1-8, D O'Riordan 2-2, M Finn 0-2, T Moloney 0-1, P Kelly 0-1, M Dowling 0-1.		T Behan 0-2, T Lyons 0-1, B Keane 0-1.	Referee: J Woods (Clare)

1 December 1974 Quarter-final	Mount Sion	3-03 - 5-12	St. Finbarr's	Walsh Park
	M Óg Morrissey 1-0, S Greene 1-0 ,P Kelly 1-0, P O'Grady 0-2, M Geary 0-1.		J Barry-Murphy 2-4, B Scully 2-0, J O'Shea 1-2, S Gillen 0-3, E Fitzpatrick 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1.	Referee: D Dowling (Kilkenny)

Munster semi-finals

17 November 1974 Semi-final	Newmarket-on-Fergus	2-10 - 0-09	Thurles Sarsfields	Fr. Murphy Memorial Park
	S Liddy 1-2, J McNamara 0-5, T Ryan 1-1, C Woods 0-1, P McNamara 0-1.		J Doyle Snr 0-4, E Clancy 0-1, P McCormack 0-1, P Byrne 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, J Doyle 0-1.	Referee: P Cronin (Cork)

15 December 1974 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	4-12 - 0-09	Kilmallock	The Mardyke
	J Barry-Murphy 2-2, B Scully 2-0, J O'Shea 0-3, S Gillen 0-3, G McCarthy 0-2, S McCarthy 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1.		T Smith 0-4, P Kelly 0-3, T Moloney 0-1, D O'Riordan 0-1.	Referee: H Moloney (Tipperary)

Munster final

19 January 1975 Final	St. Finbarr's	0-07 - 0-03	Newmarket-on-Fergus	Gaelic Grounds
	C McCarthy 0-4, S Gillen 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1.		C Woods 0-2, M Pewter 0-1.	Referee: S O'Connor (Limerick)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Ulster semi-final

1 December 1974 Semi-final

Dungiven

1-08 - 4-06

Ballycran

Lavey Grounds

Ulster final

8 December 1974 Final	Sarsfields	3-02 - 3-05	Ballycran	Corrigan Park
	A Thorneberry 1-0, S Doherty 1-0, E McGarrigle 1-0, S Ward 0-2.		M O'Flynn 2-1, B Gilmore 1-0, S Mullan 0-1, J Martin 0-1, B Mullan 0-1, T Browne 0-1.	Referee: F Carlisle (Armagh)

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

23 February 1975 Semi-final	Fenians	2-13 - 1-08	Ardrahan	Duggan Park
	B Fitzpatrick 1-8, JJ Tobin 1-1, J Moriarty 0-2, B Watson 0-1, P Henderson 0-1.		M Bond 0-4, M Whelan 1-0, V Mullins 0-3, N Geoghegan 0-1.	Referee: J Moloney (Tipperary)

23 February 1975 Semi-final	Ballycran	3-10 - 8-08	St. Finbarr's	McKenna Park
	T Browne 2-0, B Gilmore 0-5, J Martin 1-0, B Mullan 0-3, B Gordon 0-2.		J Barry-Murphy 3-2, C McCarthy 2-1, S Looney 2-0, G O'Shea 1-2, E Fitzpatrick 0-2, S Gillen 0-1.	Referee: D Robinson (Kildare)

All-Ireland final

16 March 1975 Final	St. Finbarr's	3-08 - 1-06	The Fenians	Croke Park
	J Barry-Murphy 1-4, C Cullinane 1-0, J O'Shea 1-0, C Roche 0-2, C McCarthy 0-1, E Fitzpatrick 0-1.		P Delaney 1-0, B Fitzpatrick 0-2, J Moriarty 0-1, J Ryan 0-1, M Garrett 0-1, P Henderson 0-1.	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Jimmy Barry-Murphy	St. Finbarr's	8-13	37	5	7.40
2	Johnny Moriarty	The Fenians	2-18	24	6	4.00
3	Billy Fitzpatrick	The Fenians	2-16	22	5	4.40

References

^ Breheny, Martin (15 March 2011). "All-Ireland Club Hurling". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ "Barrs and Rockies resume hostilities for classic contest". Irish Examiner. 27 July 2002. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "The Barrs - a history". St. Finbarr's GAA website. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ Cormican, Eoghan (24 September 2022). "Barrs marching on the double just the tonic for iconic former captain Bertie O'Brien". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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