1938 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1938
All Ireland Champions
WinnersCork (3rd win)
CaptainKevin McGrath
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upDublin
CaptainNed Dunphy
Provincial Champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterDublin
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtGalway
← 1937
1939 →

The 1938 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 11th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions.[1][2]

The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 4 September 1938 between Cork and Dublin, in what was their first successive meeting in the final in 10 years. Cork won the match by 7–02 to 5–04 to claim their third championship title overall and a second title in succession.[3]

Leinster Minor Hurling Championship

Leinster first round

24 April 1938 First round Louth 2-2 - 3-2 Meath Drogheda

Leinster quarter-finals

1 May 1938 Quarter-final Meath 1-0 - 8-5 Dublin Páirc Tailteann
22 May 1938 Quarter-final Kilkenny 5-6 - 2-3 Wexford Nowlan Park

Leinster semi-finals

15 May 1938 Semi-final Offaly 2-2 - 1-6 Laois St. Brendan's Park
26 June 1938 Semi-final Dublin 2-6 - 2-5 Kilkenny O'Moore Park

Leinster final

17 July 1938 Final Dublin 7-2 - 6-4 Laois O'Moore Park

Munster Minor Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals

22 May 1938 Quarter-final Cork 7-2 - 6-4 Limerick Thurles Sportsfield
26 June 1938 Quarter-final Tipperary 5-5 - 4-2 Clare Ennis Road

Munster semi-final

10 July 1938 Semi-final Cork 9-3 - 0-0 Tipperary Fraher Field

Munster final

31 July 1938 Final Cork 9-3 - 0-0 Kerry Cork Athletic Grounds

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final

7 August 1938 Semi-final Cork 7-4 - 5-3 Galway Cusack Park
21 August 1938 Semi-final Dublin 4-8 - 2-1 Antrim

All-Ireland final

4 September 1938 Final Cork 7-2 - 5-4 Dublin Croke Park

References

  1. ^ "Minor hurling". Muunster GAA website. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Cork Profile". Hogan Stand website. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Echo 130: Christy Ring's rule has passed through the generations". Echo Live. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.