1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 1977–78
Championship Details
Dates	1977 – 27 March 1978
All Ireland Champions
Winners	St. Finbarr's (2nd win)
Captain	Denis Burns
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Rathnure
Provincial Champions
Munster	St. Finbarr's
Leinster	Rathnure
Ulster	O'Donovan Rossa
Connacht	Four Roads
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the eighth season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier club hurling tournament. The All-Ireland series began on 5 February 1978 and ended on 27 March 1978.

Glen Rovers were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify. St. Finbarr's won the title after defeating Rathnure by 2-7 to 0-9 in the final.^[1]

Results

Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

9 October 1977 Quarter-final

Tubbercurry

0-06 - 1-01

Craobh Rua

Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry

6 November 1977 Quarter-final

Four Roads

3-05 - 0-02

Ballinrobe

Athleague

Semi-final

20 November 1977 Semi-final

Tubbercurry

0-01 - 3-04

Four Roads

Kilcoyne Park, Tubbercurry

Final

5 February 1978 Final

Four Roads

w/o - susp.

Kiltormer

Athleague

Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round

22 October 1977 First round	Carlow Town	3-08 - 5-13	Éire Óg	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	T Walsh 2-1, R Moore 1-2, M Power 0-4, J Delaney 0-1.		P Dunny 2-6, P Campbell 1-2, G Power 1-2, J Murphy 1-1, J Winders 0-1, M Lynch 0-1.	Referee: J Rankins (Laois)

6 November 1977 First round	Wolfe Tones	1-00 - 11-20	O'Tooles	Drogheda Park, Drogheda
				Referee: T Murtagh

13 November 1977 First round	Arklow Rock Parnells	4-06 - 1-07	Kilmessan	Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
	J Reilly 1-2, W Reilly 1-1, A Byrne 1-1, K Mellon 1-0, T Byrne 0-1, H Kavanagh 0-1.		C Maguire 0-4, J Walsh 1-0, G Higgins 0-1, E O'Neill 0-1, C Kildillon 0-1.

Quarter-finals

6 November 1977 Quarter-final	Coolderry	1-15 - 1-07	Brownstown	St. Brendan's Park, Birr
	P Moloughney 0-8, M Kennedy 1-2, P Carroll 0-2, O Kennedy 0-1, M King 0-1, C Loughnane 0-1.		C Shaw 1-1, P Shaw 0-3, T Kelly 0-1, N Fitzsimons 0-1, T Carr 0-1.

13 November 1977 Quarter-final	Éire Óg	0-03 - 2-12	Camross	Geraldine Park, Athy
	P Connolly 0-2, G Power 0-1.		F Keenan 1-3, M Cuddy 1-2, S Cuddy 0-3, PJ Cuddy 0-2, S Bergin 0-1, M Cuddy 0-1.

20 November 1977 Quarter-final	Arklow Rock Parnells	1-02 - 0-12	Rathnure	Pearse Park, Arklow
	J Byrne 1-0, G Byrne 0-1, B Reilly 0-1.		D O'Connor 0-6, P Quigley 0-2, P Flynn 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, M Quigley 0-1.

27 November 1977 Quarter-final	O'Tooles	0-08 - 2-08	The Fenians	Croke Park, Dublin
	J Wallace 0-4, F Murphy 0-2, P Murphy 0-1, P Browne 0-1.		J Moriarty 1-2, M Garrett 1-0, G Henderson 0-2, B Fitzpatrick 0-2, J Ryan 0-1, P Delaney 0-1.	Referee: G Delaney (Wicklow)

Semi-finals

4 December 1977 Semi-final	Camross	1-05 - 1-09	Rathnure	Geraldine Park, Athy
	S Cuddy 0-5, F Keenan 1-0.		D O'Connor 0-5, M Quigley 1-0, J Quigley 0-2, P Flynn 0-1, D Quigley 0-1.

11 December 1977 Semi-final	The Fenians	3-06 - 1-05	Coolderry	Kelly Dally Park, Rathdowney
	P Delaney 2-1, W Watson 1-0, B Fitzpatrick 0-2, J Moriarty 0-2, M Garrett 0-1.		M Teehan 1-0, P Moloughney 0-3, O Kennedy 0-1, C Loughnane 0-1.

Final

5 March 1978 Final	Rathnure	0-16 - 1-10	The Fenians	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	D Quigley 0-4, M Quigley 0-3, J Murphy 0-3, J Conran 0-2, J Holohan 0-2, P Flynn 0-1, D O'Connor 0-1.		B Fitzpatrick 0-7, P Delaney 1-0, M Garrett 0-1, G Henderson 0-1, B Watson 0-1.

Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

23 October 1977 Quarter-final	Portlaw	3-09 - 5-07	St. Finbarr's	Páirc de Hindenburg, Portlaw
	T Cheasty 1-1, J Whelan 1-0, M Regan 1-0, P Kelly 0-3, H Maher 0-3, M Hickey 0-1, K Brophy 0-1.		J Barry-Murphy 4-1, B Wiley 1-1, É Fitzpatrick 0-2, C McCarthy 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, C Ryan 0-1.

4 December 1977 Quarter-final	Patrickswell	2-07 - 3-05	Kilruane MacDonagh's	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	J Lynch 1-3, D Punch 1-0, R Bennis 0-2, L Foley 0-2.		S O'Meara 1-3, S Hennessy 1-1, J Williams 1-0, G Williams 0-1.	Referee: J Woods (Clare)

Semi-finals

13 November 1977 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	3-11 - 1-04	Ballyduff	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
	É Fitzpatrick 2-2, C McCarthy 1-4, B Wiley 0-2, J Allen 0-1, C Ryan 0-1, M Kennedy 0-1, J O'Shea 0-1.		M Hennessy 1-0, J O'Grady 0-3, J Bunyan 0-1.

11 December 1977 Semi-final	Kilruane MacDonagh's	0-08 - 1-07	Sixmilebridge	MacDonagh Park, Cloughjordan
	S Hennessy 0-2, J Williams 0-2, S O'Meara 0-2, G Williams 0-1, J Reddin 0-1.		M White 1-0, P Morey 0-3, N Casey 0-2, P Chaplin 0-1, L Quinlan 0-1.

Finals

18 December 1977 Final	Sixmilebridge	3-05 - 3-05	St. Finbarr's	Dr. Daly Park, Tulla
	N Casey 1-1, S Stack 1-1, M White 1-0, L Quinlan 0-2, P Morey 0-1.		C McCarthy 2-02, C Ryan 1-0, J Allen 0-2, J O'Shea 0-1.	Referee: S O'Meara (Tipperary)

22 January 1978 Final replay	St. Finbarr's	2-08 - 0-06	Sixmilebridge	Seán Treacy Park, Tipperary
	J Allen 1-1, É Fitzpatrick 1-0, G McCarthy 0-3, B Wiley 0-1, J Barry-Murphy 0-1, C Ryan 0-1, J Fleming 0-1.		F Quilligan 0-3, P Morey 0-2, N Casey 0-1.	Referee: S O'Meara (Tipperary)

Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Final

6 November 1977 Final

O'Donovan Rossa

1-13 - 2-06

Ballycran

Casement Park, Belfast

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

5 February 1978 Quarter-final	O'Donovan Rossa	2-11 - 1-09	St. Gabriel's	Corrigan Park, Belfast
	A Hamill 1-10.

Semi-final

26 March 1978 Semi-final	Rathnure	2-20 - 2-08	Four Roads	Wexford Park, Wexford
	M Quigley 1-4, P Flynn 1-2, J Holohan 0-4, D Quigley 0-4, L Byrne 0-3, T O'Connor 0-1, S Murphy 0-1, P Quigley 0-1.		F Kelly 0-4, M Gately 1-0, B McDonald 1-0, F Mitchell 0-2, B Tansey 0-2.	Referee: M Slattery (Clare)

26 March 1978 Semi-final	St. Finbarr's	6-12 - 1-16	O'Donovan Rossa	Neenan Park, Togher
	É Fitzpatrick 2-2, B Meade 1-2, J Barry-Murphy 1-1, J O'Shea 1-0, J Allen 1-0, G McCarthy 0-2, C McCarthy 0-2, C Roche 0-1, M Kennedy 0-1, T Butler 0-1.		R Galway 0-7, L Hamill 1-2, P Armstrong 0-3, B Quinn 0-1, L Fagan 0-1, B Gormely 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1.

Final

27 March 1978 Final	St. Finbarr's	2-07 - 0-09	Rathnure	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	C McCarthy 0-4, É Fitzpatrick 1-0, J Barry-Murphy 1-0, B Wiley 0-2, B Meade 0-1.		J Holohan 0-3, J Murphy 0-2, D Quigley 0-2, M Quigley 0-1, J Quigley 0-1.

Statistics

Miscellaneous

St. Finbarr's join fellow Cork clubs Blackrock and Glen Rovers by becoming the third team to win a second All-Ireland title.

References

^ Allen, John (14 March 2014). "Patrick's Day will see country's best clubs playing for town, village and posterity". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[1] Allen, John (14 March 2014). "Patrick's Day will see country's best clubs playing for town, village and posterity". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[1]

v t e All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championships
Seasons	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Connacht Championship Leinster Championship Munster Championship Ulster Championship