1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1985 was the 99th edition of Ireland's premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 September. The match was contested by Offaly and Galway, with Offaly taking the title by 2–11 to 1–12. It was Offaly's second-ever All-Ireland title.

1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Teams14
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamOffaly (2nd win)
CaptainPat Fleury
ManagerDermot Healy
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterOffaly
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
Player of the YearEugene Coughlan
All-Star TeamSee here
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Format

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

  • The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
  • The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
  • Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster champions.
  • The winners of the Ulster Championship advanced directly to a lone All-Ireland quarter-final where they played the winners of the All-Ireland 'B' championship. The winners of this game advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Leinster champions.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

From Championship

Relegated to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

  • None

Teams

General information

Fourteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.

County Last provincial title Last championship title Position in 1984 championship Current championship
Antrim 1946 — Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare 1932 1914 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork 1984 1984 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin 1961 1938 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway 1922 1980 Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny 1983 1983 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois 1949 1915 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick 1981 1973 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
London — 1901 All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Offaly 1984 1981 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary 1971 1971 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford 1963 1959 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath — — Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford 1977 1968 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois4–16 – 2–10Dublin
E. Fennelly (0–11), P. J. Cuddy (2–0), P. Cleary (1–2), M. Walsh (1–1), T. Taylor (0–1), P. Critchley (0–1). P. Carton (1–3), E. O'Shea (1–0), J. Twomey (0–2), G. Hogarty (0–2), S. Dalton (0–1), L. Byrne (0–1), P. Mulhare (0–1).
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: P. Long (Kilkenny)
Kilkenny1–30 – 1–10Westmeath
K. Brennan (1–9), G. Fennelly (0–6), B. Fitzpatrick (0–4), H. Ryan (0–4), R. Heffernan (0–3), J. Murphy (0–2), R. Power (0–1), G. Henderson (0–1). B. McCabe (1–0), D. Kilcoyne (0–3), M. Kilcoyne (0–2), M. Cosgrave (0–2), R. Gallagher (0–1), J. Fitzsimons (0–1), P. Bradley (0–1).
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: J. Rankins (Laois)
Laois1–18 – 2–13Wexford
E. Fennelly (0–10), M. Walsh (0–4) M. Cuddy (1–0), P. J. Cuddy (0–2), P. Cleary (0–1), C. Jones (0–1). T. Dempsey (1–3), M. Fitzhenry (1–1), J. Fleming (0–3), G. Coady (0–2), M. Quigley (0–1), P. Courtney (0–1), G. O'Connor (0–1), B. Byrne (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 29,586
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)
Offaly3–18 – 3–18Kilkenny
P. Corrigan (1–6), M. Corrigan (1–3), J. Kelly (1–1), P. Delaney (0–4), P. Horan (0–2), P. Carroll (0–1), D. Owens (0–1). L. Fennelly (2–0), H. Ryan (0–5), K. Brennan (0–4), C. Heffernan (1–0), G. Fennelly (0–3), P. Walsh (0–3), R. Power (0–2), R. Heffernan (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 29,586
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)
Offaly1–20 – 0–17Kilkenny
P. Corrigan (1–11), P. Cleary (0–3), P. Carroll (0–3), M. Corrigan (0–2), D. Owens (0–1). K. Brennan (0–7), H. Ryan (0–2), L. Fennelly (0–2), J. Hennessy (0–1), G. Henderson (0–1), G. Fennelly (0–1), R. Heffernan (0–1), P. Walsh (0–1), R. Power (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 22,171
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)
Offaly5–15 – 0–17Laois
M. Corrigan (1–5), P. Cleary (2–1), P. Horan (2–0), P. Delaney (0–3), P. Corrigan (0–2), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Carroll (0–1), G. Coughlan (0–1), F. Conneely (0–1). E. Fennelly (0–7), M. O'Sullivan (0–4), M. Walsh (0–2), C. Jones (0–2), P. J. Cuddy (0–1), M. Cuddy (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 32,123
Referee: J. Denton (Wexford)

Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick2–14 – 0–11Waterford
P. Kelly (0–7), F. FitzGerald (1–3), R. Sampson (1–1), J. McKenna (0–2), M. Carroll (0–1). D. Byrne (0–9), M. Ronayne (0–1), P. Ryan (0–1).
Attendance: 5,571
Referee: F. Murphy (Cork)
Clare1–8 – 1–8Tipperary
C. Lyons (0–4), T. Guilfoyle (1–0), V. Donnellan (0–2), D. Coote (0–1), A. Nugent (0–1). M. Doyle (1–0), S. Power (0–2), J. McIntyre (0–1), I. Conroy (0–1), N. English (0–1), D. O'Connell (0–1), L. Maher (0–1), G. O'Neill (0–1).
Attendance: 21,305
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)
Cork2–13 – 1–9Limerick
J. Fenton (1–5), J. Barry-Murphy (1–0), P. Hartnett (0–3), K. Hennessy (0–2), D. Walsh (0–2), T. O'Sullivan (0–1). S. Fitzgibbon (1–3), M. Carroll (0–1), J. Carroll (0–1), R. Sampson (0–1), O. O'Connor (0–1), P. McCarthy (0–1), P. Kelly (0–1).
Attendance: 37,231
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)
Tipperary5–14 – 4–6Clare
S. Power (2–5), N. English (2–0), D. O'Connell (1–3), G. O'Neill (0–3), M. Doyle (0–1), M. Scully (0–1), L. Maher (0–1). C. Lyons (1–4), V. Donnellan (2–0), T. Guilfoyle (0–1), G. McInerney (0–1).
Attendance: 23,673
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)
Cork4–17 – 4–11Tipperary
J. Fenton (1–6), J. Barry-Murphy (1–3), D. Walsh (1–2), T. Mulcahy (1–0), T. O'Sullivan (0–3), K. Hennessy (0–1), P. Horgan (0–1), D. Mac Curtain (0–1). N. English (2–3), G. O'Neill (1–3), L. Maher (1–0), A. Ryan (0–1), S. Power (0–1), B. Ryan (0–1), I. Conroy (0–1), G. Stapleton (0–1).
Attendance: 48,902
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland quarter-finals
Antrim3–12 – 1–15London
D. Donnelly (2–3), P. Boyle (0–4), B. Donnelly (1–0), C. Donnelly (0–2), J. McKiernan (0–2), C. McVeigh (0–1). M. Burke (0–9), N. Uniack (1–1), D. Fox (0–3), J. McCormack (0–1), L. Walsh (0–1).
Referee: G. Ryan (Tipperary)

All-Ireland semi-finals
Offaly3–17 – 0–12Antrim
P. Cleary (2–2), M. Corrigan (1–5), P. Corrigan (0–5), D. Owens (0–3), J. Dooley (0–1), P. Delaney (0–1). D. Donnelly (0–4), C. McVeigh (0–2), C. Donnelly (0–2), G. Cunningham (0–1), D. McKinley (0–1), P. McKillen (0–1), P. Boyle (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 8,205
Referee: G. Ryan (Tipperary)
Galway4–12 – 5–5Cork
P. J. Molloy (0–5), B. Forde (1–3), N. Lane (1–2), J. Cooney (1–1), B. Lynskey (1–0), M. McGrath (0–1). J. Fenton (2–2), K. Hennessy (2–1), K. Kingston (1–0), D. Walsh (0–1), T. Crowley (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 8,205
Referee: N. O'Donoghue (Dublin)

All-Ireland Final
Main article: 1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Offaly2–11 – 1–12Galway
P. Cleary (2–0), P. Corrigan (0–5), P. Horan (0–3), M. Corrigan (0–2), B. Bermingham (0–1). P. J. Molloy (1–6), B. Lynskey (0–2), M. McGrath (0–1), J. Cooney (0–1), N. Lane (0–1), T. Keady (0–1).
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 61,451
Referee: G. Ryan (Tipperary)
Offaly
Galway

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous
  • Laois qualified for the Leinster final for the first time since 1951.
  • In the All-Ireland semi-final, Galway defeated Cork for only the third time in the history of the championship. Previous victories for the Galway men came in the All-Ireland semi-finals of 1975 and 1979.

Top scorers

Season
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average
1 Paddy Corrigan Offaly 2–29 35 5 7.00
2 Pat Cleary Offaly 7–9 30 5 6.00
3 Eugene Fennelly Laois 0–28 28 3 9.33
4 Mark Corrigan Offaly 3–17 26 5 5.20
5 John Fenton Cork 4-13 25 3 8.33
6 Pat Cleary Offaly 6-6 24 4 6.00
7 Kieran Brennan Kilkenny 1–20 23 3 7.66
8 Nicky English Tipperary 4-4 16 3 5.33
9 Séamus Power Tipperary 2-8 14 3 4.66
P. J. Molloy Galway 1-11 14 2 7.00

Single game
Rank Player County Tally Total Opposition
1 Paddy Corrigan Offaly 1–11 14 Kilkenny
2 Kieran Brennan Kilkenny 1–9 12 Westmeath
3 Séamus Power Tipperary 2–5 11 Clare
Eugene Fennelly Laois 0–11 11 Dublin
5 Eugene Fennelly Laois 0–10 10 Wexford
6 Nicky English Tipperary 2–3 9 Cork
Dessie Donnelly Antrim 2–3 9 London
Paddy Corrigan Offaly 1–6 9 Kilkenny
John Fenton Cork 1–6 9 Tipperary
P. J. Molloy Galway 1–6 9 Offaly
Denis Byrne Waterford 0–9 9 Limerick
Mick Burke London 0–9 9 Antrim

References
  • Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
  • Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).

See also
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