1976 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1976 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates2 May - 5 September 1976
Teams13
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamCork (22nd win)
CaptainRay Cummins
ManagerBertie Troy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamWexford
CaptainTony Doran
ManagerTom Neville
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterWexford
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played13
Top Scorer Mick Butler (3-20)
Player of the YearTony Doran
All-Star TeamSee here
1975
1977

The 1976 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 90th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 2 May 1976 and ended on 5 September 1976.

Kilkenny were the defending champions but were defeated by Wexfoprd in the Leinster final.[1]

On 5 September 1976, Cork won the championship following a 2–21 to 4–11 defeat of Wexford in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park.[2] This was their 22nd All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 1970.[3]

Wexford's Mick Butler was the championship's top scorer with 3-20. Wexford's Tony Doran was the choice for Hurler of the Year.

  1. ^ McEvoy, Enda (24 May 2020). "1975: The summer the West was stirred from its slumber". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ O'Riordan, Ian (2 September 2006). "Rebel goalkeepers behind the push for glory". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. ^ Lewis, Simon (11 September 2011). "O'Brien hails Corbett's hat-trick heroics". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 12 March 2013.