1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
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| Event | 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 4 September 1955 | ||||||
| Venue | Croke Park[1], Dublin | ||||||
| Referee | R. Stakelum (Tipperary)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 72,854[3] | ||||||
The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 68th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin,[1] on 4 September 1955, between Wexford and Galway. The Connacht men lost to their Leinster opponents on a score line of 3-13 to 2-8.[4]
Match details
[edit]      Wexford
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 Galway
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c O'Brien, Kevin (2 July 2017). "'Nickey Rackard sensed Wexford could win an All-Ireland and he could be the catalyst. So he quit drinking'". The 42. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (PDF). Dublin: DBA Publications Ltd. 2021. p. 28. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b King, Seamus J. (26 April 2014). "A History of Hurling: Our National Game Talk given at hurling seminar in Muckross Schoolhouse, Killarney". Seamus J King. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Furlong, Nicholas. "The Greatest Hurling Decade: Match Summary 1955". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Rackard, Billy. "No Hurling at the Dairy Door: All-Ireland Win 1955". www.askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 16 December 2024.