The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final. ^[1]

Contents

• Format
• Provincial championships
• Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• Munster Senior Hurling Championship
• All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
• All-Ireland semi-finals
• All-Ireland Final[2]
• Championship statistics
• Miscellaneous
• Roll of Honour
• References
• Sources

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Provincial championships

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Championship statistics

Roll of Honour

• Cork - 4 (1894)
• Tipperary - 3 (1896)
• Limerick - 1 (1897)
• Dublin - 1 (1889)
• Kerry - 1 (1891)

References

Sources

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