1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 50th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 26 April 1936 and ended on 6 September 1936.

Kilkenny entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Limerick in the All-Ireland final on a score line of 5–6 to 1–5 victory.

Teams

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, however, there were some changes from the 1935 championship. Wexford declined to field a team in Leinster, while in Munster Kerry reentered the championship after a long absence.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success
		All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	1932
Cork	Red and white	1931	1931	1929–1930
Dublin	Navy and blue	1927	1934	1928–1929
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	1922	1930–1931
Kerry	Green and gold	1891	1891
Kildare	White
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1935	1935	1932–1933
Laois	Blue and white	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	1934	1935	1935–1936
Meath	Green and gold
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1930	1930	1927–1928
Waterford	Blue and white

Results

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Second round

Semi-final

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• The All-Ireland semi-final between Limerick and Galway is suspended ten minutes into the second half when a melee develops and a Galway player is knocked unconscious. At a subsequent meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association's (GAA) Central Council, Limerick were awarded the match as Galway were suspended from the championship.

Sources

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

External links

• 1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship results