1966 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the sixth staging of the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961.

1966 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersTipperary (2nd win)
CaptainBill O'Grady
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upDublin
Provincial Champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterDublin
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
← 1965
1967 →

Cork entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster semi-final.[1]

The All-Ireland final was played at St. Patrick's Park in Enniscorthy on 18 September 1966 between Tipperary and Dublin, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Tipperary won the match by 4-11 to 2-12 to claim their second All-Ireland title overall and a first title in three years.[2][3]

Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship

Munster quarter-finals
17 April 1966 Quarter-final Kerry 3-05 - 4-08 Cork Fr. Breen Park
D Lovett 1-3, J Culloty 1-1, T McGrath 1-0, P Finnegan 0-1. D Coleman 2-1, J O'Connell 1-2, P Hegarty 1-1, T Corbett 0-4.
24 April 1966 Quarter-final Tipperary 2-06 - 0-03 Waterford Clonmel Sportsground
W O'Grady 1-3, M Jones 1-2, N O'Shea 0-1. F Moran 0-1, A Browne 0-1, M Tobin 0-1.
22 May 1966 Quarter-final Clare 8-06 - 8-03 Limerick Cusack Park
M Keane 2-3, J Teeffy 2-1, J McMahon 2-0, M O'Leary 1-0, J Keane 0-1, P Henchy 0-1. A Dunworth 4-3, P Healy 2-0, T Hickey 1-0, G Cagney 1-0.

Munster semi-finals
29 May 1966 Semi-final Tipperary 2-11 - 2-07 Cork Seán Treacy Park
M Jones 0-5, W O'Grady 1-1, T Brennan 1-1, J Fogarty 0-2, M Cooney 0-1, N O'Gorman 0-1. J O'Connell 2-1, T Corbett 0-3, N O'Regan 0-1, J O'Flynn 0-1, D Coleman 0-1.
29 May 1966 Semi-final Galway 4-16 - 4-01 Clare Duggan Park
M Derivan 2-4, M Hanley 1-1, B Lally 0-5, M Devlin 1-0, B O'Connor 0-3, S Devlin 0-2, M Hoare 0-1. J Smith 2-0, J McNamara 1-0, M Keane 1-0, J Teefy 0-1.

Munster final
10 July 1966 Final Galway 1-07 - 4-02 Tipperary Duggan Park
S Dillon 1-1, M Derivan 0-2, B Geraghty 0-1, M Devlin 0-1, K Kennedy 0-1, N Treacy 0-1. P McLoughlin 1-0, T Brennan 1-0, M Jones 1-0, S Kenny 1-0, W O'Grady 0-1, D Dunne 0-1.

All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-final
21 August 1966 Semi-final Antrim 3-06 - 4-10 Dublin Casement Park
S Burns 1-3, B McGarry 1-0, S Gallagher 1-0, P McShane 0-1, S McMullan 0-1, B McGurk 0-1. E Flynn 0-5, D Doody 1-1, H Kinsella 1-1, T Burke 1-0, S Sunderland 1-0, P Dalton 0-1, T Woods 0-1, T Cunningham 0-1.
21 August 1966 Semi-final Tipperary 6-17 - 2-09 London Páirc Daibhín
S Kenny 2-4, M Jones 2-3, T Brennan 2-2, J Fogarty 0-4, S Noonan 0-2, L Connolly 0-2. E Murray 1-3, M Power 1-2, A Gordon 0-2, L Murphy 0-2.

All-Ireland final
18 September 1966 Final Tipperary 4-11 - 2-12 Dublin St. Patrick's Park
S Kenny 2-2, M Jones 0-7, T Brennan 1-2, L Connolly 1-0. E Flynn 0-8, D Doody 1-2, N Kinsella 1-0, S Armstrong 0-1, H Dalton 0-1.

References
  1. "Cork profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  2. "Tipperary profile". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  3. "Intermediate hurling". Munster GAA website. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
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