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1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Field	Value
year	1978
dates	30 April – 3 September 1978
teams	15
munster	Cork
leinster	Kilkenny
matches	14
poty	John Horgan
team	Cork
titles	24th
captain	Charlie McCarthy
manager	Fr. Bertie Troy
team2	Kilkenny
captain2	Ger Henderson
manager2	Fr. Tommy Maher
totalgoals	64 (4.5 per game)
totalpoints	340 (24.2 per game)
topscorer	Liam O'Brien (1–23)
previous	1977
next	1979

The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 92nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1978 and ended on 3 September 1978.

Cork entered the championship as defending champions.

On 3 September 1978, Cork won the championship following a 1–15 to 2–8 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 24th All-Ireland title, their third championship in succession.

Kilkenny's Liam "Chunky" O'Brien was the championship's top scorer with 1–23. Cork's John Horgan was the choice for Hurler of the Year.

Team summaries

Team	Colours	Most recent success	All-Ireland	Provincial
Antrim	Saffron and white		[1946](1946-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-ulster-senior-hurling-championship)
Clare	Saffron and blue	1914	[1932](1932-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	1977–78
Cork	Red and white	[1977](1977-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	[1977](1977-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	1973–74
Dublin	Navy and blue	1938	[1961](1961-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	1938–39
Galway	Maroon and white	1923	[1922](1922-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-connacht-senior-hurling-championship)	1974–75
Kerry	Green and gold	1891	[1891](1891-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)
Kildare	White
Kilkenny	Black and amber	1975	[1975](1975-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	1975–76
Laois	Blue and white	1915	[1915](1915-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)
Limerick	Green and white	1973	[1974](1974-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	1970–71
Offaly	Green, white and gold
Tipperary	Blue and gold	1971	[1971](1971-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	1967–68
Waterford	Blue and white	1959	[1963](1963-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	1962–63
Westmeath	Maroon and white
Wexford	Purple and gold	1968	[1977](1977-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	1972–73

Provincial championships

[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland quarter-finals

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland Final

Top scorers

;Overall

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Liam O'Brien	Kilkenny	1–23	26	4	6.50
2	Ned Buggy	Wexford	1–15	18	2	9.00
3	Billy Fitzpatrick	Kilkenny	2–10	16	4	4.0
4	Colm Honan	Clare	0–15	15	2	7.50
5	Charlie McCarthy	Cork	0–14	14	3	4.66
6	Willie Fitzmaurice	Limerick	4–0	12	2	6.00
Joe Connolly	Galway	3–3	12	2	6.00
8	Seánie Kinsella	Wexford	3–2	11	2	5.50

;Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Liam O'Brien	Kilkenny	0–11	11	Offaly
2	Joe Connolly	Galway	3–1	10	Antrim
Randall McDonnell	Antrim	3–1	10	Galway
Seánie Kinsella	Wexford	3–1	10	Dublin
Ned Buggy	Wexford	1–7	10	Kilkenny
Frank Keenan	Laois	1–7	10	Dublin
7	Willie Fitzmaurice	Limerick	3–0	9	Clare
Colm Honan	Clare	0–9	9	Limerick
9	Ned Buggy	Wexford	0–8	8	Dublin
10	Mick Ryan	Westmeath	2–1	7	Laois
Matt Ruth	Kilkenny	2–1	7	Galway
Mossie Walsh	Waterford	0–7	7	Kerry
Charlie McCarthy	Cork	0–7	7	Kilkenny

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

Cork retain the All-Ireland title for a third successive season. It is the fourth time in their history that they have achieved this feat and the first time since Cork in 1954 that a team has won three championships in succession.
Kerry return to the Munster Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1958.

Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.

Round	RTÉ
All-Ireland semi-final	Kilkenny vs Galway
All-Ireland final	Cork vs Kilkenny

Sources

Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).

References

(2016-06-06). "Flashback: Nine of the best action shots from All-Ireland hurling final clashes in the 1970s".
(23 March 2009). "Cork's three-in-a-row 70s hurling teams honoured". Hogan Stand website.

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