Cork Hurling Team 1970

The success of the teams speaks for itself.

Cork hurling team 1970. On 6 september 1970 cork won the championship following a 6 21 to 5 10 defeat of wexford in the all ireland final. The 1970 all ireland senior hurling championship final was the 83rd all ireland final and the culmination of the 1970 all ireland senior hurling championship an inter county hurling tournament for the top teams in ireland. Cork s pat mcdonnell was the choice for texaco hurler of the year. If you thought saturday s all ireland hurling final was goal happy check out the score from the 1970 final between cork and wexford.

1970 munster final cork 3 10 tipperary 3 8 limerick 1 john o donoghue arravale rovers 2 3 4 noel lane john kelly john gleeson lorrha cappawhite moneygall 5 6 7 tadhg o connor liam king lengaynor roscrea lorrha kilruane macdonagh 8 9 mick roche 0 1 p j. Cork won by 6 21 to 5 10 in the first 80 minute final with. The match took place on 6 september 1970 at croke park dublin. He was awarded the hurler of the year award in 1978 which.

All last week in the echo our hurling expert john horgan reflected on the best hurlers to have worn the red of cork since 1970 and compiled his all star 15. The late 1970s was a very exciting time for cork hurling and until the current kilkenny hurling team won their three in a row last september this side has often been regarded as the standard bearers in hurling. Cork s charlie mccarthy was the championship s top scorer with 1 23. A legendary corner back on the greatest cork team of the television era the late john horgan won four all ireland titles in the 1970s.

Pairc ui chaoimh the marina ballintemple cork. Click here to view cork s minor hurling teams and results from 1928 to 1969 click here to view cork s minor hurling teams and results from 1970 to 2010 with thanks to peter devine. A tricky task and even in compiling a long list the likes of shane o neill sean mccarthy tom kenny barry egan and pat mulcahy shouldn t have been excluded. Ryan 0 1 carrick davins carrick davins 10 11 12.

Surviving on a steady diet of cork hurling action from 1999 to 2010 only reminded us how special joe deane and ben o connor were. Cork hurling dream team 1970 2020. The match was contested by 1968 winners wexford and 1969 runners up cork and it was refereed by jimmy hatton from wicklow.