Cork v Tipp 1984 - A Classic Munster Final

1984 was centenary year for the GAA and to mark the event the GAA even played the All Ireland Hurling Final in Semple Stadium. Cork beat Offaly in the final but it was the Munster final of that year, between Cork and Tipp, that provided the classic game.
It was Munster Final hurling at its best - hard, passionate, commitment, skill and drama as these two great teams battled it out to the end - literally.

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Kilkenny Beat Tipp in 1922

22 Sep 2011
KILKENNY Win in 1922 captained by one Wattie Dunphy
Clicking on the image takes you to the Pathe video clip

Thanks to the archive research skills of WilieJoe
a hidden treasure of old GAA video clips from the early 1920's have been unearthed online.
This, the 1922 hurling final is one of the oldest and featured the 2011 All Ireland hurling finalists, Kilkenny and Tipp. Kilkenny won 4-02 to 2-06.
Kilkenny were captained by the unusually named Wattie Dunphy, who in fact was the goalkeeper that day - and Wattie in case you haven't guessed is Walter ! Funny thing was that Kilkenny didn't beat Tipp again in the championship for the next 45 years!
Here are the 2 teams from that final
Kilkenny
Walter Dunphy (capt.), Ed. Dunphy, M. McDonald (goal), John Holohan, Jas. Tobin, Thos. Carroll, Richard Grace, Wm. Kenny, Patk. Glendon, Pat Aylward, Martin Lawlor, John Roberts, Pat Donohoe, Matty Power, Richard Tobin.
Tipperary
J. Leahy, (capt.), J. Power, A. O'Donnell, P. Power, P. Browne, J. Cleary, M. Kennedy, S. Hackett, J. O'Meara, J. J. Hayes, P. Spillane, J. Fitzpatrick, T. Dwan, W. Dwan, J. Darcy.

Kilkenny Champs 2011

5 Sep 2011
Tipperary must have wounded the Cats badly in 2010 because Kilkenny hit the big stage of Croke Park yesterday like men on a single mission. They led all the way from start to finish in this years Final and though credit to Tipp for never giving up til the final whistle the Kilkenny hunger to avenge 2010 was plain to see.
This clip of RTE News highlights has already hit YouTube.

Kilkenny 2009, Tipperary 2010. Who Will Celebrate 2011?

2011 is the first time the same two counties have met in the All Ireland Hurling Final for the third year in a row. In 2009 it was Kilkenny who celebrated at the final whistle (something they were making a habit of!). In 2010 it was Tipperary's turned the table and it was their turn to celebrate and lift Liam McCarthy ! So who will fill the chapter for 2011?

A brand new clip of the celebrations after the final whistle ....

Tipps Michael Cleary Scores a 'Surprise' Goal in 1991 Final

Full match available on DVD here
It's 1991 and despite being regarded as regular rivals it's been 20 years since these counties have met in a final. And 20 years ago, in 1971, Tipperary took the honours on a score of 5-17 to 5-14. If that looks like a high score it was but remember the GAA were experimenting with 80 minute matches for a few years back then.

In 1991 Tipp are the more established team having won the All-Ireland just two years previously and this season have won an epic, replayed Munster final against All-Ireland champions Cork as well as blitzing old sparring partners Galway.

Kilkenny, managed by former goalkeeping great Ollie Walsh, have taken Leinster for the first time in four years by squeezing past a game Dublin side and are back in the big time against Babs Keating's talented team.

On the day Tipp, once again, emerged victorious 1-16 to 0-15 (a much lower score than 1971 !!)

This clip shows a few highlights but in particular watch out for the surprise goal from Nenagh Eire Og man Micheal Cleary - from a free catching Kilkenny unawares. The goal that probably won the match as it happens.