1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1966

Championship Details
Dates	27 March – 3 November 1966
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (1st win)
Captain	Gerald McCarthy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Roscommon
Championship Statistics
Top Scorer	Charlie McCarthy (9-15) Seánie Barry (5-27)
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the third staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 27 March 1966 and ended on 3 November 1966

Wexford entered the championship as the defending champions.[1]

The All-Ireland final, the only one to have gone to two replays, was eventually decided on 3 November 1966 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Wexford, in what was their first ever championship meeting. Cork won the match by 9-09 to 5-09 to claim their first championship title.[2][3]

Cork's Charlie McCarthy and Seánie Barry were the championship's top scorers.

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

First round

Offaly v Laois

27 March 1966 First round

Offaly

3-06 - 8-05

Laois

St. Brendan's Park, Birr

Westmeath v Dublin

27 March 1966 First round	Westmeath	4-06 - 2-07	Dublin	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	O Egan 1-5, C Meagher 2-0, M Kennedy 1-0, M Quinn 0-1.		H Hatton 1-2, T Grealish 1-0, N Kinsella 0-3, J Sweeney 0-2.	Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

Kildare v Meath

3 April 1966 First round	Kildare	5-13 - 2-04	Meath	Páirc Mhuire, Maynooth
	M Behan 2-1, S Nash 1-2, A Byrne 1-1, O O'Brien 0-3, T Carew 0-2, K Kelly 0-2, J Tobin 0-2.		T Dickson 1-1, V Shea 1-1, J Keegan 0-2.

Quarter-finals

Carlow v Kilkenny

20 May 1966 Quarter-final	Carlow	1-04 - 8-11	Kilkenny	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	T Coburn 1-1, J Mitchell 0-2, A Coburn 0-1.		P Whelan 4-2, K Purcell 2-2, B Harte 1-4, S Muldowney 1-1, S Cooke 0-2.

Semi-finals

Laois v Kildare

12 June 1966 Semi-final	Laois	6-11 - 2-05	Kildare	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	G Doheny 4-0, P Dillon 1-2, T O'Gorman 1-1, B Delaney 0-3, S Bergin 0-2, P Dooley 0-2, P Payne 0-1.		N Daly 1-1, M O'Brien 1-1, N Behan 0-2, S Nash 0-1.

Wexford v Kilkenny

10 July 1966 Semi-final	Wexford	6-11 - 2-00	Kilkenny	Enniscorthy
	T Doran 3-0, E Cousins 2-2, M Kinsella 1-1, C Dowdall 0-4, S Barron 0-2, N Gardiner 0-1, W Carley 0-1.		S Muldowney 1-0, F Cummins 1-0.

Final

Laois v Wexford

8 August 1966 Final	Laois	2-08 - 7-10	Wexford	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	B Delaney 1-1, G Doherty 1-0, P Dillon 0-3, P Dooley 0-2, P O'Mahony 0-2.		C Dowdall 2-7, E Cousins 2-2, M Rochford 1-0, M Gardiner 1-0, P Doran 1-0, E Furlong 0-1.

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Clare v Tipperary

17 April 1966 Quarter-final	Clare	3-08 - 4-06	Tipperary	Newmarket-on-Fergus
	P Coffey 1-1, M Hanrahan 0-4, J Keaffy 1-0, L Moloney 1-0, V Loftus 0-2, N Pyne 0-1.		T Brennan 2-0, J Flanagan 1-2, J Ryan 1-1, S Loughnane 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1, J Walsh 0-1.	Referee: A Higgins (Galway)

Kerry v Limerick

1 May 1966 Quarter-final	Kerry	1-03 - 3-04	Limerick	Austin Stack Park, Limerick
	B Twomey 1-0, C Flaherty 0-3.		D Foley 2-0, A Dunworth 1-1, E Boland 0-1, E Cregan 0-1, T Moloney 0-1.

Cork v Waterford

15 May 1966 Quarter-final	Cork	6-10 - 1-02	Waterford	Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
	C McCarthy 2-3, J McCarthy 2-3, A Flynn 2-0, E O'Brien 0-1, M Kenneally 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, P Curley 0-1.		D Mahon 1-0, J Cosgrave 0-1, A Bowman 0-1.	Referee: D O'Connell (Tipperary)

Semi-finals

Limerick v Tipperary

31 July 1966 Semi-final	Limerick	2-06 - 1-07	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	E Grimes 1-3, P Fogarty 1-0, A Dunworth 0-2, T Hickey 0-1.		R Buckley 1-0, F Loughnane 0-2, N O'Gorman 0-2, J Flanagan 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1, J Ryan 0-1.	Referee: S Power (Waterford)

Galway v Cork

15 August 1966 Semi-final	Galway	2-02 - 1-17	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	B O'Connor 2-0, B Lally 0-1, T McCarthy 0-1.		S Barry 0-8, C McCarthy 1-1, G McCarthy 0-2, J McCarthy 0-2, P Riordan 0-2, E O'Brien 0-1, P Curley 0-1.

Final

Cork v Limerick

8 September 1966 Final	Cork	5-12 - 2-06	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	C McCarthy 1-5, J McCarthy 1-4, P Curley 1-2, S Barry 1-1, A Flynn 1-0.		E Cregan 0-4, A Dunworth 1-0, B Cobbe 1-0, R Bennis 0-1, T Hickey 0-1.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Antrim v Wexford

11 September 1966 Semi-final	Antrim	1-05 - 4-13	Wexford	Casement Park, Belfast
	J McCallin 1-0, M McKearney 0-3, TJ Hill 0-1, M Rogan 0-1.		J Quigley 2-4, E Cousins 2-1, T Doran 0-4, C Dowdall 0-2, E Kinsella 0-1, S Barron 0-1.	Referee: D Ferguson (Dublin)

Cork v Roscommon

11 September 1966 Semi-final	Cork	11-18 - 5-01	Roscommon	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	E O'Brien 4-3, C McCarthy 2-1, J McCarthy 1-3, S Barry 1-3, P Curley 1-2, A Flynn 1-0, P Hegarty 1-0, J Russell 0-2, G McCarthy 0-2, P Riordan 0-2.		T Daly 2-0, S Keating 1-1, S Keane 1-0, MJ Keane 1-0.

Finals

Cork v Wexford

2 October 1966 Final	Cork	3-12 - 5-06	Wexford	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	S Barry 2-8, E O'Brien 1-0, J Russell 0-1, P O'Riordan 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.		M Gardiner 1-2, J Quigley 1-1, T Doran 1-0, E Cousins 1-0, W Murphy (Cork, 1-0 own goal), S Barron 0-1, B Ronan 0-1, C Dowdall 0-1.	Referee: D Nealon (Tipperary)

Cork v Wexford

23 October 1966 Final replay	Cork	4-09 - 4-09	Wexford	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	A Flynn 3-0, C McCarthy 1-2, S Barry 0-5, P Curley 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.		T Doran 1-2, C Dowdall 1-1, S Barron 0-4, E Cousins 1-0, P Quigley 1-0, N Rochford 0-1, M Garland 0-1.	Referee: G FitzGerald (Limerick)

Cork v Wexford

3 November 1966 Final second replay	Cork	9-09 - 5-09	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	C McCarthy 2-2, P Curley 2-1, E O'Brien 2-1, A Flynn 2-0, S Barry 1-2, J McCarthy 0-3.		S. Barron 3-4, P Quigley 1-0, A Doran 1-0, C Dowdall 0-2, E Cousins 0-1, M Gardiner 0-1, M Jacob 0-1.	Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Top scorer overall

Rank	Player	Team	Tally	Total
1	Charlie McCarthy	Cork	9-15	42
	Seánie Barry	Cork	5-27	42
3	Eddie Cousins	Wexford	8-06	30
4	Justin McCarthy	Cork	4-17	29
5	Andrew O'Flynn	Cork	9-00	27
	Eddie O'Brien	Cork	7-06	27

Miscellaneous

• Wexford beat Laois to win their third Leinster title in succession.
• Following the first All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford, referee Donie Nealon had to be escorted from the pitch after dismissing two players, one from each team.
• The All-Ireland final went to a replay for the first time ever. It was also the only occasion that a final went to two replays.
• Cork's All-Ireland victory came a month after their All-Ireland success at senior level. Gerald McCarthy was the captain for both teams.[4]

References

1. "Minor breakthrough was 50 years ago". Wexford People. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
2. Moynihan, Michael (3 September 2016). "The mission accomplished to end Cork famine in 1966". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
3. "Leesiders have a habit of coming out on top". Irish Independent. 8 August 2003. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
4. Coughlan, John (9 May 2020). "The Leeside legends series: Gerald McCarthy was a hurler supreme". Echo Live. Retrieved 24 August 2021.