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1970–71 Dr Harty Cup

Dates

25 October 1970 – 14 March 1971

Teams

Champions

St Finabrr's College (3rd title)
Barry Murphy (captain)

Runners-up

St Flannan's College

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

69 (6.9 per match)

Points scored

125 (12.5 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Pat Healy (6-06)

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The 1970–71 Harty Cup was the 51st staging of the Harty Cup since the establishment of the hurling competition by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1918. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 19 September 1970. The competition contested from 25 October 1970 to 14 March 1971.

North Monastery unsuccessfully defended its title losing to Coláiste Iognáid Rís in the first round.

St Finbarr's College won the Harty Cup final, 4–12 to 2–04, on 14 March 1971 at Thurles Sportsfield against St Flannan's College at their second overall cup history meeting after a hiatus since 1952; and St Finbarr's third successive Harty Cup title overall, having won the first title in 1969.

Coláiste Iognáid Rís's Pat Healy was the top scorer with 6-06.

Results

First round

Thurles CBS v Mount Sion CBS

25 October 1970 First round	Thurles CBS	5-18 - 2-01	Mount Sion CBS	Leahy Park
	J Burke 1-9, T Lowry 2-3, J McCormack 1-1, M Butler 0-4, B Stakelum 1-0, J Keane 0-1.		A Fitzgerald 1-1, T Healy 1-0.

St Colman's College v De La Salle College Waterford

28 October 1970 First round	St Colman's College	7-11 - 4-05	De La Salle College Waterford	Clonmel GAA Ground
	E O'Sullivan 2-3, M Magner 2-1, D McGovern 0-5, T Hannon 1-1, M Lehane 1-0, G Lynes 1-0, E Sheehan 0-1.		L O'Brien 2-1, D Corcoran 2-0, M O'Meara 0-2, T Twomey 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1.

North Monastery v Coláiste Iognáid Rís

11 November 1970 First round	North Monastery	2-04 - 6-03	Coláiste Iognáid Rís	Cork Athletic Grounds
	T Collins 2-1, R Fitzgerald 0-2, S Greene 0-1.		P Healy 3-2, T Goulding 3-0, A Creagh 0-1.

St Finbarr's College, St Flannan's College, Limerick CBS, Coláiste Chríost Rí and Ennis CBS received byes in this round.

Quarter-finals

Limerick CBS v Ennis CBS

11 November 1970 Quarter-final	Limerick CBS	3-02 - 3-09	Ennis CBS	Fr Murphy Memorial Park
	O Naughton 2-0, M Keogh 1-1 O Coffey 0-1.		H O'Connell 2-5, F Quinn 1-0, J Johnson 0-2, K McNamara 0-1, J Sheehan 0-1.

St Finbarr's College v Thurles CBS

14 November 1970 Quarter-final	St Finbarr's College	3-08 - 1-03	Thurles CBS	Fr Con Buckley Park
	A Hickey 1-1, J O'Donovan 1-0, F O'Regan 1-0, D O'Dwyer 0-3, G Hennessy 0-3, T Fogarty 0-1.		J Cormack 1-0, L Hassett 0-2, J Burke 0-1.

St Flannan's College v St Colman's College

15 November 1970 Quarter-final	St Flannan's College	4-09 - 2-02	St Colman's College	St Ailbe's Park
	J Treacy 3-3, C Honan 1-2, D O'Dwyer 0-2, T Crowe 0-2.		E O'Sullivan 2-1, D McGovern 0-1.

Coláiste Chríost Rí v Coláiste Iognáid Rís

2 December 19770 Quarter-final	Coláiste Chríost Rí	1-05 - 3-08	Coláiste Iognáid Rís	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J Ryan 1-1, R O'Sullivan 0-3, K Doherty 0-1.		T Goulding 2-1, P Healy 1-2, P O'Connell 0-3, D McCarthy 0-1, P O'Sullivan 0-1.

Semi-finals

St Flannan's College v Ennis CBS

21 February 1971 Semi-final	St Flannan's College	2-07 - 1-04	Ennis CBS	Dr Daly Memorial Park
	C Honan 2-0, J Treacy 0-4, J Callinan 0-2, M Burke 0-1.		M O'Connell 0-4, N Glynn 1-0.

St Finbarr's College v Coláiste Iognáid Rís

28 February 1971 Semi-final	St Finbarr's College	9-05 - 5-05	Coláiste Iognáid Rís	Cork Athletic Grounds
	J O'Donovan 3-0, T Fogarty 3-0, F O'Regan 2-1, M Crowley 1-1, G Hennessy 0-2, B Murphy 0-1.		P O'Sullivan 3-0, P Healy 2-2, T Goulding 0-2, A Creagh 0-1.

Final

St Finbarr's College v St Flannan's College

14 March 1971 Final	St Finbarr's College	4-12 - 2-04	St Flannan's College	Thurles Sportsfield
	G Hennessy 1-4, T Fogarty 1-4, F O'Regan 1-0, S O'Donovan 1-0, D Dwyer 0-2, M Crowley 0-1, S Murphy 0-1.		S Treacy 1-1, T Crowe 1-0, P Scanlon 0-1, S Callinan 0-1, C Honan 0-1.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Pat Healy	Coláiste Iognáid Rís	6-06	24	3	8.00
2	John Treacy	St Flannan's College	4-08	20	3	6.66
3	Tony Goulding	Coláiste Iognáid Rís	5-03	18	3	6.00
4	Tom Fogarty	Coláiste Iognáid Rís	4-05	17	3	5.66
5	Éamonn O'Sullivan	St Colman's College	4-04	16	2	8.00
6	John O'Donovan	St Finbarr's College	5-00	15	3	5.00
7	Haulie O'Connell	St Flannan's College	2-09	15	2	7.50
8	John Burke	Thurles CBS	1-10	13	2	6.50
9	Finbarr O'Regan	St Finbarr's College	4-01	13	3	4.33
10	Colm Honan	St Flannan's College	3-03	12	3	4.00
10	Gerry Hennessy	St Finbarr's College	1-09	12	3	4.00

References

"Rockwell College and the Harty Cup". Séamus J. King website. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
"Harty Cup roll of honour". Rebel Óg GAA website. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
"1970 Harty Cup and All-Ireland College Winners". North Monastery website. 11 February 2024.
"The Mon versus Críost Rí — 'It was the biggest game a lot of us ever played in'". Irish Examiner. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
"Cork says farewell to the mighty Canon". Irish Examiner. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
Moynihan, Michael (6 March 2020). "Harty Cup hurling and a changing Ireland". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

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