1978 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Annual hurling competition season

Champions

Ballyhale Shamrocks (1st title)
Denis Shefflin (captain)

Runners-up

Fenians

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The 1978 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 84th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board.

Fenians were the defending champions.

On 22 October 1978, Ballyhale Shamrocks won the championship after a 0–15 to 0–10 defeat of Fenians in the final. It was their first ever championship title.

Results

Group 1

Group 1 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Bennettsbridge	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Erin's Own	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
James Stephens	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Graignamanagh	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Ballyhale Shamrocks	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Conahy Shamrocks	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x

Group 1 results

Conahy Shamrocks v Ballyhale Shamrocks

13 May 1978	Conahy Shamrocks	3-08 - 5-09	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Nowlan Park
	P Mulhall 1-4, N Brennan 1-2, M Buggy 1-0, K Brennan 0-1, S Muldowney 0-1.		M Fennelly 3-0, K Fennelly 1-2, L Fennelly 1-0, B Fennelly 0-2, G Fennelly 0-2, M Dempsey 0-2, S Reid 0-1.

Bennettsbridge v Erin's Own

14 May 1978	Bennettsbridge	1-03 - 0-13	Erin's Own	Nowlan Park
	R Comerford 1-0, P Kealy 0-1, J Walsh 0-1, J Dowling 0-1.		M Nash 0-5, E Brennan (R) 0-2, M Brennan (Cloney) 0-2, S Coogan 0-2, M Coogan 0-1, B Brien 0-1.

Graignamanagh v James Stephens

14 May 1978	Graignamanagh	0-08 - 1-16	James Stephens	Thomastown Sportsfield
	P Prendergast 0-2, T Dowling 0-2, J Cody 0-2, J Gahan 0-1, T Foley 0-1.		J McCormack 0-6, M Taylor 1-1, E Morrissey 0-3, M Crotty 0-2, J Hennessy 0-1, B Cody 0-1, T Butler 0-1, S Brennan 0-1.

James Stephens v Conahy Shamrocks

20 May 1978	James Stephens	8-14 - 0-03	Conahy Shamrocks	Nowlan Park
	M Taylor 2-2, J McCormack 2-2, E Morrisssey 2-1, S Brennan 2-0, J Hennessy 0-5, T Butler 0-2, M Crotty 0-1, T McCormack 0-1.		M Buggy 0-1, S Muldowney 0-1, P Brennan 0-1.

Graignamanagh v Bennettsbridge

21 May 1978	Graignamanagh	0-04 - 5-08	Bennettsbridge	Thomastown Sportsfield
	J Cody 0-2, S Grady 0-1, J Gahan 0-1.		N Skehan 2-1, E Lawlor 1-2, B O'Brien 1-1, S McGarry 1-0, J Walsh 0-2, J Dowling 0-2.

Ballyhale Shamrocks v Erin's Own

28 May 1978	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-14 - 2-09	Erin's Own	Nowlan Park
	K Fennelly 0-6, G Fennelly 0-5, M Fennelly 1-0, B Fennelly 0-2, R Reid 0-1.		M Nash 0-7, S Brennan 1-0, E Brennan 1-0, E Wallace 0-1, S Coogan 0-1.

Conahy Shamrocks v Graignamanagh

4 June 1978

Conahy Shamrocks

1-07 - 0-07

Graignamanagh

Nowlan Park

James Stephens v Erin's Own

4 June 1978

James Stephens

5-09 - 0-11

Erin's Own

Nowlan Park

Bennettsbridge v Ballyhale Shamrocks

4 June 1978

Bennettsbridge

4-01 - 3-11

Ballyhale Shamrocks

Thomastown Sportsfield

Group 2 table

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Windgap	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Rower-Inistioge	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Fenians	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Mooncoin	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
Galmoy	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x
St. Lachtains	x	x	x	x	x-xx	x-xx	x	x

Group 2

Group 2 results

Galmoy v Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers

14 May 1978	Galmoy	2-07 - 2-11	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers	Nowlan Park
	J Phelan 1-1, W Phelan 0-4, B Harte 1-0, J Doherty 0-2.		D Nolan 1-1, J Moran 0-4, T Moran 0-4, P Maher 1-0, J Walsh 0-2.

Rower-Inistioge v Windgap

14 May 1978	Rower-Inistioge	2-18 - 3-05	Windgap	Nowlan Park
	P Grace 1-4, E Keher 0-7, T Malone 1-0, G Murphy 0-2, S Lester 0-2, M Tierney 0-1, M Lyng 0-1, P Treacy 0-1.		K Purcell 1-3, T Barry 1-1, J O'Shea 0-1, E Cronan 0-1.

St. Lachtain's v Galmoy

21 May 1978	St. Lachtain's	0-14 - 1-11	Galmoy	St. Patrick's Park
	B Waldron 0-9, N Hughes 0-2, M Kennedy 0-1, M Morrissey 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1.		J Phelan 1-2, W Phelan 0-3, B Harte 0-3, J Doherty 0-2, M Lonergan 0-1.

Fenians v Rower-Inistioge

21 May 1978	Fenians	2-11 - 2-11	Rower-Inistioge	Nowlan Park
	B Fitzpatrick 1-3, J Ryan 1-2, G Henderson 0-2, P Delaney 0-2, J Power 0-1, M Garrett 0-1.		E Keher 1-6, G Murphy 1-2, P Grace 0-1, P Treacy 0-1, M Lyng 0-1.

Muckalee/Ballyfoyle v Mooncoin

21 May 1978	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle	2-11 - 2-09	Mooncoin	Nowlan Park
	T Moran 1-1, J Brennan 0-4, D Coonan 1-0, J Walsh 0-2, J Moran 0-2, M Maher 0-1, D Nolan 0-1.		E Crowley 0-4, T Henebry (Ballybrazzil) 1-0, T Henebry 1-0, J Wall 0-3, D Grace 0-2.

Fenians v Mooncoin

28 May 1978	Fenians	6-06 - 0-10	Mooncoin	Nowlan Park
	P Delaney 3-0, B Fitzpatrick 1-4, J Ryan 1-1, J Power 1-0, B Watson 0-1.		E Crowley 0-9, T Henebry 0-1.

Fenians v Windgap

3 June 1978

Fenians

2-16 - 0-08

Windgap

Nowlan Park

St. Lachtain's v Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers

4 June 1978

St. Lachtain's

2-12 - 3-11

Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers

Nowlan Park

Rower-Inistioge v Mooncoin

4 June 1978

Rower-Inistioge

1-15 - 1-09

Mooncoin

Mullinavat Sportsfield

Semi-finals

Ballyhale Shamrocks v Rower-Inistioge

17 September 1978 Semi-final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2-17 - 2-10	Rower-Inistioge	Nowlan Park
	G Fennelly 0-7, P Holden 1-1, B Fennelly 0-4, L Fennelly 1-0, K Fennelly 0-3, J Walsh 0-1, M Kelly 0-1..		E Keher 1-6, J Lyng 0-4, T Malone 1-0.

Fenians v James Stephens

17 September 1978 Semi-final

Fenians

1-07 - 3-03
(declared void)

James Stephens

Nowlan Park

Fenians v James Stephens

8 October 1978 Semi-final replay	Fenians	1-08 - 1-03	James Stephens	Nowlan Park
	B Fitzpatrick 1-8.		B Cody 1-0, L O'Brien 0-2, M Crotty 0-1.

Final

Ballyhale Shamrocks v Fenians

22 October 1978 Final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0-15 - 0-10	Fenians	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	G Fennelly 0-5, B Fennelly 0-3, M Fennelly 0-2, P Holden 0-2, K Fennelly 0-1, J Walsh 0-1.		B Fitzpatrick 0-3, B Broderick 0-3, P Henderson 0-1, P Delaney 0-1, J Moriarty 0-1, B Watson 0-1.	Referee: M Meally (Railyard)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

The first-round match between Erin's Own and Bennettsbridge saw 15-year-old Richard McCarthy make his championship debut for the latter team when he was introduced as a substitute for goalkeeper Noel Skehan.
The semi-final between James Stephens and Fenians was abandoned after 49 minutes after a pitch invasion by supporters.

References

"Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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