1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
# 1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began non 2 May 1943 and ended on 5 September 1943.

The championship was won by Cork who secured the title following a 5-16 to 0-4 defeat of Antrim in the All-Ireland final. This was their 14th All-Ireland title.

Cork were also the defending champions and retained the title for the second successive year to become the fourth team to win the three in-a-row.

## Teams

### Overview

Eight teams contested the Leinster championship, with Meath and Wicklow returning after absences. Six teams contested the Munster championship, with Kerry fielding a team for the first time after a long absence from the senior ranks. Galway, who faced no competition in their own province, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage. The Ulster champions were permitted to enter the All-Ireland series for the first time.

### Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Antrim | Saffron and white | | 1940 | |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1942 | 1942 | 1940-41 |
| Down | Red and black | | 1941 | |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1942 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930-31 |
| Kerry | Green and gold | 1891 | 1891 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1939 | 1940 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1937-38 |
| Meath | Green and gold | | | |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1937 | 1941 | 1927-28 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | | 1938 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |
| Wicklow | Blue and white | | | |

## Results

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Semi-finals

Final

## Championship statistics

### Scoring

* Widest winning margin: 27 points
   * Cork 5-16 - 0-4 Antrim (All-Ireland final, 5 September 1943)
* Most goals in a match: 13
   * Antrim 7-0 - 6-2 Galway (All-Ireland quarter-final, 4 July 1943)

## Sources

* Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
* Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
* Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster Hurling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).
