1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
# 1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 54th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ended on 1 September 1940.

The championship was won by Limerick who secured the title following a 3-7 to 1-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 6th All-Ireland title, their first in four championship seasons.

Kilkenny were the defending champions.

## Teams

### Overview

A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams from the 1939 championship.

### Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1931 | 1931 | 1939-40 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1938 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930-31 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1939 | 1939 | 1932-33 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1936 | 1936 | 1937-38 |
| Meath | Green and gold | | | |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1937 | 1937 | 1927-28 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | | 1938 | |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | |

## Results

### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Final

### All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Final

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paddy McMahon | Limerick | 7-02 | 23 | 6 | 3.83 |
| 2 | Ted O'Sullivan | Cork | 7-00 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Mick Mackey | Limerick | 1-11 | 14 | 6 | 2.33 |
| 4 | Jackie Power | Limerick | 3-04 | 13 | 6 | 2.16 |
| 5 | Jim Langton | Kilkenny | 2-06 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |

## Sources

* Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
