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Annual hurling competition season

1974 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship
Dates21 July 1974 – 13 October 1974
Teams11
Champions Abbeydorney (4th title)
Tony Behan (captain)
Runners-up Austin Stacks
Garry Scollard (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored43 (4.78 per match)
Points scored101 (11.22 per match)
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The 1974 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 73rd staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 11 June 1974. The championship ran from 21 July 1974 to 13 October 1974.

Ballyduff entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Abbeydorney in the quarter-finals.

The final was played on 13 October 1974 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Abbeydorney and Austin Stacks, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Abbeydorney won the match by 3–08 to 1–04 to claim their fourth championship title overall and a first title in 61 years. It would be their last title for 50 years.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship

Results

First round

Abbeydorney v Ballyheigue
21 July 1974 First round Abbeydorney 8-09 - 1-06 Ballyheigue Austin Stack Park
Lixnaw v Crotta O'Neill's
21 July 1974 First round Lixnaw 5-03 - 3-04 Crotta O'Neill's Austin Stack Park
Austin Stacks v Killarney
21 July 1974 First round Austin Stacks w/o - scr. Killarney

Quarter-finals

Lixnaw v Kilmoyley
4 August 1974 Quarter-final Lixnaw 2-05 - 1-06 Kilmoyley Austin Stack Park
TB McCarthy 1-3, S Thornton 1-0, M Allen 0-2. JM Brick 0-4, PB McElligott 1-0, M Brick 0-1, M McElligott 0-1.
Abbeydorney v Ballyduff
4 August 1974 Quarter-final Abbeydorney 3-05 - 1-04 Ballyduff Austin Stack Park
T Kearney 2-0, T Behan 1-1, B Keane 0-2, T Lyons 0-1, D Brassil 0-1. M Sullivan 1-4.
Causeway v Roughty Rangers
25 August 1974 Quarter-final Causeway 5-07 - 0-05 Roughty Rangers Austin Stack Park
Austin Stacks v St Brendan's
25 August 1974 Quarter-final Austin Stacks 2-06 - 1-05 St Brendan's Austin Stack Park

Semi-finals

Abbeydorney v Causeway
15 September 1974 Semi-final Abbeydorney 2-06 - 1-05 Causeway Austin Stack Park
T Lyons 1-0, J Condon 1-0, J Behan 0-2, P Treacy 0-2, T Behan 0-1, B Keane 0-1. P Moriarty 1-2, J Regan 0-3.
Austin Stacks v Lixnaw
29 September 1974 Semi-final Austin Stacks 3-05 - 1-08 Lixnaw Austin Stack Park
N Shehey 2-0, M Lynch 1-1, L Heffernan 0-4. T Bawn McCarthy 0-5, F Thornton 1-1, M Murphy 0-1, M McKenna 0-1.

Final

Abbeydorney v Austin Stacks
13 October 1974 Final Abbeydorney 3-08 - 1-04 Austin Stacks Austin Stack Park
J Condon 3-0, B Keane 0-4, J Behan 0-2, T Behan 0-1, P Treacy 0-1. N Power 1-0, L Heffernan 0-3, N Sheehy 0-1. Referee: B Cross (Limerick)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

  1. "Ballyduff GAA roll of honour". Ballyduff GAA. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. "Club Titles - Kerry". Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. "Abbeydorney take hurling title". The Kerryman. 17 October 1974. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. "Kerry SHC: Abbeydorney heroes reflect on club's last title fifty years ago". The Kerryman. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. Murphy, Murt (3 August 2023). "Kerry SHC: Brilliant Abbeydorney end 50-year famine with superb victory over Ballyduff". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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