galway won the all ireland hurling final 2016.
galway won the all ireland hurling final 2016.
who won the all ireland hurling final 2016?
galway
antrim are the only ulster county to appear in an all-ireland hurling final, the first of which was in 1943 losing to cork and the second was in 1989 losing to tipperary. in 1943 antrim defeated both galway (by 7-0 to 6-2) and kilkenny (by 3-3 to 1-6) in the old corrigan park, but disappointed in the all ireland against cork. two years previously, antrim had been graded junior a year before, and had been beaten by down in the ulster final. they were only competing in the senior championship because the junior grade was abolished. antrim hurlers featured strongly in ulster railway cup final appearances in 1945, 1993 and 1995. in hurling, the progression that began with loughgiel's success at club hurling level in 1983 (with players like 15-stone goalkeeper niall patterson) culminated in an all ireland final appearance in 1989. antrim's first all-star, ciaran barr, helped belfast club rossa to reach the 1989 club hurling final and after a great show against buffer's alley, barr starred in a 4-15 to 1-15 all ireland semi-final win over offaly. the final was one of the poorest on record, as stage fright overcame the antrim team. it was no flash in the pan: antrim failed by just two points against kilkenny in the 1991 all ireland semi-final. dunloy were back in the all ireland club final in 1995, when they lost in a replay, 1996 and 2003 when they were heavily beaten.
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the all-ireland hurling final ("cluiche ceannais iomána na héireann") is the ultimate match played in the annual all-ireland hurling championships (senior, minor and under-21 levels). the all-ireland senior hurling championship final was listed in second place by cnn in its "10 sporting events you have to see live", after the olympic games and ahead of both the fifa world cup and uefa european football championship.
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