1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	8 June 1969 – 19 April 1970
Teams	15
Champions	James Stephens (3rd title); Mickey Dunne (captain)
Runners-up	Fenians
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
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Dates8 June 1969 – 19 April 1970

Teams15

Champions

James Stephens (3rd title)
Mickey Dunne (captain)

Runners-up

Fenians

The 1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 75th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 8 June 1969 and ended on 19 April 1970.

Rower-Inistioge were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Galmoy in the second round.

On 19 April 1970, James Stephens won the championship after an 8–05 to 2–07 defeat of Fenians in the final.^[1] It was their third championship title overall and their first title since 1937.

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8 June 1969 First round	Galmoy	2-11 - 4-16	Mooncoin	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	J Dillon 1-4, B Harte 1-0, J Phelan 0-3, M Phelan 0-2.		D Holden 1-3, N Doyle 1-2, C Dunne 0-5, J Dunphy 1-1, T Ryan 1-1, J Lynch 0-3, J Doherty 0-1.

29 June 1969 First round	Thomastown	1-15 - 2-10	Rower-Inistioge	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
			E Keher 0-1.

13 July 1969 Second round	Mooncoin	1-15 - 2-09	Thomastown	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	N Doyle 0-5, C Dunne 0-5, T Grant 1-1, J Dunphy 0-4.		G lee 1-3, O Walsh 1-2, B O'Sullivan 0-2, T Hoyne 0-1, N Cullen 0-1.

3 August 1969 First round	Rower-Inistioge	4-14 - 4-04	Lisdowney	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	T Murphy 2-1, E Keher 0-7, G Mackey 1-0, M Kavanagh 1-0, T Waters 0-2, P Kavanagh 0-1.		D Blanchfield 1-3, M Carroll 1-0, J Dowling 1-0, D Dunne 1-0, M Fogarty 0-1,

26 October 1969 Second round	Galmoy	2-14 - 1-14	Rower-Inistioge	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	B Harte 1-3, J Dillon 1-3, W Phelan 0-5, J Phelan 0-3.		E Keher 1-8, T Murphy 0-2, D Kavanagh 0-2, M Kavanagh 0-1, B Murphy 0-1.

1969 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Team changes

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Results

First round

Winners' group

First round

Second round

Losers' group

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

References

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19 April 1970 Final	James Stephens	8-05 - 2-07	Fenians	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	E Byrne 4-0, S Leahy 2-3, M Crotty 1-0, E Tallent 1-0, M Dunne 0-1, S Brennan 0-1.		P Delaney 1-3, J Moriarty 1-0, T O'Connell 0-2, W Watson 0-1, P Henderson 0-1.	Referee: D Dowling (Glenmore)