1970 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

1970 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	19 April – 13 September 1970
Teams	17
Champions	Faughs (25th title); Paddy Spellman (captain)
Runners-up	St Vincent's
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	104 (6.12 per match)
Points scored	302 (17.76 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Billy Dwyer (5–05)
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Dates19 April – 13 September 1970

Teams17

Champions

Faughs (25th title)
Paddy Spellman (captain)

Runners-up

St Vincent's

The 1970 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship was the 83rd staging of the Dublin Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Dublin County Board in 1887.^[1] The championship ran from 19 April to 13 September 1970.

O'Tooles entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]

The final was played on 13 September 1970 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Faughs and St Vincent's, in what was their fourth meeting in the final overall.^[3] Faughs won the match by 5–15 to 3–09 to claim their 25th championship title overall and a first title in 18 years.^[4]

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19 April 1970 Preliminary round	Erin's Hope	3-03 - 7-13	New Irelands	O'Toole Park
	M Patwell 2-0, T Gubbins 0-2, M Troy 1-1.		J Cronin 3-0, M Byrne 2-2, P Hennessy 2-0, J Doherty 0-4, J Jones 0-2, C Hayes 0-2, L Byrne 0-2, S O'Leary 0-1.

19 April 1970 First round	O'Tooles	1-09 - 1-05	Good Counsel	Parnell Park
	J Wallace 1-3, J O'Meara 0-2, J Quinn 0-1, M McElhenny 0-1, D Mulligan 0-1, J Murphy 0-1.		D Earley 1-0, H Dalton 0-3, M Treacy 0-1, J McCormack 0-1.

19 April 1970 First round	St Oliver Plunketts/Eoghan Ruadh	2-04 - 6-12	Kilmacud Crokes	Islandbridge Grounds
	P Quinn 1-2, M Lambe 1-0, P O'Brien 0-1, R Begley 0-1.		T Ring 0-7, J Maher 2-0, M Fox 1-1, M Aherne 1-0, J Daly 1-0, S McDonnell 1-0, N Dwyer 0-2, M Regan 0-2.

19 April 1970 First round	University College Dublin	3-09 - 3-03	Naomh Fionnbarra	Parnell Park
	J McCarthy 1-3, Donal Kavanagh 1-1, W Dooley 1-0, D Kavanagh 0-3, P O'Connell 0-2.		R McCarthy 1-0, P Lowry 1-1, T Mullane 1-1, P Keogh 0-1.

17 May 1970 First round	Crumln	5-07 - 4-07	Craobh Chiaráin	Parnell Park
	T Grealish 2-0, K Malone 1-1, S Poole 1-1, A Boothman 1-0, E Hudson 0-3, P Maycock 0-1, B Galvin 0-1.		E Flynn 2-2, P Kenny 1-0, J Burke 1-1, J Elliot 0-3, D Rhinisch 0-1.

1970 Dublin Senior Hurling Championship

Preliminary round

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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3 May 1970 First round	Faughs	2-14 - 0-09	Civil Service	O'Toole Park
	M Kennedy 1-3, S White 1-1, J Aherne 0-3, B Quinn 0-2, B Dwyer 0-2, S Buckley 0-2, M Dervin 0-1.		S Hurley 0-5, T Field 0-2, P O'Rourke 0-1, J Feehan 0-1.

6 May 1970 First round	St Vincent's	3-10 - 4-04	Junior Board Selection	O'Toole Park
	C Hanley 2-2, R Copeland 1-0, P Fitzgerald 0-3, T Hanahoe 0-2, J Keaveney 0-1, G O'Driscoll 0-1, C Leaney 0-1.		S Gibbons 2-0, S Kinsella 1-1, M Wallace 1-1, B Maher 0-1, J Kenny 0-1.

17 May 1970 First round	Young Irelands	4-08 - 3-10	Scoil Uí Chonaill	Parnell Park
	P Croke 2-2, T Houlihan 1-2, T O'Brien 1-0, L Heffernan 0-2, W Nolan 0-1, P Kennedy 0-1.		S Bohan 1-2, A Desmond 0-4, B Sunderland 1-0, P Flanagan 1-0, J Rooney 0-2, D Bohan 0-1, L Flood 0-1.

17 May 1970 First round	Na Fianna	0-06 - 2-16	New Irelands	O'Toole Park
	N Hennessy 0-3, P Kennedy 0-1, L Murray 0-1, E Burke 0-1.		L Byrne 0-7, P Hennessy 1-3, T Cronin 1-0, T O'Donnell 0-2, S O'Leary 0-2, O Murphy 0-2.

17 May 1970 Quarter-final	Kilmacud Crokes	6-18 - 4-12	University College Dublin	Parnell Park
	M Fox 2-3, N Dwyer 2-3, M Regan 1-5, J Maher 1-1, T Ring 0-4, M Aherne 0-1, M Sweeney 0-1.		P O'Connor 2-4, J Broderick 1-3, G McCarthy 1-3, J Russell 0-1, J Ryan 0-1.

26 June 1970 Quarter-final	Faughs	5-16 - 1-06	Young Irelands	Parnell Park
	J Conway 3-2, S Buckley 1-3, R Dwyer 1-1, M Derivan 0-3, F Condon 0-2, S White 0-2, M Kennedy 0-1, J Aherne 0-1, L White 0-1.		P Croke 1-2, L Kiely 0-4.

28 June 1970 Quarter-final	New Irelands	3-05 - 3-04	Crumlin	Parnell Park
	T Blackmore 2-1, T Cronin 1-0, P Farrell 0-1, C Hayes 0-1, L Byrne 0-1, P Hennessy 0-1.		P Madden 2-0, S Poole 1-0, P Maycock 0-3, T Grealish 0-1.

28 June 1970 Quarter-final replay	St Vincent's	4-07 - 3-10	O'Tooles	Parnell Park
	R Copeland 2-3, J Keaveney 1-1, T Hanahoe 1-0, F Fitzgerald 0-2, G O'Driscoll 0-1.		W Wallace 2-0, J Wallace 0-5, F Murphy 1-1, D Mulligan 0-1, D O'Donnell 0-1, S O'Meara 0-1, D Sheehan 0-1.

26 July 1970 Quarter-final	St Vincent's	3-06 - 1-05	O'Tooles	Parnell Park
	M O'Hanlon 2-1, P Lee 1-0, C Leaney 0-2, E Malone 0-1, G O'Driscoll 0-1, J Keaveney 0-1.		M McIlhinney 1-2, F Murphy 0-2, J Wallace 0-1.

24 July 1970 Semi-final	Faughs	3-07 - 1-10	Kilmacud Crokes	Parnell Park
	B Dwyer 2-1, S Whyte 1-0, M Derrivan 0-3, J Hearne 0-1, J Conway 0-1, L Whyte 0-1.		M Bermingham 1-1, T Ring 0-3, N Dwyer 0-3, M Fox 0-2, B Cooney 0-1.

23 August 1970 Semi-final	St Vincent's	5-09 - 1-14	New Irelands	Parnell Park
	T Hanahoe 2-2, M Hanlon 1-2, F Fitzgerald 1-0, B Leaney 1-0, J Keaveney 0-3, R Copeland 0-1, C Hanley 0-1.		M Byrne 1-2, J Doherty 0-5, C Hayes 0-3, T Cronin 0-2, L Burns 0-2.

13 September 1970 Final	Faughs	5-15 - 3-09	St Vincent's	Croke Park
	B Dwyer 2-1, S Buckley 1-4, V Loftus 1-3, S White 1-0, J Hearne 0-2, L White 0-1, M Kennedy 0-1, M Derivan 0-1, J Conway 0-1, F Condon 0-1,		J Keaveney 1-2, F Fitzgerald 1-0, M O'Hanlon 1-0, R Copeland 0-2, C Leaney 0-2, G O'Driscoll 0-2, T Hanahoe 0-1.