1976 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

1976 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	26 June – 24 October 1976
Teams	11
Champions	James Stephens (5th title); Liam O'Brien (captain)
Runners-up	Rower-Inistioge
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	125 (4.31 per match)
Points scored	618 (21.31 per match)
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Dates26 June – 24 October 1976

Teams11

Champions

James Stephens (5th title)
Liam O'Brien (captain)

Runners-up

Rower-Inistioge

The 1976 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 82nd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887.^[1] The championship ran from 26 June to 24 October 1976.

James Stephens entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]

The final was played on 24 October 1976 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between James Stephens and Rower-Inistioge, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. James Stephens won the match by 2–14 to 0–13 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a second consecutive title.^[3]

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Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
James Stephens	5	5	0	0	103	58	45	10
Fenians	5	3	0	2	102	65	37	6
Muckalee/Ballyfoyle	5	3	0	2	86	72	14	6
Galmoy	5	2	0	3	76	92	-16	4
Erin's Own	5	2	0	3	69	112	-43	4
St Lachtain's	5	0	0	5	58	90	-32	0

26 June 1976 Round 1	Fenians	2-11 - 3-09	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers	Nowlan Park
	B Fitzpatrick 1-5, B Watson 1-0, P Delaney 0-2, G Henderson 0-1, P Henderson 0-1.		T Moran 2-1, D Coonan 1-1, B Morrissey 0-3, John Moran 0-1, M Coonan 0-1, J Brennan 0-1, Jim Moran 0-1.

27 June 1976 Round 1	James Stephens	2-11 - 2-06	Galmoy	St Patrick's Park
	L O'Brien 0-5, G Tyrrell 1-1, J Dwyer 1-0, J Hennessy 0-2, M Crotty 0-1, M Neary 0-1, D Murphy 0-1.		W Phelan 1-3, W Harte 1-2, J Doherty 0-1.

27 June 1976 Round 1	Erin's Own	1-16 - 2-08	St Lachtain's	St Patrick's Park
				Referee: T Gregg (O'Loughlin Gaels)

10 July 1976 Round 2	James Stephens	2-10 - 1-07	Fenians	Nowlan Park
	M Taylor 1-1, M Leahy 1-0, L O'Brien 0-3, B Cody 0-2, M Crotty 0-1, J O'Dwyer 0-1, J McCormack 0-1.		B Watson 1-0, B Fitzpatrick 0-3, J Ryan 0-2, M Garrett 0-1, P Delaney 0-1.

1976 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

North group table

North group results

North group playoff

South group

South group table

South group results

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

References

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11 July 1976 Round 2	Erin's Own	1-11 - 2-10	Galmoy	Nowlan Park
	S Coogan 1-5, M Brennan 0-2, T Brennan 0-1, M Coogan 0-1.		J Phelan 2-0, W Phelan 0-6, W Harte 0-2, L Harte 0-1, S Delaney 0-1.

11 July 1976 Round 2	St Lachtain's	2-06 - 4-09	Muckalee/Ballyfoyle Rangers	Nowlan Park
	G McCarthy 1-4, M McCarthy 1-1, P Butler 0-1.		T Moran 3-0, B Morrissey 0-4, T Maher 1-0, M Coonan 0-2, J Moran 0-1, M Nolan 0-1, J Brennan 0-1.

22 August 1976 Round 4	Fenians	4-12 - 1-04	Galmoy	St Patrick's Park
	J Ryan 2-1, P Delaney 1-2, B Fitzpatrick 0-5, J Henderson 1-1, J Moriarty 0-2, P Henderson 0-1.		B Harte 1-1, W Phelan 0-2, M Lonergan 0-1.

26 June 1976 Round 1	Mooncoin	5-08 - 0-15	Windgap	Piltown Grounds
				Referee: E Black

27 June 1976 Round 1	Bennettsbridge	1-07 - 0-10	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Thomastown Grounds
	T Dowling 1-0, J Kinsella 0-2, W Kennedy 0-2, J Dowling 0-1, P Kiely 0-1.		G Fennelly 0-6, M Fennelly 0-2, S Reid 0-1, B Fennelly 0-1.

3 October 1976 Semi-final	James Stephens	2-14 - 3-08	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Nowlan Park
	J O'Brien 2-0, L O'Brien 0-6, M Crotty 0-3, J Hennessy 0-3, B Cody 0-1, M Taylor 0-1.		G Fennelly 2-2, S Reid 1-3, K Fennelly 0-1, O Harrington 0-1, D Connolly 0-1.

3 October 1976 Semi-final	Rower-Inistioge	4-12 - 1-07	Fenians	Nowlan Park
	E Keher 2-4, T Waters 1-1, M Lyng 1-1, P Kavanagh 0-3, J Lyng 0-2, G Murphy 0-1.		B Fitzpatrick 1-5, G Henderson 0-1, P Delaney 0-1.

24 October 1976 Final	James Stephens	2-14 - 0-13	Rower-Inistioge	Nowlan Park
	L O'Brien 0-5, M Crotty 0-5, J O'Brien 1-0, M Leahy 1-0, D McCormack 0-2, J Hennessy 0-1, B Cody 0-1.		E Keher 0-6, J Lyng 0-2, T Waters 0-2, P Kavanagh 0-2, S Lyster 0-1.