1989 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

1989 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Dates	8 July – 10 September 1989
Teams	16
Champions	Ballybrown (1st title); Terence Kenny (captain); Tom Ryan (manager)
Runners-up	Doon; Paddy Moloney (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	63 (3.71 per match)
Points scored	348 (20.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christy Keyes (2–26)
← 1988 (Previous)	(Next) 1990 →

Dates8 July – 10 September 1989

Teams16

Champions

Ballybrown (1st title)
Terence Kenny (captain)
Tom Ryan (manager)

Runners-up

Doon
Paddy Moloney (captain)

The 1989 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 95th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 8 July to 10 September 1989.

Patrickswell entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Cappamore in the quarter-finals.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The final was played on 10 September 1989 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Ballybrown and Doon, in what was their first ever meeting in the final.^[4] Ballybrown won the match by 4–10 to 2–09 to claim their first ever championship title.^[5]^[6]

Ballybrown's Christy Keyes was the championship's top scorer with 2–26.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

8 July 1989 First round	Claughaun	0–12 – 1–07	Mungret	Gaelic Grounds
	G Ryan 0–8, M Galligan 0–3, B O'Mara 0–1.		G O'Brien 1–1, D Keating 0–4, E Ahern 0–1, D O'Dea 0–1.

8 July 1989 First round	South Liberties	4–07 – 0–13	Killeedy	FitzGerald Park
	D Nash 2–0, N Nash 1–0, M Nash 1–0, L Dooley 0–3, B Finn 0–3, J McGinly 0–1.		P Fitzmaurice 0–8, D Flynn 0–2, L Shine 0–1, K Kelly 0–1, J Cunningham 0–1.

9 July 1989 First round	Ballybrown	3–13 – 1–12	Adare	Bruff Sportsfield
	C Keyes 0–11, S Hayes 2–0, C Coughlan 1–0, T Kenny 0–2.		M Benson 0–7, D Keane 1–0, M Alfred 0–2, B Heffernan 0–2, B Flynn 0–1.

9 July 1989 First round	Patrickswell	5–12 – 1–07	Feohanagh	Bruff Sportsfield
	G Kirby 1–7, G Hayes 2–1, F Nolan 1–1, S Moore 1–1, S Kirby 0–2.		T Quaid 1–3, M Sweeney 0–3, B Butler 0–1.

16 July 1989 First round	Cappamore	7–08 – 1–05	Garryspillane	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	Donal Mulcahy 2–1, M Lonergan 2–1, R Hammersley 2–1, G Sheehan 1–2, A Murphy 0–1, L O'Brien 0–1, I Walsh 0–1.		R Sampson 1–1, F Carroll 0–2, M Walsh 0–2.

1989 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

23 July 1989 Quarter-final	Ballybrown	2–08 – 1–11	South Liberties	Bruff SPortsfield
	T Kenny 2–2, O O'Connor 0–3, C Keyes 0–2, S Hayes 0–1.		G McManus 1–1, L Dooley 0–3, B Finn 0–1, P Donnelly 0–1, D Nash 0–1, A Shanahan 0–1, M Nash 0–1, N Nash 0–1, M Fitzgerald 0–1.

30 July 1989 Quarter-final	Cappamore	2–09 – 1–08	Patrickswell	FitzGerald Park
	L O'Brien 0–5, G Sheehan 1–0, M Gleeson 1–0, N Sheehan 0–1, D Mulcahy 0–1, M Lonergan 0–1, B Hammersley 0–1.		G Kirby 1–4, J Carey 0–3, S Foley 0–1, N Carey 0–1.

30 July 1989 Quarter-final	Doon	1–14 – 4–05	Bruree	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	J O'Donovan 1–2, G McGrattan 0–5, T McGrath 0–3, R Walsh 0–2, R Quigley 0–1.		G Mullane 3–2, D McCarthy 1–0, D Deady 0–2, E Potter 0–2.

5 August 1989 Quarter-final	Kilmallock	1–12 – 1–10	Claughaun	Bruff Sportsfield
	M Houlihan 0–8, P Tobin 1–1, J Neenan 0–2, D McCarthy 0–1.		L O'Connor 1–4, F Fitzgerald 0–3, M Galligan 0–2, G Ryan 0–1.

6 August 1989 Quarter-final replay	Ballybrown	4–14 – 0–08	South Liberties	Bruff Sportsfield
	C Keyes 1–5, P Mulqueen 2–0, T Kenny 1–2, O O'Connor 0–2, P Davoren 0–2, P O'Connor 0–1, T Hall 0–1, J Mann 0–1.		B Finn 0–3, D Nash 0–1, M Nash 0–1, N Nash 0–1, M Grimes 0–1, L Dooley 0–1.

13 August 1989 Quarter-final replay	Doon	5–05 – 2–11	Bruree	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	T McGrath 2–1, E Maher 2–0, J O'Donovan 1–1, R Maher 0–2, J Quinlan 0–1.		J O'Brien 1–1, G Mullane 0–4, D McCarthy 1–0, M Mullane 0–2, D Deady 0–2, P Potter 0–2.

27 August 1989 Semi-final	Ballybrown	2–17 – 1–11	Kilmallock	Gaelic Grounds
	P Mulqueen 1–4, C Keyes 0–5, T Kenny 1–1, P Davoren 0–4, O O'Connor 0–3.		P Kelly 0–5, J Neenan 0–4, T Nelligan 1–0, M Houlihan 0–1, M Nelligan 0–1.

27 August 1989 Semi-final	Doon	0–15 – 0–10	Cappamore Grounds	Gaelic Grounds
	R Walsh 0–7, G McGrath 0–2, T McGrath 0–2, J O'Donovan 0–2, P Moloney 0–1, R Quigley 0–1.		L O'Brien 0–6, G Sheehan 0–1, Donal Mulcahy 0–1, Diarmuid Mulcahy 0–1, M Lonergan 0–1.

10 September 1989 Final	Ballybrown	4–10 – 2–09	Doon	Gaelic Grounds
	P Davoren 2–1, C Keyes 1–3, S Hayes 1–0, T Kenny 0–3, T Hall 0–2, J O'Connor 0–1, O O'Connor 0–1.		R Walsh 2–5, T McGrath 1–0, P Moloney 0–1, M Ryan 0–1, R Quigley 0–1, J O'Donovan 0–1.	Referee: M Reidy (Croom)