2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final
Event	2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Date	1 July 2001
Venue	Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork
Man of the Match	Tommy Dunne (Tipperary)
Referee	Pat Horan
Attendance	43,500
Weather	Sunny
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The 2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played on 1 July 2001 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, County Cork. It was contested by Tipperary and Limerick. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Championship of the decade, beating Limerick on a scoreline of 2–16 to 1–17, a 2-point winning margin.^[1] Overall, this was Tipperary's thirty sixth Munster Senior Hurling Championship title.^[2] Tipperay had defeated Clare in the semi-final by 0–15 to 0–14 to reach the final, while Limerick had defeated Cork by 1–16 to 1–15 in the quarter-final and Waterford by 4–11 to 2–14 in the semi-final to reach the final.^[3] The match was screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme.^{[citation needed]}