1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

The 1966 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the third staging of Ireland's hurling knock-out competition for players aged between 18 and 21. Cork won the championship, beating Wexford 9-9 to 5-9 after two replays in the final.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1966

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (1st win)
Captain	Gerald McCarthy
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Wexford
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Roscommon
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The championship

Format

All-Ireland Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four provincial representatives contest these games. The pairings are Munster v Connacht and Leinster v Ulster. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while two teams advance to the All-Ireland final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the two semi-finals contest the All-Ireland final.

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

First round

Offaly v Laois

27 March 1966 First round

Offaly

3-06 - 8-05

Laois

St. Brendan's Park, Birr

Westmeath v Dublin

27 March 1966 First round	Westmeath	4-06 - 2-07	Dublin	Cusack Park, Mullingar
	O Egan 1-5, C Meagher 2-0, M Kennedy 1-0, M Quinn 0-1.		H Hatton 1-2, T Grealish 1-0, N Kinsella 0-3, J Sweeney 0-2.	Referee: M Spain (Offaly)

Kildare v Meath

3 April 1966 First round	Kildare	5-13 - 2-04	Meath	Páirc Mhuire, Maynooth
	M Behan 2-1, S Nash 1-2, A Byrne 1-1, O O'Brien 0-3, T Carew 0-2, K Kelly 0-2, J Tobin 0-2.		T Dickson 1-1, V Shea 1-1, J Keegan 0-2.

Quarter-finals

Carlow v Kilkenny

20 May 1966 Quarter-final	Carlow	1-04 - 8-11	Kilkenny	Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow
	T Coburn 1-1, J Mitchell 0-2, A Coburn 0-1.		P Whelan 4-2, K Purcell 2-2, B Harte 1-4, S Muldowney 1-1, S Cooke 0-2.

Semi-finals

Laois v Kildare

12 June 1966 Semi-final	Laois	6-11 - 2-05	Kildare	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	G Doheny 4-0, P Dillon 1-2, T O'Gorman 1-1, B Delaney 0-3, S Bergin 0-2, P Dooley 0-2, P Payne 0-1.		N Daly 1-1, M O'Brien 1-1, N Behan 0-2, S Nash 0-1.

Wexford v Kilkenny

10 July 1966 Semi-final	Wexford	6-11 - 2-00	Kilkenny	Enniscorthy
	T Doran 3-0, E Cousins 2-2, M Kinsella 1-1, C Dowdall 0-4, S Barron 0-2, N Gardiner 0-1, W Carley 0-1.		S Muldowney 1-0, F Cummins 1-0.

Final

Laois v Wexford

8 August 1966 Final	Laois	2-08 - 7-10	Wexford	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
	B Delaney 1-1, G Doherty 1-0, P Dillon 0-3, P Dooley 0-2, P O'Mahony 0-2.		C Dowdall 2-7, E Cousins 2-2, M Rochford 1-0, M Gardiner 1-0, P Doran 1-0, E Furlong 0-1.

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals

Clare v Tipperary

17 April 1966 Quarter-final	Clare	3-08 - 4-06	Tipperary	Newmarket-on-Fergus
	P Coffey 1-1, M Hanrahan 0-4, J Keaffy 1-0, L Moloney 1-0, V Loftus 0-2, N Pyne 0-1.		T Brennan 2-0, J Flanagan 1-2, J Ryan 1-1, S Loughnane 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1, J Walsh 0-1.	Referee: A Higgins (Galway)

Kerry v Limerick

1 May 1966 Quarter-final	Kerry	1-03 - 3-04	Limerick	Austin Stack Park, Limerick
	B Twomey 1-0, C Flaherty 0-3.		D Foley 2-0, A Dunworth 1-1, E Boland 0-1, E Cregan 0-1, T Moloney 0-1.

Cork v Waterford

15 May 1966 Quarter-final	Cork	6-10 - 1-02	Waterford	Páirc Mac Gearailt, Fermoy
	C McCarthy 2-3, J McCarthy 2-3, A Flynn 2-0, E O'Brien 0-1, M Kenneally 0-1, G McCarthy 0-1, P Curley 0-1.		D Mahon 1-0, J Cosgrave 0-1, A Bowman 0-1.	Referee: D O'Connell (Tipperary)

Semi-finals

Limerick v Tipperary

31 July 1966 Semi-final	Limerick	2-06 - 1-07	Tipperary	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	E Grimes 1-3, P Fogarty 1-0, A Dunworth 0-2, T Hickey 0-1.		R Buckley 1-0, F Loughnane 0-2, N O'Gorman 0-2, J Flanagan 0-1, PJ Ryan 0-1, J Ryan 0-1.	Referee: S Power (Waterford)

Galway v Cork

15 August 1966 Semi-final	Galway	2-02 - 1-17	Cork	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	B O'Connor 2-0, B Lally 0-1, T McCarthy 0-1.		S Barry 0-8, C McCarthy 1-1, G McCarthy 0-2, J McCarthy 0-2, P Riordan 0-2, E O'Brien 0-1, P Curley 0-1.

Final

Cork v Limerick

8 September 1966 Final	Cork	5-12 - 2-06	Limerick	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	C McCarthy 1-5, J McCarthy 1-4, P Curley 1-2, S Barry 1-1, A Flynn 1-0.		E Cregan 0-4, A Dunworth 1-0, B Cobbe 1-0, R Bennis 0-1, T Hickey 0-1.

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Antrim v Wexford

11 September 1966 Semi-final	Antrim	1-05 - 4-13	Wexford	Casement Park, Belfast
	J McCallin 1-0, M McKearney 0-3, TJ Hill 0-1, M Rogan 0-1.		J Quigley 2-4, E Cousins 2-1, T Doran 0-4, C Dowdall 0-2, E Kinsella 0-1, S Barron 0-1.	Referee: D Ferguson (Dublin)

Cork v Roscommon

11 September 1966 Semi-final	Cork	11-18 - 5-01	Roscommon	Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork
	E O'Brien 4-3, C McCarthy 2-1, J McCarthy 1-3, S Barry 1-3, P Curley 1-2, A Flynn 1-0, P Hegarty 1-0, J Russell 0-2, G McCarthy 0-2, P Riordan 0-2.		T Daly 2-0, S Keating 1-1, S Keane 1-0, MJ Keane 1-0.

Finals

Cork v Wexford

2 October 1966 Final	Cork	3-12 - 5-06	Wexford	Nowlan Park, Kilkenny
	S Barry 2-8, E O'Brien 1-0, J Russell 0-1, P O'Riordan 0-1, C McCarthy 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.		M Gardiner 1-2, J Quigley 1-1, T Doran 1-0, E Cousins 1-0, W Murphy (Cork, 1-0 own goal), S Barron 0-1, B Ronan 0-1, C Dowdall 0-1.	Referee: D Nealon (Tipperary)

Cork v Wexford

23 October 1966 Final replay	Cork	4-09 - 4-09	Wexford	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	A Flynn 3-0, C McCarthy 1-2, S Barry 0-5, P Curley 0-1, J McCarthy 0-1.		T Doran 1-2, C Dowdall 1-1, S Barron 0-4, E Cousins 1-0, P Quigley 1-0, N Rochford 0-1, M Garland 0-1.	Referee: G FitzGerald (Limerick)

Cork v Wexford

3 November 1966 Final second replay	Cork	9-09 - 5-09	Wexford	Croke Park, Dublin
	C McCarthy 2-2, P Curley 2-1, E O'Brien 2-1, A Flynn 2-0, S Barry 1-2, J McCarthy 0-3.		S. Barron 3-4, P Quigley 1-0, A Doran 1-0, C Dowdall 0-2, E Cousins 0-1, M Gardiner 0-1, M Jacob 0-1.	Referee: J Martin (Tyrone)

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

• Wexford defeat Laois to win their third Leinster title in succession.
• Following the first All-Ireland final between Cork and Wexford, referee Donie Nealon had to be escorted from the pitch after dismissing two players, one from each team.
• The All-Ireland final goes to a replay for the first time ever. It is also the only occasion that a final goes to two replays.
• Cork's All-Ireland victory comes a month after their All-Ireland success at senior level. Gerald McCarthy was the captain for both teams.