1996 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

1996 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
Teams	16
Sponsor	PMG Steel
Champions	Patrickswell (15th title); Pa Carey (captain); Phil Bennis (manager)
Runners-up	Adare; Tony Moloney (manager)
Relegated	South Liberties
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	110 (2.97 per match)
Points scored	822 (22.22 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gary Kirby (9-42)
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The 1996 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 102nd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887.^[1]

Patrickswell entered the championship as the defending champions.^[2]

The final was played on 3 November 1996 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Patrickswell and Adare, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in three years. Patrickswell won the match by 1–12 to 0–06 to claim their 15th championship title overall and a second title in succession.^[3]^[4]

Patrickswell's Gary Kirby was the championship's top scorer with 9-42.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship

Pallasgreen^[5]

From Championship

Relegated to the Limerick Intermediate Hurling Championship

Feohanagh

Group 1

Group 1 table

Knockout stage Relegation stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Adare	3	3	0	0	52	44	8	6
Claughaun	3	2	0	1	55	40	15	4
Kilmallock	3	1	0	2	42	37	5	2
Old Christians	3	0	0	3	31	59	-28	0

Group 1 results

20 July 1996 Round 1	Kilmallock	0-11 - 1-09	Adare	Bruff Grounds
	M Houlihan 0-4, L Neenan 0-3, M Cronin 0-2, D Clarke 0-1, P Dowling 0-1.		T Healy 1-2, T Houlihan 0-2, C Murphy 0-1, G Butler 0-1, M Foley 0-1, M Alfred 0-1, B Heffernan 0-1.

20 July 1996 Round 1	Claughaun	2-15 - 0-07	Old Christians	Gaelic Grounds
	L O'Connor 1-8, M Galligan 1-1, T McGarry 0-3, P Moloney 0-1, D Holmes 0-1, A Fitzgerald 0-1.		P Howard 0-5, P Foley 0-1, G Hegarty 0-1.

14 September 1996 Round 2	Adare	3-10 - 1-15	Claughaun	FitzGerald Park
	M Foley 1-2, S Fitzgibbon 1-1, B Foley 1-0, C Murphy 0-2, T Butler 0-1, A Howard 0-1, J Foley 0-1, T Healy 0-1, T Houlihan 0-1.		M Galligan 0-6, D Fitzgerald 1-2, L O'Connor 0-4, T McGarry 0-2, D Holmes 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	Kilmallock	2-11 - 0-09	Old Christians	Gaelic Grounds
	B Hanley 1-1, T Maguire 1-1, M Nelligan 0-3, M Houlihan 0-2, P Tobin 0-2, P Dowling 0-1, P Barrett 0-1.		P Howard 0-5, J Power 0-2, P Butler 0-1, G Hegarty 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Claughaun	0-16 - 2-08	Kilmallock	Gaelic Grounds
	M Galligan 0-11, L O'Connor 0-3, P Moloney 0-1, P Loughran 0-1.		M Houlihan 1-3, B Hanley 1-0, A McGuire 0-2, P Barrett 0-1, P Dowling 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Old Christians	2-09 - 2-15	Adare	Bruff Grounds
	P Howard 1-2, T Phayer 1-1, P Butler 0-2, P Keogh 0-2, J Brosnan 0-1, John Power 0-1.		M Foley 0-5, T Houlihan 1-1, S Fitzgibbon 1-1, B Butler 0-3, T Healy 0-2, B Kennedy 0-1, M Alfred 0-1, B Heffernan 0-1.

Group 2

Group 2 table

Knockout stage Relegation stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Patrickswell	3	3	0	1	69	33	37	6
Blackrock	3	1	1	1	41	62	-21	3
Doon	3	1	0	2	46	51	-5	2
Killeedy	3	0	1	2	40	50	-10	1

Group 2 results

21 July 1996 Round 1	Doon	1-12 - 2-10	Blackrock	Bruff Grounds
	P Coleman 0-5, D Anderson 1-1, D Holmes 0-2, J O'Donovan 0-2, G McGrath 0-1, C Burke 0-1.		P Heffernan 2-3, A Fitzgerald 0-4, J O'Neill 0-2, P McGrath 0-1.

21 July 1996 Round 1	Patrickswell	2-12 - 1-06	Killeedy	FitzGerald Park
	A Carmody 0-4, N Carey 1-0, B Foley 1-0, D O'Grady 0-3, G Kirby 0-3, E Geary 0-1, Paul Carey 0-1.		T Magner 1-2, J Hayes 0-1, J O'Connor 0-1, J Kelleher 0-1, D Flynn 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	Doon	1-13 - 2-09	Killeedy	Gaelic Grounds
	G McGrath 1-3, J O'Donovan 0-5, P Coleman 0-2, D Anderson 0-1, D Holmes 0-1, B Crowe 0-1.		J O'Connor 1-0, J Hayes 1-0, T Magner 0-5, J Magner 0-1, K Kelly 0-2, J Kelleher 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	Patrickswell	3-22 - 1-06	Blackrock	Bruff Grounds
	N Carey 2-0, C Carey 0-5, B Foley 0-5, A Carmody 0-4, D O'Grady 0-4, E Geary 1-0, G Kirby 0-2, S Carey 0-1, A Purcell 0-1, P Carey 0-1.		P McGrath 1-0, P Heffernan 0-3, J O'Neill 0-1, M Holland 0-1, P McCarthy 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Doon	1-12 - 2-14	Patrickswell	FitzGerald Park
	P Coleman 0-6, B Crowe 1-1, G McGrath 0-2, J O'Donovan 0-1, K McGrath 0-1, D Anderson 0-1.		G Kirby 2-6, B Foley 0-5, C Carey 0-1, A Purcell 0-1, D O'Grady 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Blackrock	1-13 - 1-13	Killeedy	Ballyagran Grounds
				Referee: G Haugh (Monaleen)

Group 3

Group 3 table

Knockout stage Relegation stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Bruree	3	3	0	0	54	31	23	6
Ahane	3	2	0	1	68	37	31	4
Ballybrown	3	1	0	2	40	53	-13	2
Pallasgreen	3	1	0	2	31	72	-41	2

Group 3 results

21 July 1996 Round 1	Ballybrown	1-08 - 1-13	Bruree	Bruff Grounds
	P Davoren 0-4, P Mulqueen 1-0, T Hall 0-2, N Doolin 0-2.		E Potter 1-4, S O'Connell 0-4, J O'Brien 0-2, P Potter 0-2, S McDonagh 0-1.

21 July 1996 Round 1	Ahane	5-15 - 1-09	Pallasgreen	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	M Fitzgerald 3-3, T Meskell 1-1, G Mulcahy 0-4, M Keane 1-0, T Herbert 0-3, J Morrissey 0-2, J O'Grady 0-2.		C O'Brien 1-3, N Gammell 0-2, J Carr 0-1, P Cosgrove 0-1, B Roche 0-1, J Cosgrove 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	Ahane	3-14 - 1-06	Ballybrown	FitzGerald Park
	G Mulcahy 1-10, J Moran 1-3, T Mescall 1-0, T Herbert 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	Bruree	2-16 - 0-05	Pallasgreen	Gaelic Grounds
	J O'Brien 0-3, S O'Connell 0-4, P Finn 1-0, S McDonagh 0-1, S Murphy 1-4, M Sexton 0-1, M Mullane 0-2, D McCarthy 0-1,		M Kirby 0-3, B Roche 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Ahane	1-12 - 1-13	Bruree	Gaelic Grounds
	G Mulcahy 0-6, TJ Collins 1-0, T Mescall 0-2, J Morrissey 0-2, J Moran 0-1, M Fitzgerald 0-1.		S O'Connell 0-6, D Deady 1-1, S O'Halloran 0-2, S McDonagh 0-2, J O'Brien 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Pallasgreen	1-11 - 1-17	Ballybrown	Bruff Grounds
	N Gammell 0-4, G Gammell 1-0, G O'Connell 0-3, M Kirby 0-2, J Hourigan 0-1, B Roche 0-1.		P Davoren 0-6, S Hayes 1-0, P O'Connor 0-3, C Coughlan 0-3, P Coughlan 0-3, N Doolin 0-1, T Hall 0-1.

Group 4

Group 4 table

Knockout stage Relegation stage

Team	Matches				Score			Pts
Team	Pld	W	D	L	For	Against	Diff
Na Piarsaigh	3	3	0	0	62	42	20	6
Cappamore	3	2	0	1	60	52	8	4
Bruff	3	0	1	2	45	60	-15	1
South Liberties	3	0	1	2	43	56	-13	1

Group 4 results

20 July 1996 Round 1	Bruff	1-08 - 2-14	Na Piarsaigh	FitzGerald Park
	J Mulqueen 1-1, B Finn 0-4, D Reale 0-2, M Reale 0-1.		D Hennessy 0-6, P Beary 1-1, B Hartnett 1-0, D Quigley 0-3, A Ryan 0-2, D Hickey 0-1, J Cormack 0-1.

21 July 1996 Round 1	Cappamore	3-10 - 2-07	South Liberties	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	S O'Dwyer 1-1, S Lynch 1-1, P Gleeson 1-1, N Hayes 0-3, T Mulcahy 0-2, A Murphy 0-1, M Gleeson 0-1.		B Kenny 1-1, A Shanahan 0-4, J Nash 1-0, D Nash 0-1, N Nash 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	Na Piarsaigh	1-15 - 2-08	Cappamore	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	D Quigley 1-4, D Hennessy 0-7, B Hartnett 0-2, S Laffan 0-1, P Beary 0-1.		T Mulcahy 2-7, M Gleeson 0-1.

15 September 1996 Round 2	South Liberties	2-07 - 1-10	Bruff	FitzGerald Park
	D Nash 0-5, B Hartigan 1-0, N Nash 0-2.		T Coleman 1-0, B Finn 0-3, J Browne 0-2, J Hogan 0-2, M O'Hara 0-1, D Reale 0-1, J O'Riordan 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Na Piarsaigh	0-24 - 3-08	South Liberties	FitzGerald Park
	D Hennessy 0-7, D Quigley 0-5, S Laffan 0-3, J Cormack 0-3, S O'Neill 0-2, O Moriarty 0-2, B Hartnett 0-1, A Ryan 0-1.		M Nash 1-2, B Hartigan 1-1, J Nash 1-0, D Nash 0-3, A Shanahan 0-1, M Nash 0-1.

22 September 1996 Round 3	Bruff	3-12 - 4-15	Cappamore	Fr Hayes Memorial Park
	B Finn 1-3, A O'Riordan 1-3, J Browne 1-1, J Wallace 0-3, M O'Hara 0-2.		P Gleeson 3-0, T Mulcahy 0-7, M Gleeson 1-1, M Doherty 0-3, D O'Donnell 0-2, D Mulcahy 0-1, S O'Dwyer 0-1.

Group 4 playoff

29 September 1996 Playoff

Bruff

0-08 - 0-05

South Liberties

Gaelic Grounds

Relegation stage

Relegation semi-finals

13 October 1996 Semi-final

Old Christians

2-08 - 2-08

Killeedy

Bruff

13 October 1996 Semi-final

South Liberties

1-06 - 1-16

Pallasgreen

Gaelic Grounds

20 October 1996 Semi-final replay	Old Christians	1-06 - 1-09	Killeedy	Seán Finn Park
	G Hegarty 1-2, P Howard 0-2, P Foley 0-1, J Power 0-1.		T Magner 1-0, J Magner 0-2, J Hayes 0-2, K Kelly 0-2, R Cunningham 0-2, R Hayes 0-1.

Relegation final

3 November 1996 Final

South Liberties

0-08 - 1-10

Old Christians

Bruff Grounds

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

29 September 1996 Quarter-final	Patrickswell	2-14 - 1-14	Claughaun	Gaelic Grounds
	G Kirby 1-7, E Geary 1-1, A Carmody 0-2, C Carey 0-2, D O'Grady 0-1, B Foley 0-1.		M Galligan 1-5, L O'Connor 0-4, D Fitzgerald 0-2, M Ryan 0-1, A Fitzgerald 0-1, M Graham 0-1.

29 September 1996 Quarter-final	Bruree	1-11 - 2-05	Cappamore	Gaelic Grounds
	E Potter 1-7, J O'Brien 0-2, M Sexton 0-1, M Mullane 0-1.		P Gleeson 1-1, S Lynch 1-0, T Mulcahy 0-3, S O'Dwyer 0-1.

29 September 1996 Quarter-final	Na Piarsaigh	2-13 - 1-13	Ahane	FitzGerald Park
	D Hennessy 1-7, D Quigley 1-1, S Laffan 0-3, D Hickey 0-1, S O'Neill 0-1.		G Mulcahy 0-7, J Morrissey 1-0, J Moran 0-3, O Moran 0-1, J O'Grady 0-1, M Fitzgerald 0-1.

29 September 1996 Quarter-final	Adare	2-18 - 3-06	Blackrock	Bruff Grounds
	T Butler 2-2, T Houlihan 0-6, J Foley 0-3, B Heffernan 0-2, D Butler 0-2, M Foley 0-1, C Murphy 0-1.		A Fitzgerald 1-1, J Quilty 1-1, M Holland 1-0, P McCarthy 0-2, P Heffernan 0-1, J O'Neill 0-1.

Semi-finals

20 October 1996 Semi-final	Patrickswell	2-16 - 1-15	Na Piarsaigh	Gaelic Grounds
	G Kirby 2-10, A Purcell 0-3, C Carey 0-1, N Carey 0-1, A Carmody 0-1.		D Hennessy 1-8, B Hartnett 0-2, D Quigley 0-1, S Laffan 0-1, J Cormack 0-1, S O'Neill 0-1, P Beary 0-1.

20 October 1996 Semi-final	Adare	1-09 - 1-08	Bruree	Gaelic Grounds
	M Foley 1-3, T Houlihan 0-2, S Fitzgibbon 0-2, B Heffernan 0-1, E Fitzgerald 0-1.		E Potter 1-2, S O'Connell 0-3, J O'Brien 0-2, D McCarthy 0-1.

Final

27 October 1996 Final	Patrickswell	3-12 - 3-12	Adare	Gaelic Grounds
	G Kirby 3-8, A Purcell 0-2, B Foley 0-1, A Carmody 0-1.		S Fitzgibbon 2-0, T Houlihan 0-6, B Heffernan 1-1, C Murphy 0-2, J Foley 0-1, M Alfred 0-1, M Foley 0-1.

3 November 1996 Final replay	Patrickswell	1-12 - 0-06	Adare	Gaelic Grounds
	G Kirby 1-6, J McDermott 0-2, C Carey 0-1, B Foley 0-1, A Purcell 0-1, E Geary 0-1.		M Foley 0-2, T Houlihan 0-2, M Alfred 0-1, B Heffernan 0-1.

Championship statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	9-42	63	7	9.00
2	Dave Hennessy	Na Piarsaigh	2-35	41	5	8.20
3	Ger Mulcahy	Patrickswell	1-27	30	4	7.50
4	Mike Galligan	Claughaun	2-23	29	4	7.25
5	Tony Mulcahy	Cappamore	2-19	25	4	6.25
6	Tony Houlihan	Adare	1-20	23	7	3.28
7	Leo O'Connor	Claughaun	1-19	22	4	5.50
8	Edward Potter	Bruree	3-12	21	3	7.00
8	Mark Foley	Adare	2-15	21	7	3.00
10	Damien Quigley	Na Piarsaigh	2-14	20	5	4.00

References

^ "Club titles - Limerick". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
^ "Ballybrown into Limerick SHC final with rivals Patrickswell". Limerick Live. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ "History". Patrickswell GAA website. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ "Reeling in the Years: Limerick GAA's 1996". Sporting Limerick. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ O'Connell, Jerome (20 November 2019). "SLIDESHOW: Ballybricken-Bohermore mark 25th anniversary of Limerick hurling title win". Limerick Live. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[1] "Club titles - Limerick". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 15 October 2018.

[2] "Ballybrown into Limerick SHC final with rivals Patrickswell". Limerick Live. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[3] "History". Patrickswell GAA website. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[4] "Reeling in the Years: Limerick GAA's 1996". Sporting Limerick. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2024.

[5] O'Connell, Jerome (20 November 2019). "SLIDESHOW: Ballybricken-Bohermore mark 25th anniversary of Limerick hurling title win". Limerick Live. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

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