1996 Galway Senior Hurling Championship

1996 Galway Senior Hurling Championship
Champions Athenry (3rd title)
Brian Feeney (captain)
Runners-up Carnmore
Ronan Walsh (captain)
← 1995 (Previous) (Next) 1997 →

The 1996 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 99th completed staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Galway County Board in 1887.[1]

Sarsfields entered the championship as the defending champions.[2]

The final was played on 1 December 1996 at Kenny Park in Athenry, between Athenry and Carnmore, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Athenry won the match by 2–06 to 1–06 to claim their third championship title overall and a first title in two years.[3][4]

Results

Final

1 December 1996 Final Athenry 2-06 - 1-06 Carnmore Kenny Park

References

  1. ^ "Club Titles - Galway". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. ^ "The famine is over for Portumna". Irish Independent. 30 October 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Athenry HC". Club Info. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Club history - 1996". Athenry GAA website. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.