# 1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 92nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 30 April 1978 and ended on 3 September 1978.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions.
On 3 September 1978, Cork won the championship following a 1–15 to 2–8 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 24th All-Ireland title, their third championship in succession.
Kilkenny's Liam "Chunky" O'Brien was the championship's top scorer with 1-23. Cork's John Horgan was the choice for Hurler of the Year.

## Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial | League |
| Antrim | Saffron and white | | 1946 | |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1977-78 |
| Cork | Red and white | 1977 | 1977 | 1973-74 |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1961 | 1938-39 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1974-75 |
| Kerry | Green and gold | 1891 | 1891 | |
| Kildare | White | | | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1975 | 1975 | 1975-76 |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1973 | 1974 | 1970-71 |
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | | | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1971 | 1971 | 1967-68 |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1959 | 1963 | 1962-63 |
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1968 | 1977 | 1972-73 |

## Provincial championships
### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

## All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Galway | Galway | 4-19 | | | | | | |
| Antrim | Antrim | 3-10 | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 4-20 | | | |
| | | | Galway | Galway | 4-13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Kilkenny | Kilkenny | 2-08 |
| | | | | | | Cork | Cork | 1-15 |

### All-Ireland Final
## Top scorers
### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Liam O'Brien | Kilkenny | 1-23 | 26 | 4 | 6.50 |
| 2 | Ned Buggy | Wexford | 1-15 | 18 | 2 | 9.00 |
| 3 | Billy Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 2-10 | 16 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Colm Honan | Clare | 0-15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 5 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 0-14 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 6 | Willie Fitzmaurice | Limerick | 4-0 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Joe Connolly | Galway | 3-3 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 |
| 8 | Seánie Kinsella | Wexford | 3-2 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |

### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Liam O'Brien | Kilkenny | 0-11 | 11 | Offaly |
| 2 | Joe Connolly | Galway | 3-1 | 10 | Antrim |
| 2 | Randall McDonnell | Antrim | 3-1 | 10 | Galway |
| 2 | Seánie Kinsella | Wexford | 3-1 | 10 | Dublin |
| 2 | Ned Buggy | Wexford | 1-7 | 10 | Kilkenny |
| 2 | Frank Keenan | Laois | 1-7 | 10 | Dublin |
| 7 | Willie Fitzmaurice | Limerick | 3-0 | 9 | Clare |
| 7 | Colm Honan | Clare | 0-9 | 9 | Limerick |
| 9 | Ned Buggy | Wexford | 0-8 | 8 | Dublin |
| 10 | Mick Ryan | Westmeath | 2-1 | 7 | Laois |
| 10 | Matt Ruth | Kilkenny | 2-1 | 7 | Galway |
| 10 | Mossie Walsh | Waterford | 0-7 | 7 | Kerry |
| 10 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 0-7 | 7 | Kilkenny |

## Championship statistics
### Miscellaneous

* Cork retain the All-Ireland title for a third successive season. It is the fourth time in their history that they have achieved this feat and the first time since Cork in 1954 that a team has won three championships in succession.
* Kerry return to the Munster Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 1958.

## Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.
| Round | RTÉ |
| All-Ireland semi-final | Kilkenny vs Galway |
| All-Ireland final | Cork vs Kilkenny |

## Sources

* Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
* Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
* Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).