1956 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

1956 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Dates8 April – 22 August 1956
Teams11
ChampionsBorder Bennettsbridge (5th title)
Runners-upBorder John Locke's
Liam Egan (captain)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored73 (7.3 per match)
Points scored106 (10.6 per match)
← 1955 (Previous) (Next) 1957 →

The 1956 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887.[1] The championship ran from 8 April to 22 August 1956.

Bennettsbridge were the defending champions.[2]

The final was played on 26 August 1956 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Bennettsbridge and first-time finalists John Locke's. Bennettsbridge won the match by 2–08 to 3–03 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a second consecutive title.[3]

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the Kilkenny Junior Hurling Championship

Results

First round

8 April 1956 First round Bennettsbridge 8-08 - 4-04 Éire Óg Nowlan Park
13 May 1956 First round Graigue 3-06 - 3-02 Tullaroan Nowlan Park
27 May 1956 First round James Stephens 5-07 - 3-07 Mooncoin Grennan Sportsfield
3 June 1956 First round John Locke's 5-06 - 1-02 Slieverue Grennan Sportsfield
10 June 1956 First round Dicksboro 4-05 - 2-01 Thomastown Nowlan Park

Second round

24 June 1956 Second round Bennettsbridge 6-07 - 1-04 Glenmore Nowlan Park
1 July 1956 Second round Graigue 4-06 - 1-03 Dicksboro Grennan Sportsfield

Semi-finals

29 July 1956 Semi-final John Locke's 7-10 - 1-06 James Stephens Nowlan Park
12 August 1956 Semi-final Bennettsbridge 7-09 - 3-02 Graigue Nowlan Park

Final

References

  1. ↑ "Club titles - Kilkenny". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bennettsbridge HC". Club Info. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Bennettsbridge teams of the 1960s to be honoured in Nowlan Park". Kilkenny GAA website. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Club GAA talking points: James Stephens feeling heat of the dreaded drop". Irish Examiner. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
This page 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.