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In the All-Ireland final Wexford were once again waiting for Tipp, however, victory went to Doyle ’ s side and he captured a record-equalling eighth All-Ireland medal.
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The All-Ireland Final is held every year in Croke Park during September, usually on the week between the hurling final and Gaelic football final, and attracts attendances of up to 33, 154.
That year he won his first Munster hurling title, however, Kilkenny later accounted for Cork in the famous " thunder and lightning " All-Ireland final.
Cork only had to play two games to be crowned All-Ireland hurling champions, however, they lost the delayed Munster hurling final to Tipperary.
Cork later defeated Cavan in the All-Ireland final, giving Lynch his first, and only, All-Ireland football medal.
A fifth All-Ireland hurling medal was later added to his collection following a defeat of old rivals Kilkenny I the final.
Lynch captured a sixth Munster hurling medal in 1947 before going on to play in his seventh All-Ireland hurling final in less than a decade.
The game itself against Kilkenny has often been described as the greatest All-Ireland final ever played, however, Lynch ended up on the losing side by a single point.
At the special centenary All-Ireland final in Semple Stadium he received one of the loudest cheers and rounds of applause when all the former All-Ireland winning hurling captains were introduced to the crowd.
Garrycastle GAA qualified for the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship for the first time in the club's history by beating Connacht Champions, St. Brigids GAA, in an all Athone semi final.
Semple Stadium, where the centenary All-Ireland hurling final was played, is the second largest GAA stadium in Ireland with a capacity of 53, 500, second only to Croke Park in Dublin.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was played in Semple Stadium in Thurles to honour the town in which the GAA was founded.
The highest attendance ever recorded at an All-Ireland Senior Football Final was 90, 556 at the 1961 Offaly v Down final.
* The Dublin team who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1983 in the infamous " Game of Shame " final
The second was in an Ireland club U13 youth game in 2011, achieved by David Delany of Clontarf Cricket Club playing in an All-Ireland final against Bready Cricket Club.
The football team is perhaps best known for the Seamus Darby goal in the dying minutes of the 1982 football final when Offaly took the title by one point denying Kerry an historic five All-Ireland titles in a row.
He also got the minor team to an All-Ireland title in 1987 and the under 21 team to an All-Ireland final in 2009.
The first ever All-Ireland hurling final was played in Hoare's field ( currently Tesco ) Birr, on Easter Sunday, 1 April 1888, between Tipperary and Galway.
Later, as chairman of the Semple Stadium Development Committee, he was largely instrumental in raising the necessary funds for the refurbishment of the Stadium in preparation for the All-Ireland Centenary Hurling final in 1984.
He captained the All-Ireland final winning sides of 1950 and 1951 and won five Connacht senior championship medals in all.
The stadium has the right to host the final matches of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
All-Ireland and Wexford
* Eight counties compete for the elite All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for which the O ' Duffy Cup is awarded: Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Offaly, Tipperary and Wexford.
Having scored an early second-half goal to effectively kill-off the opposition, McGrath went on to be the first man from the town of Wexford to receive an All-Ireland Hurling winner ’ s medal.
** All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship – Wexford 1-13 died Limerick 0-14
A ninth All-Ireland final appearance beckoned for the Cork maestro, with Wexford providing the opposition.
Wexford were Cork ’ s opponents in the All-Ireland final once again.
That year Cork captured the Munster title before later lining out against Wexford in the All-Ireland final.
His granduncle had played with the famous Wexford football team that captured four All-Ireland titles in-a-row between 1915 and 1918.
Wexford later faced Tipperary in the All-Ireland final, a team that was attempting to capture a third championship title in-a-row.
The subsequent All-Ireland semi-final saw Wexford face Antrim.
Wexford later defeated Limerick in the All-Ireland semi-final before later facing Galway in the championship decider.
The subsequent All-Ireland final saw Wexford aiming to retain their title and gain revenge over Cork for the defeat in 1954.
When Wexford celebrated All-Ireland success in 1955 and 1956 Rackard was a teetotaller.
In 1992 Kilkenny bounced back from the All-Ireland defeat and Carey collected a second Leinster medal following a comprehensive 3-16 to 2-9 defeat of Wexford.
The village is the home of Aghabullogue GAA, the club remembered for capturing Cork's first hurling All-Ireland title in 1890 when they defeated Castlebridge, Wexford in the final.
* Wexford GAA beat Limerick GAA in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final.
* In September Cork Hurlers complete the ' 3 in a row ' by beating Wexford in the All-Ireland senior hurling final ).
Wexford later accounted for Galway in the penultimate game of the championship, setting up an All-Ireland final meeting with Tipperary.
Wexford later trounced Antrim by 12-17 to 2-3 to qualify for the All-Ireland final.
The team was trained by Mick Mackey, however, they were completely outclassed by Wexford who qualified for another All-Ireland final.
It was Wheeler ’ s first All-Ireland medal and Wexford ’ s first championship title since 1910.
Galway fell heavily in the All-Ireland semi-final, allowing Wexford to advance to an All-Ireland final meeting with Cork.
Wexford had won the game and Rackard had collected his second All-Ireland medal but there was no doubt in their minds that the real hero was Ring.
His granduncle had played with the famous Wexford football team that captured four All-Ireland titles in-a-row between 1915 and 1918.
Wexford later reached the All-Ireland final, however, the men from the Model County were defeated by Tipperary.
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