2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final

Football match

2001 Munster Senior Hurling Final

Event

2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary	Limerick

2-16	1-17

Date

1 July 2001

Venue

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Man of the Match

Tommy Dunne (Tipperary)

Referee

Pat Horan

Attendance

43,500

Weather

Sunny

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The 2001 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on 1 July 2001 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, County Cork. It was contested by Tipperary and Limerick. Tipperary claimed their first Munster Championship of the decade, beating Limerick on a scoreline of 2–16 to 1–17, a 2-point winning margin.^[1] Overall, this was Tipperary's thirty sixth Munster Senior Hurling Championship title.^[2] Tipperay had defeated Clare in the semi-final by 0–15 to 0–14 to reach the final, while Limerick had defeated Cork by 1–16 to 1–15 in the quarter-final and Waterford by 4–11 to 2–14 in the semi-final to reach the final.^[3] The match was screened live by RTÉ as part of The Sunday Game programme.^{[citation needed]}

Match details

1 July
Final

Tipperary	2-16 – 1-17	Limerick
D. Ryan (1-1), L. Corbett (1-1), M. O'Leary (0-3), B. O'Meara (0-2), E. Enright (0-2), T. Dunne (0-2), E. Kelly (0-2), P. Kelly (0-1), E. O'Neill (0-1), J. O'Brien (0-1).	Report	S. O'Connor (1-3), P. O'Grady (0-5), M. Foley (0-2), C. Carey (0-1), M. O'Brien (0-1), J. Foley (0-1), O. Moran (0-1), J. Butler (0-1), B. Begley (0-1), B. Foley (0-1).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)

References

^ "Tipperary Teams 2000-2010". Premierview.ie. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "Munster Final Winning Teams". Munster.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
^ "2001 Munster Championship Results". gainful.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.