The 1969 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 43rd series of the hurling

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

. Four matches were played between 23 February and 6 April 1969. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster,

Munster Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...

and Ulster. Munster were the winners for the second year in-a-row and for the 31st occasion overall.

Format

''Preliminary round:'' (1 match) This was a single match between Connacht and Ulster, generally regarded as the two 'weakest' teams in the championship. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the semi-final. ''Semi-final:'' (1 match) This was a single match between the winners of the preliminary round and Leinster. One team was eliminated at this stage while the winning team advanced to the final. ''Final:'' (1 match) This winners of the semi-final and

, who received a bye to this stage, contested this game.

Results

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship ( ga, An Corn Idir-Chúigeach) or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster ...

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Top scorers

Season

Sources

* Donegan, Des, ''The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games'' (DBA Publications Limited, 2005). {{Railway Cup Hurling Championships Railway Cup Hurling Championship Railway Cup Hurling Championship

Hurling Hurling ( ga, iománaíocht, ') is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic Irish origin, played by men. One of Ireland's native Gaelic games, it shares a number of features with Gaelic football, such as the field and goals, the number of p ...