The 2007 Interprovincial Hurling Championship was the 80th staging of the

Interprovincial Championship 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 ...

since its establishment by the

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in 1927. The championship began on 13 October 2007 and ended on 27 October 2007.

Leinster Leinster ( ; ga, Laighin or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, situated in the southeast and east of Ireland. The province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ir ...

were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by

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 ...

in the semi-final. On 27 October 2007, Munster won the championship following a 2-22 to 2–19 defeat of

Connacht Connacht ( ; ga, Connachta or ), is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the west of Ireland. Until the ninth century it consisted of several independent major Gaelic kingdoms (Uí Fiachrach, Uí Briúin, Uí Maine, Conmhaícne, and Delbhn ...

in the final at

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. This was their 44th championship title overall and their first title since

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. Munster's Eoin Kelly was the championship's top scorer with 1-20.

Teams

Results

Semi-finals

Final

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall

References

{{Railway Cup Hurling Championships Railway Cup Hurling Championship

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