1948 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship 1948
All Ireland Champions
Winners	Waterford (2nd win)
Captain	Mick Flannelly
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Provincial Champions
Munster	Waterford
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Antrim
Connacht	Galway
← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 18th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Waterford in the Munster final.

On 5 September 1948 Waterford won the championship following a 3-8 to 4-2 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title and their first in 16 championship seasons.

Results

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Kilkenny v Antrim

1 August 1948 Semi-final

Kilkenny

2-11 - 1-07

Antrim

Croke Park, Dublin

Waterford v Galway

15 August 1948 Semi-final

Waterford

8-12 - 3-02

Galway

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Waterford v Kilkenny

5 September 1948 Final

Waterford

3-08 - 4-02

Kilkenny

Croke Park, Dublin

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

The All-Ireland final between Waterford and Kilkenny was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.
Waterford became the fifth team to win more than one All-Ireland Championship title.