1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 1968

All Ireland Champions
Winners	Cork (2nd win)
Captain	Pat Hegarty
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Kilkenny
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Kilkenny
Ulster	Not Played
Connacht	Not Played
← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the fifth staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players under the age of twenty-one since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964..

Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial stage. Cork won the title after defeating Kilkenny by 2-18 to 3-9 in the final.

Results

Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Kilkenny v Dublin

21 July 1968 Final	Kilkenny	4-10 – 5-4	Dublin	Nowlan Park
15:30	B O'Sullivan 2-1, W Harte 1-3, P Keyes 1-3, T Grant 0-2, P Dowling 0-1.		L Hannebury 2-1, N Kinsella 1-1, J Hackett 1-0, P McCarthy 1-0, T Grealish 0-1, H Dalton 0-1.	Referee: J Maddock (Wexford)

Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship

Tipperary v Waterford

7 April 1968 Quarter-final	Tipperary	4-5 – 3-3	Waterford	Leahy Park

Limerick v Cork

7 April 1968 Quarter-final	Limerick	3-6 – 7-8	Cork	Gaelic Grounds
15:30

Kerry v Cork

15 May 1968 Semi-final	Kerry	3-2 – 8-11	Cork	Fitzgerald Stadium

Clare v Tipperary

11 July 1968 Semi-final	Clare	0-9 – 2-7	Tipperary	Cusack Park
				Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

Tipperary v Cork

4 August 1968 Final	Tipperary	1-13 – 4-10	Cork	Seán Treacy Park
15:30	P Morrissey 1-1, T Delaney 0-4, N Dwyer 0-3, J Walsh 0-2, S Hogan 0-2, D Ryan 0-1.		P Hegarty 1-1, P Ring 1-1, H O'Sullivan 1-0, S Murphy 1-0, B Meade 0-3, P Moylan 0-3, J Murphy 0-2.	Referee: G Fitzgerald (Limerick)

All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship

Antrim v Cork

18 August 1968 Semi-final	Antrim	4-17 – 2-4	Cork	Fr. Healy Park

Cork v Kilkenny

8 September 1968 Final	Cork	2-18 – 3-9	Kilkenny	Walsh Park
15:30	B Meade 1-12, P Curley 1-2, P Hegarty 0-2, R Lehane 0-1, P Moylan 0-1.		W Harte 1-8, P Lalor 1-0, P Keyes 1-0, J Kinsella 0-1.	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: S Power (Waterford)