Event | 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship | ||||||
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Date | 13 September 1998 | ||||||
Venue | Croke Park, Dublin | ||||||
Man of the Match | Brian Whelahan | ||||||
Referee | Dickie Murphy (Wexford) | ||||||
Attendance | 65,491 | ||||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||||
The 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 111th All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, an inter-county hurling tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 13 September 1998, between Offaly and Kilkenny. It was the first all-Leinster All-Ireland final with victory going to Offaly on a score line of 2-16 to 1-13. It was the first time that a defeated team from the earlier rounds of the championship had come through to win the All-Ireland final.