- Source: 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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- 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
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The 1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 69th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 24 April 1955 and ended on 4 September 1955.
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial series. Wexford won the title following a 3-13 to 2-8 defeat of Galway in the final.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, the same as the previous championship, however, there were some changes on personnel. Antrim withdrew from the senior championship, while Wicklow fielded a team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
= Team summaries
=Provincial championships
= Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
=First round
Second round
Semi-finals
Finals
= Munster Senior Hurling Championship
=First round
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
= All-Ireland semi-finals
== All-Ireland final
=Championship statistics
= Scoring
=Top scorers overall
Top scorers in a single game
= Miscellaneous
=The attendance of 23,125 is one of the lowest attendances at a Munster final in recent years.
The attendance of 50,840 at the game between Limerick and Wexford was a new record for an All-Ireland semi-final.
Wexford win their second All-Ireland title, their first since 1910.
Sources
Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).