We meet again! Kilkenny and Clare set for third All-Ireland semi-final showdown in a row

Kilkenny will meet Clare in the All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final for a third successive year after the Banner beat Wexford by 12 points in last Saturday’s quarter-final to book a semi-final place against the Leinster champions.

Kilkenny beat Clare by 1-25 to 1-22 in last year’s semi-final and by 2-26 to 0-20 in 2022.

The other semi-final will see Cork take on Munster rivals Limerick. Cork overcame Dublin by five points in last Saturday’s quarter-final to earn a semi-final place for the first time since 2021 when they beat Kilkenny. They lost to Limerick in the final. Limerick are in the semi-final for a seventh successive year.

Kilkenny and Clare will be the first teams into action when they go face to face in Croke Park on Saturday, July 6. Throw-in is at 3pm.

The second semi-final between Limerick and Cork will be held on Sunday, July 7 at 4pm.

FIXTURES & RESULTS 2024

LEINSTER

April 21: Round 1: Kilkenny 5-30 Antrim 0-13, UMPC Nowlan Park; Wexford 1-21 Dublin 2-18, Chadwicks Wexford Park;
Galway 2-25 Carlow 2-14, Pearse Stadium.

April 27/28: Round 2: Antrim 2-22 Wexford 2-20, Corrigan Park; Dublin 1-24 Carlow 0-22, Netwatch Cullen Park; Galway 2-
23 Kilkenny 0-29, Pearse Stadium.

May 4: Round 3: Wexford 1-28 Galway 0-23, Chadwicks Wexford Park.

May 11 Round 3: Dublin 3-32 Antrim 1-18, Parnell Park; Carlow 1-20 Kilkenny 1-20, Netwatch Cullen Park.

May 18/19: Round 4: Wexford 2-36 Carlow 1-13, Netwatch Cullen Park; Kilkenny 1-28 Dublin 2-23, Parnell Park; Galway 2-
25 Antrim 1-14, Corrigan Park.

May 26: Round 5: Kilkenny 1-24 Wexford 2-20, UPMC Nowlan Park; Dublin 2-27 Galway 1-24, Pearse Stadium; Antrim 4-22
Carlow 2-22, Corrigan Park.

June 8: Final: Kilkenny 3-28 Dublin 1-18, Croke Park.

MUNSTER

April 21: Round 1: Limerick 3-15 Clare 1-18, Ennis; Waterford 2-25 Cork 1-25, Walsh Park.

April 28: Round 2: Clare 3-26 Cork 3-24, SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh; Limerick 2-27 Tipperary 0-18, TUS Gaelic Grounds.

May 4: Round 3: Waterford 3-21 Tipperary 1-27, Walsh Park

May 11: Round 3: Cork 3-28 Limerick 3-26, SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh;

May 18: Round 4: Clare 4-21 Waterford 2-26, Ennis; Cork 4-30 Tipperary 1-21, FBD Semple Stadium.

May 26: Round 5: Limerick 0-30 Waterford 2-14, TUS Gaelic Grounds; Clare 1-24 Tipperary 0-24, FBD Semple Stadium.

June 9: Final: Limerick 1-26 Clare 1-20

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP

June 15: All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals: Cork 4-25 Offaly 3-19, Tullamore; Wexford 0-32 Laois 0-20, Portlaoise.

June 22: All-Ireland quarter-finals: Cork 0-26 Dublin 0-21, Thurles; Clare 2-29 Wexford 1-19, Thurles

July 6: All-Ireland semi-final: Kilkenny v Clare, Croke Park

July 7: All-Ireland semi-final: Limerick v Cork, Croke Park.

July 21: All-Ireland final, Croke Park