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- The 1984 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match which took place on Sunday, 2 September 1984 at Semple Stadium in Thurles that decided the winner of the 1984 season of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The winners received the Liam MacCarthy Cup. The 1984 final, regarded as the Centenary Year final due to the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association one hundred years previously in 1884, was the culmination of the 98th season of the championship, and the 97th final overall. The final was contested by the Munster champions Cork and the Leinster champions Offaly, a first ever championship meeting between the two sides. Throw-in was at 15:30 IST. The referee for the match was Paschal Long from Kilkenny. The venue, Semple Stadium, hosted its first and to date only All-Ireland final, having been chosen as a gesture to the cradle town of the GAA on the association's centenary anniversary. Cork, the all-time roll of honour leaders, last won in 1978 and were making their third consecutive appearance in the competition's final, having lost to Kilkenny in both 1982 and 1983. Offaly were appearing in their second ever final, having won the championship in 1981. After defeating Limerick and Tipperary in the Munster Championship, Cork beat Antrim in the All-Ireland semi-final to qualify for the final, while Offaly accounted for Dublin and Wexford in the Leinster Championship before defeating Galway. Cork took a narrow one-point lead at half-time courtesy of a Seánie O'Leary goal, however, second-half goals by Kevin Hennessy and a second by O'Leary secured the All-Ireland for Cork. It was their 24th All-Ireland title in all, and their first in six years. (en)
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