1939 All-Ireland Hurling Winners Medal ''The Thunder and Lig...

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1939 All-Ireland Hurling Winners Medal ''The Thunder and Lightning Final'' Medal: G.A.A., Hurling, 1939, a 9ct gold Celtic Cross design Medal, the obverse with pierced and engraved design with central harp overlay ''Eire'' across the centre, and ''Cumann Luith Chleas Gaedheal,'' the reverse inscribed ''Craobh Iomana na hEireann Sinsear 1939, Cill Choinnigh a bhuaidh,'' hall marked. (1) * On September 3rd 1939, hours after W.W.2 had been declared, both Kilkenny and Cork under the captaincy of Jimmy Walsh and Jack Lynch, took to the battlefield in a different sense. The Cats prevailing on a score line of 2.7 to 3.3, claiming their 12th All-Ireland Title. (1)