a builders' strike at croke park in 1937 resulted in an historic all-ireland final taking place at fitzgerald stadium, killarney on 5 september 1937, however, the game failed to live up to expectations. newcomer tommy doyle pointed for tipperary virtually from the throw-in. kilkenny, who had dominated the early part of the decade and were appearing in their sixth final in seven years, had somewhat of a veteran team that failed to match tipperary's speed. the cats managed only a brace of points as tipp notched up 2-8 courtesy of goals by dinny murphy and jimmy "butler" coffey. kilkenny introduced their veteran star, lory meagher, at the interval and he scored kilkenny's solitary score of the second half, a point and the opening score of the period. tipperary responded with another goal for dinny murphy, as they ran out easy winners by 3-11 to 0-3.