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{{Short description|Annual inter-county hurling competition}}
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{{Infobox GAA tournament
| name                 = All-Ireland Senior <br>Hurling Championship
| currentlyrunning     = [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]
| image                = 
| caption              = 
| irish                = Craobh Shinsir Iomána na hÉireann
| code                 = [[Hurling]] 
| founded              = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1887}}
| abolished            = 
| region               = {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ireland]] (32 teams)<br /> {{Flagu|England}} (3 teams)<br />{{Flagu|United States}} (1 team)
| trophy               = [[Liam MacCarthy Cup]]
| teams                = 36
| title holders        = [[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA| Tipperary]] 
| currentordinal       = 29
| most titles          = [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|border|20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| mostordinal          = 36
| sponsors             = [[Bord Gáis Energy]]<br />[[Centra]]<br />[[Eir (telecommunications)|Eir]]
| tv                   = [[RTÉ]]<br />[[BBC Northern Ireland]]
| motto                = Be there. All the way
| website              = {{URL|https://www.gaa.ie/hurling/gaa-hurling-all-ireland-senior-championship/|gaa.ie/hurling/all-ireland}}
}}
The '''GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship''', known simply as the '''All-Ireland Championship''', is an annual [[Inter county|inter-county]] [[hurling]] competition organised by the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA). It is the highest-tier competition for inter-county hurling in [[Ireland]] and has been contested in every year except one since [[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]].

The final, formerly held in September, then August and now moved to July{{fact|date=October 2024}}, is the culmination of a series of games played during the summer and with the winning team receiving the [[Liam MacCarthy Cup]]. The All-Ireland Championship has been played on a [[Single-elimination tournament|straight knockout]] basis for the majority of its existence, whereby a team's first loss eliminated them from the championship. In more recent years, the qualification procedures for the championship have changed several times. Currently, qualification is limited to teams competing in 3 feeder competitions; three teams from the [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]], three teams from the [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]] and two teams who qualify to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals from the second-tier [[Joe McDonagh Cup]]. Annual promotion and relegation allows teams outside these competitions (teams from the [[Christy Ring Cup]] - tier 3, the [[Nicky Rackard Cup]] - tier 4 and the [[Lory Meagher Cup]] - tier 5) to eventually reach the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Seventeen teams currently participate in the All-Ireland Championship, with the most successful coming from the provinces of [[Province of Leinster|Leinster]] and [[Province of Munster|Munster]]. 13 different teams have won the title, 10 of whom have been champions more than once. [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] are the competition's most successful team, having been All-Ireland champions on 36 occasions. Kilkenny, [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]] and [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]] are considered "[[Big Three (hurling)|the big three]]" of hurling and hold 95 championships between them, while Limerick have had huge success in recent years, winning five all Irelands in six years (2018-2023). The current title holders are [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]], who defeated [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]] by 3-27 to 1-18 in the [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final|2025 final]]. This was Tipperary's 29th All Ireland hurling title.

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was listed in second place by [[CNN]] in its "10 sporting events you have to see live", after the [[Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Shawn|last=Donnelly|url=http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/play/outdoor-adventures/10-sporting-events-you-have-see-live-281805|title=10 sporting events you have to see live: Because the real glory of athletic competition is being able to say, "I was there!"|publisher=CNN|date=2 April 2012|access-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405203640/http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/play/outdoor-adventures/10-sporting-events-you-have-see-live-281805|archive-date=2012-04-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|History of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship}}

===Creation===
Following the foundation of the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] in 1884, new rules for [[Gaelic football]] and [[hurling]] were drawn up and published in the ''[[United Irishman (1848 newspaper)|United Irishman]]'' newspaper. In 1886, county committees began to be established, with several counties affiliating over the next few years. The GAA ran its inaugural All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in [[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]]. The decision to establish that first championship was influenced by several factors. Firstly, inter-club contests in 1885 and 1886 were wildly popular and began to draw huge crowds. Clubs started to travel across the country to play against each other and these matches generated intense interest as the newspapers began to speculate which teams might be considered the best in the country. Secondly, although the number of clubs was growing, many were slow to affiliate to the Association, leaving it short of money. Establishing a central championship held the prospect of enticing GAA clubs to process their affiliations, just as the establishment of the [[FA Cup]] had done much in the 1870s to promote the development of the [[Football Association]] in [[England]]. The championships were open to all affiliated clubs who would first compete in county-based competitions, to be run by local county committees. The winners of each county championship would then proceed to represent that county in the All-Ireland series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/how-leix-won-the-all-ireland-hurling-championship-of-1915|title=How Leix Won the All-Ireland Hurling Championship of 1915|publisher=Century Ireland|access-date=9 January 2018|first=Paul|last=Rouse}}</ref>

===Beginnings===
The inaugural All-Ireland Championship used, for the only time in its history, an open draw format without the provincial series of games. All of the existing county boards were eligible to enter a team, however, only six chose to do so. Disputes in [[Cork GAA|Cork]] and [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]] over which club should represent the county resulted in neither county fielding a team. [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] later withdrew from the championship. In all five teams participated: [[Clare GAA|Clare]] (Garraunboy Smith O'Briens), [[Galway GAA|Galway]] ([[Meelick-Eyrecourt|Meelick]]), [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] ([[Tullaroan GAA|Tullaroan]]) [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] ([[Thurles Sarsfields|Thurles]]) and [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]] (Castlebridge).

Galway and Wexford contested the very first championship match on Saturday 2 July 1887. Postponements, disqualifications, objections, withdrawals and walkovers were regular occurrences during the initial years of the championship. The inaugural All-Ireland final took place on 1 April 1888 in [[Birr, County Offaly]], with Tipperary defeating Galway to take the title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tipperarystar.ie/news/sport/226357/a-history-of-tipperary-hurling-in-ten-games.html|title=A history of Tipperary hurling in ten games|newspaper=Tipperary Star|date=2 December 2016|access-date=25 January 2018|first=Brian|last=McDonnell}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/tesco-to-build-on-field-where-first-hurling-final-was-played-1.1162370 | title=Tesco to build on field where first hurling final was played | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0917/994350-the-day-of-the-first-all-ireland-hurling-final/ | title=The day of the first All-Ireland hurling final | website=[[RTÉ.ie]] | date=20 September 2018 }}</ref>

===Development===
The provincial championships were introduced in 1888 in [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster]], [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster]], [[Connacht Senior Hurling Championship|Connacht]] and [[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship|Ulster]] on a knock-out basis. The winners of the provincial finals participated in the All-Ireland semi-finals. Over time the Leinster and Munster teams grew to become the superpowers of the game, as [[Gaelic football]] was the more dominant sport in Ulster and Connacht. After some time [[Galway GAA|Galway]] became the only credible team in Connacht and was essentially given an automatic pass to the All-Ireland semi-final every year. This knock-out system persisted for over 100 years and was considered to be the fairest system as the All-Ireland champions would always be the only undefeated team of the year.

Unlike in other European countries, such as neighbouring England, where annual sports events were cancelled during the twentieth century due to the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]s, the All-Ireland Championship has been running continuously since 1887, with the final running since 1889 (the 1888 competition was played but no final was held due to the [[American Invasion Tour|Invasion]]). The competition continued even in spite of the effects on the country of the [[Irish Civil War|Civil War]] and the Second World War (the [[National Hurling League]] was not held during the latter). In [[1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1941]], the All-Ireland Championship was disrupted by an outbreak of [[foot-and-mouth disease]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Seán|last=Moran|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/remembering-when-kerry-kicked-ahead-of-dublin-78-years-ago-1.4014161|title=Remembering when Kerry kicked ahead of Dublin 78 years ago: This year will be only the third replay between the counties, and the first in Croke Park|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=11 September 2019|access-date=11 September 2019|quote=Dublin [footballers]... hadn't won Leinster for seven years and didn't go into the All-Ireland semi-final as provincial champions – they were nominated by the province because of the foot-and-mouth outbreak that year, which caused the Leinster [football] final against Carlow to be postponed until November.}}</ref>

The duration of certain championship matches increased from 60 to 80 minutes during the 1970s. They were settled at 70 minutes after five seasons of this in 1975.<ref>[[Martin Breheny|Breheny, Martin]]. "The Final Verdict: The Greatest of my Lifetime" in ''Martin Breheny's Greatest All-Ireland Finals''. ''[[Irish Independent]]''. 1 September 2018, p. 2.</ref> This applied only to the provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and finals.<ref>{{cite news|first=Seán|last=Moran|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/se%C3%A1n-moran-will-time-be-on-dublin-s-side-once-more-1.4014138|title=Will time be on Dublin's side once more?|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=11 September 2019|access-date=11 September 2019|quote=Another issue touched on by John O'Keeffe in his interview was the strange decision to extend senior championship provincial finals, All-Ireland semi-finals and finals to 80 minutes – which was an extra third on the previous duration of an hour. Curiously, it made little difference to the outcome of matches. Of the five finals plus 1972 replay played over 80 minutes – the length of a match was settled at 70 minutes from 1975 onwards – only the 1971 Offaly-Galway result would have been affected. Had it been played over an hour, it would have ended in a draw instead of Offaly's first All-Ireland triumph.}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] looked at developing a new system whereby a defeat in the championship for certain teams would not mean an immediate exit from the Championship. In the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1997|1997 championship]] the first major change in format arrived when the 'back-door system' was introduced. This new structure allowed the defeated Munster and Leinster finalists another chance to regain a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals. [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]] and [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]] were the first two teams to benefit from the new system when they defeated [[Down GAA|Down]] and Galway respectively in the quarter-finals. The All-Ireland final in the first year of this new experiment was a replay of the Munster final with [[Clare GAA|Clare]] defeating Tipperary. The first team to win the All-Ireland through the 'back-door' was Offaly in 1998, winning a replay of the Leinster final by beating Kilkenny 2–16 to 1–13.

[[File:Croke Park - Dublin vs Tyrone 125.jpg|thumb|Fireworks and light displays in [[Croke Park]] in [[Dublin]] to mark the 125th anniversary of the Gaelic Athletic Association, January 2009]]
The new "back-door system" proved successful and was expanded over the following years. The [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2005 Championship]] saw even bigger changes in the "back-door" or qualifier system. The Munster and Leinster champions and defeated finalists automatically qualified for the new quarter-final stages, while two groups of four other teams played in a league format to fill the vacant four places in the quarter-finals. Many criticised the structure for not being a real championship at all, for degrading the Munster and Leinster championships and for penalising the strongest teams.

2008 brought a change to the competition format, whereby the team that won the Leinster and Munster championships advanced to the All-Ireland semi-finals, and the losers of the provincial finals advanced to two quarter-finals. A series of knockout qualifiers for the remaining teams decided which other two teams would reach the quarter-finals. The updated qualifier structure provided more games and gave renewed hope to the "weaker" teams, as a defeat in the first round no longer meant the end of a county's All-Ireland ambitions.

==Format==

{{Main|County (Gaelic games)}}

=== Current format ===

==== Leinster Championship (six teams) ====
Group stage (15 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Leinster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Leinster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Leinster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

==== Munster Championship (five teams) ====
Group stage (10 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the all-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team may face relegation to next years Joe McDonagh Cup.

Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.

==== Joe McDonagh Cup (six teams) ====
Group stage (15 matches): Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Joe McDonagh Cup final. All other teams are eliminated from the championship and the bottom placed team are relegated to next years Christy Ring Cup. If the top team is from Munster, effectively Kerry, they may play a promotion/relegation playoff to enter the following season's Munster Championship. If any other team wins the Joe McDonagh, it is promoted to the Leinster Championship (even if from Ulster or Connacht), and the last placed team in the Leinster Championship is relegated.

Final (1 match): The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up advance to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals.

==== All-Ireland Championship ====
Preliminary quarter-finals (2 matches): The 3rd placed teams from the Leinster and Munster championships play the Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals (2 matches): The winners of the preliminary quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster runners-up to make up the quarter-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate quarter-finals. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the semi-finals.

Semi-finals (2 matches): The winners of the quarter-finals join the Leinster and Munster champions to make up the semi-final pairings. Teams who may have already met in the provincial championships are kept apart in separate semi-finals where possible. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the final.

Final (1 match): The two winners of the semi-finals contest this game.

=== All-Ireland knockout-stage allocation ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=2|
!Teams entering in this round
!Teams advancing from previous round
|-
!colspan=2|Preliminary quarter-finals<br />(4 teams)
|
*[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster]] third-placed team
*[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster]] third-placed team
*[[Joe McDonagh Cup]] winner
*Joe McDonagh Cup runner-up
|
|-
!colspan=2|Quarter-finals<br />(4 teams)
|
*Leinster runner-up
*Munster runner-up
|
*2 winning teams from the preliminary quarter-finals
|-
!colspan=2|Semi-finals<br />(4 teams)
|
*Leinster champion
*Munster champion
| 
*2 winning teams from the quarter-finals
|-
!colspan=2|Final<br />(2 teams)
| 
|
*2 winning teams from the semi-finals
|}

===Current championship pyramid===
Teams from the first two levels are eligible for the All-Ireland series in that year. Teams from tiers 3 to 5 may reach tiers 1 and 2 through promotion.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Level
!Total teams (35)
! colspan="2" width="92.4%" |Championship
|-
|1
|11
|'''[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]'''

''5 counties'' – 0 or 1 relegations
|'''[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]'''

''6 counties'' – 0 or 1 relegations
|-
|2
|6
| colspan="2" |'''[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]'''

''6 counties'' – 1 promotion, 1 relegation
|-
|3
|6
| colspan="2" |'''[[Christy Ring Cup]]'''

''6 counties'' – 1 promotion, 1 relegation
|-
|4
|6
| colspan="2" |'''[[Nicky Rackard Cup]]'''

''6 counties'' – 1 promotion, 1 relegation
|-
|5
|6
| colspan="2" |'''[[Lory Meagher Cup]]'''

''6 counties'' – 1 promotion
|}

==Teams==

=== 2025 Championship ===
Seventeen counties competed in the [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]]: six teams in the [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]], five teams in the [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]] and six teams in the [[Joe McDonagh Cup]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! width=100px| [[County (Gaelic games)|County]]
! width=100px| Stadium
! Province
! Position in [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]] Championship 
! First year in championship
! In championship since
! Current championship 
! Provincial titles
! Last provincial title
! Championship titles
! Last championship title
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]]
|[[Corrigan Park]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|5th ([[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]])
|1900
|2021
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|58
|[[2017 Ulster Senior Hurling Championship|2017]]
|0
|—
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow county hurling team|Carlow]]
|[[Dr Cullen Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|6th ([[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]])
|1963
|2022
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|0
|—
|0
|—
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare county hurling team|Clare]]
|[[Cusack Park (Ennis)|Cusack Park]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|Champions
|1887
|
|[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|6
|[[1998 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final|1998]]
|5
|[[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]]
|[[Páirc Uí Chaoimh]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|Runners-up
|1888
|
|[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|55
|[[2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|30
|[[2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2005]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down county hurling team|Down]]
|[[Ballycran|McKenna Park]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|5th ([[Joe McDonagh Cup]])
|1905
|2022
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|4
|[[1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1997]]
|0
|—
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin county hurling team|Dublin]]
|[[Parnell Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|Quarter-finals
|1887
|
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|24
|[[2013 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Final|2013]]
|6
|[[1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1938]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]]
|[[Pearse Stadium]]
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|4th ([[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]])
|1887
|
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|28
|[[2018 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2018]]
|5
|[[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2017]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry county hurling team|Kerry]]
|[[Austin Stack Park]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|3rd ([[Joe McDonagh Cup]])
|1889
|2022
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|1
|[[1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1891]]
|1
| [[1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1891]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare county hurling team|Kildare]]
|[[St Conleth's Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|1st ([[Christy Ring Cup]])
|
|2025
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|0
|—
|0
|—
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|[[Nowlan Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|Semi-finals
|1887
|
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|77
|[[2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|36
|[[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2015]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois county hurling team|Laois]]
|[[O'Moore Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|Preliminary quarter-finals
|1888
|1977
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|3
|[[1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1949]]
|1
|[[1915 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1915]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|[[Gaelic Grounds]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|Semi-finals
|1888
|
|[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|25
|[[2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship|2024]]
|12
|[[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2023]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly county hurling team|Offaly]]
|[[O'Connor Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|Preliminary quarter-finals
|1897
|2022
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|9
|[[1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1995]]
|4
| [[1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1998]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
|[[Semple Stadium]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|5th ([[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]])
|1887
|
|[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|42
|[[2016 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final|2016]]
|29
|[[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford county hurling team|Waterford]]
|[[Walsh Park]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|4th ([[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]])
|1888
|
|[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|9
|[[2010 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final|2010]]
|2
|[[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1959]]
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Westmeath county hurling team|Westmeath]]
|[[Cusack Park (Mullingar)|Cusack Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|4th ([[Joe McDonagh Cup]])
|1913
|2022
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|0
|—
|0
|—
|-
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]]
|[[Chadwicks Wexford Park]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|Quarter-finals
|1887
|1927
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|21
|[[2019 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2019]]
|6
|[[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1996]]
|}

==Venues==
[[File:Croke Park from the Hill - 2004 All-Ireland Football Championship Final.jpg|thumb|[[Croke Park]] in [[Dublin]] has hosted all but two finals since 1910.]]
[[File:FitzGeraldStadium.jpg|thumb|[[FitzGerald Stadium]] in [[Killarney]] was the venue for the 1937 final.]]
[[File:PUC2014.JPG|thumb|[[Páirc Uí Chaoimh]] in [[Cork (city)|Cork]] hosted the semi-finals in 1976.]]
[[File:Semple1.jpg|thumb|[[Semple Stadium]] in [[Thurles]] hosted the centenary year final in 1984.]]

===Attendances===
Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for the GAA and for the teams involved. For the [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2017 championship]], the average attendances for the five games was 56,565 with a total aggregate attendance figure of 282,826. The 2017 figure represented the highest combined total for an All-Ireland Championship since 2012, when 294,079 fans attended six games, including a final replay between Kilkenny and Galway. The highest all-time aggregate attendance for the championship was 332,387 in 2007 when eight games were played.

===Quarter-finals===
[[Croke Park]] was initially used as the venue for All-Ireland quarter-finals following their introduction in 1997. These games were usually played as a double-header. From 2008 until 2017 the quarter-finals were played at [[Semple Stadium]] in [[Thurles]].

===Semi-finals===
The All-Ireland semi-finals have been played exclusively at Croke Park since 1977. Croke Park had been regularly used as a semi-final venue prior to this, however, a number of other stadiums around the country were also used. [[St Brendan's Park]] and [[St Cronan's Park]] were regularly used for semi-finals involving Kilkenny and Galway. Other regular semi-final venues included the [[Markets Field]], [[Páirc Uí Chaoimh]], [[Athlone GAA|St Ciarán's Park]], the [[Cork Athletic Grounds]] and [[Cusack Park (Ennis)|Cusack Park]]. Since introduction of the back door in 1997 less All Ireland hurling semi-finals involved Galway. Ulster team never reached the semi-final stage if the pre 1997 system had stayed Ulster hurling champions would possibly be still playing in the All Ireland semi-finals.

===Final===
Since 1910, Croke Park has been the regular venue for the All-Ireland final. Only on two occasions since then has the final been played outside of Croke Park. Construction of the Cusack Stand in 1937 meant that that year's final was played at the newly opened [[FitzGerald Stadium]] in [[Killarney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/killarneys-hurling-showpiece-36103893.html|title=Killarney's hurling showpiece|newspaper=The Kerryman|date=9 September 2017|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> In 1984 the GAA celebrated its centenary by playing the All-Ireland final at [[Semple Stadium]] in [[Thurles]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/approval-sought-for-floodlights-at-semple-stadium-1.955527|title=Approval sought for floodlights at Semple Stadium|newspaper=Irish Times|date=16 August 2007|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>

In the years prior to 1910, the All-Ireland final was held in a variety of locations around the country, including Jones's Road as Croke Park was known before its dedication to [[Thomas Croke]]. The inaugural final in 1887 was played at [[Birr, County Offaly|Birr]], before Dublin venues [[Clonturk Park]], the Pond Field and the [[Phoenix Park]] were used in the early 1890s. [[Fraher Field]] hosted the final on three occasions, while the final was played at the newly opened [[Cork Athletic Grounds]] on two occasions.

=== 2024 Stadia and locations ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
![[County (Gaelic games)|County]]
!Location
![[Province (Gaelic games)|Province]]
![[List of Gaelic Athletic Association stadiums|Stadium]]
!Capacity
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]]
|[[Belfast]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|[[Corrigan Park]]
|3,700
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
|[[Carlow]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[Dr Cullen Park]]
|21,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|[[Ennis]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|[[Cusack Park (Ennis)|Cusack Park]]
|19,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|[[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|[[Páirc Uí Chaoimh]]
|45,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down GAA|Down]]
|[[Newry]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|[[Páirc Esler]]
|20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|[[Dublin]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[Croke Park]]
|82,300
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|[[Galway]]
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|[[Pearse Stadium]]
|26,197
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Kerry_GAA.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]]
|[[Tralee]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|[[Austin Stack Park]]
|40,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
|[[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[St Conleth's Park]]
|8,200
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|[[Kilkenny]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[UPMC Nowlan Park|Nowlan Park]]
|27,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|[[Portlaoise]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[O'Moore Park]]
|27,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|[[Limerick]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|[[Gaelic Grounds]]
|44,203
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|[[Tullamore]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[O'Connor Park]]
|20,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|[[Thurles]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|[[Semple Stadium]]
|45,690
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|[[Waterford]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|[[Fraher Field]]
|15,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
|[[Mullingar]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[Cusack Park (Mullingar)|Cusack Park]]
|11,000
|-
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|[[Wexford]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|[[Chadwicks Wexford Park]]
|20,000
|}

==Managers==
{{See also|List of hurling managers}}
[[File:Brian Cody.jpg|thumb|[[Brian Cody]] of [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] is the most successful manager in the history of the championship.]]
[[File:Micheál Donoghue.jpg|thumb|[[Micheál Donoghue]] managed [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]] to the title in 2017. Also managed Dublin]]
[[Manager (Gaelic games)|Manager]]s in the All-Ireland Championship are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and sourcing of players from the club championships. Their influence varies from county-to-county and is related to the individual county boards. From 2018, all inter-county head coaches must be Award 2 qualified. The manager is assisted by a team of two or three selectors and an extensive backroom team consisting of various coaches. Prior to the development of the concept of a manager in the 1970s, teams were usually managed by a team of selectors with one member acting as chairman.

=== Winning managers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ Winning managers (1957−2024)
|-
!Manager
!Team
!Wins
!Winning years
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Brian Cody]]
|style="text-align:center"|Kilkenny
|style="text-align:center;"|11
|2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Tommy Maher]]
|style="text-align:center"|Kilkenny
|style="text-align:center;"|7
|1975, 1975, 1972, 1969, 1967, 1963, 1957
|-
|[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg|20px|border]] [[John Kiely (Limerick hurler)|John Kiely]]
|style="text-align:center"|Limerick
|style="text-align:center;"|5
|2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Bertie Troy]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|3
|1976, 1977, 1978
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Pat Henderson (hurler)|Pat Henderson]]
|style="text-align:center"|Kilkenny
|1979, 1982, 1983
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Cyril Farrell]]
|style="text-align:center"|Galway
|1980, 1987, 1988
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Michael O'Brien (hurling manager)|Michael O'Brien]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|2
|1984, 1990
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|20px|border]] [[Michael Keating (hurler)|Michael "Babs" Keating]]
|style="text-align:center"|Tipperary
|1989, 1991
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Ollie Walsh]]
|style="text-align:center"|Kilkenny
|1992, 1993
|-
|[[File:Colours of Clare.svg|20px|border]] [[Ger Loughnane]]
|style="text-align:center"|Clare 
|1995, 1997
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Liam Sheedy]]
|style="text-align:center"|Tipperary
|2010, 2019
|-
|[[File:Colours of Wexford.svg|20px|border]] [[Padge Kehoe]]
|style="text-align:center"|Wexford
|rowspan="19" style="text-align:center;"|1
|1968
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Donie Nealon]]
|style="text-align:center"|Tipperary
|1971
|-
|[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg|20px|border]] [[Jackie Power]]
|style="text-align:center"|Limerick
|1973
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Eddie Keher]]
|style="text-align:center"|Kilkenny
|1979
|-
|[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg|20px|border]] [[Andy Gallagher]]
|style="text-align:center"|Offaly
|1981
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Justin McCarthy (hurler)|Justin McCarthy]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|1984
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Dermot Healy (hurling manager)|Dermot Healy]]
|style="text-align:center"|Offaly
|1985
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Johnny Clifford]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|1986
|-
|[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg|20px|border]] [[Éamonn Cregan]]
|style="text-align:center"|Offaly
|1994
|-
|[[File:Colours of Wexford.svg|20px|border]] [[Liam Griffin (hurler)|Liam Griffin]]
|style="text-align:center"|Wexford
|1996
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Michael Bond (hurling manager)|Michael Bond]]
|style="text-align:center"|Offaly
|1998
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Jimmy Barry-Murphy]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|1999
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Nicky English]]
|style="text-align:center"|Tipperary
|2001
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Donal O'Grady]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|2004
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[John Allen (hurling manager)|John Allen]]
|style="text-align:center"|Cork
|2005
|-
|[[File:Colours of Clare.svg|20px|border]] [[Davy Fitzgerald]]
|style="text-align:center"|Clare
|2013
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Michael Ryan (hurler, born 1970)|Michael Ryan]]
|style="text-align:center"|Tipperary
|2016
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Micheál Donoghue]]
|style="text-align:center"|Galway
|2017
|-
|[[File:Colours of Clare.svg|20px|border]] [[Brian Lohan]]
|style="text-align:center"|Clare
|2024
|}

=== Current managers ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Manager
!County team
!Appointed
!Years as manager
|-
|1
|[[John Kiely (Limerick hurler)|John Kiely]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|14 September 2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Limerick manager |date=30 September 2021 |url=https://www.limerickpost.ie/2021/09/30/limerick-set-to-reappoint-john-kiely-as-senior-hurling-manager-on-two-year-term/}}</ref>
|7
|-
|2
|Ronan Sheehan
|[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down county hurling team|Down]]
|2017
|6
|-
|3
|[[David Herity]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare county hurling team|Kildare]]
|2018
|5
|-
|4
|[[Brian Lohan]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare county hurling team|Clare]]
|31 October 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clare manager |date=23 August 2021 |url=https://www.the42.ie/clare-offer-three-year-term-to-lohan-5530022-Aug2021/}}</ref>
|4
|-
|5
|[[Stephen Molumphy]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kerry_GAA.svg|20x20px]] [[Kerry county hurling team|Kerry]]
|September 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerry manager |date=7 September 2021 |url=https://m.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/gaa/stephen-molumphy-appointed-kerry-senior-hurling-manager/40826263.html}}</ref>
|3
|-
|6
|[[Tom Mullally]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow county hurling team|Carlow]]
|January 2021
|2
|-
|7
|[[Joe Fortune]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Westmeath county hurling team|Westmeath]]
|September 2021
|2
|-
|8
|[[Darragh Egan]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]]
|September 2021
|2
|-
|9
|[[Pat Ryan (Cork hurler)|Pat Ryan]]
|[[File:Colours-of-Cork.png|border|20x20px]] [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]]
|7 July 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cork manager |date=4 July 2022 |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/pat-ryan-confirmed-as-manager-of-cork-senior-hurlers-on-three-year-term/41813453.html}}</ref>
|1
|-
|10
|[[Liam Cahill]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
|18 July 2022
|1
|-
|11
|[[Derek Lyng]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|4 August 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kilkenny manager | date=4 August 2022 |url=https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/derek-lyng-confirmed-as-new-kilkenny-hurling-manager/41890721.html#:~:text=Derek%20Lyng%20has%20been%20appointed,the%20recently%2Ddeparted%20Brian%20Cody.}}</ref>
|1
|-
|12
|Johnny Kelly
|[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly county hurling team|Offaly]]
|5 September 2022
|1
|-
|13
|Willie Maher
|[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois county hurling team|Laois]]
|12 September 2022
|1
|-
|14
|[[Peter Quelly]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford county hurling team|Waterford]]
|09 August 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2024 |title=Waterford News & Star |url=https://www.waterford-news.ie/sport/gaa/peter-queally-is-the-new-d%C3%A9ise-hurling-boss_arid-28098.html}}</ref>
|
|-
|15
|[[Davy Fitzgerald]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]]
|12 August 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2024 |title=Gaa |url=https://www.gaa.ie/article/davy-fitzgerald-appointed-antrim-manager}}</ref>
|1
|-
|16
|[[Micheál Donoghue]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]]
|29 August 2024<ref>{{Cite news |title=Galway manager |newspaper=[[The Irish Examiner]] |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41465914.html}}</ref>
|1
|-
|17
|[[Niall Ó Ceallacháin]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin county hurling team|Dublin]]
|10 September 2024<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dublin Manager |newspaper=[[The Irish Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/niall-o-ceallachain-confirmed-as-new-dublin-hurling-manager/a352097309.html}}</ref>
|1
|}

==Trophy and medals==
At the end of the All-Ireland final, the winning team is presented with a trophy. The [[Liam MacCarthy Cup]] is held by the winning team until the following year's final. Traditionally, the presentation is made at a special rostrum in the Ard Chomairle section of the Hogan Stand where GAA and political dignitaries and special guests view the match.

The cup is decorated with ribbons in the colours of the winning team. During the game the cup actually has both teams' sets of ribbons attached and the runners-up ribbons are removed before the presentation. The winning captain accepts the cup on behalf of his team before giving a short speech. Individual members of the winning team then have an opportunity to come to the rostrum to lift the cup.

The Liam MacCarthy Cup commemorates the memory of [[Liam MacCarthy]]. Born in [[London]] to Irish parents in 1851, he was prominently involved in the establishment of a county board in London in the 1890s. In 1922 he presented the GAA with £500 to commission a cup for the All-Ireland champions. The cup, which was constructed to look like a medieval Irish drinking vessel called a mather, was made by jeweller Edmund Johnson at his premises on Dublin's [[Grafton Street]]. It replaced the Great Southern Cup as the All-Ireland trophy and was first presented to [[Bob McConkey]] of Limerick in 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0901/901550-liam-maccarthy-not-just-a-trophy-a-symbol-of-history/|title= Liam MacCarthy - not just a trophy, a symbol of history|publisher=RTÉ Sport|date=2 September 2017|access-date=25 January 2017|first=Peter|last=Sweeney}}</ref>

[[Declan Carr]] of Tipperary was the last recipient of the original Liam MacCarthy Cup in 1991 before it was retired. It is now on display in the GAA Museum in Croke Park. JMK Gold & Silversmith's produced an exact replica which was first awarded to [[Liam Fennelly]] of Kilkenny in 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/final-touches-liam-maccarthy-cup-repaired-before-croke-park-appearance-1.936469|title=Final touches: Liam MacCarthy Cup repaired before Croke Park appearance|newspaper=Irish Times|date=5 September 2008|access-date=25 January 2017|first=Michael|last=Parsons}}</ref>

In accordance with GAA rules, the Central Council awards up to twenty-six gold medals to the winners of the All-Ireland final. The medals are 9 carat gold and depict the design of the GAA. Trophies are awarded to the All-Ireland runners-up. A miniature replica of the Liam MacCarthy Cup is awarded to the captain of the winning team.

==Sponsorship==
Since 1995, the All-Ireland Championship has been sponsored. The sponsor has usually been able to determine the championship's sponsorship name.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
|-
!Period
!Sponsor(s)
!Name
|-
|1887−1994
|No main sponsor
|'''The All-Ireland Championship'''
|-
|1995−2007
|[[Guinness]]
|'''The Guinness Hurling Championship'''
|-
|2008−2009
|[[RTÉ Sport]],  [[Etihad Airways]],  [[Guinness]]
|'''The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship'''
|-
|2010−2012
|[[Centra]],  [[Etihad Airways]],  [[Guinness]]
|'''The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship'''
|-
|2013−2016
|[[Centra]], [[Etihad Airways]],  [[Liberty Mutual|Liberty Insurance]]
|'''The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship'''
|-
|2017−2019
|[[Centra]], [[Shop Direct|Littlewoods Ireland]],  [[Bord Gáis Energy]]
|'''The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Championship'''
|}

==Media coverage==
From the early 1920s, [[British Pathé]] recorded newsreel footage of the All-Ireland finals which was later shown in cinemas around the country. The [[Irish Film Institute|National Film Institute]] and [[Gael Linn]] later produced their own newsreels of All-Ireland finals with [[Michael O'Hehir]] providing commentary. These newsreels were staples for cinema-goers until the 1960s.

Following the establishment of [[2RN]], Ireland's first [[Radio broadcasting|radio broadcasting station]], on 1 January 1926, sports coverage, albeit infrequent, was a feature of the schedules. Early broadcasts consisted of team announcements and short reports on events of interest. 2RN recorded a broadcasting first on 29 August 1926, when former hurler and journalist [[P.D. Mehigan]] carried a live commentary of the All-Ireland semi-final between Kilkenny and Galway. It was the first live radio broadcast of a field game outside of the [[United States]]. Although there was no designated sports department within Irish radio for many years, a two-way relationship between the national broadcaster and the GAA was quickly established. As well as exclusive live commentaries, Seán Ó Ceallacháin began broadcasting a weekly results programme on [[Radio Éireann]] in 1930.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/laweb/ll/ll_t07a_fulltext.html|title=The Early Years of Broadcasting|website=RTÉ|access-date=14 April 2009}}</ref>

When [[Telefís Éireann]] was established on 31 December 1961, the new station was interested in the broadcasting of championship games. The GAA, however, were wary that live television coverage would result in lower attendances at games. Because of this, the association restricted annual coverage of its games to the All-Ireland hurling and football finals, the two All-Ireland football semi-finals and the two [[Railway Cup]] finals. The first live broadcast of a hurling championship match was the All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Wexford on 2 September 1962. While the All-Ireland semi-finals were reintroduced in 1969, RTÉ was still confined to just broadcasting the final. In spite of this, highlights of the semi-finals were regularly shown.

The All-Ireland final between Tipperary and Kilkenny on 5 September 1971 was the first to be [[Colour television|broadcast in colour]].

The first All-Ireland semi-final to be broadcast live was the meeting of Cork and Galway on 7 August 1977. The popularity of the evening highlights programme led to the development of ''[[The Sunday Game]]'', which was first broadcast on 8 July 1979.<ref name=charmandhumanity>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/ourview/bill-oherlihy-a-man-of-charm-and-humanity-332815.html|title=Bill O'Herlihy: A man of charm and humanity|date=26 May 2015}}</ref> For the early years financial and logistical reasons restricted the programme to featuring just one full championship game and discussion about it. The show, however, soon expanded featuring coverage of one or more of the day's main championship games, followed by extended highlights of the other major games of the day.

The 1981 All-Ireland final between Offaly and Galway was simultaneously broadcast on [[RTÉ One|RTÉ 1]] and [[RTÉ Two|RTÉ 2]], with [[Ger Canning]] providing commentary in the [[Irish language]] on the secondary channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/three-decades-making-the-big-calls-for-canning-93077.html|title=Three decades making the big calls for Canning|newspaper=Irish Examiner|date=1 June 2009|access-date=5 February 2018|first=Michael|last=Moynihan}}</ref>

In 1983, [[Channel 4]] began broadcasting RTÉ's coverage of the All-Ireland final in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. This simulcast lasted until 1992 when the live broadcast was dropped; however, the entire match was shown at a later time.

In 2014, the GAA signed a three-year broadcasting deal with [[Sky Sports]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaa-faces-backlash-over-sky-sports-deal-30147069.html|title=GAA faces backlash over Sky Sports deal|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=2 April 2014|access-date=5 February 2018|first=Colm|last=Keys}}</ref> While Sky were granted exclusive rights to some high-profile games, they were also permitted to broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland semi-finals and final, however, these games were also broadcast live on RTÉ.

==List      of Finals==
{{Main|List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship finals}}

==Roll of honour==
{{Main|All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics}}

=== Performances by county ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
!County
! scope="col" |Title(s)
! scope="col" |Runners-up
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Winning years
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Losing years
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|36
|29
|[[1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1904]], [[1905 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1905]], [[1907 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1907]], [[1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1909]], [[1911 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1911]], [[1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1912]], [[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]], [[1922 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1922]], [[1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1932]], [[1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1933]], [[1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1935]], [[1939 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1939]], [[1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1947]], [[1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1957]], [[1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1963]], [[1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1967]], [[1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1969]], [[1972 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1972]], [[1974 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1974]], [[1975 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1975]], [[1979 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1979]], [[1982 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1982]], [[1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1983]], [[1992 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1992]], [[1993 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1993]], [[2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2000]], [[2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2002]], [[2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2003]],  [[2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2006]], [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2007]], [[2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2008]], [[2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2009]], [[2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2011]], [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2012]], [[2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2014]], [[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2015]]
|[[1893 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1893]], [[1895 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1895]], [[1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1897]], [[1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1898]], [[1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1916]], [[1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1926]], [[1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1931]], [[1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1936]], [[1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1937]], [[1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1940]], [[1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1945]], [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]], [[1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1950]], [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1959]], [[1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1964]], [[1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1966]], [[1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1971]], [[1973 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1973]], [[1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1978]], [[1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1987]], [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1991]], [[1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1998]], [[1999 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1999]], [[2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2004]], [[2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2010]], [[2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2016]], [[2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2019]], [[2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2022]], [[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2023]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|30
|22
|[[1890 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1890]], [[1892 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1892]], [[1893 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1893]], [[1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1894]], [[1902 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1902]], [[1903 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1903]], [[1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1919]], [[1926 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1926]], [[1928 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1928]], [[1929 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1929]], [[1931 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1931]], [[1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1941]], [[1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1942]], [[1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1943]], [[1944 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1944]], [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]], [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1952]], [[1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1953]], [[1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1954]], [[1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1966]], [[1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1970]], [[1976 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1976]], [[1977 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1977]], [[1978 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1978]], [[1984 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1984]], [[1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1986]], [[1990 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1990]], [[1999 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1999]], [[2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2004]], [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2005]]
|[[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1901]], [[1904 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1904]], [[1905 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1905]], [[1907 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1907]], [[1912 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1912]], [[1915 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1915]], [[1920 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1920]], [[1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1927]], [[1939 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1939]], [[1947 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1947]], [[1956 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1956]], [[1969 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1969]], [[1972 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1972]], [[1982 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1982]], [[1983 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1983]], [[1992 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1992]], [[2003 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2003]], [[2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2006]], [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2013]], [[2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2021]], [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]], [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Longford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|29
|13
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]], [[1895 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1895]], [[1896 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1896]], [[1898 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1898]], [[1899 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1899]], [[1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1900]], [[1906 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1906]], [[1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1908]], [[1916 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1916]], [[1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1925]], [[1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1930]], [[1937 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1937]], [[1945 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1945]], [[1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1949]], [[1950 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1950]], [[1951 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1951]], [[1958 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1958]], [[1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1961]], [[1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1962]], [[1964 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1964]], [[1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1965]], [[1971 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1971]], [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1989]], [[1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1991]], [[2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2001]], [[2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2010]], [[2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2016]], [[2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2019]], [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|[[1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1909]], [[1911 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1911]], [[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]], [[1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1917]], [[1922 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1922]], [[1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1960]], [[1967 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1967]], [[1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1968]], [[1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1988]], [[1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1997]], [[2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2009]], [[2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2011]], [[2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2014]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|12
|9
|[[1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1897]], [[1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1918]], [[1921 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1921]], [[1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1934]], [[1936 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1936]], [[1940 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1940]], [[1973 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1973]], [[2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2018]], [[2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2020]], [[2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2021]], [[2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2022]], [[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2023]]
|[[1910 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1910]], [[1923 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1923]], [[1933 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1933]], [[1935 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1935]], [[1974 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1974]], [[1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1980]], [[1994 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1994]], [[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1996]], [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2007]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|6
|15
|[[1889 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1889]], [[1917 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1917]], [[1920 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1920]], [[1924 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1924]], [[1927 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1927]], [[1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1938]]
|[[1892 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1892]], [[1894 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1894]], [[1896 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1896]], [[1906 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1906]], [[1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1908]], [[1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1919]], [[1921 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1921]], [[1930 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1930]], [[1934 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1934]], [[1941 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1941]], [[1942 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1942]], [[1944 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1944]], [[1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1948]], [[1952 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1952]], [[1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1961]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|6
|11
|[[1910 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1910]], [[1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1955]], [[1956 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1956]], [[1960 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1960]], [[1968 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1968]], [[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1996]]
|[[1890 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1890]], [[1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1891]], [[1899 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1899]], [[1918 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1918]], [[1951 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1951]], [[1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1954]], [[1962 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1962]], [[1965 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1965]], [[1970 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1970]], [[1976 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1976]], [[1977 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1977]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|5
|20
|[[1923 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1923]], [[1980 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1980]], [[1987 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1987]], [[1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1988]], [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2017]]
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]], [[1924 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1924]], [[1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1925]], [[1928 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1928]], [[1929 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1929]], [[1953 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1953]], [[1955 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1955]], [[1958 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1958]], [[1975 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1975]], [[1979 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1979]], [[1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1981]], [[1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1985]], [[1986 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1986]], [[1990 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1990]], [[1993 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1993]], [[2001 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2001]], [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2005]], [[2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2012]], [[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2015]], [[2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2018]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|5
|3
|[[1914 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1914]], [[1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1995]], [[1997 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1997]], [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2013]], [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]]
|[[1889 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1889]], [[1932 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1932]], [[2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2002]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|4
|3
|[[1981 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1981]], [[1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1985]], [[1994 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1994]], [[1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1998]]
|[[1984 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1984]], [[1995 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1995]], [[2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2000]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|2
|6
|[[1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1948]], [[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1959]]
|[[1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1938]], [[1957 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1957]], [[1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1963]], [[2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2008]], [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2017]], [[2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2020]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_London.svg|border|20x20px]] [[London GAA|London]]
|1
|3
|[[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1901]]
|[[1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1900]], [[1902 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1902]], [[1903 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1903]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|1
|2
|[[1915 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1915]]
|[[1914 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1914]], [[1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1949]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]]
|1
|0
|[[1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1891]]
|—
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]]
|0
|2
|—
|[[1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1943]], [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1989]]
|}
[[File:All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Timeline.svg|Cumulative Timeline of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships]]

=== Performance by province ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col" |Province
!Title(s)
! scope="col" |Runners-up
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |Total
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Flag of Munster.svg|20px|border]] [[Munster]]
| 79
|53
|132
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Flag of Leinster.svg|20px|border]] [[Leinster]]
| 53
|60
|113
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Flag of Connacht.svg|20px|border]] [[Connacht]]
| 5
|20
|25
|-
! scope="row" | [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-5).svg|border|20x20px]] [[British GAA|Britain]]
|1
|3
|4
|-
! scope="row" |[[File:Flag of Ulster.svg|20px|border]] [[Ulster]]
| 0
|2
|2
|}

The following counties have never won an All-Ireland in hurling:
{| class="wikitable"
!Province
!No.
!Counties
|-
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|4
|[[Leitrim GAA|Leitrim]], [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]], [[Roscommon GAA|Roscommon]], [[Sligo GAA|Sligo]]
|-
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|7
|[[Carlow GAA|Carlow]], [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]], [[Longford GAA|Longford]], [[Louth GAA|Louth]], [[Meath GAA|Meath]], [[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]], [[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
|-
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|9
|[[Antrim GAA|Antrim]], [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]], [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]], [[Derry GAA|Derry]], [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]], [[Down GAA|Down]], [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]], [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]], [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]]
|-
|[[British GAA|Britain]]
|2
|[[Lancashire GAA|Lancashire]], Warwickshire
|}

==Team records and statistics ==
{{Main|All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics}}

=== Team results (since the introduction of the Joe McDonagh Cup) ===
'''Legend'''

* {{bg|gold|1st}} – Champions
* {{bg|silver|2nd}} – Runners-up
* {{bg|#cc9944|SF}} – Semi-finals
* {{bg|#cceeee|QF/PQF}} – Quarter-finals/Preliminary quarter-finals/Round 2/Round 1
* {{bg|#cceeee|M/L/JM}} – Provincial Groups/Joe McDonagh Cup
* {{bg|#eecccc|JM/L}} – Relegated
* L – [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
* M – [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
* JM – [[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
* CR – [[Christy Ring Cup]]

For each year, the number of teams eligible for the All-Ireland (in brackets) are shown.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Team
![[2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2018]] (16)
![[2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2019]] (15)
![[2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2020]] (10)
![[2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2021]] (11)
![[2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2022]] (17)
![[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2023]] (17)
![[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]] (17)
![[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2025]] (17)
!Years
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
|JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PR
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |L
!7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
|JM
|JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
!6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R2
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R2
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down GAA|Down]]
|CR
|CR
|CR
|JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
!4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R1
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R2
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
|JM
|JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |JM
!6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
|CR
|CR
|CR
|JM
|CR
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |JM
|CR
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
!2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R1
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R1
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |JM
|CR
|JM
|JM
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |JM
|CR
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |JM
|CR
!3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |JM
|CR
|CR
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
!6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="gold" |1st
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="silver" |2nd
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |M
!8
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |PQF
|JM
|JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#eecccc" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |JM
!6
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |[[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cc9966" |SF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R2
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |R1
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |QF
| bgcolor="#cceeee" |L
!8
|}

=== Team success summary ===
[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] are the most successful hurling county to date, having won the All-Ireland Hurling Championship the most times (36). Kilkenny have also been runners-up more often than any other team (29).

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | #
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Team
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Wins
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Last win
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Final losses
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Last losing final
! style="background:#069; color:white;" | Final win ratio
|-
|| 1
| [[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|20px|border]] [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
| 36
| [[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2015]]
| 29
| [[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2023]]
| 55%
|-
|| 2
| [[File:Colours of Cork.svg|20px|border]] [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]]
| 30
| [[2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2005]]
| 22
| [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2025]]
| 58%
|-
| 3
| [[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
| 29
| [[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2025]]
| 13
| [[2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2014]]
| 69%
|-
| 4
| [[File:Colours of Limerick.svg|20px|border]] [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
| 12
| [[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2023]]
| 9
| [[2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2007]]
| 57%
|-
| rowspan="2" | 5
| [[File:Colours of Dublin.svg|20px|border]] [[Dublin county hurling team|Dublin]]
| rowspan="2" | 6
| [[1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1938]]
| 15
| [[1961 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1961]]
| 29%
|-
| [[File:Colours of Wexford.svg|20px|border]] [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]]
| [[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1996]]
| 11
| [[1977 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1977]]
| 35%
|-
| rowspan="2"| 7
| [[File:Colours of Galway.svg|20px|border]] [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]]
| 5
| [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2017]]
| 20
| [[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2018]]
| 20%
|-
| [[File:Colours of Clare.svg|20px|border]] [[Clare county hurling team|Clare]]
| 5
| [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2024]]
| 3
| [[2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2002]]
| 63%
|-
| 9
| [[File:Colours of Offaly.svg|20px|border]] [[Offaly county hurling team|Offaly]]
| 4
| [[1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1998]]
| 3
| [[2000 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2000]]
| 57%
|-
| 10
| [[File:Colours of Waterford.svg|20px|border]] [[Waterford county hurling team|Waterford]]
| 2
| [[2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1959]]
| 6
| [[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|2020]]
| 25%
|-
| rowspan="3" |11
| [[File:Colours of London.svg|20px|border]] [[London county hurling team|London]]
| rowspan="3" | 1
| [[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1901]]
| 3
| [[1903 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1903]]
| 25%
|-
| [[File:Colours of Laois.svg|20px|border]] [[Laois county hurling team|Laois]]
| [[1915 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1915]]
| 2
| [[1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1949]]
| 33%
|-
| [[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry county hurling team|Kerry]]
| [[1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1891]]
| 0
| &mdash;
| 100%
|-
| 14
| [[File:Colours of Antrim.svg|20px|border]] [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]]
| 0
| &mdash;
| 2
| [[1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final|1989]]
| 0%
|}

* Only three teams have won the Championship on four consecutive occasions — Cork (1941–44), Kilkenny (2006–09) and Limerick (2020–23).
* Only four teams have won the Championship on three consecutive occasions - [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]] (1892–94, 1941–44 (4 times), 1952–54 & 1976–78), [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]] (1898–1900, 1949–51), [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] (1911–13, 2006–09 (4 times)) and [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]] (2020-2023 (4 times)).
* Additionally, [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]] (1987–1988) and [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]] (1955-1956) have both won back-to-back titles.
* [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]] hold the unfortunate record of appearing in two All-Ireland Finals (1943 and 1989) without ever winning the cup.

=== Debut of counties ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Debutants
!Total
|-
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1887]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare GAA|Clare]], [[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]], [[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]], [[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]], [[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]], [[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|6
|-
|[[1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1888]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]], [[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]], [[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]], [[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]], [[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|5
|-
|[[1889 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1889]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]], [[File:Colours_of_Louth.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Louth GAA|Louth]]
|2
|-
|1890–1896
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1897]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|1
|-
|1898–1912
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1900]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]], [[File:Colours_of_London.svg|border|20x20px]] [[London GAA|London]], [[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Sligo GAA|Sligo]]
|3
|-
|[[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1901]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Derry GAA|Derry]], [[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Roscommon GAA|Roscommon]]
|2
|-
|1902
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Longford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Longford GAA|Longford]]
|1
|-
|1903
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]]
|1
|-
|1904
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|1905
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down GAA|Down]], [[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]]
|2
|-
|1906–1907
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1908]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]], [[File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]]
|2
|-
|[[1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1909]]
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]]
|1
|-
|1910–1912
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Scotland GAA|Glasgow]], [[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Lancashire GAA|Lancashire]], [[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
|3
|-
|1914–1918
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1919]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours of Kerry GAA.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|1
|-
|1920–1942
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1943]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
|1
|-
|1944–1945
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|1946
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]]
|1
|-
|1947–1962
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|[[1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1963]]
| style="text-align:left" | [[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
|1
|-
|1964–1995
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|1996
| style="text-align:left" |[[File:Colors_of_New_York.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New York GAA|New York]]
|1
|-
|1997–present
| style="text-align:left" |''None''
|0
|-
|'''Total'''
| style="text-align:left" |
|'''34'''
|}

* [[Leitrim GAA|Leitrim]] and [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]] never competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

=== List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship counties ===
The following teams have competed in the All-Ireland Championship for at least one season.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
![[County (Gaelic games)|County]]
!App.
!Debut
!Most recent
!Championship titles
!Last championship title
!Best All-Ireland result
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]]
|
|[[1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1900]]
|2025
|0
|—
| bgcolor=silver | Runners-up
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Armagh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Armagh GAA|Armagh]]
|
|[[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]]
|—
|0
|—
|Ulster runners-up
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow GAA|Carlow]]
|
|[[1963 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1963]]
|2025
|0
|—
|Quarter-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Cavan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]]
|
|[[1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1908]]
|[[1925 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1925]]
|0
|—
|Ulster runners-up
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|131
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|'''1887''']]
|2025
|5
|[[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|137
|[[1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1888]]
|2025
|30
|[[2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2005]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Derry GAA|Derry]]
|
|[[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1901]]
|[[2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2004]]
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Donegal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]]
|
|[[1903 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1903]]
|[[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]]
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down GAA|Down]]
|
|[[1905 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1905]]
|2025
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]]
|133
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|'''1887''']]
|2025
|6
|[[1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1938]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Fermanagh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Fermanagh GAA|Fermanagh]]
|
|[[1908 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1908]]
|[[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]]
|0
|—
|Ulster semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|'''1887''']]
|2025
|5
|[[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2017]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Fingal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Scotland GAA|Glasgow]]
|1
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]]
|
|[[1889 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1889]]
|2025
|1
|[[1891 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1891]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
|
|[[1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1888]]
|2025
|0
|—
|Quarter-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|130
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|'''1887''']]
|2025
|36
|[[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2015]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|
|[[1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1888]]
|2025
|1
|[[1915 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1915]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|135
|[[1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1888]]
|2025
|12
|[[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2023]]
| bgcolor="gold" |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Lancashire GAA|Lancashire]]
|1
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_London.svg|border|20x20px]] [[London GAA|London]]
|
|[[1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1900]]
|[[2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2014]]
|1
|[[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1901]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Longford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Longford GAA|Longford]]
|2
|[[1902 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1902]]
|[[1903 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1903]]
|0
|—
| Leinster first round
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Louth.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Louth GAA|Louth]]
|4
|[[1889 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1889]]
|[[1920 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1920]]
|0
|—
|Leinster quarter-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Mayo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]]
|3
|[[1905 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1905]]
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Meath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Meath GAA|Meath]]
|
|[[1919 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1919]]
|2024
|0
|—
|Quarter-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Monaghan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Monaghan GAA|Monaghan]]
|
|[[1909 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1909]]
|[[1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1946]]
|0
|—
|Ulster runners-up
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colors_of_New_York.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New York GAA|New York]]
|6
|[[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1996]]
|[[2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2004]]
|0
|—
|Quarter-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly GAA|Offaly]]
|
|[[1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1897]]
|2025
|4
|[[1998 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1998]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg|border|20x20px]][[Roscommon GAA|Roscommon]]
|20
|[[1901 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1901]]
|[[1999 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1999]]
|0
|—
| bgcolor=#cc9966 | Semi-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Sligo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Sligo GAA|Sligo]]
|2
|[[1900 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1900]]
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|0
|—
|Connacht runners-up
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|132
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|'''1887''']]
|2025
|29
|[[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Waterford GAA|Waterford]]
|125
|[[1888 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1888]]
|2025
|2
|[[1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1959]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]][[Westmeath GAA|Westmeath]]
|
|[[1913 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1913]]
|2025
|0
|—
|Quarter-finals
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|126
|[[1887 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|'''1887''']]
|2025
|6
|[[1996 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1996]]
| bgcolor=gold |'''Champions'''
|-
| align="left" |[[File:Colours_of_Wicklow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wicklow GAA|Wicklow]]
|
|[[1943 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|1943]]
|[[2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2004]]
|0
|—
|Leinster quarter-finals
|}

==Player records==
=== Player of the year ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Year
!Player
!County
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2024]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Shane O'Donnell]]
|[[Clare county hurling team|Clare]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2023]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Aaron Gillane]]
|[[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2022 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2022]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Diarmaid Byrnes]]
|[[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2021]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cian Lynch]] (2)
|[[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2020]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Gearóid Hegarty]]
|[[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2019]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Séamus Callanan]]
|[[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2018]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cian Lynch]]
|[[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2017 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2017]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Joe Canning]]
|[[Galway county hurling team|Galway]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2016 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2016]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Austin Gleeson]]
|[[Waterford county hurling team|Waterford]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2015]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[T. J. Reid]]
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2014]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Richie Hogan]]
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
|[[2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2013]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Tony Kelly (hurler)|Tony Kelly]]
|[[Clare county hurling team|Clare]]
|-
|[[2012 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2012]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Henry Shefflin]] (3)
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
|[[2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2011]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Michael Fennelly (hurler)|Michael Fennelly]]
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
|[[2010 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2010]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Lar Corbett]]
|[[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
|-
|[[2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2009]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Tommy Walsh (hurler, born 1983)|Tommy Walsh]]
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
|[[2008 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2008]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Eoin Larkin]]
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |[[2007 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2007]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Dan Shanahan]]
|[[Waterford county hurling team|Waterford]]
|-
|[[2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2006]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Henry Shefflin]] (2)
|[[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|-
|}

===Scoring records===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right"
|+'''All-time top scorers in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship''' '''(Championship scores only)'''
!Rank!!Player!!Team!!Goals!!Points!!Tally!!Games!!Era!!Average
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Patrick Horgan]]
|[[Cork GAA|Cork]] 
|32<!--goals-->
|683<!--points-->
|779<!--tally-->
|90<!--games-->
|2008–2025
|8.65<!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|2
|style="text-align:left;"|'''[[T. J. Reid]]'''
|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|39<!--goals-->
|641<!--points-->
|758<!--tally-->
|94<!--games-->
|2008–present
|8.05 <!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Joe Canning]]
|[[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|27 <!--goals-->
|486 <!--points-->
|567 <!--tally-->
|62 <!--games-->
|2008–2021
|9.3 <!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Henry Shefflin]]
|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|27 <!--goals-->
|484 <!--points-->
|565 <!--tally-->
|71 <!--games-->
|1999–2014
|8.0 <!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eddie Keher]]
|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|35 <!--goals-->
|336 <!--points-->
|441 <!--tally-->
|50 <!--games-->
|1959–1977
|8.8 <!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler)|Eoin Kelly]]
|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|21 <!--goals-->
|369 <!--points-->
|432 <!--tally-->
|63 <!--games-->
|2000–2014
|6.8 <!--average-->
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |7
| style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Tony Kelly (hurler)|Tony Kelly]]'''
|[[Clare GAA|Clare]]
|17<!--goals-->
|339<!--points-->
|390<!--tally-->
|66<!--games-->
|2012–present
|5.9
|-
| rowspan="1" align="center" |8
|  style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Aaron Gillane]]'''
|[[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|18<!--goals-->
|320<!--points-->
|374<!--tally-->
|46<!--games-->
|2017–present
|8.1<!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|9
|style="text-align:left;" |'''[[Lee Chin]]'''
|[[Wexford GAA|Wexford]]
|12<!--goals-->
|336<!--points-->
|372<!--tally-->
|57<!--games-->
|2011–present
|6.52<!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|10
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Séamus Callanan]]
|[[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|40<!--goals-->
|226<!--points-->
|343<!--tally-->
|66<!--games-->
|2008–2023
|5.1<!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|11
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Christy Ring]]
|[[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|33 <!--goals-->
|208 <!--points-->
|307 <!--tally-->
|65 <!--games-->
|1940–1963
|4.7 <!--average-->
|-
|rowspan=1 align=center|12
|style="text-align:left;"|[[D. J. Carey]]
|[[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|33 <!--goals-->
|188 <!--points-->
|287 <!--tally-->
|57 <!--games-->
|1989–2005
|5.0 <!--average-->
|-

| colspan="9" |<small>As of 8 June 2025 (Bold denotes players still active)</small>
|}

==== Scoring statistics ====

* In 1971 [[Eddie Keher]] of [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] broke his own record of 14 points from the 1963 final by capturing 2–11 against [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]] (although his team lost). This record was broken by [[Nicky English]] of [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]] in 1989 when he scored 2–12 against [[Antrim GAA|Antrim]]. Keher's tally of 6–45 in the [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1972|1972 championship]] is also a record.
* The official hurling records owned and published by Croke Park, and authenticated by the county historians of participating counties, note three records. (This information comes from p.&nbsp;40 of official programme published the GAA on the day of 2005 final between Cork and Galway).
* (1)  The 80 minute final. This 80 minute final took place in 1971 between Tipperary and Kilkenny. Eddie Keher scored 2-11 which makes a total of 17 points. However 2-8 of this was scored from frees. (2) The record for all 70 minute finals. This record was made in 1989. This hurling final was between Tipperary and Antrim. Nicholas English scored 2-12 points which equals a total of 18 points. However 0-9 of this was achieved from frees. (3) The 60 minute final: The overall scoring record is held by Michael Gah Ahern the greatest sharpshooter of the 1920s and early 1930s. He scored 5–4. What makes this scoring record remarkable is that he scored all of his scores from his hands.
* [[Nicky Rackard]] of [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]] got the highest total in a championship game. In Wexford's 12−17 to 2–3 defeat of [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]] in the 1954 semi-final, he scored a remarkable 7-7.
* Prior to the 1930s, scoring records for championship games were rarely kept. A number of players have been credited with enormous tallies. [[Andy 'Dooric' Buckley]] scored at least 6 goals when [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]] beat Kilkenny by 8–9 to 0–8 in the 1903 All-Ireland 'home' final. Other newspaper reports credit him with 7 goals and 4 points.
* [[P. J. Riordan]] is alleged{{By whom|date=January 2010}} to have scored all but 1 point of [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]'s total when they beat [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] by 6–8 to 0−1 in the 1895 All-Ireland final.
* [[Jimmy Kelly (Mooncoin hurler)|Jimmy Kelly]] of Kilkenny is said{{By whom|date=January 2010}} to have scored 7 goals in 30 minutes against Cork in the replay of the 1905 final.
* In 1990 the rule prohibiting a hand-passed score was introduced. This had a large bearing on scoring, with fewer goals being scored in open play.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Championship Tiers==

=== Title Holders ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Competition
| rowspan="8" |
!Year
!Champions
!Title
!Runners-up
| rowspan="8" |
!Next edition
|-
|All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
|[[2025 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png|border|20x20px]] [[Tipperary GAA|Tipperary]]
|29th
|[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|[[2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship|2026]]
|-
|[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|[[2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kilkenny GAA|Kilkenny]]
|77th
|[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Galway GAA|Galway]]
|2026
|-
|[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
|[[2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship|2025]]
|[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cork GAA|Cork]]
|55th
|[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Limerick GAA|Limerick]]
|2026
|-
|[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|[[2025 Joe McDonagh Cup|2025]]
| [[File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]]
|1st
|[[File:Colours of Laois.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Laois GAA|Laois]]
|2026
|-
|[[Christy Ring Cup]]
|[[2025 Christy Ring Cup|2025]]
|[[File:Colours of London.svg|border|20x20px]] [[London GAA|London]]
|2nd
| [[File:Colours_of_Derry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Derry GAA|Derry]]
|2026
|-
|[[Nicky Rackard Cup]]
|[[2025 Nicky Rackard Cup|2025]]
| [[File:Colours_of_Roscommon.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Roscommon GAA|Roscommon]]
|3rd
|[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Mayo GAA|Mayo]]
|2026
|-
|[[Lory Meagher Cup]]
|[[2025 Lory Meagher Cup|2025]]
|[[File:Colours of New York.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New York GAA|New York]]
|1st
|[[File:Colours of Cavan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]]
|2026
|}

===2026 Teams===

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Championship
![[County team]]
![[GAA provincial council|Province]]
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship|Munster SHC]]
|[[File:Colours of Clare.svg|border|20px]] [[Clare county hurling team|Clare]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Cork.svg|border|20px]] [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Limerick.svg|border|20px]] [[Limerick county hurling team|Limerick]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.png|border|20px]] [[Tipperary county hurling team|Tipperary]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Waterford.svg|border|20px]] [[Waterford county hurling team|Waterford]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|-
! colspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship|Leinster SHC]]
|[[File:Colours of Dublin.svg|border|20px]] [[Dublin county hurling team|Dublin]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Galway.svg|border|20px]] [[Galway county hurling team|Galway]]
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kildare.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kildare county hurling team|Kildare]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Kilkenny.svg|border|20px]] [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Offaly.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Offaly county hurling team|Offaly]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Wexford.svg|border|20px]] [[Wexford county hurling team|Wexford]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
! colspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Joe McDonagh Cup]]
|[[File:Colours of Antrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Antrim county hurling team|Antrim]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Carlow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Carlow county hurling team|Carlow]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Down.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Down county hurling team|Down]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Laois.svg|border|20px]] [[Laois county hurling team|Laois]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of London.svg|border|20x20px]] [[London county hurling team|London]]
|[[British GAA|Britain]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Westmeath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Westmeath county hurling team|Westmeath]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
! colspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Christy Ring Cup]]
|[[File:Colours of Kerry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Kerry county hurling team|Kerry]]
|[[Munster GAA|Munster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Derry.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Derry county hurling team|Derry]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Donegal.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Donegal county hurling team|Donegal]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Meath.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Meath county hurling team|Meath]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Roscommon.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Roscommon county hurling team|Roscommon]]
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Wicklow.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Wicklow county hurling team|Wicklow]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
! colspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="7" |[[Nicky Rackard Cup]]
|[[File:Colours of Armagh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Armagh county hurling team|Armagh]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Fermanagh.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Fermanagh county hurling team|Fermanagh]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Louth.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Louth county hurling team|Louth]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Mayo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Mayo county hurling team|Mayo]]
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|-
|[[File:Colors of New York.svg|border|20x20px]] [[New York county hurling team|New York]]
|
|-
|[[File:Colours of Sligo.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Sligo county hurling team|Sligo]]
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tyrone.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Tyrone county hurling team|Tyrone]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
! colspan="3" |
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Lory Meagher Cup]]
|[[File:Colours of Cavan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Cavan county hurling team|Cavan]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Tipperary.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Lancashire county hurling team|Lancashire]]
|[[British GAA|Britain]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Leitrim.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Leitrim county hurling team|Leitrim]] 
|[[Connacht GAA|Connacht]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Longford.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Longford county hurling team|Longford]]
|[[Leinster GAA|Leinster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Monaghan.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Monaghan county hurling team|Monaghan]]
|[[Ulster GAA|Ulster]]
|-
|[[File:Colours of Warwickshire.svg|border|20x20px]] [[Warwickshire county hurling team|Warwickshire]]
|[[British GAA|Britain]]
|}

=== Former championships ===
* [[All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship]]
* [[All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship]]
* [[All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship]]
* [[Connacht Senior Hurling Championship]]
* [[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship]]

==See also==
* [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]
* [[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship records and statistics]]
* [[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]]
* [[List of Gaelic games competitions]]
* [[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]
* [[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]
* [[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship]]
* [[Connacht Senior Hurling Championship]]
* [[Joe McDonagh Cup]] (Tier 2)
* [[Christy Ring Cup]] (Tier 3)
* [[Nicky Rackard Cup]] (Tier 4)
* [[Lory Meagher Cup]] (Tier 5)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{official website}}

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