1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1938 and ended on 4 September 1938.

Tipperary were the defending champions but were disqualified from the championship after fielding an ineligible player in their Munster semi-final defeat of Clare.

On 4 September 1938, Dublin won the championship following a 2-5 to 1-6 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final. This was their sixth All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.

Waterford's Locky Byrne was the championship's top scorer with 4-5.

Teams

Overview

The 1938 championship featured no new entrants to the competition. Kerry, a team who had fielded a team throughout much of the 1930s, declined to participate in the Munster Championship.

Galway were the sole representatives from the Conancht Championship and received a bye to the All-Ireland semi-final. There were no representatives from the Ulster Championship.

Summaries

Team	Colours	Grounds	Most recent success
			All-Ireland	Provincial	League
Clare	Saffron and blue	Cusack Park	1914	1932
Cork	Red and white	Cork Athletic Grounds	1931	1931	1929-30
Dublin	Blue and navy	Croke Park	1927	1934	1928-29
Galway	Maroon and white	Pearse Stadium	1923
Kilkenny	Black and amber	Nowlan Park	1935	1937	1932-33
Laois	Blue and white	O'Moore Park	1915	1915
Limerick	Green and white	Ennis Road	1936	1936	1937-38
Meath	Green and gold	Páirc Tailteann
Offaly	Green, white and gold	St. Brendan's Park
Tipperary	Blue and gold	Thurles Sportsfield	1937	1937	1927-28
Waterford	White and blue	Walsh Park
Westmeath	Maroon and white	Cusack Park
Wexford	Purple and gold	Wexford Park	1910	1918

Results

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Finals

Template:Football box collapsible The Leinster final ended in a draw for the first time since 1934.

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

Quarter-final

Semi-finals

Template:Football box collapsible Clare later objected to the victory as Tipperary had fielded Jimmy Cooney who was suspended. The objection was upheld and Clare were later awarded the game.

Final

Template:Football box collapsible Waterford won the Munster title for the first time in their history.

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Semi-final

Template:Football box collapsible Waterford's first championship match against Galway

Final

Template:Football box collapsible Waterford's first All-Ireland final and first championship match against Dublin