The 1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 28th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 21 September 1997 to 17 March 1998.
Wolfe Tones na Sionna of Clare were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Sixmilebridge in the quarter-finals of the 1996 Clare SHC. Dunnamaggin of Kilkenny and Sarsfields of Cork made their championship debuts.
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 March 1998, between Birr of Offaly and Sarsfields of Galway, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Birr won the match by 1–13 to 0–09 to claim a second title.
Clarecastle's Ken Ralph was the championship's top scorer with 4–28.
Results Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
First round
Second round
Semi-final
Final
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Championship Statistics Scoring
Top scorers overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Ken RalphClarecastle4–284058.002Gregory O'KaneDunloy3–283749.253Aidan DonohueSarsfields2–283448.504Gary KirbyPatrickswell1–2932310.665Gary CahillBirr0–282864.666Dom GreallyTooreen1–192237.337Declan PilkingtonBirr4-082063.338Darren HanniffyBirr1–161963.169Alistair ElliottDunloy4-061844.50Jamesie BrennanO'Toole's1–151829.0010Pat RyanSarsfields2–111728.50
Top scorers in a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Dom GreallyTooreen1–1013Four Roads Hurling ClubGary KirbyPatrickswell1–1013BallyheigueAidan DonohueSarsfields1–1013Dunloy2Jamesie BrennanO'Toole's1-0912St. Mullin's3Gregory O'KaneDunloy1-0811LaveyKen RalphClarecastle1-0811St. Gabriel'sGary KirbyPatrickswell0–1111Clarecastle4Mark HennessyNaas2-0410Longford SlashersPat RyanSarsfields2-0410BallygunnerOllie CollinsLavey2-0410DunloyGregory O'KaneDunloy1-0710BallygalgetKen RalphClarecastle1-0710BallygunnerPat CoadySt. Mullin's0–1010Naomh Moninne
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