The 2013 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 112th completed staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1889. The championship ran from 19 July to 27 October 2013.
Ballyduff entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Causeway in the quarter-finals.
The final, a replay, was played on 27 October 2013 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between St. Brendan's and Lixnaw, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. St Brendan's won the match by 0–13 to 0–08 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in 23 years.
John Egan was the championship's top scorer with 1-54.
Team changes To championship
Promoted from the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship Kenmare
From championship
Regraded to the Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship Crotta O'Neill's
Results Round 1
Round 2A
Round 2B
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final replay
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1John EganSt Brendan's1-545769.502Paul McGrathCauseway0-494968.163Shane BrickKilmoyley3-374659.204Ricky HeffernanLixnaw6-143265.335Pádraig BoyleBallyduff2-212746.756Brendan BrosnanLixnaw0-262664.667Philip LucidBallyheigue1-161929.508James FlahertyLixnaw1-151853.609Daniel O'LearyAbbeydorney0-171735.6610Daniel CollinsKilmoyley1-121553.00
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1John EganSt Brendan's1-1215Causeway2John EganSt Brendan's0-1414Ballyheigue3Shane BrickKilmoyley1-1013Kenmare/KilgarvanPhilip LucidBallyheigue1-1013Ballyduff5Pádraig BoyleBallyduff0-1212CausewayPaul McGrathCauseway0-1212St Brendan'sPaul McGrathCauseway0-1212Ballyduff8Ricky HeffernanLixnaw3-0211Kilmoyley9Ricky HeffernanLixnaw2-0410BallyduffShane BrickKilmoyley0-1010Abbeydorney
Miscellaneous
The final went to a replay for the first time since 2007. St Brendan's won the championship for the first time since 1990. It was their eighth championship overall, taking them to fourth position on the all-time roll of honour. Lixnaw lost a second successive final. It was their third final defeat since their last victory in 2007. Crotta O'Neill's withdraw from the championship.
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