The 2022 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 125th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. St Thomas' won their fifth consecutive title in a row after defeating Loughrea in a replay at Pearse Stadium on 27 November.
Moycullen participated in the senior championship having beaten Killimor in the 2021 Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship. The competition was sponsored by Brooks for the third of a 3-year partnership that started in 2020.
Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry were relegated, losing the relegation playoff to Ahascragh-Fohenagh and will play in the 2023 Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Killimor won the 2022 Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship and will play Senior B in 2023.
Competition format Twenty four teams competed. Twelve teams as determined by the 2021 Competition competed in the Senior A Group and twelve teams competed in the Senior B Group. Eight teams from the Senior A Group and four teams from the Senior B Group progressed to the knockout stage.
Group stage
Senior A Senior A consisted of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6 teams. The top two teams in each group progressed directly to the Quarter-Finals The 3rd and 4th placed teams qualified for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals All 12 of these teams will play in the 2023 Championship
Senior A – Group 1 {| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=50| !width=50| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| St. Thomas' ||5||4||0||1||10–98||10–92||6||8 |- style="background:#98FB98;" |2||align=left| Sarsfields ||5||3||1||1||11–89||4–92||18||7 |- style="background:#ccf;" |3||align=left| Clarinbridge ||5||2||2||1||7–108||9–93||9||6 |- style="background:#ccf;" |4||align=left| Turloughmore ||5||3||0||2||6–95||1–78||32||6 |- |5||align=left| Killimordaly ||5||1||0||4||4–71||8–100||-41||2 |- |6||align=left| Castlegar ||5||0||1||4||3–88||10–97||-24||1
Senior A – Group 2 {| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=50| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1|| style="text-align:left;"| Loughrea ||5||5||0||0||7–105||4–78||36||10 |- style="background:#98FB98;" |2|| style="text-align:left;"| Tommy Larkin's ||5||3||1||1||11–91||2–93||25||7 |- style="background:#ccf;" |3|| style="text-align:left;"| Cappataggle ||5||2||2||1||6–98||5–92||9||6 |- style="background:#ccf;" |4|| style="text-align:left;"| Craughwell ||5||2||1||2||9–77||6–79||7||5 |- |5|| style="text-align:left;"| Gort ||5||1||0||4||6–94||9–88||-3||2 |- |6|| style="text-align:left;"| Kilconieron ||5||0||0||5||1–74||14–109||-74||0
Senior B Senior B consisted of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The top team from each group qualified for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals will play in the 2023 Championship The second and third placed teams cross-played with the winners also qualifying for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals
Senior B – Group 1
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Senior B – Group 2
{| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=45| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#ccf;" |1||align=left| Portumna ||5||5||0||0||6–103||6–74||29||10 |- style="background:#FFEFD5;" |2||align=left| Ardrahan ||5||4||0||1||7–85||5–80||11||8 |- style="background:#FFEFD5;" |3||align=left| Liam Mellows ||5||3||0||2||7–94||5–85||15||6 |- |4||align=left| Pádraig Pearse's ||5||1||0||4||3–77||5–81||-10||2 |- |5||align=left| Mullagh ||5||1||0||4||7–77||7–95||-18||2 |- style="background:#FFBBBB;" |6||align=left| Ahascragh-Fohenagh ||5||1||0||4||3–78||5–99||-35||2
Senior B – Playoff
Senior Relegation Playoff
Preliminary Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
St. Thomas':1 Gerald Kelly2 Cian Mahoney3 Fintan Burke7 Cathal Burke5 Evan Duggan4 John Headd6 Mark Caulfield8 Bernard Burke9 David Burke20 Victor Manso11 Conor Cooney10 Darragh Burke12 Damian McGlynn13 Eanna Burke15 Oisin FlannerySubstitutes Used:18 Shane Cooney for Mark Caulfield (30 mins)19 Brendan Farrell for Victor Manso (46 mins)17 Conor Headd for John Headd (58 mins)21 Damien Finnerty for Bernard Burke (60+2 mins)Manager: Kenneth BurkeLoughrea:1 Gearoid Loughnane9 Johnny Coen3 Paul Hoban4 Kieran Hanrahan8 Ian Hanrahan7 Oisin Coyle20 Brian Keary14 Jamie Ryan12 Tiernan Killeen23 Darren Shaughnessy25 Dylan Shaughnessy21 Anthony Burns10 Neil Keary13 Martin McManus11 Joe MooneySubstitutes Used:6 Sean Sweeney for Ian Hanrahan (58 mins)5 Caimin Killeen for Dylan Shaughnessy (60+1 minutes)15 Shane O’Brien for Anthony Burns (60+1 minutes)Manager: Tommy Kelly
Replay
St. Thomas':1 Gerald Kelly5 Evan Duggan3 Fintan Burke2 Cian Mahoney7 Cathal Burke9 David Burke4 John Headd8 Bernard Burke10 Darragh Burke20 Victor Manso11 Conor Cooney6 Mark Caulfield12 Damian McGlynn15 Oisin Flannery13 Eanna BurkeSubstitutes Used:19 Brendan Farrell for Bernard Burke (54 mins)17 Conor Headd for Victor Manso (56 mins)Manager: Kenneth BurkeLoughrea:1 Gearoid Loughnane3 Paul Hoban4 Kieran Hanrahan9 Johnny Coen23 Darren Shaughnessy8 Ian Hanrahan20 Brian Keary7 Oisin Coyle12 Tiernan Killeen10 Neil Keary25 Dylan Shaughnessy21 Anthony Burns13 Martin McManus11 Joe Mooney14 Jamie RyanSubstitutes Used:5 Caimin Killeen for Brian Keary (33 minutes)15 Shane O’Brien for Dylan Shaughnessy (39 minutes)22 Tom Hoban for Anthony Burns (58 mins)Manager: Tommy Kelly
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