The 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) was the 136th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The competition began in April 2023 and ended on 23 July 2023.
Limerick entered the competition as defending champion, having won its previous three editions.
The final was played on 23 July 2023 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Limerick and Kilkenny. Defending champion Limerick won the game by 0–30 to 2–15 to claim a four-in-a-row, as well as a fifth title in six years.
Format
Leinster Championship
Participating counties (6) Antrim, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Westmeath, Wexford
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
Participating counties (5) Clare, Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford
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 Participating counties (6) Carlow, Down, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Offaly
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.
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.
Team changes
To Championship Promoted from the Christy Ring Cup
Kildare
From Championship Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup
Meath
Teams
General information Seventeen counties will compete in the 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. CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 2022 ChampionshipCurrent championship Antrim 2017 —Preliminary quarter-finalsLeinster Senior Hurling Championship Carlow — —3rd (Joe McDonagh Cup)Joe McDonagh Cup Clare19982013Semi-finalsMunster Senior Hurling Championship Cork20182005Quarter-finalsMunster Senior Hurling Championship Down — —5th (Joe McDonagh Cup)Joe McDonagh Cup Dublin201319384th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Galway20182017Semi-finalsLeinster Senior Hurling Championship Kerry18911891Preliminary quarter-finalsJoe McDonagh Cup Kildare — —1st (Christy Ring Cup)Joe McDonagh Cup Kilkenny20222015Runners-upLeinster Senior Hurling Championship Laois194919156th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)Joe McDonagh Cup Limerick20222022ChampionsMunster Senior Hurling Championship Offaly199519984th (Joe McDonagh Cup)Joe McDonagh Cup Tipperary201620195th (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)Munster Senior Hurling Championship Waterford201019594th (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)Munster Senior Hurling Championship Westmeath — —5th (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Wexford20191996Quarter-finalsLeinster Senior Hurling Championship
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor AntrimDarren GleesonConor McCannFibrus CarlowTom MullallyPaul DoyleSETU ClareBrian LohanTony KellyPat O'Donnell CorkPat RyanSean O'DonoghueSports Direct DownRonan SheehanTBD EOS IT Solutions DublinMicheál DonoghueEoghan O'Donnell and Cian O'CallaghanAIG GalwayHenry ShefflinDaithí Burke and Joseph CooneySupermac's KerryStephen MolumphyGavin DooleyKerry Group KildareDavid HerityJames BurkeBrady Family Ham KilkennyDerek LyngRichie Reid and Eoin CodyAvonmore LaoisWillie MaherEnda RowlandLaois Hire LimerickJohn KielyDeclan HannonJP McManus OffalyJohnny KellyJason SampsonGlenisk TipperaryLiam CahillNoel McGrathFiserv WaterfordDavy FitzgeraldJamie Barron and Stephen BennettCognizant WestmeathJoe FortuneAonghus Clarke and Killian DoyleRenault WexfordDarragh EganLee Chin and Kevin FoleyZurich Insurance Group
Teams by province The participating teams, listed by province, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the 2023 National Hurling League before the championship were:
Connacht (1)
Galway (5)
Leinster (8)
Carlow (16) Dublin (8) Kildare (14) Kilkenny (2) Laois (13) Offaly (12) Westmeath (11) Wexford (10)
Munster (6)
Clare (7) Cork (4) Kerry (15) Limerick (1) (title-holders) Tipperary (3) Waterford (6)
Ulster (2)
Antrim (9) Down (17)
Summary
Championships CompetitionYearChampionsTitleRunners-upLevel on pyramidAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship2023 Limerick12th Kilkenny1Leinster Senior Hurling Championship2023 Kilkenny75th GalwayMunster Senior Hurling Championship2023 Limerick24th ClareJoe McDonagh Cup2023 Carlow2nd Offaly2Christy Ring Cup2023 Meath3rd Derry3Nicky Rackard Cup2023 Wicklow1st Donegal4Lory Meagher Cup2023 Monaghan1st Lancashire5
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Group Stage
TeamQualification1 Galway5320175116 +598Advance to Leinster Final2 Kilkenny 5311163120 +4373 Dublin5221125117 +86Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Wexford5203137141 −445 Antrim5113141167 −2636 Westmeath (R)510493173 −802Relegation to Joe McDonagh Cup
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Final
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Group Stage TeamQualification1 Clare43018–9110–76 +96Advance to Munster Final2 Limerick 42116–882–98 +253 Tipperary41217–938–91 −14Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Cork41128–947–90 +735 Waterford41031–773–88 −172
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Final
Cup competitions
Joe McDonagh Cup
Group Stage TeamQualification1 Carlow (C)532013–1181–104 +508Advance to Final and All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals2 Offaly54017–1056–93 +1583 Laois531114–1144–87 +5774 Kerry52122–1016–96 −755 Down51043–8818–112 −5926 Kildare (R)50056–6810–112 −560Relegated to Christy Ring Cup
Final Carlow will be promoted to the 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)
Group stage TeamQualification1 Meath54014–1175–98 +168Advance to Knockout Stage2 Derry53118–12610–84 +3673 Sligo53026–977–110 −1664 London530213–1068–112 +965 Tyrone51139–955–113 −636 Mayo50053–998–120 −390Relegated to Nicky Rackard Cup
Final
Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
Group stage TeamQualification1 Wicklow550015–1077–62 +6910Advance to Knockout Stage2 Donegal54019–1039–74 +2983 Armagh520311–808–110 −2144 Roscommon520311–7011–107 −3745 Louth51138–8117–83 −2936 Fermanagh50147–829–87 −111Relegation to Lory Meagher Cup
Final
Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
Group stage TeamQualification1 Monaghan531110–989–67 +347Advance to Knockout Stage2 Lancashire530220–7614–97 −363 Cavan52127–10612–77 +1454 Longford52126–846–75 +955 Leitrim52128–739–78 −1056 Warwickshire510410–6011–101 −442
Final
Bracket
Preliminary quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity AntrimBelfastUlsterCorrigan Park3,700 CarlowCarlowLeinsterDr Cullen Park11,000 ClareEnnisMunsterCusack Park19,000 CorkCorkMunsterPáirc Uí Chaoimh45,000 DownRubaneUlsterMcKenna Park5,000 DublinDublinLeinsterCroke Park82,300 GalwayGalwayConnachtPearse Stadium26,197 KerryTraleeMunsterAustin Stack Park12,000 KildareNewbridgeLeinsterHawkfield Centre of Excellence1,300 KilkennyKilkennyLeinsterNowlan Park27,000 LaoisPortlaoiseLeinsterO'Moore Park22,000 LimerickLimerickMunsterGaelic Grounds44,023 OffalyTullamoreLeinsterO'Connor Park18,000 TipperaryThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 WaterfordThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 WestmeathMullingarLeinsterCusack Park11,500 WexfordWexfordLeinsterChadwicks Wexford Park18,000
Statistics
Top scorers
Top scorer overall
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage 1 T. J. Reid Kilkenny 2–73 79 8 9.87 2 Evan Niland Galway 0–77 77 8 9.62 3 Donal Burke Dublin 2–59 65 6 10.83 4 Aaron Gillane Limerick 3–47 56 7 8.00 5 Tony Kelly Clare 5–33 48 7 6.85 6 Conal Cunning Antrim 2–42 48 5 9.60 7 Patrick Horgan Cork 2–39 45 4 11.25 8 Jason Forde Tipperary 4–31 43 4 10.75 9 Conor Whelan Galway 7–18 39 8 4.87 10 Mark Rodgers Clare 4–27 39 6 6.50 11 Stephen Bennett Waterford 0–37 37 4 9.25 12 Eoin Cody Kilkenny 5–21 36 8 4.50 13 Lee Chin Wexford 1–32 35 5 7.00 14 Aidan McCarthy Clare 1–27 30 5 6.00 15 Martin Keoghan Kilkenny 5-09 24 6 4.00 16 Jake Morris Tipperary 2–18 24 5 4.80
In a single game
RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition 1 Patrick Horgan Cork 1–14 17 Limerick 2 Jason Forde Tipperary 2–11 17 Offaly 3 Aidan McCarthy Clare 1–13 16 Tipperary 4 T. J. Reid Kilkenny 2–10 16 Antrim 5 Aaron Gillane Limerick 1–11 14 Clare 6 Tony Kelly Clare 0–13 13 Waterford 7 Stephen Bennett Waterford 0–13 13 Limerick 8 Evan Niland Galway 0–12 12 Kilkenny 9 Martin Keoghan Kilkenny 3-03 12 Antrim 10 Jason Forde Tipperary 2-06 12 Clare 11 Patrick Horgan Cork 1-09 12 Clare
Scoring events
Widest winning margin: 34 points Galway 6–33 – 0–17 Westmeath (Leinster SHC) Most goals in a match: 10 Offaly 3–18 – 7–38 Tipperary (preliminary quarter-final) Most points in a match: 56 Wexford 1–30 – 1–26 Antrim (Leinster SHC) Offaly 3–18 – 7–38 Tipperary (preliminary quarter-final) Most goals by one team in a match: 7 Offaly 3–18 – 7–38 Tipperary (preliminary quarter-final) Most points by one team in a match: 38 Offaly 3–18 – 7–38 Tipperary (preliminary quarter-final) Highest aggregate score: 86 points Offaly 3–18 – 7–38 Tipperary (preliminary quarter-final) Lowest aggregate score: 36 points Kilkenny 0–29 – 0-07 Westmeath (Leinster SHC)
Miscellaneous Limerick win their fourth All-Ireland in a row and their 12th in total Limerick extended their unbeaten streak to 17 games, 16 wins and 1 draw, after defeating Waterford in the first round Munster championship. The streak began in the Munster quarter final clash versus Clare in October 2020, and ended with a defeat to Clare in the 2023 Munster SHC. Kilkenny are the only other county with a longer unbeaten streak, 21 games unbeaten from 2006 to 2010.