The 2012 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 111th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The competition ran from 28 July to 7 October 2012.
Ballyduff were the defending champions.
The final was played on 7 October 2012 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Ballyduff and Lixnaw, in what was their sixth meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in two years. Ballyduff won the match by 1–15 to 1–09 to claim their 24th championship title overall and a third title in succession.
Lixnaw's Ricky Heffernan was the championship's top scorer with 0-38.
Results Round 1
Round 2A
Round 2B
Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Ricky HeffernanLixnaw0-383857.602Darragh O'ConnellAbbeydorney4-172939.66Paul McGrathCauseway1-262947.254Bobby O'SullivanBallyduff0-272746.755Shane BrickKilmoyley1-212438.006Aidan BoyleBallyduff5-031844.507Tim HanafinSt Brendan's0-171735.668Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's1-121527.509John Mike DooleyCrotta O'Neill's4-011343.2510Michael SlatteryCrotta O'Neill's0-121226.00
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Paul McGrathCauseway1-0912Ballyheigue2Ricky HeffernanLixnaw0-1111Crotta O'Neill's3Aidan BoyleBallyduff3-0110St Brendan'sDarragh O'ConnellAbbeydorney1-0710KilmoyleyDarragh O'ConnellAbbeydorney1-0710LixnawShane BrickKilmoyley1-0710Abbeydorney7Darragh O'ConnellAbbeydorney2-039CausewayShane NolanCrotta O'Neill's1-069LixnawShane BrickKilmoyley0-099Crotta O'Neill's10Paul McGrathCauseway0-088St Brendan'sBobby O'SullivanBallyduff0-088LixnawRicky HeffernanLixnaw0-088Ballyduff
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