The 2026 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship is the 132nd staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The draws for the group stage placings took place on 21 January 2026. The championship is scheduled to run from 30 July to October 2026.
Na Piarsaigh are the defending champion.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Garryspillane
From Championship
Relegated to the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Dromin/Athlacca
Format
Overview The Limerick County Championship features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. Each team in the championship is guaranteed at least five games. Relegation also takes place with the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Group stage For the group stage there are two groups of six teams. Group 1 consists of what are regarded as the "strongest" teams. Group 2 is the "weaker" teams. Teams play the other five teams in the group once, and match points are awarded depending on the result of each game, with teams receiving two points for a win, and one for a draw.
Following the completion of the group stage, the top four-ranking teams in Group 1 and the top two-ranking teams in Group 2 qualify for the knock-out stage of the championship.
Knockout stage The two quarter-finals consist of the third and fourth-ranked teams from Group 1 and the top two-ranked teams from Group 2. The winners of the quarter-finals advance to the semi-finals where they join the top two-ranked teams from Group 1 who received a bye to this stage.
Group 1 Group 1 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Kilmallock55001351043110 Na Piarsaigh5311140109317 Doon5212134124105 Monaleen5113116131-153 Ballybrown5113110128-183 Ahane510495135-402
Group 1 results
Group 2 Group 2 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiff Mungret/St Paul's55001291002910 Adare5302118108106 Patrickswell5302137110276 Garryspillane5203103137-344 Newcastle West5203106107-14 Kildimo-Pallaskenry500589120-310
Group 2 results
Knockout stage Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Adam EnglishDoon1–6063610.502Jason GillanePatrickswell4–4052510.403Hugh FlanaganGarryspillane2–434959.804Liam LynchMungret/St Paul's3–374667.665Shane HassettMonaleen1–374066.666Tom MorrisseyAhane1–353857.607Willie GriffinAdare1–323565.838John FitzgibbonAdare4–203265.33Keith DempseyNa Piarsaigh0–323256.4010Micheál HoulihanKilmallock1–273056.00
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Aidan O'ConnorBallybrown2–0915Doon2Hugh FlanaganGarryspillane1–1114PatrickswellAdam EnglishDoon0–1414Ahane4Micheál HoulihanKilmallock1–0912DoonHugh FlanaganGarryspillane1–0912Mungret/St Paul'sShane HassettMonaleen1–0912DoonJason GillanePatrickswell1–0912Newcastle WestJason GillanePatrickswell0–1212Mungret/St Paul'sJason GillanePatrickswell0–1212Kildimo-PallaskenryPierce ConneryKilmallock0–1212Monaleen
References