2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

County Championships

The top hurling teams in Ireland's counties compete in their senior club championship. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions – it can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.

Only single club teams are allowed to enter the All-Ireland Club championship. If a team which is an amalgamation of two or more clubs, a divisional team or a university team wins a county's championship, a single club team will represent that county in the provincial championship as determined by that county's championship rules. Normally it is the club team that exited the county championship at the highest stage.

Provincial Championships

Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht discontinued their senior club championship after 2007 but they do organise intermediate and junior championships. The Galway champions represent Connacht in the All-Ireland senior club semi-finals as Galway club hurling is at higher level than the hurling in the other four Connacht counties.

Some Leinster, Munster and Ulster counties also enter their senior champions in the All-Ireland intermediate club championship (tier 2) as it is recognised that club hurling is weak in those counties.

All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in all matches including the final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

All-Ireland

The two semi-finals are usually played on a Saturday in early February. The All-Ireland Club SHC final is traditionally played at Croke Park on 17 March (St Patrick's Day).

All matches are knock-out. Two ten minute periods of extra time are played each way if it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals or final. If the score is still level after extra time the match is replayed.

Initial Schedule

County championships April 2018 to November 2018
Provincial championships October 2018 to December 2018
All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2019
All-Ireland final 17 March 2019

Connacht County Finals

Galway Senior Hurling Championships:

St Thomas' 2–13

Liam Mellows 0–10

Leinster County Finals

Carlow Senior Hurling Championships:

Mount Leinster Rangers 3–10

St Mullin's 1–13

Dublin Senior Hurling Championships:

Kilmacud Crokes 1–20 R 1–15

Ballyboden St Enda's 2–17 R 2–15

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championships:

Ballyhale2–20

Bennettsbridge 2–17

Laois Senior Hurling Championships:

Rathdowney–Errill 0–19

Camross 2–15

Offaly Senior Hurling Championships:

Coolderry 2–17

Kilcormac–Killoughey 0–17

Westmeath Senior Hurling Championships:

Clonkill 1–13

Raharney 2-09

Wexford Senior Hurling Championships:

St Martin's 0–13

Naomh Éanna, Gorey 2–11

Munster County Finals

Cork Senior Hurling Championships:

As Imokilly are a divisional team, Midleton proceeded to the Munster Club Championship.^[4]

Imokilly 4–19

Midleton 1–18

Clare Senior Hurling Championships:

Ballyea 1–20

Cratloe 1–14

Limerick Senior Hurling Championships:

Na Piarsaigh 2–22

Doon 3–10

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championships:

Nenagh Éire Óg 2–13

Clonoulty–Rossmore 0–23

Waterford Senior Hurling Championships:

Ballygunner 2–19

Abbeyside 0–13

Ulster County Finals

Antrim Senior Hurling Championships:

Ruairí Óg, Cushendall

Loughgiel Shamrocks

Derry Senior Hurling Championships:

Slaughtneil 2–18

Banagher 0–14

Down Senior Hurling Championships:

Ballycran 2–13

Portaferry 1–14

Quarter-finals

Coolderry v Mount Leinster Rangers

4 November 2018 Quarter-final	Coolderry	1–22 – 1–16	Mount Leinster Rangers	O'Connor Park, Tullamore
1:30 pm	B Carroll 1–5 (3f), K Connolly 0–7, S Corcoran 0-5f, M Bergin 0–3, C Molloy 0–2.	Report	C Nolan 1–3, D Murphy (2f), D Byrne 0–3 each, E Byrne, J Murphy 0–2 each, J Nolan, M Malone, T Joyce 0–1 each.	Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow)

Camross v Naomh Éanna

4 November 2018 Quarter-final	Camross	2–16 – 3–18	Naomh Éanna	O'Moore Park, Portlaoise
2:00 pm	Z Keenan 1–8 (1–7 frees, 0–1 ’65), O Bennett 1–1, N Holmes 0–3 (one free), C Collier 0–1, M Dowling 0–1, D Gilmartin 0–1, E Gaughan 0–1.	Report	P Doyle 0–9 (five frees, one ’65), D O’Brien 2–2, C McDonald 1–1, D Hughes 0–3 (two frees), C McGuckin 0–2, G Molloy 0–1.	Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny)

Ballyboden St Enda's v Clonkill

6 November 2018 Quarter-final	Ballyboden St Enda's	2–25 – 2–19 (aet)	Clonkill	Parnell Park, Dublin
8:00 pm	P Ryan 0–15 (12f, 3 ’65), P Doherty 1–2, N Ryan 1–1, C Keaney, A Mellett 0–2 each, N McMorrow, J Roche, S O’Connor 0–1 each.	Report	B Murtagh 0–11 (7f), L Loughlin 1–2, E Price 0–4, N Mitchel 1–0, A Price, M Keegan 0–1 each.	Referee: D Hughes (Carlow)

Semi-finals

Naomh Éanna v Ballyhale Shamrocks

18 November 2018 Semi-final	Naomh Éanna	4–11 – 6–21	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Innovate Wexford Park, Wexford
	C Dunbar (2–3), P Doyle (0–6, 3fs, 1 '65), J Cullen (1–2), C McDonald (1–0 penalty).	Report	C Fennelly (4–4), TJ Reid (0–6, 1 '65, 1f), E Cody (1–1), E Reid (1–0), A Mullen (0–3), B Cody (0–2), E Shefflin (0–1), D Mullen (0–1), R Corcoran (0–1), R Reid (0–1), J Cuddihy (0–1).	Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath)

Ballyboden St Enda's v Coolderry

18 November 2018 Semi-final	Ballyboden St Enda's	5–28 – 5–25 (aet)	Coolderry	Parnell Park, Dublin
	P Ryan 0–14 (11f, 1 ‘65’), C Basquel 3–3, C Keaney 1–1, N Ryan 1–0, P Doherty 0–3, S Durkin, S O’Connor, D Curtin 0–2 each, A Mellett 0–1.	Report	B Carroll 2–16 (11f), D Parlon 1–1, C Molloy 1–0, S Corcoran (pen) 1–0, K Connolly 0–3, D Miller, C Parlon, M Bergin, W Malone, M Corcoran 0–1 each.	Referee: J Heffernan (Wexford)

Final

Ballyhale Shamrocks v Ballyboden St. Enda's

2 December 2018 Final	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2–21 – 0–11	Ballyboden St. Enda's	Dr Cullen Park
	TJ Reid 0–9 (0–8 frees), A Mullen 2–1, E Reid and E Cody 0–3 each, C Fennelly 0–2, E Shefflin, M Fennelly, R Corcoran 0–1 each.	Report	P Ryan 0–5 (all frees), C Basquel and N Ryan 0–2 each, S Durkin, N McMorrow 0–1 each.	Referee: Patrick Murphy (Carlow)

Quarter-final

Ballygunner v Midleton

28 October 2018 Quarter-final	Ballygunner	1–18 – 2–13	Midleton	Walsh Park, Waterford
	Pauric Mahony 0–12 (11f, 0–1 '65), C Power 1–1, T O'Sullivan 0–2, B O'Keeffe, JJ Hutchinson, P Hogan 0–1 each	Report	C Lehane 1–4 (1-3f), C Beausang 1–2 (0–1 sideline), C Walsh 0–3, L Dineen, P White, L O'Farrell, J Nagle 0–1 each.	Referee: J Murphy (Limerick)

Semi-finals

Na Piarsaigh v Clonoulty-Rossmore

4 November 2018 Semi-final	Na Piarsaigh	3–22 – 0–13	Clonoulty-Rossmore	Gaelic Grounds, Limerick
	P Casey (2–2); A Breen (0–6); S Dowling (0–5, frees); K Downes (1–1, 0–1 free); R Lynch (0–3, 1 free); C Grimes (0–2); D Dempsey, A Dempsey, C Boylan (0–1 each).	Report	T Hammersley (0–8, 5 frees); P White (0–2); C Bourke, C Hammersley, D Quirke (sideline) (0–1 each).	Referee: D Kirwan (Cork)

Ballygunner v Ballyea

4 November 2018 Semi-final	Ballygunner	2–26 – 2–23 (aet)	Ballyea	Walsh Park, Waterford
	Pauric Mahony 0–14 (8fs), C Power 1–2, Philip Mahony 1–0, Brian O’Sullivan 0–3, Barry O’Sullivan 0–2, P Horgan, I Kenny, B O’Keeffe, C Sheehan and JJ Hutchinson 0–1 each.	Report	N Deasy 2–10 (5fs, 165), M O’Leary 0–4, T Kelly 0–3 (1 sideline), T Lynch, G Brennan, and P Lillis 0–2 each.	Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Final

Na Piarsaigh v Ballygunner

18 November 2018 Final	Na Piarsaigh	2–08 – 2–14	Ballygunner	Semple Stadium, Thurles
	S Dowling (1–4, 1–3 frees); K Downes (1–0); R Lynch (0–2); A Dempsey, A Breen (0–1 each).	Report	Pauric Mahony (1–6, 1–5 frees); S O’Keeffe (pen)(1–0), Brian O’Sullivan (0–3); Barry O’Sullivan (0–2); H Barnes, C Power, S O’Sullivan (0–1 each).	Referee: N Wall (Carrigaline)

Semi-final

Ballycran v Slaughtneil

28 October 2018 Semi-final	Ballycran	4–15 – 1–14	Slaughtneil	Corrigan Park, Belfast
2:30 pm	S Nicholson (0–7, 0–4 frees), J Coyle (2–0), C McManus (0–6 frees), N Breen (1–0), C Egan (1–0), C Woods (0–1), L Savage (0–1).	Report	C O’Doherty (0–7 frees), M McGrath (1–0), B Rogers (0–2), G Bradley (0–1), Se McGuigan (0–1), B Cassidy (0–1), M McGuigan (0–1), C McKaigue (0–1).	Referee: James Clarke (Cavan)

Final

Ruairí Óg, Cushendall v Ballycran

11 November 2018 Final	Ruairí Óg, Cushendall	1–15 – 0–10	Ballycran	Athletic Grounds, Armagh
3:00 pm	N McManus (0–9, 7f, 1'65); S McAfee (1–0), D McNaughton (0–2), P Burke (0–1); S Delargy (0–1), E Campbell (0–1), F McCambridge (0–1).	Report	C McManus (0-3f), C Woods (0–3, 1f), S Nicholson (0–2), N Breen (0–1), J Coyle (0–1).	Referee: J Connors

The Leinster, Munster and Ulster champions qualify for the All-Ireland semi-finals. The Galway champions represent Connacht and enter the competition at the semi-final stage.

Final

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St Thomas' v Ballyhale Shamrocks

17 March 2019 Final	St Thomas'	2–11 – 2–28	Ballyhale Shamrocks	Croke Park, Dublin
2:00 pm	Darragh Burke 0–7 (5f, 1’65’), C Cooney (pen), David Burke 1–0 each, B Burke, D McGlynn, J Regan, B Farrell 0–1 each.	Report	TJ Reid 0–9 (5f), C Fennelly 2–4, A Mullin 0–5, E Cody, B Cody, P Mullin 0–2 each, E Shefflin, R Reid, R Corcoran, M Aylward 0–1 each.	Attendance: 17,819 Referee: F Horgan (Tipperary)

Top scorers

Top scorer overall

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Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	1–42	45	4	11.25
2	Paul Ryan	Ballyboden St Enda's	0–34	34	3	11.33
3	Brian Carroll	Coolderry	3–21	30	2	15.00
4	Colin Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	6–10	28	4	7.00
	T. J. Reid	Ballyhale Shamrocks	0–28	28	4	7.00
5	Neil McManus	Ruairí Óg	1–15	18	2	9.00
6	Adrian Mullen	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2–11	17	4	4.25
7	Niall Deasy	Ballyea	2–10	16	1	16.00
	Eoin Cody	Ballyhale Shamrocks	2–10	16	4	4.00
8	Pádraig Doyle	Naomh Éanna	0–15	15	2	7.50

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Top scorers in a single game

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Rank	Player	Club	Score	Total	Opposition
1	Brian Carroll	Coolderry	2–16	22	Ballyboden St. Enda's
2	Colin Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	4-04	16	Naomh Éanna
	Niall Deasy	Ballyea	2–10	16	Ballygunner
3	Paul Ryan	Ballyboden St Enda's	0–15	15	Clonkill
4	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0–14	14	Ballyea
	Paul Ryan	Ballyboden St Enda's	0–14	14	Coolderry
5	Colm Basquel	Ballyboden St Enda's	3-03	12	Coolderry
	Pauric Mahony	Ballygunner	0–12	12	Midleton
6	Zane Keenan	Camross	1-08	11	Naomh Éanna
	Brendan Murtagh	Clonkill	0–11	11	Ballyboden St Enda's

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Miscellaneous

• Ruairí Óg, Cushendall became the most successful team in Ulster Club SFC history when winning an 11th title by defeating Ballycran in the final.
• Na Piarsaigh suffered a first ever defeat in the Munster Club SFC when losing to Ballygunner.
• Ballygunner won the Munster Club SFC title for the first time since 2001.

Team of the Year

1. Stephen O'Keeffe
2. Eoghan Campbell
3. Joey Holden
4. Ian Kenny
5. Philip Mahony
6. Michael Fennelly
7. Fintan Burke
8. Shane O'Sullivan
9. Neil McManus
10. Adrian Mullen^HOTY
11. T. J. Reid
12. Pauric Mahony
13. Eoin Cody
14. Colin Fennelly
15. Brian Carroll

Hurler of the Year

• Adrian Mullen (Ballyhale Shamrocks)

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