The 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (SHC) was the 137th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887.
The 2024 championship began with provincial tournaments in April and ended with the All-Ireland Final on 21 July.
Limerick entered the competition as the defending champion, having won the previous four titles. They were attempting to become the first team in history to win five-in-a-row, a feat never achieved in hurling. This had previously been attempted by Cork in 1945 and Kilkenny in 2010, both thwarted by Tipperary.
The final was played on 21 July 2024 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Clare and Cork. Clare won that game by 3–29 to 1–34, thus claiming a fifth title.
Format
Leinster Championship
Participating counties (6): Antrim, Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, 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 will be relegated to the 2025 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.
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): Down, Kerry, Laois, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath
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 the 2025 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
- Meath
From Championship
Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup
- Kildare
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.
Personnel and kits
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Group Stage
Leinster round 1
Leinster round 2
Leinster round 3
Leinster round 4
Leinster round 5
Leinster Final
- Kilkenny advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and Dublin advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Group Stage
Munster round 1
Munster round 2
Munster round 3
Munster round 4
Munster round 5
Munster Final
- Limerick advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and Clare advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals
Joe McDonagh Cup
(Q) : Qualified for final, and preliminary All-Ireland quarterfinal. (C) : Champion and promoted. (R): Relegated
Table
Final
- Laois and Offaly qualify to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship preliminary quarter-finals.
- Joe McDonagh Cup winners Offaly are also promoted to the 2025 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship.
Other cups
(C) : Champion and promoted.
Christy Ring Cup
Nicky Rackard Cup
Lory Meagher Cup
Bracket
Preliminary quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Stadia and locations
Statistics
Top scorers
Overall
A theme of the 2024 championship, as in previous years, was the ongoing individual battle for the top championship scorer of all time between Patrick Horgan and T. J. Reid. Horgan's haul of 12 points in the final against Clare made him the top scorer for 2024 and also brought his career tally to 716, overtaking Reid's current career total of 706.
In a single game
Scoring events
- Widest winning margin: 32 points
- Kilkenny 5-30 - 0-13 Antrim (Leinster round 1)
- Most goals in a match: 7
- Offaly 3-19 - 4-25 Cork (preliminary quarter-final)
- Most points in a match: 63
- Clare 3-29 - 1-34 Cork (All-Ireland final after extra time)
- Most goals by one team in a match: 5
- Kilkenny 5-30 - 0-13 Antrim (Leinster round 1)
- Most points by one team in a match: 36
- Carlow 1-13 - 2-36 Wexford (Leinster round 4)
- Highest aggregate score: 75 points
- Clare 3-29 - 1-34 Cork (All-Ireland final after extra time)
- Lowest aggregate score: 45 points
- Clare 1-18 - 3-15 Limerick (Munster round 1)
Miscellaneous
- Limerick become the first ever county to win 6 consecutive Munster titles.
- Nickie Quaid, Declan Hannon, Graeme Mulcahy and David Reidy became the first Limerick players to win seven Munster Championship medals.
- Clare become the third ever team to lose 3 consecutive Munster finals.
- Kilkenny failed to win the All-Ireland for the ninth year in a row, equalling their title droughts of 1923–31 and 1948–56.
- By beating Limerick in the All-Ireland semi final, Cork became the first hurling team to end a five in a row attempt since Tipperary beat Kilkenny in the 2010 All-Ireland final. Previously Tipperary ended Cork's attempt of winning a five in a row during the Munster championship of 1945.
- Cork's 19th year in a row without an All-Ireland senior title, their longest dry spell since the founding of the championship.
Live televised games
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship.
For the second year GAAGO will also broadcast matches in Ireland with nine games to be shown exclusively on its pay streaming service.
Awards
- Sunday Game Team of the Year
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked 21 July on the night of the final. The panel consisting of Jackie Tyrrell, Brendan Cummins, Anthony Daly, Joe Canning, Shane Dowling, and Ursula Jacob also chose Shane O'Donnell as the Sunday game player of the year.
- Nickie Quaid (Limerick)
- Adam Hogan (Clare)
- Eoin Downey (Cork)
- Conor Leen (Clare)
- David McInerney (Clare)
- Robert Downey (Cork)
- Kyle Hayes (Limerick)
- Tony Kelly (Clare)
- Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork)
- David Fitzgerald (Clare)
- Shane Barrett (Cork)
- Seamus Harnedy (Cork)
- Mark Rodgers (Clare)
- Shane O'Donnell (Clare)
- Brian Hayes (Cork)
- All Star Team of the Year
On 1 November, the All-Star winners were announced. The awards ceremony was held at the RDS. Shane O'Donnell was named as the GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year with Adam Hogan named as the GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year.
See also
- 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
- 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
- 2024 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2)
- 2024 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)
- 2024 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
- 2024 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
- 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Notes
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