The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 132nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-countyhurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2019 fixtures took place on 11 October 2018. The championship began on 11 May 2019 and concluded on 18 August 2019.
Carlow returned to the Leinster Championship for the first time since 2016, replacing Offaly who were relegated in 2018.[2][3] Carlow lost all their four games in 2019 and were automatically relegated to the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup.
Group stage (10 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.
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.
Group stage (10 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.
Gls: M Fanning 1. Pts: L Chin 9 (7f, 1 65), C McDonald 4, R O'Connor 4, D O'Keeffe 2, S Donohoe 1, P Morris 1, L Og McGovern 1, M Fanning 1, J O'Connor 1.
Pts: TJ Reid 12 (7f, 1 65), A Mullen 3, W Walsh 2, C Fennelly 2, A Murphy 1, J Maher 1, E Murphy 1, G Aylward 1.
Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J Keenan (Wicklow) Attendance: 51,482
The third-placed teams in the Leinster and Munster championships play the two teams who competed in the Joe McDonagh Cup Final, with the two Joe McDonagh finalists having home advantage. The Joe McDonagh champions, Laois, face third-placed Leinster team, Dublin, in the first preliminary quarter final, while the runners-up, Westmeath, meet Cork, the third-placed team from Munster, in the other preliminary quarter final.
Gls: R O'Flynn 1 Pts: P Horgan 10 (5f), A Cadogan 5, S Kingston 5, S Harnedy 5, R O’Flynn 4, C Lehane 4, D Fitzgibbon 3, B Cooper 1, T O’Mahony 1, J Coughlan 1, D Dalton 1
Pts: O O'Rorke 13 (11f, 1 65), C Boland 3, R Hayes 2, D Sutcliffe 2, S Moran 1, E Dillon 1, C Keaney 1
Referee: A Kelly (Galway)
All-Ireland quarter-finals
The beaten Leinster and Munster finalists play the winners of the two preliminary quarter-finals. If a third-place finisher from a provincial round-robin wins their preliminary quarter-final, they will be kept apart from the team they have already met in the round-robin phase to prevent a repeat fixture. Both games are held at neutral venues.
Gls: C Fennelly 1, R Hogan 1 Pts: TJ Reid 10 (10f), W Walsh 3, R Hogan 2, J Donnelly 2, C Fogarty 2, B Ryan 2, C Fennelly 1, C Browne 1, A Mullen 1, R Leahy 1, E Murphy 1 (1f), B Sheehan 1
Gls: C McDonald 2, L Chin 1. Pts: L Chin 7, (6f, 1 65), R O'Connor 3, P Morris 2, D O'Keeffe 2, L Ryan 1, P Foley 1, L Og McGovern 1, K Foley 1, J O Connor 1, C McDonald 1.
Gls: S Callanan 1. Pts: J Forde 12 (8f, 2 65s), N McGrath 4, J O'Dwyer 3, R Maher 2, S Callanan 2, M Breen 1, G Browne 1, W Connors 1, M Kehoe 1, J Morris 1.
Referee: S Cleere (Kilkenny) Attendance: 61,852 TV: RTE Sky Sports
Pts: TJ Reid 11 (10f), J Donnelly 3, B Ryan 2, P Walsh 1, R Hogan 1, C Fennelly 1, W Walsh 1
Gls: S Callanan 1, J O’Dwyer 1, N O’Meara 1 Pts: J Forde 8 (5f, 2 ‘65), J McGrath 3, S Callanan 2 (1f), J O’Dwyer 2, N McGrath 2 (1f), S Kennedy 2, W Connors 2, M Breen 1, G Browne 1, J Morris 1, M Kehoe 1
Croke Park, Dublin Referee: J Owens (Wexford) Attendance: 82,300
Stadiums and locations
Teams and venues
Each team has a nominal home stadium for the round-robin series of the provincial championships.
In the knockout stage, teams from the provincial round-robin series will not have home advantage, if avoidable. The only teams to play knockout games at home are the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists, who have home advantage in the preliminary quarter-finals. The Munster final was held at a neutral venue which was decided based on the qualifying teams, while the locations of the two quarter-finals were decided based on similar considerations. The Leinster final, and the semi-finals and final of the All-Ireland series are held in the 82,300-capacity Croke Park in Dublin, headquarters of the GAA.
Wexford won their first Leinster championship since 2004, and reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 2007.
The All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final was the first ever championship meeting between Cork and Westmeath.[6]
Laois reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals for the first time since 1979.[7]
Cork scored forty points in the preliminary quarter-final against Westmeath, a record (they won 1-40 to 0-20). The previous record was 35, scored by Waterford against Offaly in 2017.[8]
Patrick Horgan scored a hat-trick for Cork against Kilkenny, but ended on the losing side. The last time this happened was Seamus Callanan in 2015, who scored a hat-trick for Tipperary as they lost to Galway.[9]
This is the very first time two teams beaten in their respective provincial finals meet at the Final stage.
Tipperary become the first team to win two All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships by qualifying back into the All-Ireland series through the back door system. The first time they achieved this feat was in 2010.
Live televised games
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland, will provide the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship in the third year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021.[10]Sky Sports will also broadcast a number of matches and will have exclusive rights to some games.
