1983 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship

The 1983 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 89th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The championship ran from 15 May to 11 September 1983.
Patrickswell entered the championship as the defending champions.
The [|final] was played on 11 September 1983 at the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Patrickswell and Ballybrown, in what was their ever first meeting in the final. Patrickswell won the match by 1–13 to 1–07 to claim their eighth championship title overall and a second title in succession.

Format change

Since 1972, the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship comprised just eight teams. These were the eight finalists from the four divisional championships. This format was abandoned in 1983 in favour of an open draw championship comprising 26 teams.