1988–89 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1988–89 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 25 September 1988 to 17 March 1989.
Midleton of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Blackrock in the second round of the 1988 Cork SHC. Feakle of Clare made their championship debut.
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 March 1989, between Buffers Alley of Wexford and O'Donovan Rossa of Antrim, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Buffers Alley won the match by 2–12 to 0–12 to claim their only title.
Patrickswell's Gary Kirby was the championship's [|top scorer] with 4–29.
Results
[Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship]
First roundSecond round
Semi-final
'''Final'''
[Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship]
First roundQuarter-finals
Semi-finals
'''Final'''
[Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finals
'''Final'''
[Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship]
Semi-finals'''Final'''
[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]
Quarter-finalSemi-finals
'''Final'''
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Top scorers overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Gary Kirby | Patrickswell | 4–29 | 41 | 5 | 8.20 |
| 2 | Mick Butler | Buffers Alley | 1–26 | 29 | 5 | 5.80 |
| 3 | Tom Dempsey | Buffers Alley | 3–16 | 25 | 5 | 5.00 |
| 4 | Val Donnellan | Feakle | 3–10 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
| 4 | Ger Fennelly | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1–16 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 5 | Shane Ahearne | Mount Sion | 2–11 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 6 | Noel Murray | O'Donovan Rossa | 1–13 | 16 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 7 | Tim Massey | Trim | 4-03 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 8 | Henry Downey | Lavey | 0–14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 9 | Paddy Dolan | Four Roads | 1–10 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
;Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Val Donnellan | Feakle | 3-07 | 16 | Ballyduff |
| 2 | Tim Massey | Trim | 4-02 | 14 | Wolfe Tones |
| 3 | Danny McNaughton | Ruairí Óg | 2-06 | 12 | Cúchulainns |
| 4 | Gary Kirby | Patrickswell | 1-08 | 11 | St. Finbarr's |
| 5 | Ger Fennelly | Ballyhale Shamrocks | 1-07 | 10 | Buffers Alley |
| 5 | Mick Butler | Buffers Alley | 0–10 | 10 | Ballyhale Shamrocks |
| 6 | Martin Linnane | North Mayo | 2-03 | 9 | Four Roads |
| 6 | Henry Downey | Lavey | 0-09 | 9 | Portaferry |
| 6 | Noel Murray | O'Donovan Rossa | 0-09 | 9 | Lavey |
| 6 | Mick Butler | Buffers Alley | 0-09 | 9 | Four Roads |