1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1997–98 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 28th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 21 September 1997 to 17 March 1998.
Wolfe Tones na Sionna of Clare were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Sixmilebridge in the quarter-finals of the 1996 Clare SHC. Dunnamaggin of Kilkenny and Sarsfields of Cork made their championship debuts.
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 March 1998, between Birr of Offaly and Sarsfields of Galway, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Birr won the match by 1–13 to 0–09 to claim a second title.
Clarecastle's Ken Ralph was the championship's [|top scorer] with 4–28.
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-final
'''Final'''
Championship Statistics
Scoring
;Top scorers overall| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ken Ralph | Clarecastle | 4–28 | 40 | 5 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Gregory O'Kane | Dunloy | 3–28 | 37 | 4 | 9.25 |
| 3 | Aidan Donohue | Sarsfields | 2–28 | 34 | 4 | 8.50 |
| 4 | Gary Kirby | Patrickswell | 1–29 | 32 | 3 | 10.66 |
| 5 | Gary Cahill | Birr | 0–28 | 28 | 6 | 4.66 |
| 6 | Dom Greally | Tooreen | 1–19 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 7 | Declan Pilkington | Birr | 4-08 | 20 | 6 | 3.33 |
| 8 | Darren Hanniffy | Birr | 1–16 | 19 | 6 | 3.16 |
| 9 | Alistair Elliott | Dunloy | 4-06 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 9 | Jamesie Brennan | O'Toole's | 1–15 | 18 | 2 | 9.00 |
| 10 | Pat Ryan | Sarsfields | 2–11 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
;Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Dom Greally | Tooreen | 1–10 | 13 | Four Roads Hurling Club |
| 1 | Gary Kirby | Patrickswell | 1–10 | 13 | Ballyheigue |
| 1 | Aidan Donohue | Sarsfields | 1–10 | 13 | Dunloy |
| 2 | Jamesie Brennan | O'Toole's | 1-09 | 12 | St. Mullin's |
| 3 | Gregory O'Kane | Dunloy | 1-08 | 11 | Lavey |
| 3 | Ken Ralph | Clarecastle | 1-08 | 11 | St. Gabriel's |
| 3 | Gary Kirby | Patrickswell | 0–11 | 11 | Clarecastle |
| 4 | Mark Hennessy | Naas | 2-04 | 10 | Longford Slashers |
| 4 | Pat Ryan | Sarsfields | 2-04 | 10 | Ballygunner |
| 4 | Ollie Collins | Lavey | 2-04 | 10 | Dunloy |
| 4 | Gregory O'Kane | Dunloy | 1-07 | 10 | Ballygalget |
| 4 | Ken Ralph | Clarecastle | 1-07 | 10 | Ballygunner |
| 4 | Pat Coady | St. Mullin's | 0–10 | 10 | Naomh Moninne |