1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 29th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 11 October 1998 to 17 March 1999.
Birr of Offaly were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by St Rynagh's in the semi-finals of the 1998 Offaly SHC. Graigue–Ballycallan of Kilkenny and St Joseph's Doora-Barefield of Clare made their championship debuts.
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 March 1999, between St Joseph's Doora-Barefield of Clare and Rathnure of Wexford, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. St Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the match by 2–14 to 0–08 to claim a first title.
Rathnure's Paul Codd was the championship's [|top scorer] with 1–24.
Results
Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
First roundQuarter-final
Semi-final
'''Final'''
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
First roundQuarter-finals
Semi-final
'''Final'''
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Quarter-finalSemi-final
'''Final'''
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Semi-final'''Final'''
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Quarter-finalSemi-final
'''Final'''
Championship statistics
Top scorers
;Top scorers overall| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Paul Codd | Rathnure | 1–34 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
| 2 | Jamesie O'Connor | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 0–23 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 3 | Johnny McGrattan | Ballygalget | 0–20 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Tommy Dunne | Toomevara | 1–13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 4 | Dom Greally | Tooreen | 0–16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 5 | Brendan Coulter | Ballygalget | 2-09 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 5 | Connie Ring | Craobh Chiaráin | 0–15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 6 | Liam Hassett | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1–11 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 6 | Damian Cleere | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-08 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 7 | Paschal Healy | Athenry | 2-07 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
| 7 | Alan Browne | Blackrock | 2-07 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |
| 7 | Colm Byrne | Rathnure | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 7 | Nigel Byrne | Kiltegan | 0–13 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |
;Top scorers in a single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Paul Codd | Rathure | 0–14 | 14 | Ballygalget |
| 2 | Paschal Healy | Athenry | 2-07 | 13 | Tooreen |
| 2 | Damien Cleere | Graigue Ballycallan | 2-07 | 13 | Coill Dubh |
| 3 | Connie Ring | Craobh Chiaráin | 0–10 | 10 | Naomh Moninne |
| 4 | Tommy Dunne | Toomevara | 1-06 | 9 | Blackrock |
| 4 | Jamesie O'Connor | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 0-09 | 9 | Toomevara |
| 5 | Alan Browne | Blackrock | 1-05 | 8 | Toomevara |
| 5 | Liam Hassett | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-05 | 8 | Rathnure |
| 6 | Eoin McGrath | Mount Sion | 2-01 | 7 | Ahane |
| 6 | Declan Greally | Tooreen | 2-01 | 7 | Oran |
| 6 | Paul Seevers | Tubbercurry | 1-04 | 7 | Tooreen |
| 6 | Michael Hoyne | Graigue-Ballycallan | 1-04 | 7 | Coill Dubh |
| 6 | Paul McKillen | Ballygalget | 1-04 | 7 | Ballycastle McQuillan's |
| 6 | Johnny Dooley | Causeway | 1-04 | 7 | Blackrock |
| 6 | Colm Byrne | Rathnure | 1-04 | 7 | Seir Kieran |
| 6 | Paul Codd | Rathnure | 1-04 | 7 | Seir Kieran |
| 6 | Dom Greally | Tooreen | 0-07 | 7 | Oran |
| 6 | Nigel Byrne | Kiltegan | 0-07 | 7 | Lough Lene Gaels |
| 6 | Tommy Dunne | Toomevara | 0-07 | 7 | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield |
| 6 | Geoffrey McGonagle | Dungiven | 0-07 | 7 | Ballygalget |
| 6 | Johnny McGrattan | Ballygalget | 0-07 | 7 | Ballycastle McQuillan's |
Miscellaneous
- Ballycastle McQuillan's represented Antrim in the Ulster Championship due to Dunloy's one-year ban from the competition.