1999 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 113th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The draw for the provincial fixtures took place on 15 November 1998. The championship ran from 22 May to 12 September 1999.
Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Cork in the [|All-Ireland semi-final]. Meath, who had participated in the championship since 1993, declined to field a team.
The [|All-Ireland final] was played on 12 September 1999 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their 21st championship meeting overall and their first All-Ireland final-meeting in seven years. Cork won the match by 0–13 to 0–12 to claim their 28th championship title overall and a first tile in nine years.
Cork's Joe Deane and Kilkenny's Henry Shefflin were the championship's top scorers with 1–24 apiece. Cork's Brian Corcoran was the choice for Hurler of the Year.
Team changes
To Championship
Promoted from the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship- None
From Championship
Regraded to the All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling ChampionshipManagerial changes
Pre-championship
| Team | 1999 Manager | 1998 Manager | Reason for leaving | Story/Accomplishments |
| Kilkenny | Brian Cody, All-Ireland minor and senior-winning captain with Kilkenny. | Kevin Fennelly | Resigned | Fennelly guided Kilkenny to the 1998 All-Ireland final, however, the team were beaten by Offaly. |
| Tipperary | Nicky English, two-time All-Ireland winner with Tipperary. | Len Gaynor | Term ended | Gaynor guided Tipperary to the 1997 All-Ireland final, however, the team were beaten by Clare. |
Provincial championship
Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Final
----Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Semi-finals
----Final
----Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
----Semi-finals
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Final
----Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Semi-finals
----Final
----All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
All-Ireland quarter-finals
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All-Ireland semi-finals
----Championship statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the championship: Paul Shelly for Tipperary against Kerry
- Last goal of the championship: D.J. Carey for Kilkenny against Clare
- Most goals in a match: 8
- *Derry 4–16 : 4–8 Down
- Most points in a match: 39
- *Cork 0–24 : 1–15 Waterford
- Most goals by one team in a match: 6
- *Kilkenny 6–21 : 1–14 Laois
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- *Derry 4–16 : 4–8 Down
- Most points scored by a losing team: 18
- *Clare 3–15 : 2–18 Galway
- Widest winning margin: 29 points
- *Tipperary 4–29 : 2–6 Kerry
Top scorers
;Overall| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Joe Deane | Cork | 1–24 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 1 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 1–24 | 27 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 3 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 5–10 | 25 | 4 | 6.25 |
| 4 | Tommy Dunne | Tipperary | 0–24 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 5 | Gregory O'Kane | Antrim | 2–16 | 22 | 3 | 7.33 |
| 6 | Ollie Fahy | Galway | 4–9 | 21 | 3 | 7.00 |
| 6 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 3–12 | 21 | 4 | 5.25 |
| 8 | Alan Markham | Clare | 2–13 | 19 | 6 | 3.16 |
| 8 | Eugene Cloonan | Offaly | 1–16 | 19 | 3 | 6.33 |
| 8 | Geoffrey McGonagle | Derry | 1–16 | 19 | 2 | 9.50 |
;Single game
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Eugene Cloonan | Galway | 1–10 | 13 | Clare |
| 2 | Gregory O'Kane | Antrim | 1–9 | 12 | London |
| 3 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 1–8 | 11 | Limerick |
| 3 | Niall Rigney | Laois | 1–8 | 11 | Kilkenny |
| 5 | Tommy Dunne | Tipperary | 0–10 | 10 | Clare |
| 5 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 0–10 | 10 | Laois |
| 5 | Niall Rigney | Joe Deane | 0–10 | 10 | Offaly |
| 5 | Geoffrey McGonagle | Derry | 1–7 | 10 | Antrim |
| 5 | Ollie Fahy | Galway | 1–7 | 10 | Roscommon |
| 5 | D. J. Carey | Kilkenny | 2–4 | 10 | Offaly |
Clean sheets
| Rank | Goalkeeper | County | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Donal Óg Cusack | Cork | 3 |
| 1 | Stephen Byrne | Offaly | 3 |
| 3 | Davy Fitzgerald | Clare | 1 |
| 3 | Stephen Brenner | Waterford | 1 |
| 3 | James McGarry | Kilkenny | 1 |
Miscellaneous
- The All-Ireland final was decided for the first time ever with both sides failing to score a goal.
Broadcasting
The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ.| Round | RTÉ |
| Munster quarter-final | Waterford vs Limerick |
| Leinster semi-final | Offaly vs Wexford |
| Munster semi-final | Clare vs Tipperary Clare vs Tipperary |
| Leinster final | Kilkenny vs Offaly |
| Munster final | Cork vs Clare |
| All-Ireland quarter-finals | Offaly vs Antrim Clare vs Galway |
| All-Ireland semi-finals | Cork vs Offaly Kilkenny vs Clare |
| All-Ireland final | Cork vs Kilkenny |