1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship


The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 27 May to 3 September 1989.
Galway were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the [|All-Ireland semi-finals].
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 September 1989 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Tipperary and Antrim, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Tipperary won the match by 4–24 to 3–09 to claim their 23rd All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 18 years.
Tipperary's Nicky English was the championship's [|top scorer] with 4–38.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

Teams

General information

Seventeen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 1988 ChampionshipCurrent championship
Antrim1946Semi-finalsUlster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare19321914Semi-finals Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork19861986Runners-up Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Derry1908Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Down1942Runners-up Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin19611938Semi-finals Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway19221988ChampionsConnacht Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry18911891Quarter-finals Munster Senior Hurling Championship
KildareAll-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Kilkenny19871983Semi-finals Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois19491915First round Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick19811973Semi-finals Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly19881985Semi-finalsLeinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary19881971Runners-upMunster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford19631959Quarter-finals Munster Senior Hurling Championship
WestmeathFirst round Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford19771968Runners-up Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championship

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship


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Munster Senior Hurling Championship


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Ulster Senior Hurling Championship


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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

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Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on The Sunday Game.
RoundRTÉChannel 4
Munster finalTipperary vs Waterford
All-Ireland semi-finalsAntrim vs Offaly
Tipperary vs Galway
All-Ireland finalTipperary vs AntrimTipperary vs Antrim