2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
# 2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship

The 2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 3 September 2005.

Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. Wexford won the title after defeating Galway by 1–15 to 0–16 in the final.

## Team summaries

| Team | Colours | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| - | - | - | - |
| Team | Colours | All-Ireland | Provincial |
| Clare | Saffron and blue | | |
| Cork | Red and white | 2004 | 2004 |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | | 1972 |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 2002 | 1998 |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1973 | 2004 |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1998 | 1998 |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 2000 | 2002 |
| Waterford | White and blue | | |
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 2002 | 1964 |

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-25 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 2 | Kenneth Burke | Galway | 0-17 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 3 | Pat Lawlor | Tipperary | 0-16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 4 | Mark Keane | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | 1 | 11.00 |
| 4 | Stephen Doyle | Wexford | 0-11 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |

**In a single game**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark Keane | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | Tipperary |
| 2 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-10 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 3 | Pat Lawlor | Tipperary | 0-09 | 9 | Limerick |
| 3 | Kenneth Burke | Galway | 0-09 | 9 | Wexford |
| 5 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-08 | 8 | Waterford |
| 5 | Kenneth Burke | Galway | 0-08 | 8 | Cork |
| 7 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-07 | 7 | Wexford |
| 7 | Stephen Doyle | Wexford | 0-07 | 7 | Galway |
| 9 | John Wall | Waterford | 0-06 | 6 | Cork |
| 10 | Stephen Dineen | Cork | 1-02 | 5 | Tipperary |
| 10 | Stephen Nolan | Wexford | 0-05 | 5 | Kilenny |
