1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
# 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1989 was the 103rd staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Antrim 4–24 to 3–9 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.

## Calendar

| Round | Date |
| - | - |
| Leinster Quarter-Final | Sunday 28 May 1989 |
| Munster Quarter-Finals | Sunday 21 May 1989 |
| Munster Semi-Finals | Sunday 4 June 1989 Sunday 11 June 1989 |
| Leinster Semi-Finals | Sunday 18 June 1989 |
| Leinster Final | Sunday 9 July 1989 |
| Ulster Final | Sunday 9 July 1989 |
| Munster Final | Sunday 2 July 1989 |
| All-Ireland Quarter-Final | Sunday 23 July 1989 |
| All-Ireland Semi-Finals | Sunday 6 August 1989 |
| All-Ireland Final | Sunday 1 September 1989 |

## Format

### Overview

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1989 was run on a provincial basis as usual. It was a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random in the respective provinces - there were no seeds.

Each match was played as a single leg. If a match was drawn there was a replay, however, if both sides were still level at the end of that game another replay had to take place until a winner was eventually decided.

The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:

* The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final.
* The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
* Galway entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they played the Munster winners.
* The winners of the Ulster Championship played the All-Ireland 'B' champions in a lone All-Ireland quarter-final. The winners of this game advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they played the Leinster winners.

## Team changes

### To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

* Derry
* Down
* Kildare (qualified)

### From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

* London

## 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.

| County | Last provincial title | Last championship title | Position in 1988 Championship | Current championship |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Antrim | 1946 | — | Semi-finals | Ulster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Clare | 1932 | 1914 | Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Cork | 1986 | 1986 | Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Derry | 1908 | — | | Ulster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Down | 1942 | — | Runners-up (All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship) | Ulster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Dublin | 1961 | 1938 | Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Galway | 1922 | 1988 | Champions | Connacht Senior Hurling Championship |
| Kerry | 1891 | 1891 | Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Kildare | — | — | | All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship |
| Kilkenny | 1987 | 1983 | Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Laois | 1949 | 1915 | First round (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Limerick | 1981 | 1973 | Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Offaly | 1988 | 1985 | Semi-finals | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Tipperary | 1988 | 1971 | Runners-up | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Waterford | 1963 | 1959 | Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Westmeath | — | — | First round (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Wexford | 1977 | 1968 | Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |

## Provincial championship

### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Offaly | 5-14 | | |
| Laois | 2-11 | Laois | 1-10 | | |
| Dublin | 2-10 | | | Offaly | 3-15 |
| | | | | Kilkenny | 4-09 |
| | | Kilkenny | 4-15 | | |
| Kilkenny | 4-29 | Wexford | 2-18 | | |
| Westmeath | 3-05 | | | | |

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Cork | 0-18, 4-17 | | |
| Waterford | 5-13 | Waterford | 0-18, 5-16 | | |
| Clare | 1-10 | | | Waterford | 2-08 |
| | | | | Tipperary | 0-26 |
| | | Tipperary | 4-18 | | |
| Kerry | 3-10 | Limerick | 2-11 | | |
| Limerick | 6-11 | | | | |

### Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| | | Antrim | 2-16 |
| Down | 6-07 | Down | 0-09 |
| Derry | 1-13 | | |

## All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-17 | | | |
| | | | Galway | Galway | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 4-24 |
| | | | | | | Antrim | Antrim | 3-09 |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 4-15 | | | |
| Antrim | Antrim | 4-14 | Offaly | Offaly | 1-15 | | | |
| Kildare | Kildare | 0-07 | | | | | | |

## Championship statistics

### Top scorers

**Season**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 4-38 | 50 | 4 | 12.50 |
| 2 | Adrian Ronan | Kilkenny | 1-21 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Mark Corrigan | Offaly | 4-12 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 4 | Finbarr Delaney | Cork | 1-19 | 23 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 5 | Pat Fox | Tipperary | 3-11 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 6 | Olcan McFetridge | Antrim | 3-9 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Kieran Delahunty | Waterford | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 8 | Aidan McCarry | Antrim | 3-7 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Pat Murphy | Waterford | 5-0 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 9 | Brian Donnelly | Antrim | 3-6 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 9 | Shane Aherne | Waterford | 2-9 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |

**Single game**

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 2-12 | 18 | Antrim |
| 2 | Mark Corrigan | Offaly | 3-7 | 16 | Kilkenny |
| 3 | Joe Hennessy | Kerry | 3-5 | 14 | Limerick |
| 3 | Finbarr Delaney | Cork | 1-11 | 14 | Waterford |
| 5 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 0-13 | 13 | Waterford |
| 5 | Adrian Ronan | Kilkenny | 1-10 | 13 | Westmeath |
| 7 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 2-5 | 11 | Limerick |
| 7 | Danny McNaughton | Antrim | 2-5 | 11 | Down |
| 9 | M. J. Ryan | Dublin | 1-7 | 10 | Laois |
| 10 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 1-6 | 9 | Kerry |
| 10 | Pat Murphy | Waterford | 3-0 | 9 | Cork |

## 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.

| Round | RTÉ | Channel 4 |
| - | - | - |
| Munster final | Tipperary vs Waterford | |
| All-Ireland semi-finals | Antrim vs Offaly Tipperary vs Galway | |
| All-Ireland final | Tipperary vs Antrim | Tipperary vs Antrim |
