The 1996–97 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 27th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 22 September 1996 to 17 March 1997.
Sixmilebridge of Clare were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Wolfe Tones na Sionna in the quarter-finals of the 1996 Clare SHC. Boherlahan–Dualla of Tipperary, Wolfe Tones na Sionna of Clare and Young Irelands of Kilkenny made their championship debut.
The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 March 1997, between Athenry of Galway and Wolfe Tones na Sionna of Clare, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Athenry won the match by 0–14 to 1–08 to claim a first title.
Ballygunner's Paul Flynn was the championship's top scorer with 3–21.
Results Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship
First round
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Preliminary round
First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Semi-finals
Final
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship
Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Paul FlynnBallygunner3–2130310.002Jamesie BrennanO'Toooles0–272739.003Johnny DooleySeir Kieran2–162237.33Paul SeeversTubbercurry1–192237.33Joe DollardCamross1–192245.506Paul O'RourkeWolfe Tones3–122154.20Eugene CloonanAthenry1–1821210.508Paul KearyWolfe Tones1–172054.009Noel SandsPortaferry4–061829.0010Cathal MoranAthenry0–151543.75
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