The 2017 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887.
St. Thomas' were the reigning champions. Ahascragh-Fohenagh participated in the senior championship having been promoted from the intermediate competition in 2016.
The title was won by the Galway city based Liam Mellows who defeated Gort in the final. It was their first title in 47 years.
Controversy Turloughmore's group stage win over Portumna on 3 June 2017 was overturned by the GAA's Disputes Resolution Authority (DRA). Jamie Holland played for Turloughmore having been transferred to Cú Chulainns, Chicago two days earlier.
Group stage
Senior A Senior A consists of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The top two teams from each group automatically qualify for the quarter-finals. The third and fourth teams from each group play in the 2017 preliminary quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group play-off with the losing team relegated to playing in the 2018 Senior B Section.
Senior A - Group 1 {| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=40| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Liam Mellows ||5||4||0||1||8-86||9-61||22||8 |- style="background:#98FB98;" |2||align=left| Craughwell ||5||3||1||1||9-83||7-68||21||7 |- style="background:#ccf;" |3||align=left| Cappataggle ||5||2||2||1||8-67||3-79||3||6 |- style="background:#ccf;" |4||align=left| Tommy Larkin's ||5||2||0||3||7-75||7-79||-7||4 |- |5||align=left| Mullagh ||5||1||1||3||2-79||1-93||-11||3 |- |6||align=left| Loughrea ||5||1||0||4||4-86||10-86||-18||2
Senior A - Group 2 {| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=35| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1|| style="text-align:left;"| Sarsfields ||5||3||0||2||5-80||3-78||8||6 |- style="background:#98FB98;" |2|| style="text-align:left;"| Gort ||5||3||0||2||6-80||5-81||2||6 |- style="background:#ccf;" |3|| style="text-align:left;"| St. Thomas' ||5||3||0||2||1-89||5-74||3||6 |- style="background:#ccf;" |4|| style="text-align:left;"| Portumna ||5||2||1||2||7-92||7-79||13||5 |- |5|| style="text-align:left;"| Turloughmore ||5||3||0||2||3-70||4-82||-15||4
|6||align=left| Padraig Pearse's ||5||0||1||4||5-62||3-79||-11||1 |} Game between Turloughmore and Portumna has been declared null and void.
Turloughmore forfeited the fixture for playing an ineligible player without award of the game to Portumna. See section "Controversy"
Senior A - Relegation
Senior B Senior B consists of 12 teams divided into two groups of 6. The winners of each group qualify for the 2017 preliminary quarter finals and compete in the 2018 Senior A competition. The four second and third placed teams play-off with the two winners also qualifying for the 2017 preliminary quarter finals.
Senior B - Group 1
{| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=40| !width=45| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1|| style="text-align:left;"| Castlegar ||5||5||0||0||10-81||3-69||33||10 |- style="background:#ccf;" |2|| style="text-align:left;"| Clarinbridge ||5||3||1||1||3-86||4-57||23||7 |- style="background:#ccf;" |3|| style="text-align:left;"| Tynagh-Abbey/Duniry ||5||2||1||2||9-79||3-74||23||5 |- |4|| style="text-align:left;"| Beagh ||5||2||0||3||7-81||6-61||23||4 |- |5|| style="text-align:left;"| Ardrahan ||5||2||0||3||8-70||6-74||2||4 |- |6||align=left| Carnmore ||5||0||0||5||2-48||16-110||-104||0
Senior B - Group 2
{| class="wikitable" !width=20| ! style="width:150px; text-align:left;"|Team !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=20| !width=30| !width=40| !width=20| !width=20| |- style="background:#98FB98;" |1||align=left| Kilnadeema-Leitrim ||5||4||0||1||8-83||6-79||20||8 |- style="background:#ccf;" |2||align=left| Killimordaly ||5||3||1||1||3-88||6-76||3||7 |- style="background:#ccf;" |3||align=left| Athenry ||5||2||2||1||6-76||1-66||-25||6 |- |4||align=left| Moycullen ||5||2||1||2||5-74||4-77||0||5 |- |5||align=left| Ahascragh-Fohenagh ||5||2||0||3||3-62||12-67||-23||4 |- |6||align=left| Abbeyknockmoy ||5||0||0||5||4-71||5-81||-15||0
Senior B - playoffs
The second team in Senior B Group 1 plays the third team in Senior B Group 2 and the third team in Senior B Group 1 plays the second team in Senior B Group 2. The two winning teams qualify for the 2017 preliminary quarter finals.
Senior B - Relegation The relegated team will play in the Intermediate Championship in 2018.
Knockout stage
Preliminary Quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Liam Mellows:1 Kenneth Walsh2 Mark Hughes3 Sean Morrissey4 Cathal Reilly5 David Collins6 Michael Conneely7 Jack Hastings8 Kevin Lee9 Stephen Barrett10 Conor Kavanagh11 Ronan Elwood12 Aonghus Callanan13 Tadhg Haran14 Adrian Morrissey15 Conor HynesSubstitutes Used:17 Jack Forde for Conor Hynes (57 mins)19 David Fahy for Aonghus Callanan (60 mins)21 Conor Elwood for Conor Kavanagh (62 mins)Manager: Louis MulqueenGort:1 Gavin Lally2 Mark Mcmahon3 Andy Coen4 Michael Cummins5 Pakie Lally6 Greg Lally7 Jack Grealish8 Sylvie Óg Linnane9 Kaelen Higgins10 Michael Mullins11 Aidan Harte12 Albert Mullins13 Aiden Helebert14 Richie Cummins15 Jason GrealishSubstitutes Used:19 Jack Commins for Albert Mullins (49 mins)18 Niall Forde for Michael Cummins (53 mins)17 Paul Killilea for Jason Grealish (55 mins)20 Wayne Walsh for Aiden Helebert (60 mins)Manager: Michael Browne
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