The 2019 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887.
St. Thomas' were the reigning champions and went on to retain the title. Oranmore-Maree participated in the senior championship having been promoted from the intermediate competition in 2018.
Competition format
Twenty four reams compete in the initial group stages of the championship – the top ranked twelve teams compete in the Senior A Group and the second ranked twelve teams compete in the Senior B Group. Eight teams from the Senior A Group and four teams from the Senior B Group progress to the knockout stage. The competition format is explained further in each of the championship rounds in the sections below.
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 preliminary quarter finals. The bottom two teams from each group play-off with the losing team relegated to playing in the following year's Senior B Section.
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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 2019 preliminary quarter finals and compete in the following year's Senior A competition. The four second and third placed teams play-off with the two winners also qualifying for the 2019 preliminary quarter finals.
Senior B - Group 1
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Senior B - Group 2
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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 2018 senior preliminary quarter finals. The two losing teams are eliminated from this year's senior championship.
Senior B - Relegation
The losing team is relegated to the following year's intermediate championship.
Senior Knockout stage
Senior Preliminary Quarter-finals
The four teams who finished third and fourth in the two Senior A Groups play the four Senior B teams who qualified (the two winners of the two Senior B Groups plus the two winners of the Senior B play-offs).
Senior Quarter-finals
The four teams who finished first and second in the two Senior A groups play the four winners of the senior preliminary quarter finals.
Senior Semi-finals
Senior final
St. Thomas':1 James Barrett2 Cian Mahoney3 Sean Skehill7 David Sherry5 Donal Cooney6 Shane Cooney4 Cathal Burke8 James Regan9 David Burke10 Eanna Burke11 Darragh Burke12 Bernard Burke15 Oisin Flannery14 Conor Cooney13 Brendan FarrellSubstitutes Used:30 Fintan Burke for Brendan Farrell (39 mins)21 Evan Duggan for Bernard Burke (62 mins)Manager: Kevin LallyLiam Mellows:1 Kenneth Walsh7 Cathal Reilly3 David Collins4 Liam O'Donovan8 Stephen Barrett5 Mark Hughes6 Sean Morrissey9 Jack Forde10 Adrian Morrissey11 Jack Hastings14 Conor Elwood17 Ronan Elwood12 Tadhg Haran15 Aonghus Callanan13 Conor KavanaghSubstitutes Used:2 Brian Leen for Liam O'Donovan (31 mins)37 Mike Conneeley for Aonghus Callanan (54 mins)23 John Lee for Jack Forde (60 mins)Manager: Louis Mulqueen
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