The 2022 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board in 1887. The draws for the group stage pairings took place on 22 February 2022. The championship ran from 28 July to October 2022.
Kilmallock entered the championship as the defending champions. Blackrock were relegated after three years of top tier hurling.
The final was played on 30 October 2022 at the TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick, between Na Piarsaigh and Kilmallock, in what was their third ever meeting in the final and a first meeting in five years. Na Piarsaigh won the match by 3–23 to 2–15 to claim their seventh championship title overall and a first title in three years.
Ahane's Tom Morrissey was the championship's top scorer with 3–57.
Team changes To Championship
Promoted from the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Mungret/St. Paul's
From Championship
Relegated to the Limerick Premier Intermediate Hurling Championship Monaleen
Fixtures and results Group 1 Group 1 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffNa Piarsaigh541012592339Kilmallock531113497377Doon5311122104187Patrickswell5203100118−184Ahane502395122−272Adare501483126−431
Group 1 fixtures and results
Group 2 Group 2 table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffKildimo-Pallaskenry540110785228South Liberties5302108110−26Ballybrown530211595206Mungret/St. Paul's5212109123−145Garryspillane5203104106−24Blackrock501499123−241
Group 2 fixtures and results
Knockout stage Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Tom MorrisseyAhane3–5766513.202Kevin DownesNa Piarsaigh1–565978.423Paul O'BrienMungret/St. Paul's1–4750510.00
Miscellaneous
Kildimo-Pallaskenry qualified for the knockout stages for the first time since 1937. South Liberties qualify for the semi-final for the first time since 1985.
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