The 2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 31 May 2023. The championship ran from 16 June to 6 August 2023.
Causeway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Crotta O'Neill's at the quarter-final stage.
The final was played on 6 August 2023 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Crotta O'Neill's and Lixnaw, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 24 years. Crotta O'Neill's won the match by 0–15 to 1–09 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a first title in 55 years.
Shane Nolan was the championship's top scorer with 4-38.
Group A Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffLixnaw22004928214Ballyduff21014836122Ballyheigue20022356-330
Group A results
Group B Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffCrotta O'Neill's21105836223Abbeydorney21104734133Dr Crokes20023469-350
Group B results
Group C Group C table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffKilmoyley2200423484Causeway2101433942St Brendan's20023042-120
Group C results
Knockout stage Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's4-3850510.002Shane ConwayLixaw0-333348.253Michael O'LearyAbbeydorney2-2531310.334Daniel CollinsKilmoyley0-232337.665Pádraig BoyleBallyduff2-142036.666Brandon BarrettCauseway1-151836.007Kevin GouldingBallyduff4-041644.00Mikey KelliherLixnaw3-071644.00Mark HeffernanDr Crokes0-161628.0010Philip LucidBallyheigue0-151527.50Dylan MoriartyBallyduff0-151543.75
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's3-1120Dr Crokes2Shane NolanCrotta O'Neill's1-1114Causeway3Maurice O'ConnorKilmoyley3-0312CausewayMichael O'LearyAbbeydorney2-0612Dr CrokesShane ConwayLixaw0-1212Ballyduff6Pádraig BoyleBallyduff1-0710AbbeydorneyDaniel CollinsKilmoyley0-1010St Brendan'sMichael O'LearyAbbeydorney0-1010Ballyduff9Shane ConwayLixaw0-099BallyduffMark HeffernanDr Crokes0-099AbbeydorneyMichael O'LearyAbbeydorney0-099Crotta O'Neill'sPhilip LucidBallyheigue0-099Lixnaw
Miscellaneous Crotta O'Neill's won the championship for the first time since 1968. Crotta O'Neill's reached the championship final for the first time since 2011. The championship decider between Crotta O'Neill's and Lixnaw was the first meeting of these two sides since the 1999 final.
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