The 2023 Kildare Senior Hurling Championship was the 126th staging of the Kildare Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kildare County Board in 1888. The group stage placings were confirmed on 3 July 2023. The championship ran from 30 June to 15 October 2023.
Naas entered the championship as the defending champions.
The final was played on 15 October 2023 at Manguard Park in Hawkfield, between Naas and Coill Dubh, in what was their first meeting in the final in four years. Naas won the match by 3–13 to 0–11 to claim their 11th championship title overall and a fifth title in succession.
Jack Sheridan was the championship's top scorer with 8-62.
Qualifying stage Preliminary round
Group A Group A table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffNaas330010345586Coill Dubh32015560-54Éire Óg-Corrachoill31025564-92Ardclough30035195-440
Group A results
Group B Group B table
TeamMatchesScorePtsPldWDLForAgainstDiffCelbridge33005341126Maynooth32017337364Confey31023770-332Clane30034560-150
Group B results
Knockout stage Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player Club Tally Total Matches Average1Jack SheridanNaas8-6286614.332David QualterMaynooth3-5968611.333Mark DelaneyCoill Dubh3-404968.164Paul DolanÉire Óg-Corrachoill2-424859.605Seán WhelanArdclough0-343448.50
In a single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Jack SheridanNaas4-1325Ardsclough2Paul DolanÉire Óg-Corrachoill2-1218Maynooth3David QualterMaynooth3-0817Clane4Jack SheridanNaas0-1616Celbridge5Jack SheridanNaas2-0814Éire Óg-CorrachoillJack SheridanNaas2-0814Coill Dubh7David QualterMaynooth0-1313Éire Óg-Corrachoill8Mark DelaneyCoill Dubh1-0912ClanePaul DolanÉire Óg-Corrachoill0-1212NaasDavid QualterMaynooth0-1212Naas
Miscellaneous
Naas win the clubs first five in a row. Naas are the first club to win five in a row since Ardclough between 1979 and 1983.
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