The 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship is the 137th edition of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Munster Council in 1888 and is the highest-tier of Hurling for senior county teams in Munster. It is contested by five Munster GAA county teams ranked 1–5 in the 2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
The competition began on 21 April with the final on 9 June. Limerick, captained by Declan Hannon retained the title for the sixth year in a row after a 1-26 to 1-20 win against Clare in the final.
Format
Group stage (10 matches) Each team plays each other once. The 1st and 2nd placed teams advance to the Munster final and the 3rd placed team advances to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals. All other teams are eliminated from the championship.
Final (1 match) The top 2 teams in the group stage contest this game. The Munster champions advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and the Munster runners-up advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals.
Teams General information Five counties contested the 2024 Munster Senior Hurling Championship: CountyLast Championship TitleLast All-Ireland TitlePosition in 2024 Championship Clare19982013Runners-up Cork201820053rd Limerick20232023Champions Tipperary201620195th Waterford201019594th
Personnel and kits CountyManagerCaptain(s)Sponsor ClareBrian LohanConor ClearyPat O'Donnell CorkPat RyanSean O'DonoghueSports Direct LimerickJohn KielyDeclan HannonJP McManus TipperaryLiam CahillRonan MaherFiserv WaterfordDavy FitzgeraldJamie Barron and Stephen BennettSuir Engineering
Group stage Table TeamQualification1 Limerick43018-986-78 +266Advance to Munster Final2 Clare43019-898-89 +363 Cork420211-1079-98 +154Advance to All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals4 Waterford41129-866-103 -83 5 Tipperary40132-9010-102 –361
Munster round 1
Munster round 2
Munster round 3
Munster round 4
Munster round 5
Knockout stage
Munster Final
Limerick advance to the All-Ireland semi-finals and Clare advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals
Stadia and locations
CountyLocationProvinceStadiumCapacity ClareEnnisMunsterCusack Park19,000 CorkCorkMunsterPáirc Uí Chaoimh45,000 LimerickLimerickMunsterGaelic Grounds44,023 TipperaryThurlesMunsterSemple Stadium45,690 WaterfordWaterfordMunsterWalsh Park11,046
Attendance AttendancesMatches 11Total attendance 315,898Average attendance 28,718Highest attendance 45,148 Limerick 1-26 (29) - (23) 1-20 Clare 9 June 2024
Championship statistics
Top scorers
Top scorer overall RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage1 Patrick Horgan Cork 4-37 49 4 122 Aidan McCarthy Clare 1-25 28 3 93 Aaron Gillane Limerick 2-20 26 3 84 Jason Forde Tipperary 0-17 17 3 55 Dessie Hutchinson Waterford 0-22 22 3 76 Stephen Bennett Waterford 4-08 20 3 67 Alan Connolly Cork 4-09 21 4 5
In a single game RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition1 Patrick Horgan Cork 2-10 16 Clare2 Patrick Horgan Cork 1-11 14 Limerick3 Aidan McCarthy Clare 1-10 13 Limerick4 Séamus Flanagan Limerick 3-03 12 Cork Patrick Horgan Cork 1-09 Tipperary6 Aaron Gillane Limerick 1-08 11 Tipperary7 Dessie Hutchinson Waterford 0-10 10 Cork Aidan McCarthy Clare Cork Alan Connolly Cork 3-01 Tipperary
Scoring events
Widest winning margin: 18 points Tipperary 1-21 - 4-30 Cork (Round 4) Most goals in a match: 6 Cork 3-24 - 3-26 Clare (Round 2) Cork 3-28 - 3-26 Limerick (Round 3) Clare 4-21 - 2-26 Waterford (Round 4) Most points in a match: 54 Cork 3-28 - 3-26 Limerick (Round 3) Most goals by one team in a match: 4 Clare 4-21 - 2-26 Waterford (Round 4) Tipperary 1-21 - 4-30 Cork (Round 4) Most points by one team in a match: 30 Tipperary 1-21 - 4-30 Cork (Round 4) Limerick 0-30 - 2-14 Waterford (Round 5) Highest aggregate score: 72 points Cork 3-28 - 3-26 Limerick (Round 3) Lowest aggregate score: 45 points Clare 1-18 - 3-15 Limerick (Round 1)
Miscellaneous
Limerick become the first ever county to win 6 consecutive Munster titles. Clare become the third ever team to lose 3 consecutive Munster titles.
See also
2024 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship 2024 Joe McDonagh Cup (Tier 2) 2024 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3) 2024 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4) 2024 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)
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