The 2000 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 99th staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The championship draw was made on 9 May 2000. The championship ran from 8 July to 19 November 2000.
Lixnaw entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Crotta O'Neill's in a quarter-final replay.
The final was played on 19 November 2000 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Ballyheigue and Ballyduff, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in four years. Ballyheigue won the match by 1–06 to 0–08 to claim their fifth championship title overall and a first title in three years. It remains their last championship victory.
Ballyduff's Mike Hennessy was the championship's top scorer with 5–15.
Results Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Championship statistics Top scorers
Overall
Rank Player County Tally Total Matches Average1Mike HennessyBallyduff5-153047.502Mike SlatteryBallyheigue1-121535.003Micheál ReganKilmoyley1-081125.50Ollie DigginsKilmoyley1-081125.505John Mike DooleyCauseway1-071025.00Bobby O'SullivanBallyduff0-101042.50
Single game
Rank Player Club Tally Total Opposition1Mike HennessyBallyduff4-1022Kenmare/St Pat's2Micheál ReganKilmoyley1-0811AUstin Stacks3John EdwardsCrotta O'Neill's2-017LixnawMike HennessyBallyduff1-047AbbeydorneyJohn Mike DooleyCauseway1-047Ballyheigue6Colin HarrisKilmoyley0-088Austin Stacks7Ger LucidBallyheigue2-006CausewayOllie DigginsKilmoyley1-036Austin StacksMike SlatteryBallyheigue1-036BallyduffMike SlatteryBallyheigue0-066Kilmoyley
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