The 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park in Dublin on 19 July 2026 between Galway and Limerick, the culmination of the 2026 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. It was the 139th final of that sport's primary competition, the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
Limerick won the match on a scoreline of 1–29 to 1–11, it was their sixth All-Ireland title since 2018.
The match was televised nationally on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Joanne Cantwell from the Croke Park pitch with analysis by Joe Canning, Dónal Óg Cusack and Liam Sheedy. Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey alongside Michael Duignan. The game was also televised on BBC Two, and streamed on iPlayer and GAA+.
Background
were aiming to win their 13th All-Ireland title, and their first since 2023; they had been the dominant team in hurling in recent years, with All-Irelands in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and National Hurling League wins in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2026. were aiming to win their 6th All-Ireland title and their first since 2017. The fourth meeting of Galway and Limerick in the final. Limerick won in the 2018 final, while Galway were the winners when the two counties met in 1923 and 1980.
Paths to the final
+ GalwayRound Date Opponent Venue () Result Victorymargin Score Ref Leinster SHC round robin 18 April 2026 Pearse Stadium (H) Win 153–25 to 1–16 Leinster SHC round robin 26 April 2026 Pearse Stadium (H) Win 11 2–26 to 1–18 Leinster SHC round robin 9 May 2026 St Conleth's Park (A) Win 9 4–22 to 1–22 Leinster SHC round robin 16 May 2026 Pearse Stadium (H) Loss –30–21 to 3–15 Leinster SHC round robin 24 May 2026 Wexford Park (A) Win 8 2–31 to 3–20 Leinster SHC final 6 June 2026 Croke Park (N) Win 14 4–29 to 4–15 All-Ireland SHC semi-final 4 July 2026 Croke Park (N) Win 11 2–26 to 1–18
+ LimerickRound Date Opponent Venue () Result Victorymargin Score Ref Munster SHC round robin 26 April 2026 Páirc Uí Chaoimh (A) Loss –2 1–23 to 2–22 Munster SHC round robin 3 May 2026 Cusack Park, Ennis (A) Win 152–30 to 1–18 Munster SHC round robin 17 May 2026 Gaelic Grounds (H) Win 92–29 to 2–20 Munster SHC round robin 24 May 2026 Gaelic Grounds (H) Win 175–27 to 0–25 Munster SHC final 7 June 2026 Páirc Uí Chaoimh (A) Win 1 1–21 to 2–17 All-Ireland SHC semi-final 5 July 2026 Croke Park (N) Win 2 1–21 to 1–19
Pre-match Tickets Tickets for the match sold-out and were distributed by the clubs with no public sale and priced at €100 for the stands and €55 for the terrace.
Officials On 8 July, the GAA named Cork's Colm Lyons from Nemo Rangers as the referee for the final, his second All-Ireland SHC decider, he previously refereed the 2022 final. It was his 39th All-Ireland Championship game to referee since his first in 2012. His umpires were Ciarán Hanley, Jim McEvoy, Philip Mackey and Finian Mullane. Line umpires were Wexford’s James Owens and Dublin’s Chris Mooney. James Owens was also the standby referee, and the sideline official was Niall Malone from Clare. David Grogan from Tipperary was the Hawk-Eye official.
Jubilee team The Tipperary team that won the 2001 All-Ireland SHC final was presented to the crowd before the match, on the silver jubilee.
Team news For Limerick, captain Cian Lynch was recalled to the starting team in midfield, with Darragh O'Donovan dropping out. Mike Casey also started at full-back. The Galway team announced was unchanged from the semi-final win against Cork.
Match
Details
GK 1 Darach Fahy FB 2 Joshua RyanFB 3 Cillian TrayersFB 4 Darren Morrissey (c) HB 5 Pádraic Mannion HB 6 Daithí BurkeHB 7 Ronan Glennon MF 8 Tiernan Killeen MF 9 Gavin Lee HF 10 Tom Monaghan HF 11 Cathal Mannion HF 12 Darragh NearyFF 13 Conor WhelanFF 14 Jason RabbitteFF 15 Aaron Niland Substitutes: 16 Éanna Murphy 17 Shane Morgan 18 Fintan Burke 19 Cian Daniels 20 Cianan Fahy 21 Conor Cooney 22 John Fleming 23 Seán Linnane 24 Cillian Whelan 25 Colm Molloy 26 Declan McLaughlinManager:Micheál Donoghue
GK 1 Nickie Quaid FB 2 Seán Finn FB 3 Mike Casey FB 4 Barry Nash HB 5 Diarmaid ByrnesHB 6 William O'DonoghueHB 7 Kyle Hayes MF 8 Adam English MF 9 Cian Lynch (c)HF 10 Gearóid Hegarty HF 11 Aidan O'Connor HF 12 Cathal O'NeillFF 13 Aaron Gillane FF 14 Shane O'Brien FF 15 Peter Casey Substitutes: 16 Colin Ryan 17 Colin Coughlan 18 Fintan Fitzgerald 19 Matthew Fitzgerald 20 Hugh Flanagan 21 Ethan Hurley 22 Darragh Langan 23 Dan Morrissey 24 Tom Morrissey 25 Darragh O'Donovan 26 David Reidy Manager:John Kiely
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