| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1 May - 4 September 1938 |
| Teams | 13 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Dublin (6th win) |
| Captain | Mick Daniels |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Waterford |
| Captain | Mick Hickey |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Waterford |
| Leinster | Dublin |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Goals total | 66 |
| Points total | 113 |
| Top Scorer | Locky Byrne (4-5) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 1938 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 52nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 1 May 1938 and ended on 4 September 1938.
Tipperary were the defending champions but were disqualified from the championship after fielding an ineligible player in their Munster semi-final defeat of Clare.
On 4 September 1938, Dublin won the championship following a 2-5 to 1-6 defeat of Waterford in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their sixth All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.
Waterford's Locky Byrne was the championship's top scorer with 4-5.