| Championship Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 April 1987 – 6 September 1987 |
| All Ireland Champions | |
| Winners | Offaly (2nd win) |
| Captain | Tomás Moylan |
| Manager | Pad Joe Whelehan |
| All Ireland Runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Tipperary |
| Captain | Michael O'Meara |
| Manager | Paddy Doyle |
| Provincial Champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship Statistics | |
| Top Scorer |  Declan Pilkington (2-28) |
← 1986 1988 → | |
The 1987 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 57th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.
Offaly entered the championship as the defending champions.
On 6 September 1987, Offaly won the championship following a 2-8 to 0-12 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their second All-Ireland title overall and their second title in-a-row.
Offaly's Declan Pilkington was the championship's top scorer with 2-28.
- ^ "Offaly: The glory years". Irish Independent. 9 June 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2018.