| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 May – 4 September 1988 |
| Teams | 15 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Galway (4th win) |
| Captain | Conor Hayes |
| Manager | Cyril Farrell |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Tipperary |
| Captain | Nicky English |
| Manager | Michael "Babs" Keating |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 14 |
| Top Scorer |  Nicky English (1-22) |
| Player of the Year |  Tony Keady |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 102nd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 22 May 1988 and ended on 4 September 1988.
Galway were the defending champions.[1]
On 4 September 1988, Galway won the championship following a 1-15 to 0-14 defeat of Tipperary in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their 4th All-Ireland title overall and their second in succession.
Tipperary's Nicky English was the championship's top scorer with 1-22. Galway's Tony Keady was the choice for Hurler of the Year.
- ^ O'Sullivan, Jim (10 September 2012). "When Galway came of age". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "It's 27 years since Galway won the All-Ireland hurling title…but where are they now?". The 42. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2015.