2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates3 May — 6 September 2015
Teams14
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamKilkenny (36th win)
CaptainJoey Holden
ManagerBrian Cody
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamGalway
CaptainAndy Smith
David Collins
ManagerAnthony Cunningham
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played28
Top Scorer Joe Canning (5-55)
Player of the Year T.J. Reid
All-Star TeamSee here
2014
2016

The 2015 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 129th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2015 fixtures took place on 9 October 2014 live on RTÉ2.[1][2] The championship began on 3 May 2015 and ended on 6 September 2015.

Kilkenny were the defending champions and successfully retained the title following a 1–22 to 1–18 defeat of Galway.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "2015 GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling and Football Championships draw". GAA.ie. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  2. ^ "As it happened: 2015 All-Ireland football and hurling championship draws". The Score. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. ^ Clerkin, Malachy (27 September 2014). "Power and the glory go to Kilkenny". Irish Times. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ^ McGoldrick, Seán (6 September 2015). "Kilkenny deliver an 11th All-Ireland for Brian Cody as Galway challenge fades away". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ^ "GALWAY 1-18 KILKENNY 1-22". GAA.ie. 6 September 2015. Archived from the original on 9 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.