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| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 June — 22 August 2021 |
| Teams | 11 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Limerick (10th win) |
| Captain | Declan Hannon |
| Manager | John Kiely |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Patrick Horgan |
| Manager | Kieran Kingston |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Limerick |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 17 |
| Goals total | 60 (3.52 per game) |
| Points total | 674 (39.64 per game) |
| Top Scorer |  Patrick Horgan (0-54) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 134th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The championship began on 26 June and ended on 22 August 2021.
Antrim, having won the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, returned to the Leinster Championship for the first time since the 2015 competition.[1][2] Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions.[3]
The All-Ireland final was played on 22 August 2021 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Limerick and Cork, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Limerick won the match with a display that is regarded by many to be one of the greatest performances by a team in an All Ireland Final. Limerick showed immense dominance in the first half opening a 13 point gap, the scores 3-18 to 1-11 at the interval. This dominance would continue in the second half in more subdued fashion but Limerick still managed to extend their lead to 16 by the final whistle, the full time score 3-32 to 1-22. This was the first time in history that Limerick claimed back to back championships, their 10th championship title overall and third title in four seasons.[4]
Cork's Patrick Horgan was the championship's top scorer with 0-54.
Limerick captain Declan Hannon also made history becoming only the second captain after the legendary Christy Ring to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup on three separate occasions.
- ^ Cormican, Eoghan (13 December 2020). "Antrim see off Kerry to secure McDonagh Cup success at Croke Park". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Cusack fears for Antrim in 2021 Leinster championship". RTÉ Sport. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
- ^ Fogarty, John (13 December 2020). "Superb Limerick regain All-Ireland title with emphatic win". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ Ryan, Eoin (22 August 2021). "Limerick crush Cork to claim back-to-back All-Irelands". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. Retrieved 22 August 2021.