1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1948 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 62nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 16 May 1948 and ended on 5 September 1948. Kilkenny entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Laois in the Leinster semi-finals. The All-Ireland final was played on 5 September 1948 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Waterford and Dublin, in what was their second meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in 10 years. Waterford won the match by 6–07 to 4–02 to claim their first ever All-Ireland title == Format == The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows: The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the first All-Ireland semi-final. The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final. Antrim, the representatives from the Ulster Championship, were drawn to play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final. Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage where they were drawn to play the Munster champions. == Provincial championships == === Leinster Senior Hurling Championship === First round Semi-finals Final === Munster Senior Hurling Championship === First round Semi-finals Final == All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship == === All-Ireland semi-finals === === All-Ireland Final === == Championship statistics == === Top scorers === Overall In a single game == Sources == Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005). Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).