# 1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 1998–99 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 29th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship began on 11 October 1998 and ended on 17 March 1999.
Birr were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the county championship and failed to qualify.
On 17 March 1999, St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield won the championship following a 2-14 to 0-8 defeat of Rathnure in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It remains their only championship title.
Rathnure's Paul Codd was the championship's top scorer with 1-24.

## Results
### Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final

### Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final

### Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final

### Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-final
Final

### All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final

## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Paul Codd | Rathnure | 1-34 | 37 | 5 | 7.40 |
| 2 | Jamesie O'Connor | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 0-23 | 23 | 4 | 5.75 |
| 3 | Johnny McGrattan | Ballygalget | 0-20 | 20 | 5 | 4.00 |
| 4 | Tommy Dunne | Toomevara | 1-13 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 4 | Dom Greally | Tooreen | 0-16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 5 | Brendan Coulter | Ballygalget | 2-09 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 5 | Connie Ring | Craobh Chiaráin | 0-15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 6 | Liam Hassett | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-11 | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 6 | Damian Cleere | Graigue-Ballycallan | 2-08 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 7 | Paschal Healy | Athenry | 2-07 | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
| 7 | Alan Browne | Blackrock | 2-07 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |
| 7 | Colm Byrne | Rathnure | 2-07 | 13 | 4 | 3.25 |
| 7 | Nigel Byrne | Kiltegan | 0-13 | 13 | 2 | 6.50 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Paul Codd | Rathure | 0-14 | 14 | Ballygalget |
| 2 | Paschal Healy | Athenry | 2-07 | 13 | Tooreen |
| 2 | Damien Cleere | Graigue Ballycallan | 2-07 | 13 | Coill Dubh |
| 3 | Connie Ring | Craobh Chiaráin | 0-10 | 10 | Naomh Moninne |
| 4 | Tommy Dunne | Toomevara | 1-06 | 9 | Blackrock |
| 4 | Jamesie O'Connor | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 0-09 | 9 | Toomevara |
| 5 | Alan Browne | Blackrock | 1-05 | 8 | Toomevara |
| 5 | Liam Hassett | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield | 1-05 | 8 | Rathnure |
| 6 | Eoin McGrath | Mount Sion | 2-01 | 7 | Ahane |
| 6 | Declan Greally | Tooreen | 2-01 | 7 | Oran |
| 6 | Paul Seevers | Tubbercurry | 1-04 | 7 | Tooreen |
| 6 | Michael Hoyne | Graigue-Ballycallan | 1-04 | 7 | Coill Dubh |
| 6 | Paul McKillen | Ballygalget | 1-04 | 7 | Ballycastle McQuillan's |
| 6 | Johnny Dooley | Causeway | 1-04 | 7 | Blackrock |
| 6 | Colm Byrne | Rathnure | 1-04 | 7 | Seir Kieran |
| 6 | Paul Codd | Rathnure | 1-04 | 7 | Seir Kieran |
| 6 | Dom Greally | Tooreen | 0-07 | 7 | Oran |
| 6 | Nigel Byrne | Kiltegan | 0-07 | 7 | Lough Lene Gaels |
| 6 | Tommy Dunne | Toomevara | 0-07 | 7 | St. Joseph's Doora-Barefield |
| 6 | Geoffrey McGonagle | Dungiven | 0-07 | 7 | Ballygalget |
| 6 | Johnny McGrattan | Ballygalget | 0-07 | 7 | Ballycastle McQuillan's |

### Miscellaneous

* Ballycastle McQuillan's represented Antrim in the Ulster Championship due to Dunloy's one-year ban from the competition.