# 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

"none" is preferred when the title is already sufficiently detailed; see [[WP:SDNONE]]
The 2005 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 119th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the provincial fixtures took place on 17 October 2004. The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 11 September 2005.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions.
On 11 September 2005, Cork won the championship after a 1–21 to 1–16 defeat of Galway in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. This was their 30th All-Ireland title overall and their second title in succession.
Galway's Ger Farragher was the championship's top scorer with 3-57.

## New Format

On 17 April 2004, the Hurling Development Committee's proposal to restructure the entire championship system was endorsed by Congress. The new format resulted in a three-tier championship. In the top grade 12 teams would compete for the Liam MacCarthy Cup, with the first round losers and beaten semi-finalists from Leinster and Munster joining Antrim and Galway in a league section split into two groups. The group winners would re-enter the championship at the All-Ireland quarter-final stage, meeting the losing provincial finalists. The runners-up in each group would face the Leinster and Munster champions in the last eight. The new format provided two additional quarter-finals, a minimum of three games for each team and four for the vast majority. In the league section, matches would be played on a home and away basis. The bottom-placed teams in both groups would contest the relegation section with the eventual loser being relegated to the Christy Ring Cup.

## Team changes
### From Championship

Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup
* Carlow
* Down
* Derry
* Kerry
* Kildare
* Meath
* Westmeath
* Wicklow
Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup
* London
Withdrew from Championship
* New York

## Teams
### General information

Twelve counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team in the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and one team in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
| County | Last provincial title | Last championship title | Position in 2004 Championship |
| Antrim | 2004 | — | Quarter-finals |
| Clare | 1998 | 1997 | Quarter-finals |
| Cork | 2003 | 2004 | Champions |
| Dublin | 1961 | 1938 | Round 1 |
| Galway | 1999 | 1988 | Round 2 |
| Kilkenny | 2003 | 2003 | Runners-up |
| Laois | 1949 | 1915 | Round 1 |
| Limerick | 1996 | 1973 | Round 1 |
| Offaly | 1995 | 1998 | Round 2 |
| Tipperary | 2001 | 2001 | Round 2 |
| Waterford | 2004 | 1959 | Semi-finals |
| Wexford | 2004 | 1996 | Semi-finals |

### Overview

Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2005. These were the same 12 teams who competed in Division 1 of the National Hurling League. The provincial championships in Leinster and Munster featured five teams each, while Antrim and Galway entered the championship at the group stage.

### Personnel and general information

| Team | Colours | Manager(s) | Captain(s) | Sponsor |
| Team | Colours | Manager(s) | Captain(s) | Sponsor | Antrim | Dinny Cahill | Jim Connolly | Bushmills |
| Cork | | Dónal O'Grady | Ben O'Connor | O2 |
| Clare | | Anthony Daly | Seánie McMahon | Pat O'Donnell |
| Dublin | | Tommy Naughton | David Curtin | Arnotts |
| Galway | | Liam Donoghue | Conor Hayes | Supermacs |
| Kilkenny | | Brian Cody | Peter Barry | Avonmore |
| Laois | | Paudie Butler | Joe Phelan | The Heritage |
| Limerick | | Joe McKenna | Ollie Moran | Sporting Limerick |
| Offaly | | John McIntyre | Barry Teehan | Carroll Cuisine |
| Tipperary | | Ken Hogan | Benny Dunne | Enfer |
| Waterford | | Justin McCarthy | Eoin Kelly | Gain Feeds |
| Wexford | | Séamus Murphy | Keith Rossiter | Wexford Creamery |

## Provincial championships
### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
#### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Leinster final | Leinster final |
| | | Wexford | 0-24 | | |
| | | Laois | 1-10 | | |
| Laois | 4-14 | Laois | 1-10 | | |
| Dublin | 0-14 | | | | |
| Dublin | 0-14 | | | Wexford | 1-16 |
| | | | | Kilkenny | 0-22 |
| | | Offaly | 0-15 | | |
| | | Kilkenny | 6-28 | | |

#### Final
### Munster Senior Hurling Championship
#### Final
## Cup competitions
### Christy Ring Cup (Tier 2)
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Westmeath | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10-64 | 8-49 | +21 | 6 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Down | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14-72 | 9-57 | +30 | 6 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Meath | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9-67 | 7-52 | +21 | 5 | |
| 4 | Roscommon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4-46 | 13-83 | -64 | 2 | Advance to Relegation Playoffs |
| 5 | Derry | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7-49 | 7-57 | -8 | 1 | Advance to Relegation Playoffs |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Carlow | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5-50 | 5-53 | -3 | 6 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Kildare | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11-54 | 7-50 | +16 | 6 | Advance to Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Kerry | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12-59 | 8-46 | +25 | 5 | |
| 4 | Wicklow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8-55 | 10-49 | +0 | 3 | Advance to Relegation Playoffs |
| 5 | Mayo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7-41 | 13-61 | -38 | 0 | Advance to Relegation Playoffs |

#### Knockout stage

| Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1A | Westmeath | 7-14 | | | |
| 2B | Kildare | 1-12 | | | |
| 2B | Kildare | 1-12 | 1A | Westmeath | 1-23 |
| | | | 1B | Down | 2-18 |
| 1B | Carlow | 1-11 | 1B | Down | 2-18 |
| 2A | Down | 4-23 | | | |

### Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 3)
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Donegal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14-43 | 5-25 | 45 | 6 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | Tyrone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8-44 | 10-30 | 8 | 4 | Advance to Quarter-Finals |
| 3 | Sligo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10-27 | 10-44 | -17 | 2 | |
| 4 | Fermanagh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5-30 | 12-45 | -36 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Louth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9-51 | 4-28 | 38 | 6 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | Armagh | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12-42 | 6-26 | 34 | 4 | Advance to Quarter-Finals |
| 3 | Cavan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-13 | 5-37 | -30 | 0 | |
| 4 | Leitrim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3-21 | 12-36 | -42 | 0 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | London | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2-64 | 5-29 | 26 | 6 | Advance to Semi-Finals |
| 2 | Longford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6-38 | 4-36 | 8 | 4 | Advance to Quarter-Finals |
| 3 | Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-36 | 5-42 | -9 | 2 | |
| 4 | Warwickshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-24 | 2-55 | -25 | 0 | |

#### Knockout stage

| Quarter-final playoffs | Quarter-final playoffs | Quarter-final playoffs | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | London | London | 3-13 | | | |
| | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | London | London | 5-08 |
| | | | | | | | | | Louth | Louth | 1-05 |
| | | | | | | Louth | Louth | 3-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 1-08 | | | |
| | | | Tyrone | Tyrone | 3-14 | | | | | | |
| Longford | Longford | 2-14 | Longford | Longford | 3-13 | | | | | | |
| Armagh | Armagh | 1-14 | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Ireland qualifiers
### Group A
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Galway | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6-69 | 4-35 | +40 | 6 | Advance to All Ireland Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Limerick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8-54 | 3-36 | +33 | 4 | Advance to All Ireland Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Laois | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3-41 | 5-53 | -18 | 2 | Advance to Relegation playoffs |
| 4 | Antrim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2-35 | 7-75 | -55 | 0 | Advance to Relegation playoffs |

#### Results
### Group B
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | SF | SA | Diff | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Clare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6-49 | 1-41 | +23 | 6 | Advance to All Ireland Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Waterford | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5-64 | 6-32 | +29 | 4 | Advance to All Ireland Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-41 | 4-52 | -11 | 2 | Advance to Relegation playoffs |
| 4 | Dublin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3-26 | 7-55 | -41 | 0 | Advance to Relegation playoffs |

#### Results
### Relegation Section
## All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals 24/31 July | Quarter-finals 24/31 July | Semi-finals 14/21 August | Semi-finals 14/21 August | Final 11 September | Final 11 September |
| Cork | 1-18 | | | | |
| Waterford | 1-13 | | | | |
| Waterford | 1-13 | Cork | 0-16 | | |
| | | Clare | 0-15 | | |
| Wexford | 0-12 | Clare | 0-15 | | |
| Clare | 1-20 | | | | |
| Clare | 1-20 | | | Cork | 1-21 |
| | | | | Galway | 1-16 |
| Kilkenny | 0-18 | | | | | Galway | 1-16 |
| Limerick | 0-13 | | | | |
| Limerick | 0-13 | Kilkenny | 4-18 | | |
| | | Galway | 5-18 | | |
| Tipperary | 2-18 | Galway | 5-18 | | |
| Galway | 2-20 | | | | |

### All-Ireland final
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Overall

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ger Farragher | Galway | 3-57 | 66 | 6 | 11.00 |
| 2 | James Young | Laois | 2-53 | 59 | 7 | 8.43 |
| 3 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 3-37 | 46 | 4 | 11.50 |
| 4 | T. J. Ryan | Limerick | 3-36 | 45 | 6 | 7.50 |
| 5 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 1-36 | 39 | 5 | 7.80 |
| 6 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 3-26 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 |
| 7 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 0-33 | 33 | 6 | 5.50 |
| 8 | Brian Carroll | Offaly | 1-29 | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
| 9 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 1-26 | 29 | 5 | 5.80 |
| 10 | Joe Deane | Cork | 1-18 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |

#### In a single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 2-11 | 17 | Offaly |
| 2 | Ger Farragher | Galway | 2-09 | 15 | Kilkenny |
| 3 | Ger Farragher | Galway | 1-11 | 14 | Laois |
| 4 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 1-09 | 12 | Galway |
| 4 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 1-09 | 12 | Galway |
| 4 | James Young | Laois | 1-09 | 12 | Dublin |
| 4 | Ger Farragher | Galway | 0-12 | 12 | Antrim |
| 5 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 1-08 | 11 | Offaly |
| 5 | Brian Carroll | Offaly | 1-08 | 11 | Antrim |
| 5 | David Curtin | Dublin | 1-08 | 11 | Laois |
| 5 | James Young | Laois | 0-11 | 11 | Antrim |

## Miscellaneous

* The attendance of 81,136 at the All-Ireland final was the biggest since 1956 when 83,096 saw Wexford defeat Cork.