# 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 27 May to 3 September 1989.
Galway were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-finals.
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 September 1989 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Tipperary and Antrim, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Wexford won the match by 4–24 to 3–09 to claim their 23rd All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 18 years.
Tipperary's Nicky English was the championship's top scorer with 4-38.

## Team changes
### To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
* Derry
* Down
* Kildare (qualified)

### From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
* London

## Teams
### General information

Seventeen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
| County | Last provincial title | Last championship title | Position in 1988 Championship | Current championship |
| Antrim | 1946 | — | Semi-finals | Ulster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Clare | 1932 | 1914 | Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Cork | 1986 | 1986 | Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Derry | 1908 | — | | Ulster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Down | 1942 | — | Runners-up (All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship) | Ulster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Dublin | 1961 | 1938 | Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Galway | 1922 | 1988 | Champions | Connacht Senior Hurling Championship |
| Kerry | 1891 | 1891 | Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Kildare | — | — | | All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship |
| Kilkenny | 1987 | 1983 | Semi-finals (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Laois | 1949 | 1915 | First round (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Limerick | 1981 | 1973 | Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Offaly | 1988 | 1985 | Semi-finals | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Tipperary | 1988 | 1971 | Runners-up | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Waterford | 1963 | 1959 | Quarter-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship) | Munster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Westmeath | — | — | First round (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |
| Wexford | 1977 | 1968 | Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship) | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship |

## Provincial championship
### Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| | | Offaly | 5-14 | | |
| Laois | 2-11 | Laois | 1-10 | | |
| Dublin | 2-10 | | | Offaly | 3-15 |
| | | | | Kilkenny | 4-09 |
| | | Kilkenny | 4-15 | | |
| Kilkenny | 4-29 | Wexford | 2-18 | | |
| Westmeath | 3-05 | | | | |

### Munster Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final |
| | | Cork | 0-18, 4-17 | | |
| Waterford | 5-13 | Waterford | 0-18, 5-16 | | |
| Clare | 1-10 | | | Waterford | 2-08 |
| | | | | Tipperary | 0-26 |
| | | Tipperary | 4-18 | | |
| Kerry | 3-10 | Limerick | 2-11 | | |
| Limerick | 6-11 | | | | |

### Ulster Senior Hurling Championship

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | Antrim | 2-16 |
| Down | 6-07 | Down | 0-09 |
| Derry | 1-13 | | |

## All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

| Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 1-17 | | | |
| | | | Galway | Galway | 2-11 | | | |
| | | | | | | Tipperary | Tipperary | 4-24 |
| | | | | | | Antrim | Antrim | 3-09 |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 4-15 | | | |
| Antrim | Antrim | 4-14 | Offaly | Offaly | 1-15 | | | |
| Kildare | Kildare | 0-07 | | | | | | |

### All-Ireland Final
## Stadia and locations
## Championship statistics
### Top scorers
#### Season

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 4-38 | 50 | 4 | 12.50 |
| 2 | Adrian Ronan | Kilkenny | 1-21 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 2 | Mark Corrigan | Offaly | 4-12 | 24 | 3 | 8.00 |
| 4 | Finbarr Delaney | Cork | 1-19 | 23 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 5 | Pat Fox | Tipperary | 3-11 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 |
| 6 | Olcan McFetridge | Antrim | 3-9 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 6 | Kieran Delahunty | Waterford | 1-15 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 8 | Aidan McCarry | Antrim | 3-7 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| 9 | Pat Murphy | Waterford | 5-0 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 9 | Brian Donnelly | Antrim | 3-6 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| 9 | Shane Aherne | Waterford | 2-9 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |

#### Single game

| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 2-12 | 18 | Antrim |
| 2 | Mark Corrigan | Offaly | 3-7 | 16 | Kilkenny |
| 3 | Joe Hennessy | Kerry | 3-5 | 14 | Limerick |
| 3 | Finbarr Delaney | Cork | 1-11 | 14 | Waterford |
| 5 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 0-13 | 13 | Waterford |
| 5 | Adrian Ronan | Kilkenny | 1-10 | 13 | Westmeath |
| 7 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 2-5 | 11 | Limerick |
| 7 | Danny McNaughton | Antrim | 2-5 | 11 | Down |
| 9 | M. J. Ryan | Dublin | 1-7 | 10 | Laois |
| 10 | Gary Kirby | Limerick | 1-6 | 9 | Kerry |
| 10 | Pat Murphy | Waterford | 3-0 | 9 | Cork |

## Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on The Sunday Game.
| Round | RTÉ | Channel 4 |
| Munster final | Tipperary vs Waterford | |
| All-Ireland semi-finals | Antrim vs Offaly Tipperary vs Galway | |
| All-Ireland final | Tipperary vs Antrim | Tipperary vs Antrim |