# 2003–04 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 2003–04 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 34th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for senior clubs. The championship began on 18 October 2003 and ended on 17 March 2004.
Birr were the defending champions but were defeated by O'Loughlin Gaels in the Leinster final.
On 17 March 2004, Newtownshandrum won the championship following a 0-17 to 1-6 defeat of Dunloy in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.
Newtownshandrum's Ben O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0-47.

## Pre-championship

The build-up to the opening of the championship was dominated by Birr and the possibility that they would become the first club to win three All-Ireland titles in-a-row, and a record-breaking fifth championship title over all. Having secured their fifth successive county title, Birr were favourites to retain their provincial title for a third year-in-a-row. This would leave them only two wins away from hurling immortality.

## The championship
### Participating counties

| Team | County | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | County | All-Ireland | Provincial | County |
| Athleague | Roscommon | | | 1978 |
| Ballygalget | Down | | 1998 | 1999 |
| Birr | Offaly | 2003 | 2002 | 2002 |
| Castlepollard | Westmeath | | | 1997 |
| Castletown | Laois | | | 2002 |
| Clarecastle | Clare | | 1997 | 1997 |
| Clonguish | Longford | | | |
| Coill Dubh | Kildare | | | 2000 |
| Craobh Chiaráin | Dublin | | | 2001 |
| Dunloy | Antrim | | 2002 | 2002 |
| Fr. Murphy's | London | | | 2001 |
| Glenealy | Wicklow | | | 1996 |
| Keady Lámh Dhearg | Armagh | | | 2002 |
| Kevin Lynch's | Derry | | | 1998 |
| Kilmessan | Meath | | | 1996 |
| Kilmoyley | Kerry | | | 2002 |
| Knockbridge | Louth | | | 2001 |
| Mount Sion | Waterford | | 2002 | 2002 |
| Naomh Eoin | Carlow | | | 1998 |
| Newtownshandrum | Cork | | | |
| O'Loughlin Gaels | Kilkenny | | | 2001 |
| Patrickswell | Limerick | | 1990 | 2000 |
| Portumna | Galway | | | |
| Rathnure | Wexford | | 1998 | 2002 |
| St. Mary's | Leitrim | | | 2002 |
| Toomevara | Tipperary | | 1993 | 2001 |
| Tooreen | Mayo | | | 1999 |
| Tubbercurry | Sligo | | | 2002 |

## Fixtures
### Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-final
Final

### Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship

First round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

### Ulster Senior Club Hurling Championship

Semi-finals
Final

### All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Quarter-final
Semi-finals
Final

## Scoring statistics
### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | 0-47 | 47 | 6 | 7.83 |
| 2 | Nigel Skehan | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-34 | 34 | 5 | 8.80 |
| 3 | Geoffrey McGonagle | Kevin Lynch's | 1-18 | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
| 4 | Patrick Phelan | Castletown | 3-11 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 5 | Nicky Horan | Kilmessan | 1-14 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 5 | Gregory O'Kane | Dunloy | 0-17 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 5 | Paul O'Grady | Patrickswell | 0-17 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 6 | Maurice Nolan | O'Loughlin Gaels | 1-13 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 |
| 6 | Declan O'Grady | Patrickswell | 0-17 | 17 | 3 | 5.66 |
| 7 | Adrian McAndrew | Coill Dubh | 3-06 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 7 | James Bowles | Newtownshandrum | 3-06 | 15 | 6 | 2.50 |

### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Adrian McAndrew | Coill Dubh | 3-04 | 13 | Clonguish |
| 1 | Geoffrey McGonagle | Kevin Lynch's | 1-10 | 13 | Keady Lámh Dhearg |
| 2 | Nicky Horan | Kilmessan | 0-11 | 11 | Castlepollard |
| 2 | Nigel Skehan | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-11 | 11 | Newtownshandrum |
| 3 | Patrick Phelan | Castletown | 2-04 | 10 | Glenealy |
| 3 | Nigel Skehan | O'Loughlin Gaels | 0-10 | 10 | Rathnure |
| 3 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | 0-10 | 10 | O'Loughlin Gaels |
| 3 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | 0-10 | 10 | Dunloy |
| 4 | Des Murphy | Naomh Eoin | 2-03 | 9 | Knockbridge |
| 4 | James Bowles | Newtownshandrum | 2-03 | 9 | Patrickswell |
| 4 | Paul Seavers | Tubbercurry | 1-06 | 9 | Tooreen |
| 4 | Gerard Enright | Keady Lámh Dhearg | 1-06 | 9 | Kevin Lynch's |
| 4 | Paul O'Grady | Patrickswell | 0-09 | 9 | Mount Sion |
| 4 | Ben O'Connor | Newtownshandrum | 0-09 | 9 | Fr. Murphy's |