# 2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

The 2011–12 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling club championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970. The draw for the 2011-12 fixtures took place in August 2011. The championship began on 9 October 2011 and ended on 17 March 2012. Clarinbridge were the defending champions, however, they did not qualify for the championship.
Loughgiel Shamrocks secured the title with a 4-13 to 0-17 defeat of Coolderry in the All-Ireland final. This was their second All-Ireland title.

## Teams

A total of fifteen teams contested the championship, including all of the teams from the 2010–11. The Armagh champions did not participate.
The 2011–12 championship also saw a number of first-time participants. Carrigtwohill of Cork won their first county championship since 1918 and represented the county in the provincial series. Similarly, Na Piarsaigh in Limerick and Drom-Inch in Tipperary won their very first county titles and contested the Munster series for the first time.

## Team summaries
### Participating clubs

| Team | County | Captain | Manager(s) | Most recent success | Most recent success | Most recent success |
| Team | County | Captain | Manager(s) | All-Ireland | Provincial | County |
| Ballyboden St. Enda's | Dublin | David Curtin | Liam Hogan | | | 2010 |
| Ballycran | Down | | Mick Braniff Gary Savage | | 1993 | 2009 |
| Ballygunner | Waterford | Shane O'Sullivan | Niall O'Donnell | | 2001 | 2009 |
| Carrigtwohill | Cork | Brian Lordan | James O'Connor | | | 1918 |
| Clonkill | Westmeath | Andrew Mitchell | Pat O'Toole | | | 2009 |
| Clough/Ballacolla | Laois | John A. Delaney | John O'Sullivan | | | 2009 |
| Coolderry | Offaly | Brendan O'Meara | Ken Hogan | | | 2010 |
| Crusheen | Clare | Gerry O'Grady | Michael Browne | | | 2010 |
| Drom-Inch | Tipperary | Séamus Callanan | Teddy Kennedy | | | |
| Gort | Galway | Andy Coen | Mattie Murphy | | 1983 | 1983 |
| James Stephens | Kilkenny | Jackie Tyrrell | Niall Rigney | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 |
| Kevin Lynch's | Derry | Eoighin Farren | David McCloskey | | | 2009 |
| Loughgiel Shamrocks | Antrim | Johnny Campbell | P. J. Mullan | 1983 | 2010 | 2010 |
| Na Piarsaigh | Limerick | Kieran Bermingham | Seán Stack | | | |
| Oulart the Ballagh | Wexford | Keith Rossiter | Liam Dunne | | | 2010 |

## Championship statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the championship: Patrick McCloskey for Kevin Lynch's against Loughgiel Shamrocks.
* Last goal of the championship: Liam Watson for Loughgiel Shamrocks against Coolderry.

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

| | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Games | Average |
| 1 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 4-30 | 42 | 4 | 10.5 |
| 2 | Damien Murray | Coolderry | 1-30 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 |
| 3 | Shane Dowling | Na Piarsaigh | 3-20 | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
| 4 | Cathal Parlon | Coolderry | 2-13 | 19 | 4 | 6.75 |
| 5 | Eoin Moore | Oulart-the Ballagh | 2-12 | 18 | 4 | 4.50 |
| 6 | Pauric Mahony | Ballygunner | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 |
| 7 | Pat Vaughan | Crusheen | 0-14 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| 7 | Paul Ryan | Ballyboden St. Enda's | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| 9 | David Breen | Na Piarsaigh | 2-05 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 |
| 9 | Brendan McCarry | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1-08 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 |
| 9 | Eoin Larkin | James Stephens | 0-11 | 11 | 1 | 11.00 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 3-07 | 16 | Coolderry |
| 1 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 0-16 | 16 | Na Piarsaigh |
| 2 | Damien Murray | Coolderry | 1-08 | 11 | Gort |
| 2 | Eoin Larkin | James Stephens | 0-11 | 11 | Oulart-the-Ballagh |
| 3 | Shane Dowling | Na Piarsaigh | 2-04 | 10 | Ballygunner |
| 3 | Shane Dowling | Na Piarsaigh | 1-07 | 10 | Crusheen |
| 3 | Liam Watson | Loughgiel Shamrocks | 1–07 | 10 | Kevin Lynch's |
| 3 | Gerry Quinn | Gort | 0-10 | 10 | Coolderry |
| 4 | Pauric Mahony | Ballygunner | 1-06 | 9 | Drom-Inch |
| 4 | Séamus Callanan | Drom-Inch | 0-09 | 9 | Ballygunner |