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1988–89 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

Field	Value
type	Senior Club
year	1988–89
dates	25 September 1988 – 17 March 1989
teams	29
connacht	Four Roads
munster	Patrickswell
leinster	Buffer's Alley
ulster	O'Donovan Rossa
ulsterlink	O'Donovan Rossa GAC Belfast
team	Buffer's Alley
titles	1st
team2	O'Donovan Rossa
team2link	O'Donovan Rossa GAC Belfast
topscorer	Gary Kirby (4–29)
previous	1987–88
next	1989–90

The 1988–89 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 19th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club hurling tournament. The championship ran from 25 September 1988 to 17 March 1989.

Midleton of Cork were the defending champions, however, they failed to qualify after being beaten by Blackrock in the second round of the 1988 Cork SHC. Feakle of Clare made their championship debut.

The All-Ireland final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 17 March 1989, between Buffers Alley of Wexford and O'Donovan Rossa of Antrim, in what was a first championship meeting between the teams. Buffers Alley won the match by 2–12 to 0–12 to claim their only title.

Patrickswell's Gary Kirby was the championship's top scorer with 4–29.

Results

[[Connacht Senior Club Hurling Championship]]

First round

Second round

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

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	4–29	41	5	8.20
2	Mick Butler	Buffers Alley	1–26	29	5	5.80
3	Tom Dempsey	Buffers Alley	3–16	25	5	5.00
4	Val Donnellan	Feakle	3–10	19	2	9.50
Ger Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1–16	19	3	6.33
5	Shane Ahearne	Mount Sion	2–11	17	2	8.50
6	Noel Murray	O'Donovan Rossa	1–13	16	3	5.66
7	Tim Massey	Trim	4-03	15	2	7.50
8	Henry Downey	Lavey	0–14	14	2	7.00
9	Paddy Dolan	Four Roads	1–10	13	3	4.33

;Top scorers in a single game

Rank	Player	Club	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	Val Donnellan	Feakle	3-07	16	Ballyduff
2	Tim Massey	Trim	4-02	14	Wolfe Tones
3	Danny McNaughton	Ruairí Óg	2-06	12	Cúchulainns
4	Gary Kirby	Patrickswell	1-08	11	St. Finbarr's
5	Ger Fennelly	Ballyhale Shamrocks	1-07	10	Buffers Alley
Mick Butler	Buffers Alley	0–10	10	Ballyhale Shamrocks
6	Martin Linnane	North Mayo	2-03	9	Four Roads
Henry Downey	Lavey	0-09	9	Portaferry
Noel Murray	O'Donovan Rossa	0-09	9	Lavey
Mick Butler	Buffers Alley	0-09	9	Four Roads

References

Breheny, Martin. (15 March 2011). "All-Ireland Club Hurling". Irish Independent.
(15 February 2021). "Midleton's glorious era from 1983 to 1991 changed the face of Cork hurling". Echo Live.
"The GAA year of 1988". Ireland's Own.
(13 October 2009). "Hungry Feakle have it when it counts". The Clare People.
(6 February 2016). "Seven out of nine semi-final wins". Wexford People.
O'Connor, Christy. (5 December 2025). "Christy O'Connor: Cork-Kerry Munster club finals are rarer than you’d expect". Irish Examiner.
Campbell, John. (25 November 2016). "O'Donovan Rossa go by the book for ton-up celebration". Belfast Telegraph.

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