2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2004 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 118th staging of Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Kilkenny 0-17 to 0-9 in the final at Croke Park, Dublin.
Participating counties
Calendar
Round | Date |
Leinster Preliminary Round | Sunday 2 May 2004 |
Ulster Final | Sunday 6 June 2004 |
Ulster Final Replay | Sunday 13 June 2004 |
Munster Final | Sunday 27 June 2004 |
Leinster Final | Sunday 4 July 2004 |
All-Ireland Quarter-Finals | Sunday 25 July 2004 |
All-Ireland Quarter-Final Replay | Sunday 31 July 2004 |
All-Ireland Semi-Final | Sunday 8 August 2004 |
All-Ireland Semi-Final | Sunday 15 August 2004 |
All-Ireland Final | Sunday 12 September 2004 |
Fixtures
[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]
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[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]
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[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship]
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Qualifiers
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[All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship]
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Championship statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the championship: Damien Culleton for Laois against Carlow
- Last goal of the championship: Tom Kenny for Cork against Wexford
- First hat-trick of the championship: Dan Shanahan for Waterford against Clare
- Most goals in a match: 9
- *Clare 7-19 : 2-15 Laois
- Most points in a match: 39
- *Cork 1-27 :0-12 Wexford
- Most goals by one team in a match: 7
- *Clare 7-19 : 2-15 Laois
- Most points by one team in a match: 27
- *Cork 1-27 :0-12 Wexford
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 3
- *Tipperary 3-12 : 4-10 Waterford
- Most points scored by a losing team: 21
- *Cork 1-21 : 3-16 Waterford
Miscellaneous
- The round one qualifier between Galway and Down was the first ever championship meeting between these two teams.
- The round one qualifier between Clare and Laois was the first championship meeting between these two teams since the All-Ireland final of 1914. Clare were the winners on both occasions.
- The All-Ireland final was, for the first time, contested by two teams, neither of which were their respective provincial champions. Cork were defeated in the Munster final while Kilkenny were defeated in the Leinster semi-final.
Top scorers
Season
Single game
Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
1 | Eugene Cloonan | Galway | 4-7 | 19 | Down |
2 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 2-11 | 17 | Galway |
3 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 2-10 | 16 | Laois |
4 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 2-8 | 14 | Dublin |
4 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 2-8 | 14 | Waterford |
4 | Jonathan O'Neill | Wicklow | 1-11 | 14 | Westmeath |
7 | Tony Griffin | Clare | 4-1 | 13 | Laois |
7 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 2-7 | 13 | Offaly |
7 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 0-13 | 13 | Kilkenny |
10 | Brendan Murphy | Offaly | 2-5 | 11 | Dublin |
10 | James Young | Laois | 0-11 | 11 | Offaly |
12 | Dan Shanahan | Waterford | 3-1 | 10 | Clare |
12 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 2-4 | 10 | Waterford |
12 | Paul Flynn | Waterford | 1-7 | 10 | Cork |
12 | Andrew Mitchell | Westmeath | 1-7 | 10 | Wicklow |
12 | Niall Gilligan | Clare | 1-7 | 10 | Kilkenny |
12 | Ben O'Connor | Cork | 1-7 | 10 | Limerick |
18 | Paddy Richmond | Antrim | 2-3 | 9 | Down |
18 | James Young | Laois | 1-6 | 9 | Meath |
18 | Joe Deane | Cork | 0-9 | 9 | Waterford |
18 | Andrew Mitchell | Westmeath | 0-9 | 9 | Kildare |
18 | Paul Braniff | Down | 0-9 | 9 | New York |
18 | Eoin Kelly | Tipperary | 0-9 | 9 | Cork |
18 | Henry Shefflin | Kilkenny | 0-9 | 9 | Clare |