2008–09 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship


The 2008–09 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 39th since the establishment of the competition by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1970–71. The first matches of the season were played on 12 October 2008 and the championship ended on 17 March 2009. Portumna went into the 2008 championship as defending champions, having won their second All-Ireland title the previous year.
The championship culminated with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin. The match was contested by Portumna and De La Salle. It was their first meeting in the final. Portumna won the game by 2–24 to 1–8. It was their second All-Ireland title in succession and an unprecedented third in four years.

Format

The 2008–09 club championship was played on a straight knock-out basis. Each of the sixteen participating counties enter their respective club champions. The format of the competition was as follows:
Sixteen county club champions participated in the 2008–09 championship. These counties were as follows:
Provincial Championships
The Leinster, Munster and Ulster championships were played as usual on a straight knock-out basis. The three respective champions from these provinces advanced directly to the All-Ireland semi-finals.
All-Ireland Series
Semi-finals: The Munster champions played the Ulster champions while the Leinster champions played the champions of Galway. The Galway club champions enter the competition at this stage due to the absence of a provincial club championship in Connacht.

Participating clubs

Fixtures

[Ulster Senior [Club Hurling Championship]]

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[Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship]

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[Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship]

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[All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship]

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Championship statistics

Scoring

Season

Single game

Referees

The following referees were used during the championship:
NameCountyGames
James McGrathWestmeath1
Diarmuid KirwanCork1
Declan O'DriscollLimerick1
Johnny RyanTipperary3
F. SmithMeath1
Éamonn MorisDublin2
Dommo ConnollyKilkenny1
Dickie MurphyWexford1
Barry KellyWestmeath1
Martin MulhollandDerry1
Declan MageeDown1
John DevlinTyrone1

Stadia

The following stadia were used during the championship:
CountyStadiumCapacity
DublinCroke Park82,300
TipperarySemple Stadium55,000
LimerickGaelic Grounds50,000
CorkPáirc Uí Chaoimh43,500
AntrimCasement Park32,600
KilkennyNowlan Park30,000
OffalyO'Connor Park20,000
WestmeathCusack Park15,000
DublinParnell Park13,500