The 2022 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 128th staging of the

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the St Canice's Credit Union Senior Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny SHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board of ...

since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in

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. The championship ran from 17 September to 16 October 2022.

Ballyhale Shamrocks Ballyhale Shamrocks is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Ballyhale in County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland. The club was founded in 1972 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. Ballyhale Shamrocks are the ...

entered the championship as the defending champions and will be hoping to secure a fifth consecutive title. The

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was played on 16 October 2022 at UPMC Nowlan Park in

Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

, between Ballyhale Shamrocks and James Stephens, in what was their first meeting in the final in

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. Ballyhale Shamrocks won the match by 1–21 to 2–11 to claim a record-equalling 20th championship title overall and a record-breaking fifth successive title.

Niall Brassil Niall Brassil (born 25 March 1999) is an Irish hurler who plays for Kilkenny Senior Championship club James Stephens and at inter-county level with the Kilkenny senior hurling team. He usually lines out as a left corner-forward. Honours ;J ...

was the championship's top scorer with 0-41.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the

Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship The Kilkenny Intermediate Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as Michael Lyng Motors Intermediate Hurling Championship and abbreviated to the Kilkenny IHC) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Kilkenny County Board ...

* Glenmore

From Championship

Relegated to the

* Rower-Inistioge

Results

First round

Relegation playoff

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Overall ;In a single game

Miscellaneous

* Glenmore's

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game against

was the club's first

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game in 17 years.

References

External links

Kilkenny GAA website
{{Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship

Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship