The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship quarter-finals are played to determine which teams will contest the

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. They are the third last phase of the

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, a

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competition contested by the top inter-county teams in

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. The quarter-finals are usually contested at

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List of quarter-finals by decade

Quarter-final key

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See also