On 18 August 2019, Galway won the championship after a 3-14 to 0-12 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[2] This was their 13th title overall and their third title in succession.
Competition format
The championship begins on a provincial basis in only two of the four provinces – Munster and Leinster. There is no Ulster Championship as Ulster teams participate in the Leinster Championship. Galway are the sole Connacht representatives and enter the competition at the All-Ireland quarter-final group stage with the beaten Leinster and Munster finalists. This ensures that Galway have at least two championship games.[3]
L Moore 1-7, T Clifford 2-2, B Drennan 0-4 (3f), I Byrne 0-4, S Doyle 1-1, J Doyle 1-0, D Walsh 0-3, A Hickey, Z Bay Hammon, A Tallis 0-2 each, J Aylward, P Blanchfield 0-1 each.
A Kirwan 1-4, D Dooley, P Rafter and D Delaney 1-3 each, C O’Shaughnessy 1-1, DJ Callaghan 1-0, N Quinlan and T Cuddy 0-2 each, T Keyes and F Mahoney 0-1 each.
C Kehoe (0-11, 0-5 frees), L Brennan (1-1); F O’Toole (1-0), S Treacy (1-0), P Kavanagh (0-2), F Fitzpatrick (0-1); N Bolger (0-1); E Whelan (0-1), J Wall (0-1).
D Qualter 2-3 (2f); D Melville 1-6 (1f); J Higgins 0-8; C O'Donovan 1-4; R Stapleton 1-2; D McMahon 0-5 (1f); E McConnon 1-1; M Whelan 1-0; A Mooney 0-3; C McCabe 0-2; F O'Sullivan 0-1.
C O'Shaughnessy 1-4, J Duggan 1-3, T Cuddy 0-6, D Dooley and DJ Callaghan (0-2 '65, 0-1 free) 0-4 each, N Quinlan 1-0 (free), A Kirwan 0-3 (frees), D Carroll 0-2, T Keyes, C O'Shaughnessy, P Rafter and K Mulhall 0-1 each.
D Melville 4-4; C McCabe 0-3 one free; D Qualter 2-6 three frees; R Stapleton 1-0; F O'Sullivan 0-4; C Boran 0-1; P Dolan 0-1; C O'Donovan 0-1. P O'Donoghue 0-1, D McMahon 0-1; E McConnon 0-1.
D Cantwell 2-1, AJ Redmond 0-4 (0-3 frees), R Lawlor and C Byrne (pen) 1-0 each, J Sheil, L Kavanagh, C Molloy, J Moran and C Foley 0-2 each, P Whitty and D O’Neill 0-1 each
D Qualter 1-8 (6 frees), C McCabe 0-3 (3 frees), D Melville 0-3; A O'Brien 0-2, J Higgins 0-1, C Boran 0-1, A Hackett 0-1, D McMahon 0-1, A Mooney 0-1, E McConnon 0-1, P Doolan 0-1.
D Flynn 0-8 (0-3 frees), J Cahalane 2-3, E Twomey 0-4, P O’Riordan 0-3, C McCarthy (St Oliver Plunkett’s) (0-1 free), C Walsh 0-2 each, L Horgan, D Hogan, C McCarthy, J Carr, I Walsh 0-1 each.
J Leamy (1-8, 1-0 penalty, 6 frees and 1 sideline), C McKelvey (1-1), S Ferncombe (1-0), T Cahill (0-2), P Kinane (0-1), K Shelly (0-1), J Campion (0-1), C Fogarty (0-1).
R Halloran (0-5, 4 frees and 1 '65), J Burke (1-0), C MacCraith (1-0), J Foley (0-2), C Rellis (0-2), M Fitzgerald (0-2), A Ryan (0-2, 1 free), C Berry (0-1), M Cummins (0-1).
Sean McDonagh 1-9 (1-0pen, 5fs, 265), Sean O’Hanlon 0-4, Alex Connaire 0-3, Greg Thomas 0-2, Gavin Lee, Colm Cunningham, Enda Collins, Tiernan Killeen, Liam Leen and Paddy Commins 0-1 each.