On 17 March 2016, Na Piarsaigh won the championship following a 2-25 to 2-14 defeat of Ruairí Óg, Cushendall in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title and a first title for a Limerick club.
Ireland's counties play their county championships between their senior hurling clubs. Each county decides the format for determining their county champions. The format can be knockout, double-elimination, league, etc or a combination.
Provincial Championships
Leinster, Munster and Ulster organise a provincial championship for their participating county champions. Connacht do not organise a provincial championship and are represented in the All-Ireland semi-finals by the Galway champions. All matches are knock-out and extra time is played if it's a draw at the end of normal time.
All-Ireland
The two semi-finals are played in early February. The All-Ireland final is traditionally played in Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March. All matches are knock-out. If it's a draw at the end of normal time in the semi-finals, extra time is played. If the final ends in a draw the match is replayed.
Initial Schedule
County championships April 2015 to November 2015 Provincial championships October 2015 to December 2015 All-Ireland semi-finals early February 2016 All-Ireland final 17 March 2016
D Treacy (0-12, frees), M Schutte (1-2), D O’Connell (0-2), J Malone (0-1), C Cronin (0-1), C Waldron (0-1), S Treacy (0-1), N Kenny (0-1), S Moran 0-1, N Carty (0-1).
Brian O’Sullivan (0-9; 0-7, 0-1 65), Shane O’Sullivan (0-2), P Hogan (0-2), S Power (0-2; 0-1 65), T O’Sullivan (0-1), B O’Keeffe (0-1), H Barnes (0-1), C Sheahan (0-1).
David Breen 1-2, Shane Dowling 0-5 (0-4 frees); Kevin Downes and Alan Dempsey 0-4 each, David Dempsey, Peter Casey 0-2 each, Ronan Lynch (0-1f), Adrian Breen, Will O'Donoghue 0-1 each.
Shane Dowling (0-7, 0-5 frees), Adrian Breen (1-4); Kevin Downes (1-2); Alan Dempsey (0-4); Peter Casey (0-3); David Breen (0-2); Ronan Lynch, Will O’Donoghue, Pat Gleeson (1 '65) (0-1 each).