| Type: | Intermediate |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Dates: | 15 May - 3 September 2005 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Leinster: | Wexford |
| Matches: | 7 |
| Team: | Wexford |
| Titles: | 3rd |
| Captain: | Kevin Kavanagh |
| Manager: | Séamus Murphy |
| Team2: | Galway |
| Captain2: | Enda Tannion |
| Manager2: | Kieran Rabbitte |
| Totalgoals: | 8 (1.10 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 198 (28.20 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Maurice O'Sullivan (0-25) |
| Previous: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The 2005 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 22nd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship. The championship began on 15 May 2005 and ended on 3 September 2005.
Cork were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. Wexford won the title after defeating Galway by 1–15 to 0–16 in the final.[1]
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | |||
| Cork | Red and white | 2004 | 2004 | |
| Dublin | Blue and navy | 1972 | ||
| Galway | Maroon and white | 2002 | 1998 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1973 | 2004 | |
| Limerick | Green and white | 1998 | 1998 | |
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 2000 | 2002 | |
| Waterford | White and blue | |||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 2002 | 1964 | |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-25 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 2 | Kenneth Burke | Galway | 0-17 | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
| 3 | Pat Lawlor | Tipperary | 0-16 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 4 | Mark Keane | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | 1 | 11.00 |
| Stephen Doyle | Wexford | 0-11 | 11 | 2 | 5.50 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Keane | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | Tipperary |
| 2 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-10 | 10 | Tipperary |
| 3 | Pat Lawlor | Tipperary | 0-09 | 9 | Limerick |
| Kenneth Burke | Galway | 0-09 | 9 | Wexford | |
| 5 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-08 | 8 | Waterford |
| Kenneth Burke | Galway | 0-08 | 8 | Cork | |
| 7 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 0-07 | 7 | Wexford |
| Stephen Doyle | Wexford | 0-07 | 7 | Galway | |
| 9 | John Wall | Waterford | 0-06 | 6 | Cork |
| 10 | Stephen Dineen | Cork | 1-02 | 5 | Tipperary |
| Stephen Nolan | Wexford | 0-05 | 5 | Kilenny |