| Type: | Under-21 |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Dates: | 31 May 2005 – 18 September 2005 |
| Teams: | 15 |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Leinster: | Kilkenny |
| Ulster: | Derry |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Team: | Galway |
| Titles: | 8th |
| Captain: | Kenneth Burke |
| Manager: | Vincent Mullins |
| Team2: | Kilkenny |
| Captain2: | Richie Power |
| Manager2: | Adrian Finan |
| Previous: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The 2005 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for players under the age of twenty-one. The championship began on 31 May 2005 and ended on 18 September 2005.
Kilkenny were the defending champions.
On 18 September 2005, Galway won the championship following a 1-15 to 1-14 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their 8th All-Ireland title and their first since 1996.
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Final
| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 3-38 | 47 | 5 | 9.40 |
| 2 | Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 4-16 | 28 | 4 | 7.00 |
| 3 | Eoin Reid | Kilkenny | 3-12 | 21 | 5 | 4.20 |
| 4 | James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 2-12 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 5 | Richie Power | Kilkenny | 1-13 | 16 | 5 | 3.20 |
| 6 | Alan O'Connor | Limerick | 1-11 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| Kerril Wade | Galway | 0-14 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 | |
| 8 | Michael Naughten | Cork | 0-12 | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 9 | Willie O'Dwyer | Kilkenny | 1-07 | 10 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 10 | Aonghus Callanan | Galway | 2-03 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
| Darragh Egan | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 | 2 | 4.50 | |
| Stephen Nolan | Wexford | 0-09 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 1-09 | 12 | Galway |
| 2 | Richie Power | Kilkenny | 1-08 | 11 | Antrim |
| 3 | Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 1-07 | 10 | Wexford |
| Alan O'Connor | Limerick | 1-07 | 10 | Kerry | |
| Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 0-10 | 10 | Dublin | |
| 6 | Eoin Reid | Kilkenny | 2-03 | 9 | Carlow |
| Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | Waterford | |
| Eoin Larkin | Kilkenny | 0-09 | 9 | Carlow | |
| Stephen Nolan | Wexford | 0-09 | 9 | Kilkenny | |
| 10 | Andrew O'Shaughnessy | Limerick | 2-02 | 8 | Kerry |
| Maurice O'Sullivan | Cork | 2-02 | 8 | Tipperary | |
| Darragh Egan | Tipperary | 1-05 | 8 | Limerick | |
| James Fitzpatrick | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Antrim | |
| Kerril Wade | Galway | 0-08 | 8 | Kilkenny |