| 2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship | |
| Dates: | 16 June – 6 August 2023 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Sponsor: | Garvey's SuperValu |
| Champions: | Crotta O'Neill's |
| Count: | 10 |
| Champions Captain: | Bill Keane |
| Champions Manager: | Brendan Mahony |
| Runners-Up: | Lixnaw |
| Runners-Up Captain: | Conor O'Keeffe |
| Runners-Up Manager: | Barry Hennessy |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Goals: | 42 |
| Points: | 536 |
| Top Scorer: | Shane Nolan (4-38) |
| Previous Year: | 2022 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2022 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Next Tournament: | 2024 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship |
The 2023 Kerry Senior Hurling Championship was the 122nd staging of the Kerry Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kerry County Board in 1889. The draw for the group stage pairings took place on 31 May 2023.[1] The championship ran from 16 June to 6 August 2023.
Causeway entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Crotta O'Neill's at the quarter-final stage.[2] [3]
The final was played on 6 August 2023 at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, between Crotta O'Neill's and Lixnaw, in what was their third meeting in the final overall and a first final meeting in 24 years.[4] Crotta O'Neill's won the match by 0–15 to 1–09 to claim their 10th championship title overall and a first title in 55 years.[5]
Shane Nolan was the championship's top scorer with 4-38.
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Lixnaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 28 | 21 | 4 | |||||
| Ballyduff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 2 | |||||
| Ballyheigue | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 56 | -33 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Crotta O'Neill's | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 36 | 22 | 3 | |||||
| Abbeydorney | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 34 | 13 | 3 | |||||
| Dr Crokes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 69 | -35 | 0 | |||||
| Team | Matches | Score | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=45 | For | width=45 | Against | width=30 | Diff |
| Kilmoyley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 34 | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Causeway | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| St Brendan's | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 42 | -12 | 0 | |||||
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Nolan | Crotta O'Neill's | 4-38 | 50 | 5 | 10.00 |
| 2 | Shane Conway | Lixaw | 0-33 | 33 | 4 | 8.25 |
| 3 | Michael O'Leary | Abbeydorney | 2-25 | 31 | 3 | 10.33 |
| 4 | Daniel Collins | Kilmoyley | 0-23 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 5 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 2-14 | 20 | 3 | 6.66 |
| 6 | Brandon Barrett | Causeway | 1-15 | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Kevin Goulding | Ballyduff | 4-04 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 |
| Mikey Kelliher | Lixnaw | 3-07 | 16 | 4 | 4.00 | |
| Mark Heffernan | Dr Crokes | 0-16 | 16 | 2 | 8.00 | |
| 10 | Philip Lucid | Ballyheigue | 0-15 | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
| Dylan Moriarty | Ballyduff | 0-15 | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Nolan | Crotta O'Neill's | 3-11 | 20 | Dr Crokes |
| 2 | Shane Nolan | Crotta O'Neill's | 1-11 | 14 | Causeway |
| 3 | Maurice O'Connor | Kilmoyley | 3-03 | 12 | Causeway |
| Michael O'Leary | Abbeydorney | 2-06 | 12 | Dr Crokes | |
| Shane Conway | Lixaw | 0-12 | 12 | Ballyduff | |
| 6 | Pádraig Boyle | Ballyduff | 1-07 | 10 | Abbeydorney |
| Daniel Collins | Kilmoyley | 0-10 | 10 | St Brendan's | |
| Michael O'Leary | Abbeydorney | 0-10 | 10 | Ballyduff | |
| 9 | Shane Conway | Lixaw | 0-09 | 9 | Ballyduff |
| Mark Heffernan | Dr Crokes | 0-09 | 9 | Abbeydorney | |
| Michael O'Leary | Abbeydorney | 0-09 | 9 | Crotta O'Neill's | |
| Philip Lucid | Ballyheigue | 0-09 | 9 | Lixnaw |