| Year: | 1949 |
| Dates: | 15 May - 4 September 1949 |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Munster: | Tipperary |
| Leinster: | Laois |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Team: | Tipperary |
| Titles: | 14th |
| Captain: | Pat Stakelum |
| Team2: | Laois |
| Captain2: | Paddy Ruschitzko |
| Totalgoals: | 83 (5.9 per game) |
| Totalpoints: | 223 (15.9 per game) |
| Topscorer: | Jimmy Kennedy (6-35) |
| Previous: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1950 |
The 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 63rd staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 15 May 1949 and ended on 4 September 1949.
Waterford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial championship. Tipperary won the title following a 3-11 to 0-3 defeat of Laois.[1]
| Team | Colours | Most recent success | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Ireland | Provincial | League | |||
| Antrim | Saffron and white | 1946 | |||
| Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 | |
| Cork | Red and white | 1946 | 1947 | 1947-48 | |
| Dublin | Navy and blue | 1938 | 1948 | 1938-39 | |
| Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1922 | 1930-31 | |
| Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1947 | 1947 | 1932-33 | |
| Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1915 | ||
| Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1946-47 | |
| Meath | Green and gold | ||||
| Offaly | Green, white and gold | ||||
| Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1945 | 1945 | 1948-49 | |
| Waterford | Blue and white | 1948 | 1948 | ||
| Westmeath | Maroon and white | ||||
| Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1918 | ||
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| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 7-40 | 61 | 6 | 10.16 |
| 2 | Paddy Lalor | Laois | 6-04 | 22 | 5 | 4.40 |
| 3 | Harry Gray | Laois | 4-06 | 18 | 5 | 3.60 |
| 4 | Sonny Maher | Tipperary | 4-04 | 16 | 6 | 2.66 |
| 5 | Mick Ryan | Tipperary | 2-09 | 15 | 6 | 2.50 |
| 6 | Shem Downey | Kilkenny | 3-04 | 13 | 3 | 4.33 |
| 7 | Jim Walton | Kilkenny | 3-03 | 12 | 3 | 4.00 |
| Jim Loughran | Meath | 2-06 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 | |
| Jack Lynch | Cork | 1-09 | 12 | 2 | 6.00 | |
| Tommy Ryan | Tipperary | 0-12 | 12 | 6 | 2.00 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 3-05 | 14 | Antrim | |
| 2 | Sonny Maher | Tipperary | 3-03 | 12 | Antrim | |
| 3 | Paddy Lalor | Laois | 3-02 | 11 | Offaly | |
| Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 0-11 | 11 | Limerick | ||
| 4 | Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 2-04 | 10 | Laois | |
| Jim Loughran | Meath | 2-04 | 10 | Westmeath | ||
| Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 1-07 | 10 | Cork | ||
| 5 | Jack Lynch | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | Tipperary | |
| Jimmy Kennedy | Tipperary | 1-06 | 9 | Cork | ||
| 6 | Harry Gray | Laois | 2-02 | 8 | Galway |