The GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship, known simply as the All-Ireland Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in Ireland, and has been contested every year except one since 1887.
The Liam MacCarthy Cup is a trophy awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) to the team that wins the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the main competition in the prehistoric sport of hurling. Based on the design of a medieval drinking vessel, the trophy was first awarded in 1923 to the winners of the (delayed) 1921 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. The original 1920s trophy was retired in the 1990s, with a new identical trophy awarded annually since 1992. The original trophy is on permanent display in the GAA Museum at Croke Park in Dublin.
Tomás Dunne is an Irish hurling coach and former player who is from Toomevara, County Tipperary in Ireland. He is the current coach of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
David Collins is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a right corner-back for the Galway senior team. He joined the team in 2004 and has been a regular member until 2016.
Joe Connolly is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Galway senior team.
John Connolly is an Irish retired hurler who played as a full-forward for the Galway senior team.
The Galway Senior Hurling Championship is an annual hurling competition organised by the Galway County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Galway in Ireland.
Michael 'Mick' Gill was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Galway and Dublin senior teams from 1922 until 1938.
Liam Donoghue is an Irish sportsperson who plays hurling with his local club Clarinbridge. He played on the Galway senior inter-county team from 2003 until 2006.
Cyril Farrell is an Irish former hurling manager, selector, trainer and coach. He was the manager of the Galway senior team on three separate occasions, where he became the county's longest-serving manager and most successful in terms of major titles won. Farrell is regarded as one of the greatest managers in the history of the modern game.
Liam Simpson is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Bennettsbridge and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team in the 1990s.
John Hodgins is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back with the Cork senior team.
M. J. 'Inky' Flaherty was an Irish sportsperson. He played inter-county hurling for Galway from 1936 to 1953, and was a noted boxer. Flaherty trained the Galway hurling team in the 1950s, and again in the 1970s, leading the side to league success in 1975. Starting out playing hurling for his beloved Liam Mellows, Flaherty went on to spend most of his inter-club days representing Ballinasloe in both hurling and Gaelic football. Also contributing as a coach and referee, his lifelong dedication to the GAA was recognised in 1989 when he was presented with a GAA All-Time All-Star Award. The currently uncontested Connacht Senior Hurling Championship was named in his honour.
Joe Salmon is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling at various times with his local club Meelick Eyrecourt before switching to Liam Mellows in Galway and Glen Rovers in Cork because of migration.
Niall McInerney was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Clare and Galway senior teams.
Liam Markham is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Cratloe and has been a member of the Clare senior inter-county team since 2011, making his Championship debut when coming on as a substitute against Galway on 2 July 2011.
Tadhg Haran is an Irish hurler who currently plays as a midfielder for Liam Mellows and the Galway senior hurling team.
James Duggan was an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Galway senior team.
Jeffrey Lynskey is an Irish hurling manager and former player who is the current manager of the Galway minor hurling team and also works as an English and history teacher in Galway Community College.
