List of Tipperary senior hurling team captains

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This article lists players who have recently captained the Tipperary county hurling team in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

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The captain is normally chosen from the club that has won the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship. This did not happen in 1989. In that year Loughmore Castleiney were the reigning county hurling champions but did not hold the captaincy during the championship as none of their players were deemed good enough to make the team. In 1989 therefore Pat McGrath of Loughmore Castleiney was the captain during the National Hurling League and Bobby Ryan of Borris-Ileigh was the captain during the Championship. Had McGrath played in a championship match he was deemed captain for that game, in other words had he come onto the field during the All Ireland he would have collected the trophy.

The same situation arose in the 2008 season. Loughmore Castleiney were again the county champions and failed to maintain a presence on the team. Eoin Kelly and Paul Ormond were named as joint-captains. Ormond represented the Loughmore Castleiney club. Again if Ormond played he was the captain. However, on each occasion that a trophy was won both Kelly and Ormond collected it jointly. In all other cases the captain came from the county hurling champions club.

List of captains

#YearPlayerClubNational titlesProvincial titles
2024 Ronan Maher Thurles Sarsfields
2023 Noel McGrath [1] Loughmore-Castleiney
2022 Ronan Maher [2] Thurles Sarsfields
2021 Séamus Callanan Drom-Inch
2020 Séamus Callanan Drom-Inch
2019 Séamus Callanan [3] Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
2018 Pádraic Maher [4] Thurles Sarsfields
2017 Pádraic Maher [4] Thurles Sarsfields
2016 Brendan Maher Borris-Ileigh All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2015 Brendan Maher [5] Borris-Ileigh Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2014 Brendan Maher [5] Borris-Ileigh
2013 Shane McGrath [6] Ballinahinch
2012 Paul Curren Mullinahone Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2011 Eoin Kelly Mullinahone Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2010 Eoin Kelly Mullinahone All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
2009 Willie Ryan Toomevara Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2008 Eoin Kelly Mullinahone Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2007 Benny Dunne Toomevara
2006 Lar Corbett Thurles Sarsfields
Ger O'Grady Thurles Sarsfields
2005 Benny Dunne Toomevara
2004 Tommy Dunne Toomevara
2003 Brian O'Meara Mullinahone
2002 Tommy Dunne Toomevara
2001 Tommy Dunne Toomevara All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
2000 Tommy Dunne Toomevara
1999 Tommy Dunne Toomevara
1998 Declan Ryan Clonoulty-Rossmore
1997 Conor Gleeson Boherlahan-Dualla
1996 Michael Cleary Nenagh Éire Óg
1995 Tommy Dunne Toomevara
1994 George Frend Toomevara
1993 Michael Cleary Nenagh Éire Óg
Michael O'Meara Toomevara Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1992 Colm Bonnar Cashel King Cormac's
1991 Declan Carr Holycross-Ballycahill All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1990 Declan Ryan Clonoulty-Rossmore
1989 Bobby Ryan Borris-Ileigh All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1988 Nicky English Lattin-Cullen
Pat O'Neill Cappawhite Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1987 Richard Stakelum Borris-Ileigh Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1986 Tony Sheppard Kilruane MacDonagh's
1985 Jack Bergin Moycarkey-Borris
1984 Bobby Ryan Borris-Ileigh
1983 Liam Bergin Moycarkey-Borris
1982 Timmy Stapleton Borris-Ileigh
1981 Peadar Quealy Roscrea
1980
1979 Paddy Williams Kilruane MacDonagh's
1978 Kilruane MacDonagh's
1977 Noel O'Dwyer Borris-Ileigh
1976 Billy Fanning Moneygall
1975 Francis Murphy Thurles Sarsfields
1974 Roger Ryan Roscrea
1973 Francis Loughnane Roscrea
1972 Mick Cowan Moyne-Templetuohy
Michael 'Babs' Keating Ballybacon-Grange
1971 Tadhg O'Connor Roscrea All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1970 Francis Loughnane Roscrea
1969 Francis Loughnane Roscrea
1968 Mick Roche Carrick Davins Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1967 Mick Roche Carrick Davins Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1966 Tony Wall Thurles Sarsfields
1965 Jimmy Doyle Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1964 Mick Murphy Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1963 Seán McLoughlin Thurles Sarsfields
1962 Jimmy Doyle Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1961 Matt Hassett Toomevara All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1960 Tony Wall Thurles Sarsfields Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1959 Tony Wall Thurles Sarsfields
1958 Tony Wall Thurles Sarsfields Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1957 Mickey Byrne Thurles Sarsfields
1956 Mickey Byrne Thurles Sarsfields
1955 John Doyle Holycross-Ballycahill
1954 Jimmy Finn Borris-Ileigh
1953 Tommy Doyle Thurles Sarsfields
1952 Pat Stakelum Holycross-Ballycahill
1951 Jimmy Finn Borris-Ileigh All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1950 Seán Kenny Borris-Ileigh All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1949 Pat Stakelum Holycross-Ballycahill All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1948 Willie Wall Carrick Swans
1947
1946
1945 John Maher Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1944
1943
1942
1941 Johnny Ryan Moycarkey-Borris Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1940 John Maher Thurles Sarsfields
1939
1938 Paddy Ryan Moycarkey-Borris
1937 Jimmy Lanigan Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931 Martin Kennedy Toomevara
1930 John Joe Callinan Thurles Sarsfields All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain Munster Hurling Final winning captain
1929
1928 Johnny Leahy Boherlahan

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