The 1989 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 103rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 27 May to 3 September 1989.
Galway were the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the All-Ireland semi-finals.
The All-Ireland final was played on 3 September 1989 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Tipperary and Antrim, in what was their first ever meeting in the final. Tipperary won the match by 4âÂÂ24 to 3âÂÂ09 to claim their 23rd All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 18 years.
Tipperary's Nicky English was the championship's top scorer with 4âÂÂ38.
Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Seventeen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
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The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÃÂ. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on The Sunday Game.