1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates15 May - 4 September 1966
Teams13
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamCork (20th win)
CaptainGerald McCarthy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainJim Lynch
Provincial champions
MunsterCork
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played13
Top ScorerSeánie Barry (3-23)
Player of the YearJustin McCarthy
All-Star TeamSee here
1965
1967

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 80th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship ran from 15 May 1966 to 4 September 1966.

Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Limerick in the Munster quarter-finals.

The All-Ireland final was played on 4 September 1996 at Croke Park in Dublin, between Cork and Kilkenny, in what was their 14th meeting in the final overall and a first meeting in the final in 19 years. Cork won the match by 3–09 to 1–10 to claim their 20th All-Ireland title overall and a first title in 12 years.

Cork's Seánie Barry was the championship's top scorer with 3-23. Cork's Justin McCarthy was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.