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2003–04 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship

All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship 2003–04
Championship Details
Dates 18 October 2003 – 17 March 2004
Teams 28
All Ireland Champions
Winners Newtownshandrum (1st win)
Captain John McCarthy
Manager Ger Cunningham
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up Dunloy
Captain Malachy Molloy
Manager Seán McLean
Provincial Champions
Munster Newtownshandrum
Leinster O'Loughlin Gaels
Ulster Dunloy
Connacht Portumna
Championship Statistics
Matches Played 29
Top Scorer Colours of Leitrim.svg Ben O'Connor (0-47)

The 2003-04 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship was the 34th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament for senior clubs. The championship began on 18 October 2003 and ended on 17 March 2004.

Birr were the defending champions but were defeated by O'Loughlin Gaels in the Leinster final.

On 17 March 2004, Newtownshandrum won the championship following a 0-17 to 1-6 defeat of Dunloy in the All-Ireland final. This was their first All-Ireland title.

Newtownshandrum's Ben O'Connor was the championship's top scorer with 0-47.

The build-up to the opening of the championship was dominated by Birr and the possibility that they would become the first club to win three All-Ireland titles in-a-row, and a record-breaking fifth championship title over all. Having secured their fifth successive county title, Birr were favourites to retain their provincial title for a third year-in-a-row. This would leave them only two wins away from hurling immortality.

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