2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 May — 3 September 2006 |
| Teams | 12 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Kilkenny (29th win) |
| Captain | Jackie Tyrrell |
| Manager | Brian Cody |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Cork |
| Captain | Pat Mulcahy |
| Manager | John Allen |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 29 |
| Top Scorer | Henry Shefflin (2-47) |
| Player of the Year | Henry Shefflin |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The 2006 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 120th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment in 1887. The draw for the 2006 fixtures took place on November 2005. The championship began on 14 May 2006 and ended on 3 September 2006.
Cork entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final on a 1-16 to 1-13 score line.
Twelve teams participated in hurling's top tier in 2006.
For the first time since 1983, the Ulster champions were not represented in the wider All-Ireland series of games. Antrim, in spite of being Ulster champions in 2005, subsequently lost all of their All-Ireland qualifier games and were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup after being beaten by Offaly and Laois in the relegation play-offs.
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