| All-Ireland champions | |
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| Winning team | Offaly (2nd win) |
| Captain | Pat Fleury |
| Manager | Dermot Healy |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Offaly |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| Player of the Year | Eugene Coughlan |
| All-Star Team | See here |
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The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1985 was the 99th edition of Ireland’s premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 September. The match was contested by Offaly and Galway, with Offaly taking the title by 2–11 to 1–12. It was Offaly's second-ever All-Ireland title.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows: