1897 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1897 was the 11th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Limerick won the championship, beating Kilkenny 3-4 to 2-4 in the final.

Format
All-Ireland Championship

Semi-final: (1 match) This is a lone game which sees the winners of the Leinster championship play Galway who receive a bye to this stage. One team is eliminated while the winning team advances to the final.

Final: (1 match) The winners of the lone semi-final play the winners of the Munster championship.

Miscellaneous

 * Limerick win the Munster championship for the first time. It was their fourth appearance in the final.
 * An All-Ireland semi-final is played for the first time since the 1887 championship. That game is the first ever championship meeting of Galway and Kilkenny.
 * The All-Ireland final is the first championship meeting of Kilkenny and Limerick. The win gives Limerick their very first championship.
 * Limerick become fifth team to win the All-Ireland hurling title. They become the fourth team to have won an All-Ireland title in both hurling and Gaelic football.

Roll of Honour

 * Cork - 4 (1894)
 * Tipperary - 3 (1896)
 * Limerick - 1 (1897)
 * Dublin - 1 (1889)
 * Kerry - 1 (1891)