2023 Galway Senior Hurling Championship

The 2023 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 126th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887.

Killimor participated in the senior championship after having beaten Meelick Eyrecourt in the 2022 Galway Intermediate Hurling Championship. The competition was sponsored by Brooks for their fourth year of a partnership that started in 2020.

On 29 October, St. Thomas' retained the title after a 2-12 to 1-13 win against Turloughmore in the final. It was the 6th title in a row for St Thomas's.

Competition format
Twenty four teams will compete; 16 in Senior A and 8 in Senior B. The teams in Senior A play for the championship. The teams in Senior B play for promotion to Senior A in 2024 at the expense of the relegated Senior A team. A team will also be relegated from Senior B to play in the 2024 Intermediate Championship.

Group stage
Senior A consists of 16 teams divided into four groups of 4 teams.
 * The top teams in each group progress directly to the Quarter-Finals
 * The 2nd and 3rd placed teams qualify for the Preliminary Quarter-Finals
 * The bottom teams will play off with the loser relegated to Senior B for 2024

Senior A – Group 1

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 * 1||align=left| Oranmore-Maree  ||3||2||0||1||4–60||4–47||13||4
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 2||align=left| Clarinbridge     ||3||2||0||1||3–54||3–44||7||4
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 3||align=left| Killimordaly     ||3||2||0||1||3–53||1–58||1||4
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 * 4||align=left| Tommy Larkin's  ||3||0||0||3||1–46||2–64||-21||0
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Senior A – Group 2

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 * 1||align=left| St Thomas's            ||3||3||0||0||5–77||3–45||38||6
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 3||align=left| Gort                          ||3||1||1||1||6–54||3–61||2||3
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 2||align=left| Turloughmore  ||3||1||1||1||3–56||1–52||10||3
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 * 4||align=left| Portumna                  ||3||0||0||3||3–50||10–79||-50||0
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Senior A – Group 3

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 * 1||align=left| Loughrea       ||3||3||0||0||9–72||0–40||59||6
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 2||align=left| Cappataggle  ||3||1||0||2||3–54||2–70||3||2
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 3||align=left| Moycullen     ||3||1||0||2||2–54||7–60||-23||2
 * - style="background:#FFBBBB;"
 * 4||align=left| Kilconieron  ||3||1||0||2||2–52||6–45||-23||2
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Senior A – Group 4

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 * 1||align=left| Castlegar            ||3||2||0||1||3–62||6–52||1||4
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 2||align=left| Sarsfields  ||3||2||0||1||3–55||3–51||7||4
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 * 3||align=left| Ardrahan              ||3||1||1||1||2–61||3–57||1||3
 * - style="background:#FFBBBB;"
 * 4||align=left| Craughwell          ||3||0||1||2||6–50||2–71||-9||1


 * }

Senior B
Senior B consists of 8 teams divided into two groups of 4.
 * The top team from each group will qualify for the semi-finals
 * The second and third teams from each group will cross-play in 2 quarter finals
 * The winner of the final will play in the 2024 Senior Hurling Championship
 * The bottom teams from each group will play off with the loser relegated to Intermediate for 2024

Senior B – Group 1

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 * 1||align=left| Mullagh                       ||3||3||0||0||7–50||1–52||16||6
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 2||align=left| Ahascragh-Fohenagh  ||3||1||1||1||4–50||2–55||1||3
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 3||align=left| Liam Mellows             ||3||1||1||1||2–55||5–51||-5||3
 * - style="background:#FFBBBB;"
 * 4||align=left| Athenry                       ||3||0||0||3||0–54||5–51||-12||0
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Senior B – Group 2

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 * 1||align=left| Kilnadeema-Leitrim  ||3||3||0||0||5–66||0–50||31||6
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 4||align=left| Padraig Pearses      ||3||1||0||2||2–52||1–53||2||2
 * - style="background:#ccf;"
 * 3||align=left| Beagh                           ||3||1||0||2||1–52||4–60||-17||2
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 * 2||align=left| Killimor                     ||3||1||0||2||2–50||5–57||-16||2
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