The All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship is an annual hurling

Hurling

Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and...

 tournament played between hundreds of senior hurling clubs in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. The Tommy Moore Cup is awarded to the winners. The current (2011) champions are Clarinbridge (Galway). The 2010 champions Ballyhale Shamrocks

Ballyhale Shamrocks GAA

Ballyhale Shamrocks is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Ballyhale in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The club was founded in 1972 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling...

 (Kilkenny

Kilkenny GAA

The Kilkenny County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland and is responsible for Gaelic Games in County Kilkenny. The county board has its head office and main grounds at Nowlan Park and is also responsible for Kilkenny inter-county teams...

) is the most successful team, having won the All-Ireland Club Championship on five occasions.
Each of Ireland's 32 counties

Counties of Ireland

The counties of Ireland are sub-national divisions used for the purposes of geographic demarcation and local government. Closely related to the county is the County corporate which covered towns or cities which were deemed to be important enough to be independent from their counties. A county...

 play their own championship between all the hurling clubs in the county – depending on the county, it can be league, knockout, or a mixture of both.