List of Tipperary senior hurling team captains

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This article lists players who have recently captained the Tipperary county hurling team in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship and the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

The captain is normally chosen from the club that has won the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship. This did not happen in 1989. In that year Loughmore Castleiney were the reigning county hurling champions but did not hold the captaincy during the championship as none of their players were deemed good enough to make the team. In 1989 therefore Pat McGrath of Loughmore Castleiney was the captain during the National Hurling League and Bobby Ryan of Borris-Ileigh was the captain during the Championship. Had McGrath played in a championship match he was deemed captain for that game, in other words had he come onto the field during the All Ireland he would have collected the trophy.

The same situation arose in the 2008 season. Loughmore Castleiney were again the county champions and failed to maintain a presence on the team. Eoin Kelly and Paul Ormond were named as joint-captains. Ormond represented the Loughmore Castleiney club. Again if Ormond played he was the captain. However, on each occasion that a trophy was won both Kelly and Ormond collected it jointly. In all other cases the captain came from the county hurling champions club.

List of captains

#	Year	Player	Club	National titles	Provincial titles
	2024	Ronan Maher^[1]	Thurles Sarsfields
	2023	Noel McGrath^[2]	Loughmore-Castleiney
	2022	Ronan Maher^[3]	Thurles Sarsfields
	2021	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch
	2020	Séamus Callanan	Drom-Inch
	2019	Séamus Callanan^[4]	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
	2018	Pádraic Maher^[5]	Thurles Sarsfields
	2017	Pádraic Maher^[5]	Thurles Sarsfields
	2016	Brendan Maher	Borris-Ileigh	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2015	Brendan Maher^[6]	Borris-Ileigh		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2014	Brendan Maher^[6]	Borris-Ileigh
	2013	Shane McGrath^[7]	Ballinahinch
	2012	Paul Curren	Mullinahone		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2011	Eoin Kelly	Mullinahone		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2010	Eoin Kelly	Mullinahone	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain
	2009	Willie Ryan	Toomevara		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2008	Eoin Kelly	Mullinahone		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2007	Benny Dunne	Toomevara
	2006	Lar Corbett	Thurles Sarsfields
		Ger O'Grady	Thurles Sarsfields
	2005	Benny Dunne	Toomevara
	2004	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara
	2003	Brian O'Meara	Mullinahone
	2002	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara
	2001	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	2000	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara
	1999	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara
	1998	Declan Ryan	Clonoulty-Rossmore
	1997	Conor Gleeson	Boherlahan-Dualla
	1996	Michael Cleary	Nenagh Éire Óg
	1995	Tommy Dunne	Toomevara
	1994	George Frend	Toomevara
	1993	Michael Cleary	Nenagh Éire Óg
		Michael O'Meara	Toomevara		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1992	Colm Bonnar	Cashel King Cormac's
	1991	Declan Carr	Holycross-Ballycahill	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1990	Declan Ryan	Clonoulty-Rossmore
	1989	Bobby Ryan	Borris-Ileigh	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1988	Nicky English	Lattin-Cullen
		Pat O'Neill	Cappawhite		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1987	Richard Stakelum	Borris-Ileigh		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1986	Tony Sheppard	Kilruane MacDonagh's
	1985	Jack Bergin	Moycarkey-Borris
	1984	Bobby Ryan	Borris-Ileigh
	1983	Liam Bergin	Moycarkey-Borris
	1982	Timmy Stapleton	Borris-Ileigh
	1981	Peadar Quealy	Roscrea
	1980
	1979	Paddy Williams	Kilruane MacDonagh's
	1978		Kilruane MacDonagh's
	1977	Noel O'Dwyer	Borris-Ileigh
	1976	Billy Fanning	Moneygall
	1975	Francis Murphy	Thurles Sarsfields
	1974	Roger Ryan	Roscrea
	1973	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea
	1972	Mick Cowan	Moyne-Templetuohy
		Michael 'Babs' Keating	Ballybacon-Grange
	1971	Tadhg O'Connor	Roscrea	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1970	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea
	1969	Francis Loughnane	Roscrea
	1968	Mick Roche	Carrick Davins		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1967	Mick Roche	Carrick Davins		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1966	Tony Wall	Thurles Sarsfields
	1965	Jimmy Doyle	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1964	Mick Murphy	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1963	Seán McLoughlin	Thurles Sarsfields
	1962	Jimmy Doyle	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1961	Matt Hassett	Toomevara	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1960	Tony Wall	Thurles Sarsfields		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1959	Tony Wall	Thurles Sarsfields
	1958	Tony Wall	Thurles Sarsfields		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1957	Mickey Byrne	Thurles Sarsfields
	1956	Mickey Byrne	Thurles Sarsfields
	1955	John Doyle	Holycross-Ballycahill
	1954	Jimmy Finn	Borris-Ileigh
	1953	Tommy Doyle	Thurles Sarsfields
	1952	Pat Stakelum	Holycross-Ballycahill
	1951	Jimmy Finn	Borris-Ileigh	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1950	Seán Kenny	Borris-Ileigh	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1949	Pat Stakelum	Holycross-Ballycahill	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1948	Willie Wall	Carrick Swans
	1947
	1946
	1945	John Maher	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1944
	1943
	1942
	1941	Johnny Ryan	Moycarkey-Borris		Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1940	John Maher	Thurles Sarsfields
	1939
	1938	Paddy Ryan	Moycarkey-Borris
	1937	Jimmy Lanigan	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1936
	1935
	1934
	1933
	1932
	1931	Martin Kennedy	Toomevara
	1930	John Joe Callinan	Thurles Sarsfields	All-Ireland Hurling Final winning captain	Munster Hurling Final winning captain
	1929
	1928	Johnny Leahy	Boherlahan

References

^ "Liam Cahill: Tipperary need to win silverware in 2024". RTE Sport. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
^ "Noel McGrath named captain as Tipperary unveil 40-man senior hurling panel for 2023". The 42. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
^ Dundon, Noel. "Ronan Maher appointed Tipperary captain for 2022". www.tipperarylive.ie.
^ Doggett, Eamon (3 September 2019). "Tipp hero reunited with cabinet he made in school for Liam McCarthy". Irish Mirror.
^ ^a ^b "Tipperary GAA Press Release - Padraic Maher Retirement". 1 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Brendan Maher retains Tipperary captaincy". www.gaa.ie.
^ Doyle, Garry. "Shane McGrath: 'It's an honour to captain Tipperary'". The Irish Post.

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