| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 April – 4 October 1959 |
| Teams | 11 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Waterford (2nd win) |
| Captain | Frankie Walsh |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Seán Clohessy |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Waterford |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 13 |
| Top Scorer | Frankie Walsh (2-28) |
| Player of the Year | Christy Ring |
| All-Star Team | See here |
← 1958 1960 → | |
Refereed by Jeremiah Fitzgerald (Rathkeale, Limerick) The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 73rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 12 April 1959 and ended on 4 October 1959.
The championship was won by Waterford who secured the title following a 3–12 to 1–10 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.[1] This was their second All-Ireland title, their first in eleven championship seasons. It remains their last All-Ireland triumph.
Tipperary were the defending champions but were defeated by Waterford in the Munster semi-final.
- ^ O'Riordan, Ian (29 September 2012). "Final countdown". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 December 2012.