2004 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship


The 2004 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 74th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 27 March 2004 and ended on 19 September 2004.
Kilkenny entered the championship as defending champions.
On 19 September 2004, Galway won the championship following a 0-16 to 1-12 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final replay at O'Connor Park. This was their sixth All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 2000.
Tipperary's Darragh Hickey was the championship's top scorer with 4-29.

Results

[Leinster Minor Hurling Championship]

Group stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final

[Munster Minor Hurling Championship]

First round
Playoffs
Semi-finals
Final

[Ulster Minor Hurling Championship]

Semi-final
Final

[All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship]

Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals

Championship statistics

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Darragh HickeyTipperary4-294158.20
1Kerril WadeGalway3-3140410.00
3Bernard GaffneyClare3-202947.25
4Pa CroninCork0-282847.00
5Patrick MagillAntirm1-212438.00
6Joe BerginOffaly1-182154.20
6Stephen LoughlinDublin0-212154.20
7Barry HanleyGalkway3-112045.00
8Eoin GuinanKilkenny2-131953.80

;Top scorers in a single game
RankPlayerClubTallyTotalOpposition
1Bernard GaffneyClare2-0915Kerry
1Darragh HickeyTipperary1-1215Clare
2Kerril WadeGalway1-1013Antrim
3Kerril WadeGalway1-0912Cork
4Brian O'SullivanLimerick2-0410Kerry
4Darragh HickeyTipperary1-0710Clare
4Patrick MagillAntrim1-0710Derry
5David O'DonoghueClare2-039Kerry
5Barry HanleyGalway2-039Kilkenny
5Darragh HickeyTipperary1-069Dublin
5Barry HanleyGalway1-069Antrim
5Kevin O'ReillyDublin0-099Tipperary