The 2013 Inter-Provincial Hurling Championship, known as the 2013 M Donnelly Hurling Inter-Provincial Championship due to the tournament's sponsorship by businessman Martin Donnelly, was the 84th series of the Inter-provincial Championship. The annual hurling championship between the four historic provinces of Ireland is contested by Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

Leinster were the reigning champions but Munster won the title after defeating Connacht in the final by 1-22 to 0-15.

Participants

The teams involved are:

ProvinceManagerCaptain
ConnachtAnthony Cunningham
LeinsterJoe DooleyBrian Hogan
MunsterLiam Sheedy
UlsterGregory O'Kane

Results

Inter-provincial Championship

Ulster1-14 - 3-20Munster
N McManus (1-7, 0-4f), P Shiels (0-3), S McCrory (0-1), K Hinphey (0-1), A Grant (0-1), R Gaffney (0-1).G Mulcahy (2-2), S Dowling (0-7, 0-6f, 0-1 '45'), P Horgan (0-6, 0-6f), P O'Sullivan (1-2), P Cronin (0-1), S McGrath (0-1), B O'Meara (0-1).
Leinster1-16 - 3-13Connacht
S Dooley 0-8 (7fs), E Larkin 1-0, R Hogan 0-3, A Fogarty, J Bergin 0-2 each, C Fennelly 0-1.N Burke 0-9 (4fs, 0-1 65), D Glennon 1-1, C Donnellan 0-3, C Callanan (f), D Hayes 1-0 each.
Munster1-22 - 0-15Connacht
P Horgan (0-09, 0-07f), P O'Sullivan (1-02), G Mulcahy (0-03), P Cronin (0-03), S Dowling (0-03), A Nash (0-01, 0-01f), S O’Sullivan (0-01).J Canning (0-06, 0-05f), N Healy (0-03), D Collins (0-01), I Tannian (0-01), C Donnellan (0-01), T Haran (0-01), J Cooney (0-01), D Glennon (0-01).

Top scorers

Championship

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Patrick HorganMunster0-151527.5

Single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Neil McManusUlster1-710Munster
2Niall BurkeConnacht0-99Leinster
Patrick HorganMunster0-99Connacht
3Graeme MulcahyMunster2-28Ulster
Shane DooleyLeinster0-88Connacht
5Shane DowlingMunster0-77Ulster

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