Tipperary GAA Senior Hurling Championship
| Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship | |
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Current season or competition: 2017 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
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| Code | Hurling |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Region |
 Tipperary (GAA) |
| Trophy | Dan Breen Cup |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Title holders |
 Thurles Sarsfields (36th title) |
| Most titles |
Thurles Sarsfields (36 titles) |
| Sponsors | Tipperary Water |
| TV partner(s) | TG4 (final only) |
| Official website | Official website |
The Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Tipperary Water Tipperary County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887 for the top hurling teams in the county of Tipperary in Ireland.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Semple Stadium in October. The prize for the winning team is the Dan Breen Cup. Initially played as a knock-out competition on a divisional basis, the championship currently features a group stage followed by a knock-out stage.
The Tipperary County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Tipperary county final join the champions of the other four hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
32 teams currently participate in the Tipperary County Championship. The title has been won at least once by 25 different teams. The all-time record-holders are Thurles Sarsfields, who have won a total of 36 titles.
Thurles Sarsfields are the title-holders after defeating Borris-Ileigh by 1-24 to 0-11 in the 2017 championship final.
Following the foundation of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in 1884, new rules for Gaelic football and hurling were drawn up and published in the United Irishman newspaper. County committees were quickly established, with the Tipperary County Board affiliating in 1886. Over the course of the following year, 130 clubs registered with the GAA in Tipperary, making it the strongest county in the country. After difficulties in organising the early championships, the title has been awarded every year except on one occasion since 1894. Civil unrest at the height of the War of Independence resulted in the 1920 championship being cancelled.
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