Leinster Junior Club Hurling Championship semi-finals of the All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship. The current Leinster Junior Club Hurling champions are Mooncoin of Kilkenny who beat Ratoath of Meath in the final. A separate Leinster Special Junior Club Championship which included the Junior Champions of Meath, Kildare, Carlow and Offaly as well as the senior champions of Louth and Longford was discontinued after the 2015 competition. The 2015 champions were Ballypickas of Laois who beat Broadford of Kildare in the final. County champions from various grades throughout the province participated in the 2017 championship: Intermediate champions: Laois, Offaly, Wicklow, Westmeath, Kildare, Meath, Carlow Senior champions:
2018 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship four matches, with Carlow confirming their place on 9 June after beating Westmeath. The top two teams at the end of the round-robin, Westmeath and Carlow, faced each other in the final on 1 July 2018. The game, which took place in Croke Park, saw Carlow emerge victorious by a margin of five points to claim the inaugural Joe McDonagh Cup title. As a Leinster county, Carlow were automatically promoted to the Leinster championship for 2019, taking the place of Offaly. The preliminary quarter-finals saw the third-placed teams from the two provincial round-robins play the two teams who competed in