2012 Galway Senior Hurling Championship

The 2012 Galway Senior Hurling Championship was the 115th staging of the Galway Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment in 1887. The championship began on 28 April 2013 and ended on 18 November 2012. An otherwise entertaining game was made infamous by some unruly incidents most notably a stamping by one of the St Thomas' players Richie Murray where he was seen to stamp on the Loughrea full back and the infamous Johnny Maher striking incident which later became a YouTube sensation.

2012 Galway Senior Hurling Championship

Tournament details
County	Galway
Year	2012
Winners
Champions	St. Thomas's (5th win)
Manager	John Burke
Captain	Robert Murray
Promotion/Relegation
Promoted team(s)	N/A
Relegated team(s)	N/A

St. Thomas's were appearing in their first ever final having overcome reigning champions Gort 1–16 to 1–15 at the semi-final stage.

Results

Semi-finals

Loughrea v Turloughmore

28 October Semi-final	Loughrea	1-12 - 0-7	Turloughmore
	J Maher (0-7, 0-6 frees), K Colleran (1-0), Pa Hoban (0-2), S Sweeney (0-1, free), J O’Loughlin (0-1), N Keary (0-1)	[Report]	R Badger (0-3, all frees) C. Burke (0-1), M Keating (0-1) G Burke (0-1, 65); F Forde (0-1)	Referee: L Fay

Gort v St. Thomas's

28 October Semi-final	Gort	0-9 - 0-9	St. Thomas's
	C Cooney (0-5, 4 frees), Richard Murray (0-2), David Burke (0-1); J Regan (0-1).	[Report]	G. Quinn (0-7, 6 frees, 1 ‘65’), A Harte (0-1, a ‘65’), P Killilea (0-1).	Referee: J Keanw

St. Thomas's v Gort

4 November Semi-final replay	St. Thomas's	1-16 - 1-15	Gort	Athenry
	C Cooney (0-5, 4fs), R Murray (0-3), S Cooney (1-0), K Burke (0-2), David Burke (0-2); J Regan (0-2), B Burke (0-1).	Report	G Quinn (1-9, all frees), J Grealish (0-2), P Killilea (0-2), M Nestor (0-1); R Cummins (0-1).	Referee: Sean Moran

Final

St. Thomas's v Loughrea

18 November Final	St. Thomas's	3-11 - 2-11	Loughrea	Pearse Stadium
	Richie Murray 3-0, C Cooney 0-4 (0-2f), B Burke 0-3, D Burke 0-2, K Burke 0-1, J Regan 0-1.	Report	J Maher 2-2 (1-1 f, 1-0 pen), N Keary 0-6 (4f), G Keary 0-2, J O’Loughlin 0-1.	Referee: Eoin Shaughnessy (Craughwell)

St. Thomas': 1 P Skehill 2 S Skehill 3 R Murray (c) 4 C Burke 5 S Burke 6 Darragh Burke 7 E Tannion 8 K Burke 9 David Burke 12 J Regan 11 C Cooney 14 B Burke 15 G Murray 10 R Murray 13 A Kelly Substitutes Used: 21 S Cooney for G Murray (35 mins) 20 E Burke for Kelly (50 mins) Manager: John Burke

Loughrea: 1 N Murray 2 Eoin Mahony 3 D McClearn 4 B Mahony 5 S Sweeney 6 Paul Hoban 7 J Coen 8 G Keary 9 Emmett Mahony 10 J O’Loughlin 11 V Maher 12 Patrick Hoban 13 N Keary 14 J Maher 15 K Colleran Substitutes Used: 17 T Regan for Colleran (43 mins.) 18 J Ryan for Patrick Hoban (43 mins.) 19 J Dooley for Sweeney (50 mins.) 20 N Shaughnessy for Emmett Mahony (55 mins.). Manager: Eamon Kelly