The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1894 was the eighth series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Dublin in the final.^[1][2]

A total of five teams contested the championship.

Dublin (Rapparees) and Kilkenny (Confederation) were the only teams to enter the Leinster championship. They both automatically qualified for the provincial final. Kilkenny did not enter

Four teams, Cork (Blackrock), Kerry (Kilmoyley), Limerick and Tipperary (Drombane), contested the Munster championship.

There were no provincial championships in either Connacht or Ulster.

Five counties competed in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team representing Leinster and four teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship.

County	Club	Province	Appearance	Position in 1893 Championship	Provincial Titles	Last provincial title	Championship Titles	Last championship title
Cork	Blackrock	Munster	7th	Champions	4	1893	3	1893
Dublin	Rapparees	Leinster	8th	Runners-up (Leinster Senior Hurling Championship)	2	1892	1	1889
Kerry	Kilmoyley	Munster	6th	Semi-finals (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	1	1891	1	1891
Limerick	-	Munster	6th	Runners-up (Munster Senior Hurling Championship)	0	-	0	-
Tipperary	Drombane	Munster	5th	-	0	-	1	1887

Munster Championship

Semi-finals: (2 matches) The four participating teams make up the semi-final pairings. Two teams are eliminated at this stage while the two winning teams advanced to the final.

Final: (1 match) The two semi-final winners contest this game. One team is eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the All-Ireland final.

All-Ireland Championship

Final: (1 match) The winners of the Munster championship play Dublin, the sole representatives of the Leinster championship, who received a bye to the final.

Final

Semi-finals

Final

• Cork's defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final gives the team a third consecutive championship title. The 5–20 to 2–0 score line, a defeat of twenty-nine points for Dublin, remains the second biggest defeat in a championship decider.

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).