2023 Joe McDonagh Cup#Final

Relegated from the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

• Laois

Promoted from the Christy Ring Cup

• Kildare

Promoted to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

• Antrim

Relegated to the Christy Ring Cup

• Meath

Initially each of the six teams play the other five teams in single round-robin matches. The top two teams after the round robin games compete in the Joe McDonagh Cup final. The Joe McDonagh Cup champions and runners-up also advance to the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage.

If the Joe McDonagh champions are a non-Munster team, they are automatically promoted to the following year's Leinster Championship. If the champions are a Munster team, they are automatically promoted to the following year's Munster Championship. The Joe McDonagh Cup champions replace the bottom-placed team in the provincial championship containing six teams.

The bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup are automatically relegated to the following year's Christy Ring Cup and are replaced by the Christy Ring Cup champions.

The participating teams, listed by province, with numbers in parentheses indicating final positions in the 2023 National Hurling League before the championship were:

Connacht (0)

• None participated

Leinster (4)

• File:Colours_of_Carlow.svg Carlow (16)
• File:Colours_of_Kildare.svg Kildare (14)
• File:Colours_of_Laois.svg Laois (13)
• File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg Offaly (12)

Munster (1)

• File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg Kerry (15)

Ulster (1)

• File:Colours_of_Down.svg Down (17)

Six counties will compete in the Joe McDonagh Cup:

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Carlow are promoted to the 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, replacing Westmeath.

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Doesn't include extra time.

• Widest winning margin: 31 points
• Laois 7-24 - 0-14 Down (Round 2)
• Most goals in a match: 7
• Laois 7-24 - 0-14 Down (Round 2)
• Most points in a match: 51
• Down 0-28 - 6-23 Carlow (Round 4)
• Most goals by one team in a match: 7
• Laois 7-24 - 0-14 Down (Round 2)
• Most points by one team in a match: 29
• Carlow 1-29 - 0-14 Offaly (Round 5)
• Highest aggregate score: 69 points
• Down 0-28 - 6-23 Carlow (Round 4)
• Lowest aggregate score: 34 points
• Kildare 0-14 - 1-17 Kerry (Round 3)

• Carlow won their 1st championship in 5 years, last winning the 2018 Joe McDonagh Cup.
• First-time Joe McDonagh Cup meetings:
• Kildare v Offaly (Round 2)
• Laois v Down (Round 2)
• Kildare v Kerry (Round 3)
• Laois v Kildare (Round 4)
• Kildare v Down (Round 5)
• Laois broke the record for most goals scored in a Joe McDonagh Cup match after scoring 7 against Down in Round 2.
• Offaly qualify to the Joe McDonagh Cup final for the first time.

• 2023 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (Tier 1)
• 2023 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2023 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
• 2023 Christy Ring Cup (Tier 3)
• 2023 Nicky Rackard Cup (Tier 4)
• 2023 Lory Meagher Cup (Tier 5)

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