Teams
A total of thirteen teams contested the championship, a reduction of one team from the 1983 championship and one new entrant.
The Leinster championship was reduced to five teams as Westmeath declined to take part and instead decided to field a team in the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship. 'The Lakelanders' went on to win that championship and qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final.
Once again the five traditional hurling teams contested the Munster championship.
Antrim and Galway, two teams who faced no competition in their respective provinces, entered the championship at the All-Ireland semi-final stage.
Read more about this topic: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1984
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