On 9 November 2010, Declan Ryan was appointed as the new Tipperary Senior hurling manager on a two-year term, succeeding Liam Sheedy.

[2] Tipperarys first game of 2011 was in January in the 2011 Waterford Crystal Cup against WIT where they were defeated by a scoreline of 2–17 to 1–19 in Clonmel.

[6] Tipperary finished in fourth place in division 1 and missed out on qualifying for the league final, which was won by Dublin.

[7][8] On 10 July, in the Munster Final, Tipperary defeated Waterford by 7–19 to 0–19 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

[9] Tipperary got past Dublin in the semi-final to meet Kilkenny in the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final where they were defeated by 2–17 to 1-16.