Antrim were the defending champions, and secured their twelfth consecutive title in a much delayed final played against Down on 2 February 2014.
The delays, which arose from a fixture clash caused by a semi-final draw between Down and Derry, and exacerbated by a ban on inter-county training in the winter of 2013, was heavily criticised for undermining the competition.
The winners, Antrim, in fact never played a single match of the 2013 Championship in 2013, having progressed automatically to the final.
The other Ulster teams are not eligible, and took part in the Christy Ring Cup, the second tier All-Ireland hurling championship, Down winning the competition.
The final was originally scheduled for 7 July 2013[1] but was postponed to allow the semi-final replay between Down and Derry to take place on that day.