A statement from the County board read as follows "Tipperary County Board is pleased to announce that the senior hurling management team have appointed Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh) as captain and Noel McGrath (Loughmore Castleiney) as vice captain of the Tipperary senior hurling team for 2014.

[4][5][6][7] On 27 September, Tipperary were beaten by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Final on a 2–17 to 2-14 scoreline after the initial match had finished in a draw three weeks earlier.

Tipperary opened their season with a 3–20 to 0–5 win against LIT in Nenagh in the preliminary round of the 2014 Waterford Crystal Cup on 12 January.

Tipperary faced holders Clare in the final for the third consecutive year on Friday 7 February in Limerick and won on a 4–22 to 3-11 scoreline.

D Egan C Bartlett, C O’Mahony, J Peters S McGrath, B Maher, C O’Brien M Cahill, J Woodlock D Maher, D Collins, Patrick B Maher E Kelly, P Murphy, C Kenny D Egan C O’Brien, T Stapleton, J Peters S McGrath, P Heffernan, R Maher M Cahill, D Collins K Bergin, M Heffernan, S Callanan R Gleeson, J O’Dwyer, K Morris The Tipperary squad for the group stages of the National Hurling League was as follows, Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill), James Barry (Upperchurch-Drombane), Kieran Bergin (Killenaule), Michael Cahill (Thurles Sarsfields), Séamus Callanan (Drom & Inch), Lar Corbett (Thurles Sarsfields), Darragh Egan (Kildangan), Darren Gleeson (Portroe), Tomas Hamill (Killea), Eoin Kelly (Mullinahone), Conor Kenny (Borris-Ileigh), Brendan Maher (Borris-Ileigh – Captain), Denis Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Pádraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Patrick Maher (Lorrha-Dorrha), Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), Shane McGrath (Ballinahinch), Liam McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), Paddy Murphy (Nenagh Éire Óg), Conor O Brien (Éire Óg Annacarty), John O’Dwyer (Killenaule), Conor O’Mahony (Newport), Jason Forde (Silvermines), Paddy Stapleton (Borris-Ileigh), James Woodlock (Drom & Inch)[32] Tipperary began their league campaign against Waterford on Saturday 15 February at Semple Stadium.

They won the match by 2–13 to 0–16 with second-half goals coming from Seamus Callanan and goalkeeper Darren Gleeson after his long-range free drifted all the way into the Waterford net.

[37] Within 15 minutes of the throw-in they had three goals scored, one each from the full-forward trio of Noel McGrath, Jason Forde and Seamus Callanan.

[61] Speaking after the game, Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea was happy to get the win saying ""We probably were missing one third of our team who you think might be live contenders for championship, today.

Cork goalkeeper Anthony Nash had a late free saved which would have sent the game into extra-time but Tipperary held on to win by three points.

[68][69] On 20 April, Tipperary beat Clare at the Gaelic Grounds to set up a hurling League final against Kilkenny for the second year in a row.

[81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88] In the final played on 4 May at Semple Stadium, Kilkenny won on a 2-25 1-27 scoreline with TJ Reid getting the winning score in the last minute after extra-time.

"[101][102][103] Cathal Barrett, James Barry and Niall O'Meara were all named in the starting line-up to make his first championship appearance for Tipperary.

[107] [108] With Tipperary leading by three points, Limerick's Shane Dowling scored the equalising goal in the 68th minute before substitute Thomas Ryan put Limerick a point clear in the first minute of stoppage time with Seamus Hickey landeding the insurance score at the Killinan End for a two-point win.

[118] Speaking after the game Tipperary manager Eamon O’Shea felt that Tipperary need to work on their game management, saying "I believe that we have something in the dressing room and I believe we’ll show it before the end of the season, We have a very disappointed dressing room, naturally.

"[129] An average of 34,000 viewers tuned in to watch the match on Sky Sports 3 in Ireland, which represented 2.8pc of the market share.

[143][144][145] A crowd of over 40,000 was expected at Semple Stadium for the game which was the second part of a quarter-final double header with Limerick and Wexford also meeting.

Tipperary won the game comfortably on a 2–23 to 0-16 scoreline to qualify for an all Ireland semi-final on 17 August against Cork at Croke Park.

Cork's Shane O’Neill fumbled an easy ball that allowed Séamus Callanan to fire in Tipperary's first goal in the sixth minute.

[166][167][168][169][170][171] Speaking on The Sunday Game highlights programme on the night of the match, former Cork hurler Dónal Óg Cusack said that in his opinion Tipperary goalkeeper Darren Gleeson gave the greatest ever display of tactical puckouts in the game saying "Darren Gleeson gave the greatest display of tactical puckouts ever seen...

"[173][174][175][176][177] On 25 August, manager Eamon O'Shea confirmed that his squad came through the weekend's round of club championship matches without any injuries and will have a full panel to pick from for the final.

[201] Five Tipperary players will be playing in their first All-Ireland final, Darren Gleeson, Cathal Barrett, James Barry, Kieran Bergin and John O'Dwyer.

[217][218][219][220][221] Man of the Match: Richie Hogan Linesmen: Colm Lyons (Corcaigh) Brian Gavin (Uíbh Fhailí) Sideline Official Cathal McAllister (Corcaigh) Umpires Michael Coyle Seamus O’Brien Paddy Walsh Paul Reville Tipperary's Pádraic Maher said that he knew the injury-time attempt from John O’Dwyer was wide before being confirmed by Hawk-Eye saying "“I was standing right behind Bubbles.

Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with analysis from Donal Óg Cusack, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan.

[253][254] John Power then got a second goal four minutes later turning the ball home after an initial save from Darren Gleeson to put Kilkenny into a six-point lead.

Seamus Callanan got his second goal a minute from the end of normal time shooting low to the net on the ground to leave only two between the teams.

[261][262][263][264][265][266][267] Man of the Match: Kieran Joyce Linesmen: James Owens (Loch Garman) James McGrath (An Iarmhí) Sideline Official Alan Kelly (Gaillimh) Umpires Michael Gavin David Gavin William Flynn PJ Lawlor Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea speaking after the game said "We came up to win... but I really think there are more important things... the important things are that I have a dressing room of men, who fought the battle to the end, who didn't flinch when things didn't go their way.

[270][271] Speaking the day after the match, Kilkenny manager Brian Cody said that the decision to award the late free to Tipperary by referee Barry Kelly in the draw game was "criminal.

I would like to thank everyone who has supported me and made it possible for me to play, most importantly my family and friends, my club Toomevara, the management and backroom teams throughout those years which are too many to mention and also the Tipperary public.

[295] Kelly finished his career as the third highest scorer in championship history with a total of 21-368, in 63 senior appearances behind only Kilkenny's Henry Shefflin and Eddie Keher.

[302][303][304] It was also confirmed that Michael Ryan would succeed Eamon O'Shea as manager on a two-year term after the conclusion of the 2015 season.