The draw for the group stage fixtures took place on 5 December 2018.

[1] It started with the group stage on 20 January 2019 and is scheduled to end on 23 February 2019.

The University of Limerick were the defending champions, however, they failed to make it out of the "group of death".

[2][3] On 23 February 2019, University College Cork won the Fitzgibbon Cup after a 2–21 to 0–13 defeat of Mary Immaculate College in the final.

Evan Niland of NUI Galway was the Fitzgibbon Cup top scorer with 0-54.