| Year: | 1985 |
| Team: | Offaly |
| Titles: | 2nd |
| Captain: | Pat Fleury |
| Manager: | Dermot Healy |
| Munster: | Cork |
| Leinster: | Offaly |
| Ulster: | Antrim |
| Poty: | Eugene Coughlan |
| Next: | 1986 |
| Teams: | 14 |
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship of 1985 was the 99th edition of Ireland's premier hurling knockout competition. The championship ran from May to September of that year, culminating with the All-Ireland final, held at Croke Park, Dublin on 1 September. The match was contested by Offaly and Galway, with Offaly taking the title by 2–11 to 1–12. It was Offaly's second-ever All-Ireland title.
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Relegated to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Fourteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, one team from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
See main article: Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. ------------------------
See main article: Munster Senior Hurling Championship. --------------------
See main article: All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
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See main article: 1985 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final.
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddy Corrigan | Offaly | 2–29 | 35 | 5 | 7.00 |
| 2 | Pat Cleary | Offaly | 7–9 | 30 | 5 | 6.00 |
| 3 | Eugene Fennelly | Laois | 0–28 | 28 | 3 | 9.33 |
| 4 | Mark Corrigan | Offaly | 3–17 | 26 | 5 | 5.20 |
| 5 | John Fenton | Cork | 4-13 | 25 | 3 | 8.33 |
| 6 | Pat Cleary | Offaly | 6-6 | 24 | 4 | 6.00 |
| 7 | Kieran Brennan | Kilkenny | 1–20 | 23 | 3 | 7.66 |
| 8 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 4-4 | 16 | 3 | 5.33 |
| 9 | Séamus Power | Tipperary | 2-8 | 14 | 3 | 4.66 |
| P. J. Molloy | Galway | 1-11 | 14 | 2 | 7.00 |
| Rank | Player | County | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paddy Corrigan | Offaly | 1–11 | 14 | Kilkenny |
| 2 | Kieran Brennan | Kilkenny | 1–9 | 12 | Westmeath |
| 3 | Séamus Power | Tipperary | 2–5 | 11 | Clare |
| Eugene Fennelly | Laois | 0–11 | 11 | Dublin | |
| 5 | Eugene Fennelly | Laois | 0–10 | 10 | Wexford |
| 6 | Nicky English | Tipperary | 2–3 | 9 | Cork |
| Dessie Donnelly | Antrim | 2–3 | 9 | London | |
| Paddy Corrigan | Offaly | 1–6 | 9 | Kilkenny | |
| John Fenton | Cork | 1–6 | 9 | Tipperary | |
| P. J. Molloy | Galway | 1–6 | 9 | Offaly | |
| Denis Byrne | Waterford | 0–9 | 9 | Limerick | |
| Mick Burke | London | 0–9 | 9 | Antrim |