Cork Senior Hurling Championship
| Cork Senior Hurling Championship | |
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| Irish | Craobh Iomána Sinsearach Chorcaí |
| Founded | 1887 |
| Trophy | Seán Óg Murphy Cup |
| Title holders | Glen Rovers (26th title) |
| Most titles | Blackrock (32 titles) |
| Sponsors | Evening Echo |
Cork Senior Hurling Championship (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Evening Echo Cork County Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual competition for hurling clubs organised by the Cork County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1887.
The series of games are played during the summer and autumn months with the county final currently being played at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in October. The prize for the winning team is the Seán Óg Murphy Cup. The championship had always been played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team loses they are eliminated from the series, but in recent years there is a "back door" for teams defeated in the first round.
The Cork County Championship is an integral part of the wider Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship. The winners of the Cork county final join the champions of the other four hurling counties to contest the provincial championship.
Twenty-five clubs, divisions and colleges currently participate in the Cork County Championship. The title has been won at least once by nineteen different clubs. The all-time record-holders are Blackrock National Hurling Club, who have led the roll of honour since the competitions inception and have won a total of 32 titles. The other two members of the so-called 'big three' are Glen Rovers and St Finbarr's, Glen Rovers with 26 titles and St. Finbarr's with 25. Glen Rovers are the current title-holders after defeating Sarsfields in the 2015 championship decider.
The Cork Senior Club Hurling Championship is one of the most hotly contested club hurling championships in Ireland. Such is the prestige of the competition that it has often been referred to as 'the little All-Ireland.' The first Cork Hurling Championship took place in 1887 when Tower St. were crowned the first Cork County Champions. There was no championship played in 1905 and 1921. Over the years the county final has attracted followers of the game from all over the country and has produced some legendary hurling battles. In 1977 a record-breaking 34,000 spectators watched St Finbarr's defeat Glen Rovers in the county final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. The Cork SHC was at its strongest in the 1970s when a Cork team won the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship every year of the decade, except for 1971 and 1976. This success at club level paved the way for the Cork senior hurlers to win three All-Ireland hurling titles in-a-row between 1976 and 1978.
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