| Dates | 6 April – 22 October 1978 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | 14 | ||
| Champions |  Blackrock (27th title)John Horgan (captain) Joe McGrath (manager) | ||
| Runners-up |  Glen RoversMartin O'Doherty (captain) Christy Ring (manager) | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 24 | ||
| Goals scored | 89 (3.71 per match) | ||
| Points scored | 528 (22 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Pádraig Crowley (1-25) | ||
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The 1978 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 90th staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The championship began on 6 April 1978 and ended on 22 October 1978.
St. Finbarr's entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Glen Rovers in the semi-finals.[1][2][3]
The final was played on 22 October 1978 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork, between Blackrock and Glen Rovers, in what was their first meeting in the final in two years. Blackrock won the match by 4–12 to 1–07 to claim their 27th championship title overall and a first title in three years.[4]
Bandon's Pádraig Crowley was the championship's top scorer with 1-25.
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- ^ "Senior Hurling Finals 1970 - Present". Cork GAA Finals website. Retrieved 9 August 2016.